“I definitely would take a second meeting” may be the highest praise a startup could expect from Greg Gottesman, partner at Madrona Venture Group and co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs, after… Read More
Seattle is known worldwide for its robust startup ecosystem. But just across Lake Washington, there’s another entrepreneurial hub brewing. That would be Bellevue, home to tech giants like Expedia, Concur, and… Read More
We’ve got a huge crowd and a great lineup in store for the seventh annual Startup Day event, taking place Friday, Feb. 12 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue from 8 a.m.… Read More
John Stanton helped shape the wireless industry as we know it, first as vice chairman at McCaw Cellular and then co-founder of Western Wireless. He later went on to create… Read More
GeekWire Startup Day is less than a month away. Do you have your tickets yet? This one-day entrepreneurial bootcamp, taking place Friday, Feb. 12, at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, is designed… Read More
When Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood took the stage at GeekWire Startup Day, he opened with the time he told Michael Dell to f**k off. It was 2005, many years after… Read More
In the past few months Kristen Hamilton’s startup Koru expanded its services to Boston, made GeekWire’s Seattle 10 list of innovative new companies, and closed an $8 million funding round. The company also boasts an… Read More
Viral, shareable content is Ben Huh’s bread and butter. His business is predicated on the notion that when we see an adorable kitten, a funny meme, or a GIF from our… Read More
It might be hard to believe, but Startup Day dates back more than six years. In fact, it began before GeekWire existed. Seattle 2.0 founder Marcelo Calbucci launched the event as a way of… Read More
It’s not easy for tech companies to lock down talented developers, but a new Seattle startup wants to help. A panel of venture capitalists picked EdRepublic as the winner of… Read More
Back in September, Concur co-founders Mike Hilton and Raj Singh faced a difficult decision. They had stuck together for the past 22 years, building up a successful travel expense company… Read More
According to Unikrn CEO and former Microsoft Ventures General Manager Rahul Sood, entrepreneurs building their companies in Seattle have a great tool at their disposal: a powerful and loyal talent pool.… Read More
Seattle is already a world-renowned technology and innovation hub. But Mayor Ed Murray wants more. Murray opened up GeekWire Startup Day 2015 by talking about what separates his city from others… Read More
GeekWire Startup Day is just nine days away. As our biggest entrepreneurial event of the year approaches, we’re excited to announce awesome new speakers who will be providing tips, lessons… Read More
Startups are hard. Really, hard. Entrepreneurs sometimes can feel as if they’re fighting a lonely battle, without any support, help or advice. We know this first-hand. After all, GeekWire is… Read More
What’s it really like to be a startup CEO? This week on the GeekWire radio show, two tech entrepreneurs talk about their struggles, what they learned and how their experiences… Read More
Glympse CEO Bryan Trussel is not a serial entrepreneur, and that’s one of the reasons his talk at GeekWire Startup Day was so noteworthy. Before co-founding the location technology startup… Read More
We had a great time at last week’s Startup Day event, listening to inspirational talks by the likes of SquareHub founder Dave Cotter; former drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore; Moz CEO… Read More
Dilution vs. Control. It’s an age-old debate in the startup ranks. After all, how much money you take certainly impacts the ownership you hold, as well as the control you… Read More
Dawn Lepore has been on both sides of the relationship between CEO and board, as the former leader of drugstore.com and a past board member at companies including eBay, Walmart… Read More
It was hard to not feel totally inspired by the time Startup Day wrapped up this past Friday. Whether it was the governor touting Washington as the most innovative place in… Read More
Dave Cotter was 41 years old, an entrepreneur who had built and sold a startup, worked for companies including Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon, and served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Ignition… Read More
What happens when you combine geeks and rock-and-roll? Well, one badass party. Such was the scene Friday night at the Showbox SoDo, where four rockin’ bands from Seattle-area tech companies… Read More
We just wrapped up a great day of insightful startup talks at our big Startup Day. And getting underway in a few minutes is a fun after-party, with Battle of… Read More
Moz — back then called SEOmoz — was growing rapidly two-and-a-half years ago and the company needed four-to-five new employees to keep the momentum going. So, in an effort to… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, speaking to the crowd at GeekWire Startup Day this morning, suggested looking at the economy in a different way: Innovation Per Dollar (IPD). Inslee noted that… Read More
Wondering what to wear to the Battle of the Geek Bands party this Friday night at the Showbox Sodo? As with all GeekWire events, the term “business casual” is relative.… Read More
We’re getting excited for the fifth annual Startup Day event, kicking off Friday morning with remarks by Gov. Jay Inslee and featuring talks by 10 of the region’s top entrepreneurs,… Read More
Our big Startup Day event is coming up this Friday — kicking off with Gov. Jay Inslee and concluding with a keynote by Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman. It’s going to… Read More
Do you want to get inspired by some of the region’s top entrepreneurial thinkers, innovators and doers? Of course, you do. GeekWire Startup Day — our big startup bootcamp —… Read More