Lyft and its pink-mustache ride sharing service is now sniffing around Seattle

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You might start seeing a few more pink mustaches on the streets of Seattle in 2013. Lyft, the San Francisco ride sharing service known for the pink mustaches attached to participating vehicles, is eyeing Seattle and L.A. as its next cities, TechCrunch reports. Lyft is a bit like Uber, but without the sleek black Town… Read More…

What’s positive about Washington’s new Social Purpose Corporations

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Suppose you are the CEO and board chair of a company that is in the process of a sale transaction. You have two bidders. One has offered a substantially greater amount than the other. However, the high bidder has a notoriously poor record of taking care of its employees. And in fact, you know that… Read More…

11 key tips to stay productive while on the go

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It’s hard enough to stay productive in the office or at your desk – with your full array of resources, hardware and professional creature comforts surrounding you. But when you’re away from your normal workplace – traveling on business, across town in meetings, or anytime you’re working while mobile – there are plenty of best… Read More…

How to find that special someone: Your co-founder

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My fiancee isn’t the jealous type but she likes to joke that I’m already married to my co-founder. Paul and I are three weeks into working full-time on our startup (details TBA), and we’re spending a ridiculous amount of time together. We’re bootstrapping, so that means working everyday out of his living room. We buy groceries together,… Read More…

Startup lessons from Jeremy Lin: 5 tips for improving your entrepreneurial game

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I admit I happen to think Jeremy Lin is the Second Coming. We live in a great country at an amazing time when there’s not only an African-American president, but something that would have been even harder for me to have imagined as a kid, an Asian-American starting point guard in the NBA. But as… Read More…

Introducing GeekWire’s community manager: Red Russak

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It’s a big day for GeekWire, not only because we’re adding a great member to the team, but because this new role represents an important step toward realizing our broader aspirations for making GeekWire an asset for the technology community. We’re excited to introduce Joshua “Red” Russak as GeekWire’s new community manager. He’s a Seattle… Read More…

Root beer peeing unicorns, and other comments of the week

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Some lively discussions erupted on GeekWire this week as members of the tech community debated what it will take to make Seattle a thriving center of innovation and entrepreneurship. TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell sparked one, calling on angel investor Andy Sack, GeekWire and other members of the community to “raise the game.” It was a… Read More…