A whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on: The top 10 posts in February

GeekWire Game Night. Photo: Annie Laurie Malarkey

Sometimes, it’s just a little hard to catch our breath around here at the GeekWire HQ. And February was certainly one of those months. A lot of the things we’ve been working on in the past few weeks aren’t quite ready for public consumption, but gosh darn are we excited about the fun things we’ve… Read More…

Facebook is a risky investment and other quotes of the week

Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo by Robert Scoble via Flickr.)

“Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services. And we think this is a good way to build something. These days I think more and more people want to use services from companies that believe in something beyond simply maximizing profits.”–Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a letter… Read More…

Exclusive: Amazon.com buys TeachStreet

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TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell traveled from coast-to-coast over the past 12 months entertaining offers for his Seattle-based startup. But, at the end of the day, he found the best fit right in his own backyard. Amazon.com has acquired TeachStreet, the 5-year-old online marketplace that matches students and teachers. Terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed,… Read More…

FindProz finds a new home, moves from Provo to Seattle

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A new startup by the name of FindProz that competes with TeachStreet and is looking to become the “eBay of private instruction” has moved from Provo, Utah to Seattle. The company was started by Tyler Pack and Dave Owen who met at Brigham Young University. They chose to relocate to Seattle after tying for first place… Read More…

TeachStreet takes lesson from Startup Weekend, unveils skunk works project OnTheWay

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Perhaps no Seattle startup has devoted as many hours to Startup Weekend as TeachStreet. Business development guru Joseph Sunga and crew took home top honors at one of the 54-hour coding marathons back in May, and CEO Dave Schappell was instrumental in organizing Startup Weekend EDU at the University of Washington in October. Now, the… Read More…

GeekWire Radio: Kindle Fire, Post-it Wars, Legos, cool apps, and Startup Weekend EDU

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On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we figure out the meaning of the Kindle Fire, recap Seattle’s startup “Post-it Wars,” and get ready for BrickCon this weekend at Seattle Center. Our guest in the studio is Dave Schappell of TeachStreet, an organizer of this weekend’s Startup Weekend Seattle EDU, who talks with us about the state… Read More…

Geek of the Week: Joseph Sunga of TeachStreet, WeHeartMMA, Crowdsort.me

Joseph Sunga, out of costume. (Photo by Annie Laurie Malarkey)

  Our latest Geek of the Week, Joseph Sunga, is one of those crazy people who gave up a rare sunny weekend in Seattle a few days ago to participate in Startup Weekend — so right there you know he’s a geek, through and through. But that’s just the start. In his spare time, the… Read More…

Once a ‘daily deal’ naysayer, TeachStreet’s Dave Schappell gets the fever

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A few months ago, TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell was lamenting the fact that nearly everyone he bumped into asked about his company’s “Groupon strategy.” Schappell didn’t like the hype, but now the Seattle entrepreneur appears to have caught a mild case of deal fever. TeachStreet today plans to announce a new offering, which allows its… Read More…