Jun 20, 2012, 3:28 PM Startup Spotlight: FUNnerator helps parents find the best summer camps for their kids As a former venture capitalist with Trilogy Partners, Katie Thompson has seen her fair share of business plans over the years.… Read More
Jun 18, 2012, 2:20 PM Startup Spotlight: DSD wants to transform the way you buy theater tickets Buying movie tickets has never been easier with services such as Fandango and MovieTickets.com. But a tiny Seattle area startup… Read More
Jun 11, 2012, 1:57 PM Startup Spotlight: DealScoopr scours your social network to find the cheapest airfares Nitesh Goyal spent seven years at Amazon.com, so it’s not a huge surprise that the 30-year-traces his entrepreneurial hunger to… Read More
Jun 7, 2012, 5:08 PM Startup Spotlight: MyScenicDrives connects drivers with perfect trips Gas prices may be skyrocketing, but there’s nothing our family likes better than a good road trip. But where to… Read More
May 28, 2012, 1:15 PM Startup Spotlight: Kashoo’s iPad app looks to make accounting easy If you’ve ever gotten stuck, frustrated or bent out of shape using QuickBooks, the team at Kashoo wants to talk… Read More
May 21, 2012, 2:19 PM Startup Spotlight: Founder of Personify looks to make the world a better place Chuks Onwuneme’s path to Seattle is a long and inspiring one. At the age of 16, he walked the streets of Lagos,… Read More
May 11, 2012, 1:58 PM Startup Spotlight: Saltbox looks to help sales forces stay on top Saltbox co-founder and CEO John Delano admits that his company isn’t building the “most sexy mobile-social-big data app.” But even so,… Read More
May 7, 2012, 10:24 AM Startup Spotlight: Game Collage makes kids’ apps to entertain, inspire, educate Kids love apps. But not everything found in the mobile app stores these days is suitable for young, impressionable minds.… Read More
Apr 24, 2012, 9:32 AM Startup Spotlight: How an F-bomb led this parent to create an iPad app for kids As the father of two young boys, Daily Interactive Networks co-founder Brian Monnin knows how tough it can be to… Read More
Apr 20, 2012, 10:05 AM Startup Spotlight: SkyFu helps restaurants stay on top of online reviews Restaurant owners live or die these days by the power of the almighty online review, with sites such as Yelp… Read More
Apr 13, 2012, 2:01 PM Startup Spotlight: Creator of Magic emerges at location-based gaming upstart BodSix Location-based mobile gaming could very well be the next frontier of the games business. And BodSix wants to make sure… Read More
Apr 11, 2012, 12:06 PM Startup Spotlight: Opstera looks to help clients find answers in the cloud Opstera is just four months old. But the Bellevue upstart is already reeling in customers who are turning to the… Read More
Apr 6, 2012, 7:59 AM Startup Spotlight: Ex-Google engineers guide Schedulista to profits after just 6 months Seattle entrepreneurs Felix Livni and Lowell Manners are lean startup acolytes. And that philosophy is already paying dividends for the founders… Read More
Apr 2, 2012, 12:41 PM Startup Spotlight: Knotis looks to turn merchants into happy daily deal users You’ve heard the horror stories of small businesses getting overwhelmed by daily deals from the likes of Groupon and Living… Read More
Mar 22, 2012, 2:29 PM Startup Spotlight: American Idol meets Facebook in FameMe Brett Marl is back in the startup game. The former chief technology officer at Pure Networks, which sold to Cisco… Read More
Mar 19, 2012, 12:33 PM Pop Salad: A celebrity ‘stock market’ to buy and sell Clooney, Bieber and the Kardashians Looking to kill a few hours — and perhaps a few brain cells? Pop Salad might be right for you.… Read More
Mar 15, 2012, 10:35 AM Startup Spotlight: MoxTree branches out with a social network for moms As the mother of two young children, Victoria Oldridge knows just how challenging it can be to raise kids. Sometimes… Read More
Mar 12, 2012, 10:49 AM Startup Spotlight: This upstart thinks it can help you make money in the stock market Can geeky algorithms beat the pros on Wall Street? Scott Juds, the founder of SumGrowth Strategies, which is developing a new… Read More
Mar 5, 2012, 1:36 PM Startup Spotlight: This 25-year-old Web entrepreneur built a profitable business on a shoestring Josh Neblett was a finance major at Gonzaga University when he heard venture capitalist and adjunct professor Tom Simpson describe… Read More
Mar 1, 2012, 8:25 AM Startup Spotlight: Buck turns mobile phones into digital wallets For years, industry watchers have been talking about digital wallets — the idea of turning devices into mobile payment systems.… Read More
Feb 27, 2012, 12:17 PM Startup Spotlight: Turn a day at the slopes into a memorable clip show with Highlight Hunter If you’re an outdoor adventurer who shoots video while skiing, snowboarding or mountain biking, Highlight Hunter might just save you… Read More
Feb 22, 2012, 1:35 PM Startup Spotlight: Korrio looks to score with social network for youth sports As a father and coach, Steve Goldman experienced first-hand the pains of getting youth sports teams organized. And as a… Read More
Feb 17, 2012, 12:08 PM Startup Spotlight: Bizible raises cash to elevate businesses in online directories In an era of Yelp, CitySearch, Google Places and dozens of other online directories, it can be especially tough for… Read More
Feb 12, 2012, 10:39 PM Startup Spotlight: Like Secret helps you find that special Valentine via Facebook Why scour online dating sites for potential matches when your real Valentine might be waiting in your Facebook contacts? That’s… Read More
Feb 6, 2012, 7:45 AM Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon and Boeing data center experts launch Vizualiiz Craig Kelly and Bob Cartwright have worked in the data center business for years, with Kelly spending more than a decade… Read More
Feb 1, 2012, 10:16 AM Startup Spotlight: Former NFL players tackle mobile apps at Viva Vision Former Seattle Seahawks Joe Tafoya, Kerry Carter and Chike Okeafor may not be unleashing bone-crushing hits on the football field… Read More
Jan 30, 2012, 2:11 PM Startup Spotlight: 22-year-old entrepreneur kickstarts ServedBy the Net Josh Breeds started a Web hosting company at the age of 10, picking up business lessons from his entrepreneurial father. Now,… Read More
Jan 26, 2012, 9:53 AM Startup Spotlight: TinyPass looks to line publishers’ pockets with new way to charge for content In an opinion piece for Bloomberg this week, former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold lamented the demise of the… Read More
Jan 11, 2012, 8:33 AM Startup Spotlight: BlooperBox is America’s Funniest Home Videos for the Web (minus Bob Saget) Take America’s Funniest Home Videos, add a touch of Fail Blog and CollegeHumor.com and then mix in King of the Web… Read More
Jan 6, 2012, 1:33 AM Startup Spotlight: Omnom looks to remove the pain of finding delivery restaurants Need pizza, chicken wings or lamb tikka masala delivered to your doorstep right now, but aren’t quite sure where to… Read More
