In Starbucks’ own backyard, a family-built startup has taken hold and assembled one of the largest networks of independent U.S. coffee shops. Launched in 2014, Seattle-based Joe Coffee has created… Read More
The co-founders of Zigantic looked at the U.S. labor pool and saw an opportunity in high school students — and specifically those who play video games. They’ve launched a business… Read More
Inspiration can come from unlikely places. For Nancie Weston, it sparked in a Goodwill thrift store. Seven years ago, Weston co-founded Grayl, a company making water purification devices. The Seattle-based… Read More
Before launching a digital solution for wedding planning, Juliet Horton decided to start a business doing it the old fashioned way. She helped some two-dozen couples tick the seemingly endless… Read More
Jessica Eggert was spending too much time and headache trying to research and arrange childcare for her 6-year-old son, Oliver. She wondered if other parents felt the same way. So… Read More
If you believe that The Go-Go’s got it wrong and vacation is definitely not “all I’ve ever wanted,” then PTO Exchange may be just the software that you do want.… Read More
For years, people have lamented the “Seattle Freeze” — the chilly reception that sometimes greets those looking to make friends in this area. Now a Seattle startup called Thaw offers… Read More
The challenge of fixing a leaky sink and delivering groceries might sound like two very different problems, but Will Gordon would tell you that’s wrong. For close to three years,… Read More
It was a problem that came up at his first startup that led Vetri Vellore to create his second one. In 2007 Vellore co-founded Chronus, a company providing digital tools… Read More
If you’ve graduated from tacking up posters — including the faux-fancy kind that are shrink wrapped on cardboard — and you find that the offerings from West Elm and Pottery Barn… Read More
It’s Valentine’s Day, so romance is in the air. But it’s not the smell of Axe Body Wash or Chanel No. 5 that will do the wooing. It’s the scent… Read More
The founders of Seattle startup Tenta Browser want to help banish your digital doppelganger. Or least take control of it. People’s behavior online these days “is not just about sharing your… Read More
Life changed in an instant on November, 24 2015 for Stedman Bailey. The NFL wide receiver was shot in the head twice while sitting in his car with family in… Read More
Farm-to-table dining is a powerful movement. But it’s a challenge for local produce growers to get their spinach and peaches onto restaurant menus. A trio of graduates and students of… Read More
Two Microsoft veterans are building apps to help people put down their mobile devices and engage with others in the real world through sports. Seattle-based Mavengo, which launched in 2016,… Read More
In the U.S., women earn 82 cents on the dollar that men earn. That means in order to match the income of their male colleagues, women would need to work… Read More
Growing up in the greater Seattle area with Microsoft practically across the fence from home, technology — and more specifically tech entrepreneurship — was a natural career path for Rishi… Read More
If Serge Salager realizes his dream for the democratization of online advertising, you might get your kid’s Christmas wish list next year delivered as a banner ad. That is, if… Read More
Pronita Mehrotra has a plan for helping kids stay a step or two ahead of the machines and robots that lurk in the wings, ready to make humans obsolete in… Read More
Koverse CEO Jon Matsuo would love to tell you all about the cool ways that his startup is helping the U.S. government, global bio-pharmaceutical companies, global finance organizations and market-leading… Read More
Reetu Gupta’s startup wasn’t getting the traction that she wanted. The model for Cirkled In, her Seattle-based company, was to sell high schools a product that helps students apply to… Read More
When most people think about cutting-edge technology, they picture electronics, software, robotics, medicine. Raj Shah thinks fashion. “There is so much room to constantly work on innovation in color, designs,… Read More
Most people attend high school reunions to reminisce with old friends and check out the status of former girlfriends and boyfriends. Dr. Carl Myers took a more productive approach. At… Read More
With $15 million in funding and a “laser focus” on customers, Deako is ready for serious growth in the smart lighting market. “We’re just rapidly scaling the business now,” said CEO Derek… Read More
Either the team behind Grunka Munka Games is super brilliant or really lucky, or likely a combo of both. Because as co-founder and CEO Andrew Ward tells it, stuff seems… Read More
A broken leg doesn’t typically lead to startup idea creation. But that’s what happened to Michele Mehl. The Seattle-based entrepreneur was well on her way to launching Excy’s first portable… Read More
As most entrepreneurs will agree, launching a new business takes a ridiculous amount of hard work and determination. For Share.Farm founder and CEO Vincent Peak, more than four years in… Read More
A startup that launched two years ago to sell lubricants and provide information for menopausal women is expanding to become the first U.S. telehealth provider for women in their 40s… Read More
For Allison Rosenberg, the problem was clear. “Young people have absolutely no idea what they want to do for a living,” she said, “and nobody is helping them.” Rosenberg, who… Read More
Top venture capital firms are making an early bet on a new Seattle startup that is pushing the envelope with immersive games. Leaftail Labs recently reeled in $1.25 million from… Read More