Some entrepreneurs would look at the anti-immigrant sentiment currently coming from American leaders and run the other way. The co-founders of Seattle-based Legalpad decided instead to jump right in, recently… Read More
Just as schools need substitute teachers, hospitals and medical facilities sometimes need to call in an extra doctor. But it turns out that it’s not always easy for MDs to… Read More
Unable to find a continuing education platform to learn new coding techniques, languages, and skills, Fahim ul Haq and Naeem ul Haq went out and built their own. The brothers left… Read More
Many farmworking jobs are seasonal, short-lived and tricky to find. Seattle-based startup Ganaz hopes to solve those challenges by connecting workers to employers through a platform that also tackles potential language… Read More
If you just can’t stop playing your favorite PC game but need to be mobile, Rainway thinks it has an answer. The Atlanta-based startup has developed technology that lets gamers… Read More
Working for a tech giant has its perks. But for Connor Folley, “there’s something about the passion and the hustle of founding a startup.” That excitement has driven Folley, 38,… Read More
With the touch of a finger, the owl’s feathered wings fade away, revealing the bird’s delicate bone structure. With the wave of a hand, an illustration of fossilized dinosaur bones… Read More
With more than 20 years in veterinary medicine, Dr. Cindy Barnes believed she knew the field better than the software companies selling technology to her fellow vet practitioners. The products… Read More
Enthusiasm for a trip to the auto mechanic probably falls somewhere between a dentist appointment and retrieving the dry cleaning. And it’s not just the hassle of figuring out how… Read More
For all of the times a friend asks on social media, “Can someone suggest a person for (fill in the blank) job or task?” Lewis Lin has a solution. Last… Read More
If you really want to get a fitness program going, it’s not enough to just count your daily steps. Instead, you need a personal trainer in your pocket. Or at… Read More
The auto-sales startup Joydrive kicked into high gear this weekend with two ads running during Sunday’s Super Bowl game. “Our traffic exploded,” said CEO and founder Hunter Gorham. “Last night was… Read More
Entrepreneur Victor Chang is going to let you in on the secret of how to rocket to Amazon’s top sellers list and land a promotional interview on a popular TV… Read More
The gig economy already lets you order a taxi ride, dog sitting or rented baby gear. Now you can add press releases and company blog posts to the list of… Read More
We’ve come a long way from faux rocks with a hidden compartment for house keys, and Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Lubn is part of the drive toward a smarter lock-and-key solution.… Read More
For Max Yan, if he sees General Tso’s chicken on a restaurant’s menu, he keeps moving. “For me, I will never eat in that place,” Yan said. “That’s a red… Read More
If you’ve decided that 2018 is the year for a bold resolution, perhaps for finding your purpose in work, this company wants to help. Seattle-based startup Imperative assists people who… Read More
Functionally, Armoire is a women’s clothing rental service. But a conversation with CEO Ambika Singh may convince you that her startup is really about girl power (or more precisely, busy… Read More
If you’ve dined in an enviro-minded city, you’ve undoubtedly stood before a row of trash and recycle cans, befuddled about whether your coffee cup should be composted or if the… Read More
While technology has helped streamline and boost productivity in nearly every field, construction projects are less efficient today than they were a half century ago. The sector has been slow… Read More
Walking on the campus at Washington State University, Jonah Friedl had an “aha” moment. He wasn’t just surrounded by fellow students, he was among an audience perfect for marketing. “There… Read More
Bacteria lurk pretty much anywhere you look, in numbers and varieties worthy of a horror movie. The challenge for scientists who actually want to pry into these dark corners, packed… Read More
Anand Prakash is taking an unexpected path toward building GrailAI, a startup that he recently launched to fight cancer. He’s setting up shop in Bellevue, Wash. instead of his hometown… Read More
Many students pick a college in a snowy setting because they love winter sports. Sabastian Mugazambi and Claire Tagoe chose Carleton College in Minnesota because they’d grown up in Africa… Read More
The four founders of Wyze Labs are all former Amazon employees, and they’ve hewed closely the company’s well-known leadership principles in developing what they’re touting as a high-quality, affordable, smart… Read More
Plato may have pegged necessity as the mother of invention, but for Alejandro Campos, fatherhood served as his motivation. Smart phones are great for communicating, playing games, listening to music… Read More
If the game Cards Against Humanity and those refrigerator poetry magnets had a digital baby bestowed with machine learning, it would look something like Botnik. This Seattle-based startup is actually… Read More
Gideon Mendels has spent the past three years in machine learning research, studying at Columbia University, building hate speech detection software at Google, and developing chat analytics app Groupwize with… Read More
Kids don’t need the latest and great new iPhone. But a mobile device that lets parents call their children and keep track of their whereabouts can serve a number of… Read More
Voice-activated products require constant power as they “listen” for wake words. Now one startup is helping manufacturers reduce the power needed in these devices with an innovative chip. Founded in… Read More