Nov 22, 2013, 2:02 PM Zulily’s first week on Wall Street: Stock down 7%, market value still tops $4B Shares of Zulily tumbled slightly during its first week as a public company, but the online daily deals site for… Read More
Nov 22, 2013, 11:44 AM Video tour: WhitePages shows off remodeled office with kegerator, hydraulic desks and modern great room Just a few weeks ago, WhitePages turned a huge page in the company’s history when it bought out its venture capital… Read More
Nov 22, 2013, 10:31 AM Cold outside? This startup’s window insert reduces drafts and keeps the heat inside With temperatures dipping into the 20s last night, it was absolutely freezing in my house. That’s because my Seattle home… Read More
Nov 21, 2013, 3:00 PM Hatching Twitter: Nick Bilton’s book will change how you look at the tech industry The full title of one of the most talked-about books in tech is “Hatching Twitter: A true story of money,… Read More
Nov 21, 2013, 1:24 PM BigDoor opens new chapter, moves beyond gamification to focus on loyalty programs BigDoor, the Seattle startup led by entrepreneur Keith Smith, is moving beyond its gamification technologies with a deeper focus on… Read More
Nov 21, 2013, 9:01 AM Looking to reinvent publishing process, Booktrope wins $205K at Seattle Angel Conference Booktrope, a two-year-old startup that’s attempting to transform the way authors publish books, won first place at the fourth Seattle Angel… Read More
Nov 21, 2013, 7:31 AM Sports network Scout.com finds a home in Seattle … again Ten days after getting word that entrepreneur Jim Heckman was back at the helm of online sports network Scout.com, more… Read More
Nov 21, 2013, 6:00 AM Haiku Deck rolls out Web-based service to take on PowerPoint’s stronghold, tops 800,000 downloads Haiku Deck is one of Seattle’s hottest startup companies. But up until today, I (and millions of other consumers) couldn’t… Read More
Nov 20, 2013, 3:31 PM Tech Moves: VC Lucinda Stewart joins exec search firm; Exsilio names COO; WTIA hires Patti Brooke; etc. —Seattle venture capitalist Lucinda Stewart is moving into a new profession, taking on a role as an executive recruiter at… Read More
Nov 20, 2013, 9:56 AM Redfin shakes up executive ranks: CMO and 2 VPs to depart Just days after raising a $50 million venture financing round, Seattle-based Redfin is parting ways with three key executives, GeekWire… Read More
Nov 20, 2013, 9:07 AM Microsoft employee #1 has a new gig Marc McDonald not only saw the birth of the software industry, he played a key role in it. The software… Read More
Nov 20, 2013, 8:24 AM Datatown USA: Why Seattle is poised to be the ‘big data’ capital of the world Big Data is a big buzzword, used so often these days that the term seems to have lost some of… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 5:28 PM Farmstr’s marketplace for local organic food promises Whole Foods quality at Safeway prices When Janelle Maiocco worked as a trained chef in Europe, she became intrigued with the idea of sourcing food directly… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 3:00 PM Maveron leads $8M funding round for August, opening the door for its smart lock Maveron, the Seattle-based venture capital firm, has led an $8 million Series A funding round for August, a home automation… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 12:45 PM HomeGrocer founder Terry Drayton’s new startup aims to be ‘the Uber of storage’ Terry Drayton has seen plenty of ups and downs throughout his startup career. High-flying HomeGrocer.com cratered during the dot-com bust,… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 10:39 AM Ex-Amazonians raise $1.1M for online instruction platform Everpath It’s been less than a month since the folks at Everpath graduated from Techstars Seattle, but things are already rolling for… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 6:00 AM Pencil meets Paper: FiftyThree’s new $50 stylus for iPad joins acclaimed sketchbook app Nestled inside FiftyThree’s Seattle office on a typically rainy fall afternoon, I’m enjoying a quick chat with Ian MacDuff, a… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 5:30 AM CenturyLink buys Tier 3, creates Cloud Development Center in Seattle area Tier 3, a Bellevue cloud computing startup backed with $18.5 from Ignition, Madrona and Intel Ventures, has been sold to… Read More
Nov 18, 2013, 4:48 PM Startup Seattle funding avoids City Council budget axe, allowing initiative to proceed A divided Seattle City Council voted this afternoon to go forward with $151,000 in funding for the Startup Seattle initiative… Read More
Nov 18, 2013, 1:45 PM Former Cheezburger and Garden.com exec launches firm to gobble up emerging digital media properties Seattle Internet executive Cliff Sharples is currently on an around-the-world adventure with his wife and five kids — writing about… Read More
Nov 18, 2013, 8:38 AM Startup Seattle initiative at risk as City Council considers plan to kill funding Update: Startup Seattle funding avoids City Council budget axe, allowing initiative to proceed There’s a chance that a key priority of… Read More
Nov 18, 2013, 7:17 AM Microsoft Ventures invests in mobile productivity startup Zula Microsoft historically hasn’t spent much time investing in seed-stage startups. That’s part of the reason why today’s investment by Microsoft… Read More
Nov 16, 2013, 9:38 PM Commentary: A lean startup approach to making booze I worked at tech startups for the past 15 years — Drugstore, Allrecipes, nPost, and Blue Box Group to name… Read More
Nov 16, 2013, 3:00 PM Startup Spotlight: Grayl’s reusable water cup filters your H2O like a french coffee press What happens when you apply the filtering method used by a French press, but replace coffee with water? The answer… Read More
Nov 15, 2013, 3:01 PM DocuSign co-founder Court Lorenzini now leading cooking-focused stealth startup CookBrite Court Lorenzini, a longtime Seattle-area entrepreneur who co-founded DocuSign back in 2003, is now leading a stealth startup in the cooking… Read More
Nov 14, 2013, 10:51 AM Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world Seattle is ripe with innovation. From aerospace to biotechnology to software to retail, startup companies in this moss-covered part of… Read More
Nov 14, 2013, 4:30 AM CreativeLive lands $21.5M, looks to upend online learning with live broadcasts CreativeLive co-founder Chase Jarvis is giving a tour of his company’s spartan offices — tucked in a former photo studio… Read More
Nov 13, 2013, 6:03 PM Documents: Redfin raising $50M funding round in major new step for online real estate company Seattle online real estate company Redfin appears to be on the cusp of announcing a huge financing round, corporate documents… Read More
Nov 13, 2013, 4:52 PM Startup Spotlight: URGravity helps doctors, patients understand health device data to improve your well-being After working in front of his computer all day long for decades in the tech industry, Ron Miller’s health wasn’t… Read More
Nov 13, 2013, 7:42 AM Zulily boosts price range to $18 to $20 per share, signals strong demand for IPO Fast-growing daily deal site Zulily is prepping for its initial public offering, with shares expected to price Thursday and begin… Read More
