Startups – Page 256 of 312

Oct 5, 2012, 1:45 PM

Paul Allen-backed news aggregator Evri calls it quits

Evri has met the end of the road. The Seattle startup, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has decided to… Read More

Oct 5, 2012, 1:19 PM

Ex-WhitePages execs start Meritshare, a new way to reward top-performers

Technology companies are pulling out all of the stops to recruit talented engineers, designers and developers. But that’s only part… Read More

Oct 5, 2012, 12:16 PM

Bootstrapping a startup: Less cash, more cowbell

Steve Murch knows a thing or two about building a startup without taking outside funding, as the founder and CEO of bootstrapped… Read More

Oct 5, 2012, 9:35 AM

A brassiere brouhaha: British man in patent fight with Seattle startup JoeyBra

JoeyBra founders Mariah Gentry and Kyle Bartlow — who met at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business —… Read More

Oct 5, 2012, 7:52 AM

Microsoft buys PhoneFactor to protect users from password theft

Microsoft has been pretty quiet on the acquisition front since its $1.2 billion buy of Yammer in July. But this… Read More

Oct 5, 2012, 7:07 AM

Tech Moves: Expedia tech vet joins Varolii; EveryMove names marketing chief; NanoString hires CFO; and more

Varolii has named Sunil Shah as vice president of engineering and Patrick Chaney as vice president of professional services. Shah is an Expedia veteran who… Read More

Oct 4, 2012, 1:44 PM

Big data startup with UW ties lands cash from Accel

Trifacta, a San Francisco big data company co-founded by incoming University of Washington computer science professor Jeffrey Heer and University… Read More

Oct 4, 2012, 9:31 AM

Seattle vs. Silicon Valley: The debate continues (but this time with outsiders weighing in)

We’ve heard a lot of discussion — even sparked some of it on occasion ourselves — about the differences between… Read More

Oct 4, 2012, 8:10 AM

Zulily, Redfin and Apptio named to list of the top 100 private tech companies

Who are the emerging giants in technology? Business Insider just released its annual ranking of the top 100 private tech… Read More

Oct 4, 2012, 12:03 AM

Startup lessons from the ‘Tough Mudder’ race

A few months ago, Media Piston founder Joe Heitzeberg and I had the crazy idea to assemble a team to run… Read More

Oct 4, 2012, 12:01 AM

Cloud infrastructure startup Opscode nearly doubles staff, expands in Europe and Asia

Cloud infrastructure automation startup Opscode continues to grow at a rapid pace, announcing today that it is expanding operations in… Read More

Oct 3, 2012, 5:14 PM

When venture capital returns rival T-bills, is something messed up with the model?

Is the venture capital model broken? We’ve heard that question debated before, and discussed at length here on GeekWire. And… Read More

Oct 3, 2012, 2:48 PM

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff sounds off on the JOBS Act, calls it a ‘step backwards’

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, also known as the JOBS Act, was signed into law by President Barack Obama… Read More

Oct 3, 2012, 12:58 PM

Co-founding a startup: The good, the bad, the ugly

What are the secrets to success and pitfalls to avoid when putting together a startup’s founding team? One of the… Read More

Oct 3, 2012, 6:00 AM

Hotel tech startup Buuteeq checks in with $10 million from Madrona and Concur

The top three executives at Buuteeq all grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley, attending Palo Alto High School in… Read More

Oct 2, 2012, 4:57 PM

Code Monster teaches kids to crunch Javascript, builds appetite for programming

Greg Linden is a veteran software engineer and startup entrepreneur in Seattle who developed Amazon.com’s recommendation engine, started the personalized news… Read More

Oct 2, 2012, 2:57 PM

Wireless vet Mary Jesse: ‘Concentrate on company culture from the beginning’

Mary Jesse, the founder and CEO of group messaging startup Ivy Corp., is an electrical engineer and veteran startup leader… Read More

Oct 2, 2012, 10:57 AM

Tagboard teams up with GoHuskies.com to help aggregate social media

While the Washington Huskies were playing football 2,600 miles away against the Louisiana State Tigers in Baton Rouge, Daniel Hour sat in a… Read More

Oct 1, 2012, 2:54 PM

Videos: Why Seattle’s tech community is so awesome (in the words of Seattleites)

Nearly every week there’s a new survey or study out showcasing how Seattle’s technology community ranks among the top in… Read More

Oct 1, 2012, 11:14 AM

1st Apple-approved iOS game controller makes its debut

Digital and social game publisher Gameloft and Duo Games, a unit of Seattle-based Discovery Bay Games, unveiled the first Apple-approved handheld… Read More

Oct 1, 2012, 10:50 AM

Microsoft and TechStars tap 10 startups for new Windows Azure Accelerator

After receiving 600 applications, Microsoft this morning named 10 startups to participate in its Windows Azure Accelerator, a three-month program… Read More

Oct 1, 2012, 8:34 AM

After spurning acquisition offer, Seattle’s Freak’n Genius raises $525,000 angel round

Kyle Kesterson’s new animation startup, Freak’n Genius, has raised $525,000 in fresh funding from more than a dozen angel investors… Read More

Oct 1, 2012, 12:09 AM

Startup Spotlight: KitchenPC cooks up recipe search engine

There’s no shortage of places to find recipes online. And now you can add yet another to the mix. KitchenPC is a… Read More

Sep 29, 2012, 10:46 PM

Ironman entrepreneur Ron Erickson on patience, persistence and luck

Some Nextcast guests have seen it all, and Ron Erickson is among them. Starting out in public policy and law, Erickson made… Read More

Sep 28, 2012, 12:51 PM

Jonathan Sposato: ‘Everything I need to know about design I learned in a hotel’

Jonathan Sposato is a serial entrepreneur, the former CEO of photo editing site Picnik and the only person to have… Read More

Sep 28, 2012, 10:02 AM

Jeremy Jaech, Shwetak Patel form UW home sensor spin out WatchFrog

Entrepreneur Jeremy Jaech has been at the center of two of Seattle’s biggest technology successes, helping to create Aldus (sold… Read More

Sep 27, 2012, 10:51 PM

Casual gaming vets raise cash for UpTap, focusing on a new class of tablet-based games

Daniel Bernstein is back in the startup game. The Seattle area entrepreneur, best known for founding Sandlot Games, has formed… Read More

Sep 27, 2012, 4:59 PM

Decide CEO Mike Fridgen: ‘Branding, startup style’

Mike Fridgen has learned a few things about branding in his life as a serial entrepreneur. The CEO of Decide.com… Read More

Sep 27, 2012, 3:29 PM

Startup Spotlight: eVenues takes the headache out of finding event space

Planning and organizing events can be extremely difficult. There are so many details, from tickets to food to location. eVenues… Read More

Sep 27, 2012, 9:49 AM

Cloud startup Tier 3 raises $10 million

Tier 3, a Bellevue upstart that helps businesses manage IT infrastructure in the cloud, has raised $10 million in new financing.… Read More