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Aug 6, 2012, 10:41 AM

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Boeing engineer matches serious gamers with Teamfind

Like a tennis partner or golf buddy, finding a gaming companion who shares your goals and skill level can be… Read More

Aug 5, 2012, 8:30 AM

How to keep your startup from acting like a big company

The kind of big-company behavior we all hate – bureaucracy, slow decision-making, politics, stifled innovation – doesn’t just happen at… Read More

Aug 4, 2012, 8:01 PM

Matt Hulett’s startup advice: ‘Money makes you soft’

Matt Hulett, a self-described “late-bloomer” in the tech space, started out shrink-wrapping software in the 80s and is now leading… Read More

Aug 3, 2012, 3:00 PM

Launch Pads: Simply Measured turns photo studio into HQ

Tucked above a hair salon in a former photo studio in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is the 5,000 square-foot “global… Read More

Aug 3, 2012, 1:49 PM

Ready to IPO? Tableau Software’s bookings top $58 million for first half of 2012

Tableau Software is one of Seattle’s rising tech stars, and we’ve speculated in the past that the fast-growing maker of visual… Read More

Aug 3, 2012, 10:05 AM

Elevator Pitch: Startup vet touts social shopping service

We’re back for another exciting and fast-paced episode of The Elevator Pitch, the show where entrepreneurs pitch their business plans… Read More

Aug 2, 2012, 10:52 AM

Loyalty card program FiveStars raises $13.9 million from Ali and Hadi Partovi, DCM and others

We’ve been tracking a lot of activity in customer loyalty programs in recent weeks, from shopping apps such as Qthru… Read More

Aug 2, 2012, 9:52 AM

Best of Startup Day: Todd Hooper on finding customers

Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at… Read More

Aug 2, 2012, 9:35 AM

EnergySavvy scoops up $3M, plans to expand Seattle team

EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps home owners track energy use, has landed $3 million in new funding in a… Read More

Aug 1, 2012, 2:19 PM

Q&A: David Geller of EyeJot on video mail, startups and competing with giants

Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was David Geller, CEO of EyeJot.  EyeJot is a Seattle startup that… Read More

Aug 1, 2012, 1:50 PM

$75,000 up for grabs in King of the Web’s contest for rising YouTube stars

Where else can you watch a man and dog compete in a yogurt eating contest, dubstep violin performances, silly dance routines,… Read More

Aug 1, 2012, 8:16 AM

Stealthy online game company Motiga scores $5.1 million

Motiga, a stealthy Bellevue game developer led by former Trion Worlds Chief Stategy Officer Chris Chung, has raised $5.1 million.… Read More

Jul 31, 2012, 12:38 PM

ZappBug: Startup builds business baking bed bugs

Cameron Wheeler runs his company from the epicenter of Seattle’s startup community, in the same building as Founder’s Co-op and… Read More

Jul 31, 2012, 9:00 AM

Consumer Reports for geeks: New ‘Decide Score’ uncovers the best and worst products

Decide.com already tells consumers when they should buy cameras, phones, refrigerators and other gadgets and appliances, analyzing price drops and… Read More

Jul 31, 2012, 7:46 AM

Fast-growing storage upstart Box unpacks $125 million in funding

Box, the file sharing and data storage startup founded seven years ago by Mercer Island High School grads Aaron Levie… Read More

Jul 30, 2012, 5:02 PM

Best of Startup Day: Tony Wright on how to pick a startup idea

Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd… Read More

Jul 30, 2012, 2:30 PM

Q&A: Startup’s innovation boosts renewable energy output

Global Green Energy in Tumwater has hardware that solar power system owners use to feed renewable energy into the electric… Read More

Jul 30, 2012, 10:21 AM

Startup Spotlight: ChorePay offers parents an easier way to manage household tasks

Getting kids to do chores is hard enough. But add in that parents have less time to spend around the… Read More

Jul 30, 2012, 7:30 AM

Adapx lands $3M, names retired U.S. Army general to board

Adapx has landed $3 million in additional funding and named former retired U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff Peter W. Chiarelli to its… Read More

Jul 28, 2012, 11:30 AM

From Seattle to Portland, BoltBus feels like a beta

I was only ten minutes into my BoltBus trip to Portland for the annual convention of the National Puzzlers’ League… Read More

Jul 28, 2012, 11:28 AM

Bellevue data recovery startup Doyenz cuts staff

Bellevue-based Doyenz,  which sells a disaster recovery cloud-based service to small and medium-sized businesses, has laid off a number of staffers,… Read More

Jul 27, 2012, 1:29 PM

Seattle security startup seeks to eliminate vulnerable code from the public domain

Do you think of copy/paste as a security risk? You should. Code vulnerabilities that propagate through code reuse (i.e. copy/paste)… Read More

Jul 27, 2012, 8:32 AM

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bankrolls Siluria in ambitious attempt to find an oil alternative

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital is co-leading a $30 million investment in Siluria Technologies, a San Francisco company that’s developing… Read More

Jul 26, 2012, 1:43 PM

Solavei raises $3.6M, touts $49 per month mobile service that rewards you with cash for signing on others

Multi-level marketing companies have gained popularity (and notoriety) in industries as diverse as cosmetics, vitamins and cleaning products. Now, a… Read More

Jul 26, 2012, 10:15 AM

Introducing Startup Day: Top entrepreneurs provide a roadmap for success

We love telling the stories of startups here at GeekWire, chronicling the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial voyage. Heck,… Read More

Jul 26, 2012, 9:00 AM

Vizify turns your ‘ugly’ social media pages into a hip presence

The way Vizify CEO Todd Silverstein sees it, social media pages are “cluttered, ugly and noisy.” In other words, the… Read More

Jul 25, 2012, 8:59 PM

PopCap’s next wacky creation: A talking, dancing 3D ‘Zombatar’

The first question I ask Van Riker, marketing manager for PopCap’s hit game Plants vs. Zombies, is a simple one: What’s… Read More

Jul 25, 2012, 4:03 PM

Q&A: This father-and-son duo is building an iPhone case with a built-in keyboard

The iPhone is (arguably) the most beautiful piece of consumer technology introduced in the past few years, but it doesn’t… Read More

Jul 25, 2012, 1:31 PM

Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz on search, startups, sticking it out

Rand Fishkin is changing the way that Internet marketers do their jobs. He and his team at SEOmoz are part of… Read More

Jul 25, 2012, 10:15 AM

Introducing the GeekWire Startup List: 500 Seattle-area startups, and growing

As reporters covering the Seattle-area tech community, we frequently would refer to the Startup List on the  Seattle 2.0 website… Read More

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