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May 29, 2012, 12:39 PM

Evri CTO Deep Dhillon jumps to Alliance Health Networks

Alliance Health Networks isn’t wasting anytime bolstering its Pacific Northwest operations following the purchase Medify, a Seattle upstart that it… Read More

May 29, 2012, 11:21 AM

Book Excerpt: Why a car crash couldn’t stop Zynga from revolutionizing gaming

[Editor’s Note: Seattle-area journalist Carol Tice is the co-author, with serial entrepreneur David Lester, of the new book How They Started:… Read More

May 29, 2012, 10:29 AM

The silly side of tech: Put Clippy on your Web site with this startup’s nostalgic hack

OK, the first question we’ve got to ask is: Why? Why on Earth would someone want to recreate Clippy, the… Read More

May 29, 2012, 9:53 AM

Lockerz buys online fashion site Chick Approved

Lockerz continues to bolster its ranks through acquisitions, with the fast-growing Seattle social shopping company announcing that it has acquired… Read More

May 29, 2012, 9:27 AM

Tech Moves: GameHouse taps Keela Robison; NanoString hires biotech vet Bruce Seely

Keela Robison is returning to her roots. After stints at Amazon.com and WhitePages, Robison is returning to RealNetworks’ and its… Read More

May 29, 2012, 8:45 AM

Internet Defense League’s ‘bat signal’ to warn of threats to the Internet

Following the online activism that led to the demise of the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, some… Read More

May 28, 2012, 1:15 PM

Startup Spotlight: Kashoo’s iPad app looks to make accounting easy

If you’ve ever gotten stuck, frustrated or bent out of shape using QuickBooks, the team at Kashoo wants to talk… Read More

May 26, 2012, 11:09 PM

A 6-year-old’s pitch; an app to save your marriage; and other comments of the week

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Feature request: Deduct points … when phone is thrown… Read More

May 25, 2012, 10:21 AM

Startup advice from Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens: Move fast, because speed matters

For the past few years, Keith Vernon of Bristlecone Advisors has taken the stage at the University of Washington’s annual… Read More

May 24, 2012, 11:50 PM

Rooftop urban farm may sprout at Microsoft’s Redmond campus

Microsoft is one of the world’s biggest technology companies. But a new type of business may be sprouting on the… Read More

May 24, 2012, 9:29 AM

MIT spinout Liquid Metal Battery lands $15M from Bill Gates, others

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, an MIT spin out that’s developing new technologies for electricity storage, has raised $15 million in funding… Read More

May 23, 2012, 2:32 PM

Two GeekWire weeks, three entrepreneurial lessons

Twice in the span of one month I did something I hadn’t done for a decade — worked in a… Read More

May 23, 2012, 1:52 PM

Seattle geeks win Apps for Energy challenge with Leafully

Sometimes it can be tough to put one’s energy consumption into perspective. But what if you broke everything down into… Read More

May 23, 2012, 12:31 PM

Mayor McGinn convenes startup roundtable: Could these 5 ideas transform Seattle’s startup community?

Can the City of Seattle do more to support startups? That was the question raised Tuesday night by Seattle Mayor… Read More

May 22, 2012, 1:10 PM

10 mental traits of truly innovative leaders

Ever since I was young I’ve always loved thinking of ways to fix things, build products and make money. And,… Read More

May 22, 2012, 10:48 AM

Kinetix Academy taps power of Kinect to help kids with autism

One of the core ideas behind Startup Weekend is that smart people from various backgrounds and professions can do great… Read More

May 22, 2012, 5:00 AM

Sidecar: A mobile app that’s trying to reinvent the phone call

RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, who helped usher in the era of online video and audio, now wants to reinvent the… Read More

May 21, 2012, 2:19 PM

Startup Spotlight: Founder of Personify looks to make the world a better place

Chuks Onwuneme’s path to Seattle is a long and inspiring one. At the age of 16, he walked the streets of Lagos,… Read More

May 21, 2012, 12:49 PM

Meet the 6-year-old entrepreneur who just wowed Startup Weekend

While checking out the action at Seattle Startup Weekend’s closing event Sunday, I stole a moment to sit down with… Read More

May 21, 2012, 9:48 AM

Mobile data security startup Datacastle locks in $2.4M

Fast-growing Datacastle has reeled in $2.4 million in fresh financing, and is on the prowl for more as the Seattle… Read More

May 19, 2012, 5:15 PM

Internet Week NYC: A Seattle view

“Boy was I ever important,” New York Times columnist David Carr declared during his Internet Week keynote. That’s when the… Read More

May 18, 2012, 11:52 AM

AdReady shakes up exec staff as it aims for profitability

AdReady, the Seattle online advertising startup, has eliminated three of its top executives and laid off other high-level staffers as… Read More

May 17, 2012, 5:18 PM

Inside the Kinect Accelerator: Startups camp out at Microsoft in pursuit of next big thing

It’s a familiar scene in the startup world — an open floor plan, buzzing with activity, filled with startups cranking… Read More

May 17, 2012, 2:40 PM

Seattle financial advisor indicted for funneling $46M into his startup ventures

Mark Spangler, a 57-year-old Seattle financial advisor who formerly served as head of the National Association of Personal Finance Advisors,… Read More

May 16, 2012, 2:54 PM

For sale: Lendle e-book lending service for Amazon Kindle

The creators of the Lendle e-book lending service for Amazon Kindle put up a “for sale” sign this afternoon in… Read More

May 16, 2012, 10:21 AM

Auction Edge makes another buy in bid to upend used car business

A couple days ago we told you about Auction Edge, the stealthy Seattle startup which is looking to transform the… Read More

May 16, 2012, 10:00 AM

Let the good times roll: Optimistic entrepreneurs plan to boost hiring

Entrepreneurs, by their very nature, are optimists. This shouldn’t come as a big surprise. You’ve got to be a bit… Read More

May 16, 2012, 9:34 AM

Where ‘Where are you?’ is: The future of location and discovery

“There’s a graveyard of geo experiments,” says Amber Case. She’s the CEO and co-founder of Geoloqi, a company that helps… Read More

May 16, 2012, 9:10 AM

Hey, NYC: There’s a tech hub out here called Seattle

Don’t get me wrong. The growth of New York’s technology community over the past five years has been nothing short… Read More

May 15, 2012, 10:41 AM

Privacy: Facebook and Google baking it in, but will startups follow the recipe?

High-profile privacy breaches have increasingly been making headlines, putting the issue further onto the agenda of the tech industry. But… Read More

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