Startups – Page 274 of 312

Mar 13, 2012, 10:20 PM

Here’s how your startup can ring the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange

Typically, companies have to wait years for the honor of ringing the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange.… Read More

Mar 13, 2012, 9:04 PM

Scrappy Urbanspoon turns to TV ads to connect with foodies

Urbanspoon scratched and clawed its way to success, driven by the bootstrapping mindset of founders Adam Doppelt, Ethan Lowry and… Read More

Mar 13, 2012, 6:00 AM

Hyperlocal news platform DataSphere raises $8 million

DataSphere Technologies already helps power the hyperlocal news sites for TV stations owned by Fisher Communications, Gannett, Meredith and others.… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 10:56 PM

Tech Moves: Mark Klebanoff named CFO of Appature; Salad Labs tosses in a new leader; and more

Appature is adding some horsepower in the executive offices as it looks to expand its marketing services for healthcare companies.… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 3:19 PM

Freak’n Genius: Animation startup uses Microsoft Kinect to tap your inner goofball

Kyle Kesterson may be known around Seattle as a talented designer, artist and active participant in the Startup Weekend hackathons.… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 10:49 AM

Startup Spotlight: This upstart thinks it can help you make money in the stock market

Can geeky algorithms beat the pros on Wall Street? Scott Juds, the founder of SumGrowth Strategies, which is developing a new… Read More

Mar 12, 2012, 8:55 AM

Entrepreneurs to Congress: Please, make it easier to IPO

In a letter to the U.S. Senate signed by “America’s Start-up Leaders,” more than 700 entrepreneurs today urged lawmakers to… Read More

Mar 10, 2012, 5:09 PM

BigShot DJ spins into SXSW with online game for digital DJs

Can you make a game out of spinning tunes in virtual “rooms” on sites like Turntable.fm? Ali Daniali thinks so. The… Read More

Mar 10, 2012, 4:27 PM

Stride tries to make CRM sexy and dead simple

Andrew Dumont has worked in marketing and business development roles for a few years now, and until recently he has… Read More

Mar 8, 2012, 4:15 PM

Redfin rumbles in to Rocky’s hometown of Philadelphia

Redfin is expanding its real estate brokerage service into the Philadelphia area, marking the 19th major market for the Seattle… Read More

Mar 8, 2012, 3:08 PM

Database startup Drawn to Scale inks new financing deal

Drawn to Scale, a two-year-old Seattle startup developing a new database called Spire, has raised a round of funding from RTP… Read More

Mar 8, 2012, 2:57 PM

Startup insights and inspiration from Ray Ozzie

[Editor’s Note: Journalist Robert McClure, co-founder of InvestigateWest, attended the GeekWire Summit yesterday and shared this report about Ray Ozzie’s comments on… Read More

Mar 8, 2012, 10:09 AM

Q&A: Ray Ozzie on startups, Microsoft, and what he’s dreaming up next

[Updated with video above] Our opening conversation at the GeekWire Summit featured Ray Ozzie, the online collaboration pioneer and former… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 10:17 AM

Audiogalaxy music service is reborn, with a new approach

Audiogalaxy, one of the original music file-sharing services and “one of the greatest defunct websites of all time,” marked its return… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 10:06 AM

Chart: Technology job posts are on the rise in Seattle

Last week, Payscale released a report showing that Seattle is one of the hottest markets for startup technology jobs. Now,… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 7:05 AM

Big Fish bets on casino game maker, buys Self Aware Games

There’s been a flurry of activity in recent weeks in the category of casino-style social media games, highlighted by IGT’s… Read More

Mar 6, 2012, 6:00 AM

WildTangent to bring new gaming ‘ID pack’ to Android phones on Sprint

WildTangent is making it easier for some Android customers on Sprint to play its games through a deal being announced… Read More

Mar 5, 2012, 3:37 PM

Group plans protest over Pluto’s ‘dwarf’ planetary status

Is it time to bring Pluto back into the list of premier planets in our solar system? A Seattle group… Read More

Mar 5, 2012, 1:36 PM

Startup Spotlight: This 25-year-old Web entrepreneur built a profitable business on a shoestring

Josh Neblett was a finance major at Gonzaga University when he heard venture capitalist and adjunct professor Tom Simpson describe… Read More

Mar 5, 2012, 12:35 PM

Alliance of Angels takes flight, spins off from the Technology Alliance

The Alliance of Angels — a 15-year-old Seattle angel investment organization that boasts more than 60 members — is spinning… Read More

Mar 5, 2012, 10:50 AM

GeekWire Summit final details: Special guest and party tickets

We’re expecting a capacity crowd of more than 400 folks this Wednesday afternoon for the first-ever GeekWire Summit & Anniversary… Read More

Mar 5, 2012, 7:59 AM

Next IT’s virtual travel agent aids airlines without the human touch

You may have already come across “Jenn” at Alaskaair.com or “Alex” at United.com, the virtual travel agents that help consumers… Read More

Mar 4, 2012, 8:42 AM

Indochino to bring ‘traveling tailor’ pop-up store to Seattle

Let’s face it: The fashion sensibilities of men in the Pacific Northwest (especially those in the tech industry) are a… Read More

Mar 3, 2012, 11:17 PM

Mobile marketing firm Lenco picks Seattle for new HQ

Lenco Mobile has relocated its headquarters from Santa Barbara, California to Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, the lastest in a string… Read More

Mar 3, 2012, 1:52 PM

Crowding out angels from startup financings?

As early as next week, we may know whether Congress will change US securities laws to permit startups to sell… Read More

Mar 2, 2012, 12:36 PM

Angel groups in Seattle: How they’re doing, what they cost

Over the past three days, GeekWire Chief Business Officer Rebecca Lovell and I both have moderated panels about the state… Read More

Mar 2, 2012, 10:53 AM

Happy hour mobile app maker GoTime purchased by Infogroup

Seattle-based GoTime, which makes a mobile application that allows users to find happy hours at local bars and taverns in… Read More

Mar 2, 2012, 10:40 AM

Hark tops 50 million visits as listeners tune in to audio clips of Obama and Whitney Houston

YouTube may be the king of online video. But Seattle upstart Hark is making a play to become the top destination… Read More

Mar 2, 2012, 10:32 AM

Video-game vets offer peek at ‘Techpocalypse,’ based on real-world map data

Indie video-game startup Anomaly Labs is getting close to finishing its first game, “Techpocalypse” — an HTML5-based cooperative game that… Read More

Mar 2, 2012, 9:43 AM

Tech Moves: Vernon out at Zulily; Microsoft hires FTC attorney who slammed Google; and more

Less than a year after arriving at fast-growing Seattle daily deal startup Zulily, chief financial officer Michael Vernon has left… Read More