Nov 17, 2011, 2:33 PM U4iA looks to target hardcore social gamers with new studio Two former Activision employees have started a new studio in Bellevue called U4iA to develop what it dubs “hardcore, browser-based… Read More
Nov 17, 2011, 1:52 PM Kindle Fire will outsell iPad, Windows Phone will rebound, and six other tech predictions Facebook will go public in 2012. Apple will lose some of its innovative edge without Steve Jobs. And the majority… Read More
Nov 17, 2011, 12:29 PM Eleven key things would-be entrepreneurs can do instead of getting an MBA If you’re young and thinking of starting a company, then you might be tempted to go to business school to… Read More
Nov 17, 2011, 9:50 AM Startup Spotlight: Bob Crimmins gambles on MoonTango, a new shopping site for women Bob Crimmins loves poker and golf, and has already started a daily deal site specifically for men. Now, the Seattle… Read More
Nov 16, 2011, 9:00 PM Decide.com’s new iPhone app helps gadget shoppers find a better deal nearby There’s no shortage of mobile applications that allow shoppers to scan product bar codes and retrieve product information, with eBay’s… Read More
Nov 16, 2011, 12:39 PM TeachStreet takes lesson from Startup Weekend, unveils skunk works project OnTheWay Perhaps no Seattle startup has devoted as many hours to Startup Weekend as TeachStreet. Business development guru Joseph Sunga and… Read More
Nov 16, 2011, 10:58 AM Tunebox: A new way to listen to music from your Dropbox account Seattle developer Phil Kast was rock climbing in Eldorado Canyon near Boulder two months ago when he slipped off a… Read More
Nov 16, 2011, 10:25 AM Newsmakers 2011: Scott McFarlane guides Avalara Avalara is based on Bainbridge Island, and the company’s software helps online merchants manage the mundane tasks of sales tax… Read More
Nov 16, 2011, 4:30 AM Ignition’s Frank Artale leads $15M round in ServiceMesh Back in August, I interviewed Frank Artale of Ignition Partners about the torrid investment pace that he’d engaged in since… Read More
Nov 15, 2011, 9:44 PM Have fun blowing stuff up: Z2Live offers sneak peek of new iOS game Battle Nations Seattle upstart Z2Live, the fast-growing mobile gaming company, is getting ready to unleash its latest iPhone game. And you better… Read More
Nov 15, 2011, 2:35 PM Concur swings to net loss as CEO Steve Singh pledges significant investments Concur CEO Steve Singh appears to be taking a page out of the Amazon.com playbook, investing heavily in the growth… Read More
Nov 15, 2011, 2:07 PM Event highlights iPad stands, robots and other gadgets Despite the release of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire and the success of Microsoft’s Kinect, Seattle at it’s core is very… Read More
Nov 15, 2011, 9:08 AM Seattle super angels make house call to Silicon Valley’s PokitDok Many Seattle entrepreneurs head south to Silicon Valley when raising financing, tapping into the region’s ranks of well-connected angels. But… Read More
Nov 15, 2011, 8:32 AM Morning Radar: Goldberg’s Fab.com is raising a big round; Kindle Fire apps; and more A quick rundown of stories catching our attention this morning … Jason Goldberg’s Fab.com, the New York-based daily deal site led… Read More
Nov 15, 2011, 6:50 AM Redfin picks DocuSign for electronic signatures Two Seattle companies are hoping that they can help streamline the way people buy or sell homes. DocuSign announced today… Read More
Nov 14, 2011, 5:00 PM Simply Measured puts ‘Excel on steroids’ with new release Simply Measured CEO Adam Schoenfeld kind of sees his company as the “black sheep of the analytics space.” That’s because… Read More
Nov 14, 2011, 12:07 PM NW angel groups bankroll Portland mobile location startup The Oregon Angel Fund and Bellingham Angels Group are pumping $1 million into Meridian, a Portland startup that’s developing new… Read More
Nov 14, 2011, 10:19 AM Newsmakers 2011: Swype’s Cliff Kushler and Mike McSherry Swype revolutionized the way millions of people input text on Android devices, with the simple swipe of a finger. Founded… Read More
Nov 13, 2011, 10:25 PM Kyle Kesterson’s wacky tapeworm game wins top honors at Startup Weekend Kyle Kesterson made a name for himself as the creative force behind Giant Thinkwell, the Seattle celebrity gaming startup whose… Read More
Nov 13, 2011, 9:02 PM Zoomingo zooms ahead with $1.3M from Benaroya Capital A few weeks ago, we told you the story about Zoomingo, the new mobile application from serial entrepreneur Shirish Nadkarni.… Read More
Nov 13, 2011, 10:58 AM Startups are like standing in line for Space Mountain; Google as Death Star… and other quotes of the week The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “A friend, on the choice to quit… Read More
Nov 13, 2011, 7:33 AM Entrepreneur alleges that Benchmark stole his idea Entrepreneurs sometimes fear pitching their ideas to investors out of concern that the business concepts will get stolen. There’s not… Read More
Nov 12, 2011, 1:41 PM Five tips for every startup thinking about going global Not that long ago, only the largest and most profitable companies could afford to build a multinational enterprise. Today, with… Read More
Nov 11, 2011, 10:48 AM Seattle companies unveil new technologies at Realtors expo Seattle, for whatever reason, has become a hub of online real estate technologies. And this week several of those companies… Read More
Nov 11, 2011, 8:58 AM Seattle search startup picks Massachusetts for new HQ Relevant Data Corp., a Seattle search startup, said that it has established a new headquarters in Danvers, Massachusetts and picked… Read More
Nov 11, 2011, 7:55 AM Meet Wavii: The world’s longest-running stealth startup? Over the course of the past few weeks, a couple people in the Seattle startup community have independently asked me… Read More
Nov 10, 2011, 11:36 PM Microsoft’s new documentary about startups is brutally honest about Microsoft Gotta hand it to Microsoft, they’re taking this documentary stuff seriously. I just finished a full-length sneak preview of the… Read More
Nov 10, 2011, 11:07 PM Fantasy Shopper wins top prize at Amazon Web Services’ annual Start-Up Challenge More than 1,500 companies applied from 78 countries. But, at the end of day, England’s Fantasy Shopper took home the… Read More
Nov 10, 2011, 3:40 PM David Giuliani strikes again, sells Clarisonic to L’Oréal David Giuliani already struck gold once with the sale of electronic toothbrush maker SoniCare. Now, the Seattle entrepreneur appears to… Read More
Nov 10, 2011, 2:19 PM From Bill Gates to Google, Startup Weekend is on a roll The folks over at Startup Weekend continue to pull in key partnerships as they look to spread the gospel of… Read More
