Startups – Page 297 of 312

Jul 24, 2011, 12:02 PM

Intellectual Ventures responds to This American Life exposé: ‘We fundamentally disagree’

Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding firm and invention house founded by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, was already-well known… Read More

Jul 22, 2011, 1:36 PM

Seattle developer partners with Futurama, unleashes Head-in-a-Jar iPhone app

We’ve seen a lot of silly mobile apps emerge in our time on the tech beat. But here’s one that… Read More

Jul 22, 2011, 11:49 AM

Startup Spotlight: Earn rewards for exercising with Earndit

Sometimes it can be a little tough to motivate yourself to go for a jog, paddle or bike ride. That’s… Read More

Jul 22, 2011, 9:07 AM

Time Waster: Cheezburger’s top 10 summer fails

It’s Friday, and the sun is finally shining in Seattle. But we’ve certainly missed out on a big chunk of… Read More

Jul 22, 2011, 8:39 AM

Portland Seed Fund tests public-private VC model: Could a similar idea take root in Seattle?

On the GeekWire podcast last week, we chatted with Rick Turoczy of Portland’s Silicon Florist blog about the differences between… Read More

Jul 21, 2011, 4:49 PM

Manufacturing startup FluxDrive raises $1.5M in region known for IT investors

The Pacific Northwest may be best known for its software and Internet industry. But Philip “Chip” Corbin, the founder and… Read More

Jul 21, 2011, 11:12 AM

Geek of the Week: Delane Hewett, DataSphere CTO

Our latest Geek of the Week, Delane Hewett, has been around the Seattle region’s tech community for years, at Boeing… Read More

Jul 21, 2011, 8:51 AM

Meet the 10-year-old who just released an iPhone game (with some help from PopCap)

Remember the story of Owain Weinert? He’s the 10-year-old who dreamed of developing his own iOS game. Well, that dream… Read More

Jul 20, 2011, 5:57 PM

The 14 hottest startups in Seattle (at least in the view of Business Insider)

We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But… Read More

Jul 20, 2011, 12:06 PM

Avelle reverts to Bag Borrow or Steal name, raises $4M

Avelle, the luxury handbag rental service, said today that it plans to reinstitute the name Bag Borrow or Steal. The… Read More

Jul 20, 2011, 11:11 AM

Startup Spotlight: PressOK touts mobile gaming tournaments

Mobile gaming can be a solitary pursuit. But PressOK Entertainment, a three-year-old Seattle startup led by Alex Koloskov and Ryan… Read More

Jul 20, 2011, 10:53 AM

From bad to worse: State slips to 10th in venture capital investment

GeekWire readers have been engaged in an active debate over the past few days on the ailments facing the Seattle… Read More

Jul 20, 2011, 10:51 AM

Hivemyne buys dot-com survivor AskMe

AskMe has certainly been around the startup block in Seattle. Formed in 1999 by former Microsoft employees, the company barely… Read More

Jul 20, 2011, 7:11 AM

Seattle online travel startup Yapta lands $5 million investment from Concur

Concur Technologies has been making a number of strategic bets in the online travel business in recent months, gobbling up… Read More

Jul 19, 2011, 4:30 PM

Microsoft drops out of the Hulu bidding, opening door for Amazon?

Microsoft has reportedly dropped out of the bidding for Hulu, the popular online video service owned by Fox, Disney, NBC… Read More

Jul 19, 2011, 3:33 PM

Zillow prices IPO at $20 per share, signaling strong demand for the online real estate company

Call it a little IPO euphoria. For anyone wondering whether investors would bite on Zillow’s initial public offering, here’s your… Read More

Jul 19, 2011, 3:18 PM

Add comments to the margins of Web pages or directly in the editorial flow with Highlighter

For the most part, readers of this online news site and most others are forced to leave their comments at… Read More

Jul 19, 2011, 9:51 AM

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM joins Motricity; Medio’s Lanphear lands at Livemocha; and more

We’ve been tracking a number of key departures, appointments and new hires in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent… Read More

Jul 19, 2011, 2:31 AM

Zillow set to price IPO this week: Six things to think about

It has been just over a year since a technology company in Washington state — Bellevue-based Motricity — completed an… Read More

Jul 19, 2011, 12:01 AM

Winshuttle buys ShareVis to help non-techies tap into business apps

One of the hidden success stories of the Seattle software community is Winshuttle, which has quietly grown into a powerful… Read More

Jul 18, 2011, 4:20 PM

Guest Commentary: Four keys to selling beyond early adopters

The life and early path of a disruptive entrepreneur can be lonely indeed. By definition, you’re building something that nobody… Read More

Jul 18, 2011, 12:52 PM

Startup Spotlight: Canappi helps builds iPhone and Android apps

Convergence Modeling, a 7-month-old Bellevue startup, wants to make it dead simple for people to create mobile applications that work… Read More

Jul 18, 2011, 7:48 AM

DocuSign faces new threat as Adobe inks deal to buy EchoSign

DocuSign is facing a new competitive challenge today as one of the company’s biggest rivals, EchoSign, was just gobbled up… Read More

Jul 17, 2011, 11:20 PM

Gilt City arrives in Seattle, offers deals on spas, meals and movies

Get ready shoppers. Gilt Groupe today is launching its Gilt City private sale service in Seattle, one of four new… Read More

Jul 17, 2011, 9:20 AM

Scandinavian roots, Netflix price hikes and other top comments

Is Seattle’s startup community hamstrung by a lack of investment dollars or a lack of high-quality entrepreneurial ideas? That was… Read More

Jul 16, 2011, 10:21 AM

A challenge to Seattle entrepreneurs: Generate 100 investment-worthy startups in 24 months

Guest commentary: Yesterday, Marcelo Calbucci published a challenge to Seattle VCs here on GeekWire. Marcelo argues that seed-stage funding in… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 1:38 PM

Tech Moves: ISB attracts an all-star fundraiser; Blue Nile taps a Starbucks vet; and more

We’ve been tracking a number of key departures, appointments and new hires in the Pacific Northwest tech industry in recent… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 10:30 AM

A challenge to Seattle VCs: Back 100 seed-stage startups in 24 months

Guest Commentary: After reading GeekWire’s post about how Washington state is lagging California, New York and Massachusetts in venture capital deals,… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 10:16 AM

MOD Systems founder Mark Phillips sentenced to four years in prison

Seattle entrepreneur Mark Phillips was sentenced Friday morning to four years in prison for defrauding MOD Systems and lying to… Read More

Jul 14, 2011, 2:25 PM

MOD Systems shuts down as prosecutors suggest 97 month jail term for founder Mark Phillips

Federal prosecutors want to lock up MOD Systems founder Mark Phillips for more than eight years after the high-tech executive… Read More