Startups – Page 297 of 315

Aug 13, 2011, 4:50 PM

Tech Moves: Robert Pease says goodbye to Gist; lawyer defections

Sure, it’s technically summer time. But that doesn’t mean everyone is on vacation. Some folks are shifting jobs. Here’s a… Read More

Aug 12, 2011, 12:14 PM

TinkerHouse Games injects a little fun into mobile gaming

Mark Jessup and Lane Daughtry worked as “cogs” in the Seattle gaming industry for years. Now, the two developers are… Read More

Aug 12, 2011, 9:34 AM

Despite bubble talk, VCs lost money over the past decade

We’ve been talking a lot lately about the wild valuations being attached to fast-growing Internet companies, something that would make… Read More

Aug 12, 2011, 8:40 AM

Confessions of an Uber driver: An inside look at Seattle’s new private driver service

At 6:45 p.m. last night, I logged into the Uber iPhone app and requested a private driver. Within 10 minutes,… Read More

Aug 11, 2011, 4:29 PM

IPOs, startups and market volatility: How do you make sense of what’s going on?

The wild ups and downs of the stock market this week would be enough to send most sane investors to… Read More

Aug 11, 2011, 2:33 PM

Startup Labs to bankroll best and brightest from Startup Weekend

It can be downright inspiring watching ideas percolate at Startup Weekend — the 54-hour coding marathon where developers, artists, attorneys,… Read More

Aug 11, 2011, 7:43 AM

Meet Darrell Cavens: The guy who just raised $43M and wants to change how moms shop for kids

Startups, by their very nature, are built to move fast. But Zulily, the Seattle daily deal site that just scored… Read More

Aug 11, 2011, 12:48 AM

Ignition, Founder’s Co-op and Madrona join forces to back AppFog

Three Seattle area venture capital firms are allying to back Portland’s AppFog, which has created new technologies that allow developers… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 9:00 PM

Daily deal site Zulily raises $43 million at huge valuation of more than $700 million

Plopped in the middle of Zulily’s Seattle office is a colorful cardboard rocket ship marking the entrance to the company’s… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 12:21 PM

Portland’s Cedexis scores cash from Madrona and ATV, looks to help Web sites boost performance

In the late 1990s, Len Jordan was working on content distribution networking technologies at RealNetworks when some of the folks… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 11:51 AM

Watch a Coldplay or Katy Perry video on Lockerz, and earn rewards along the way

Lockerz, the fast-growing Seattle social networking upstart targeting teens and twenty somethings, has inked a deal with EMI Music to… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 8:20 AM

Ignition continues blistering pace, leads $14 million round for Couchbase

Another day, another investment by Ignition Partners. The Bellevue venture capital firm today announced that it has led a $14… Read More

Aug 10, 2011, 7:01 AM

Lighter Capital’s Andy Sack has $500,000 burning a hole in his pocket

Ready, set, invest. By August 31, Lighter Capital will pump $500,000 into a new business no matter how awful the… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 2:18 PM

Bitcoin: Tech vets explore potential of digital currency, try to avoid pitfalls

Seattle tech startup entrepreneurs Mike Koss and Peter Vessenes joined us on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast to… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 1:07 PM

Why startups fail: Lack of focus

At the Lean Startup Seattle meetup last week, Madrona Venture Group’s Greg Gottesman explained the importance of entrepreneurial focus. After… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 8:58 AM

Looking to remove the pain of venture investing, Microsoft BizSpark allies with CapLinked

Raising venture capital has pretty much worked the same way for years. Entrepreneurs hop on a plane or in a… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 7:54 AM

Another CEO change at DocuSign as Silicon Valley vet Krach takes helm

Seattle electronic signature company DocuSign has tapped Keith Krach — a Silicon Valley veteran best known for co-founding Ariba —… Read More

Aug 9, 2011, 3:00 AM

Ex-Avanade boss Mitch Hill jumps back into the startup world, joins Opscode as CEO

As the founding CEO of Avanade, Mitch Hill once oversaw close to 9,000 employees. In his latest gig, there won’t… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 12:24 PM

Tech startups: Ice cream is great, but utilities make the world go around

Guest Commentary: Lately I have had a recurring theme running through my head – “didn’t I see that startup idea before,… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 9:33 AM

Windows Phone GM leaving Microsoft, with a rallying cry

Microsoft veteran Charlie Kindel, who led the effort to get independent app developers on board with Windows Phone, is leaving… Read More

Aug 8, 2011, 6:00 AM

Zipline names ex-Microsoft gaming vet Shane Kim to board, raises $400,000

Shane Kim has helped put some of the most recognizable gaming titles on the map, including Halo and Gears of… Read More

Aug 6, 2011, 6:06 PM

Marcelo Calbucci baffled by his own algorithm … and other quotes of the week

The best insights, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “I wrote the code, but I’m still puzzled… Read More

Aug 6, 2011, 10:51 AM

GeekWire Radio: Sex, phones, Internet Explorer and Bitcoin

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we assess a new study that demonstrates just how devoted (or… Read More

Aug 5, 2011, 1:42 PM

How the cool night air of the desert led Facebook to Prineville, Oregon

For the longest time, I assumed that Facebook chose Prineville, Oregon for its new data center because of hydroelectric power.… Read More

Aug 5, 2011, 11:27 AM

Startup Spotlight: Infactio.us spreads Web content like a virus

Infactio.us founders Loyd Zhao and Shek Ho want to turn digital content into a virus of sorts, helping to spread it… Read More

Aug 5, 2011, 7:58 AM

Why this 29-year-old entrepreneur left Seattle for Silicon Valley

Aaron Franklin has been an active member of the Seattle startup community over the years. He’s participated in Startup Weekend… Read More

Aug 5, 2011, 6:54 AM

Mobile phone back-up service Dashwire sells to HTC for $18.5M

This is giving new meaning to the term “daily deal.” In a continued flurry of activity in the M&A market,… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 3:02 PM

First-time conference aims to bridge tech and design in Seattle region

A grassroots initiative to improve the connections among technology companies, user-experience specialists and designers in the Seattle region has spawned… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 12:14 PM

Tech Moves: Kindle veteran Julie Sandler joins Madrona

Madrona Venture Group has long mined Amazon.com for talent, not only backing entrepreneurs with ties to the online retailer but… Read More

Aug 4, 2011, 10:36 AM

Morning Radar: Pirq launches a Groupon rival; Insitu’s new aircraft

Pirq, the mobile daily deal startup led by James Sun, the former star on “The Apprentice,” has officially launched its… Read More