Jun 20, 2011, 5:00 AM Decide unveils predictive shopping service to make sure gadget lovers don’t get burned More than five years ago, Mike Fridgen, Oren Etzioni and others transformed the way people purchased airline tickets on the Web… Read More
Jun 19, 2011, 10:51 AM A special Father’s Day text: ‘Hi Daddy, I Love You!’ This morning, I received a text message that said: “Hi Daddy, I love You!” It wasn’t from my 18-month-old son,… Read More
Jun 19, 2011, 10:25 AM Cheezburger tops startup list as fast-climber ClassifiedAds debuts at No. 5 Cheezburger remains the top dog (or should we say cat) on top of the Seattle Startup Index, the monthly ranking… Read More
Jun 18, 2011, 10:19 AM GeekWire Podcast: How this 15-year-old built and sold a cloud-computing startup This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get to talk with Daniil Kulchenko, the 15-year-old sophomore from Kenmore’s Inglemoor High… Read More
Jun 18, 2011, 8:02 AM A creative explosion set for Tuesday: Sir Mix-A-Lot meets Giant Thinkwell This is going to be fun to watch. The creative forces of Sir Mix-A-Lot and Giant Thinkwell are set to collide… Read More
Jun 17, 2011, 2:55 PM Startup Spotlight: MeMeTales helps kids catch the reading bug MeMeTales has a simple mission. Make reading fun for kids. The company’s mobile app for the iPhone allows kids to… Read More
Jun 17, 2011, 12:52 PM Illegal TV, movie streaming could become a felony, and how that may impact one Seattle startup The U.S. Senate is considering a measure that would make video streaming of copyrighted material a felony, legislation that will… Read More
Jun 17, 2011, 11:44 AM Should you sell your startup? Four unconventional reasons How do you know when it is the right time to sell your startup company? I’ve been getting that question… Read More
Jun 17, 2011, 10:09 AM KindleGraph allows authors to autograph digital books The Kindle has transformed the way people read books. But there’s been at least one casualty of the e-reading revolution:… Read More
Jun 16, 2011, 3:08 PM Fresh off Rockefeller Center win, Optimum Energy lands $5M Optimum Energy, whose software is used to reduce energy consumption in buildings, has raised $5 million in new financing. Total… Read More
Jun 16, 2011, 11:17 AM TruckerLink remotely monitors fleets, identifies the biggest ‘fuel hogs’ on the road With gas prices on the rise, trucking fleets need to watch every penny that flows into the big rigs. Now,… Read More
Jun 16, 2011, 8:15 AM SinglePoint raises $1 million, names VC Tom Huseby chairman Mobile advertising company SinglePoint has raised $1 million in new financing and named veteran venture capitalist Tom Huseby to the… Read More
Jun 16, 2011, 7:28 AM Smith & Tinker re-emerges with iOS game Marvel Kapow! Smith & Tinker, the heavily-funded Seattle company founded by gaming veteran Jordan Weisman, has released a new iOS game in… Read More
Jun 16, 2011, 7:08 AM Marchex sells Foodie.com to Glam Media’s Samir Arora Prior to getting into the call advertising business, Marchex was a big acquirer of domain names. But that’s no longer… Read More
Jun 15, 2011, 10:47 AM Maveron’s counterintuitive bet: House parties to sell women’s handbags Maveron likes to place bets on new consumer-oriented startups. Those range from sandwich shops (Potbelly) to pet insurance (Trupanion). Now, the… Read More
Jun 15, 2011, 10:13 AM Bubble 2.0: The infographic We’ve been writing a lot about some of the frothy conditions in the tech market. And the bubble talk was highlighted… Read More
Jun 15, 2011, 7:00 AM A SXSW for Seattle? Northwest geeks tout new interactive conference For years, Seattle techies have trekked to Austin to participate in the SXSW music, film and interactive conference. But why… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 4:50 PM Zillow makes real estate ‘sexy,’ revamps Zestimate algorithm Zillow is making big changes to its Zestimate, the algorithm it uses to determine the value of homes across the… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 3:54 PM Clarian trumps Bill Gates with rotary-piston hybrid battery Bill Gates and inventors connected to Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures made headlines two years ago with a patent application for… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 2:12 PM Bob Crimmins starts MoonTango, looks to revolutionize online shopping for women A few months ago, Bob Crimmins launched a daily deal site called Dealometry targeted just at dudes. Now, the Seattle… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 1:19 PM Lockerz unveils iPhone app, creating new ways to earn PTZ Lockerz boasts more than 19 million members of its social shopping service. But until today it was largely a Web-based… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 10:43 AM Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan Amazon.com today is approaching 40,000 employees. Seventeen years ago, Shel Kaphan was No. 1. GeekWire Interview: Shel Kaphan, Amazon.com’s first… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 10:11 AM Startup Spotlight: Wine geeks toast success of Corkz app On a trip to China two weeks ago, Matt Kowalczyk ordered a top-notch bottle of wine from a fancy restaurant.… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 9:46 AM Seattle area 15-year-old sells startup to ActiveState Some entrepreneurs wait a lifetime to experience the thrill of selling their startup companies. Daniil Kulchenko, a Seattle area high… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 3:04 PM Swype 3.0 adds ‘predictive tap’ to mobile input technology Swype, the Seattle startup whose mobile input technology works by dragging a finger across a virtual keyboard, is rolling out… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 1:35 PM Ex-Amazon.com exec scores cash to bring infomercials into the digital age You may laugh when you see them on late-night TV, but infomercials for grills, cleaning supplies, jewelry and other consumer… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 11:58 AM CafePress IPO filing offers inside peek at Imagekind buy I love digging into IPO filings, in part because they shed light on the inner workings of private companies that… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 11:36 AM Q&A: Tableau growing fast in Seattle region, with pedigree from Pixar, Stanford The past couple years have brought big growth for Tableau Software, a Seattle-based company that makes technology for analyzing and… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 9:00 AM EquaShip takes on UPS and FedEx, raises $900,000 EquaShip has raised $900,000 in startup financing, money that the Seattle startup will use to roll out a new shipping… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 1:50 AM Video: Watch the high school whiz kids who wowed Seattle Startup Weekend Startup Weekend typically draws an interesting cast of characters. After all, you’ve got to be a little nutty (or at… Read More
