Startups – Page 309 of 312

Apr 12, 2011, 8:18 AM

Former Microsoft GM Anna Collins named president of PhotoRocket

Anna Collins, a former general manager at Microsoft, has been tapped as president of PhotoRocket. Collins spent the past seven… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 1:34 PM

Ignition Partners’ Steve Hooper joins board of InfoSpace

Steve Hooper, one of the founding members of Ignition Partners and the former CEO of AT&T Wireless, has joined the… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 10:49 AM

Zillow.com makes its first buy: Online listing service Postlets

Zillow.com has pretty much grown on its own since Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink founded the company in 2005, preferring… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 10:25 AM

Windows app store Allmyapps reaches 100,000 users

Allmyapps, an online app store for Windows PC reminiscent of Apple’s App Store for Mac, this morning announced that it… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 10:24 AM

Chart: Money flows to the top of the class in venture capital

Some may say that the venture capital model is broken. But that’s not stopping money from flowing into the coffers… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 9:07 AM

CPMs or CPCs? Nope, BigDoor has its eye on the CPQ: Cost Per Quest

You may have heard of CPMs or CPCs. But Seattle startup BigDoor wants to start a movement around another online… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 8:02 AM

Marcelo Calbucci lands CTO gig at EveryMove, Andy Liu joins board

Marcelo Calbucci has a new gig. The founder of Seattle 2.0 today was named the chief technology officer at EveryMove,… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 5:00 AM

Marchex increases bet on the phone call, agrees to buy Jingle Networks for $62.5M

About a year ago, Marchex placed a big bet on call advertising. And now the Seattle company is doubling down… Read More

Apr 10, 2011, 1:52 PM

Seattle teens behind ‘The Grim Tweeper’ app dream of making it big … in Silicon Valley

Wesley Zhao and Ajay Mehta have been friends since the fourth grade, attending Stevenson Elementary, Odle Middle School and Interlake… Read More

Apr 10, 2011, 12:15 AM

‘The second bubble started with Twitter and Facebook,’ and other comments of the week

It’s been another action-packed week here at GeekWire as we continue to scour the tech landscape for interesting, offbeat and… Read More

Apr 9, 2011, 9:39 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Sports, Twitter, beer, apps and startups

We’ve got sports on our brains this week, with a roundup of the latest technological “innovations” at Mariners and Sounders… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 12:52 PM

Marooned on Bainbridge, fast-growing Avalara establishes Seattle outpost

We’ve seen high-tech companies — including Google, Microsoft and Tableau Software — open offices on both sides of Lake Washington… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 10:44 AM

Struggling MOD Systems places employees on leave

MOD’s kiosk technology MOD Systems has placed a number of its employees on leave as the Seattle maker of digital… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 9:57 AM

SEC to review rules on how startups raise money

Guest Commentary: Breathtaking, front-page news in the Wall Street Journal this morning. Securities and Exchange Commission chief Mary Schapiro has… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 8:39 AM

Adeo Ressi to Seattle angels: It’s time to get off the sidelines

Adeo Ressi was in town this week, battling a nasty case of pink eye and a broken toe. But those… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 11:08 PM

Two Days in Silicon Valley: An inside look at 23 startups from Dave McClure’s Demo Days

I’ve been thinking a lot about passion lately — passion for ideas, teams, the shared pursuit of common goals. More… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 12:05 PM

Rewind: Can these 3 funny guys build a viable startup?

There’s no question that the guys at Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell are funny, as evidenced by their April Fool’s Day… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 9:20 AM

Floyd, LeFaivre, others named to NW Energy Angels advisory board

The Pacific Northwest has a solid slate of clean tech companies — from fuel cell maker ReliOn which just scored… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 8:42 AM

Poll: Are we experiencing another tech bubble?

Here comes the “B” word again. That’s right, bubble. Venture capitalists and startups are currently engaged in a wild deal… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 5:15 AM

Lockerz taps former Amazon exec, plans deeper Facebook integration

Fast-growing, youth-oriented social networking site Lockerz has been undergoing a serious growth spurt since moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh to… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 4:09 PM

Matt McIlwain has the Midas Touch, but no one else does in Seattle

Is Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain a modern day Midas? Some people think so. The Seattle venture capitalist — an… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 9:39 AM

Seattle startup Dashwire inks licensing deal with Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures

Dashwire is a small mobile software company. But the Seattle upstart still has to worry about patent issues, and because… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 8:57 AM

Sex columnist Dan Savage: The undisputed social media news king of Seattle

The Stranger’s Dan Savage is crude, lewd and, at times, outrageously funny. Seattle’s best-known sex advice columnist also is an… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 7:48 AM

Once a ‘daily deal’ naysayer, TeachStreet’s Dave Schappell gets the fever

A few months ago, TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell was lamenting the fact that nearly everyone he bumped into asked about… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 2:27 AM

Startup launch: Jumala makes a game out of creating games

Why would you want to just play a video game, when you could be the mastermind who actually helped design… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 1:21 PM

Mozy executive Russ Stockdale on VMware deal: ‘I’d classify it as a transfer of talent’

Mozy has built a big business around online backups. But most people don’t realize that the company’s headquarters is located… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 11:11 AM

The art of the name change: David Aronchick explains the switch from Entertonement to Hark

David Aronchick has one piece of advice for entrepreneurs when considering a new business moniker: “don’t name a company around… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 7:48 AM

ReliOn scores $6M, looks to become first profitable fuel cell maker

Fuel cell maker ReliOn has scored an additional $6 million in financing from existing investors, money that will be used… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 7:28 AM

Ex-Expedia CEO Blachford joins Technology Crossover Ventures

Former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford has been named a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital… Read More

Apr 4, 2011, 3:21 PM

Nuance unplugs Jott: Voice-to-text service to end May 3rd

You won’t be able to Jott anymore. The mobile service, which allowed users to convert voice messages to text, will… Read More