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
Apr 4, 2011, 10:00 AM Swype, Zulily, BuddyTV, others named finalists for Seattle 2.0 Awards It’s that time of year when the Seattle startup community pats itself on the back. The Seattle 2.0 Awards are… Read More
Apr 4, 2011, 6:36 AM Android and iPhone game development in a snap: That’s the promise of Zipline What has Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper been building in the basement of Founder’s Co-op over the past few months?… Read More
Apr 4, 2011, 5:45 AM Ad analytics startup Mpire changes gears (again) and raises cash It seems that Mpire has had nearly as many lives as a cat. The company started in 2005 as a… Read More
Apr 3, 2011, 8:21 AM ‘Bill is the guy that made MS happen,’ and other top comments of the week Paul Allen gets into some of the nitty-gritty details of the early days at Microsoft. Steve Ballmer receives a low… Read More
Apr 2, 2011, 11:46 AM GeekWire Podcast: Allen vs. Gates, Amazon Cloud Drive, Giant Thinkwell +1 This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a strange week in tech news, including our first glimpse of Paul… Read More
Apr 1, 2011, 2:48 PM Hey developers: Forget the cheeseburgers, have a LOLcat The guys from Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell will be our guests on the next GeekWire Podcast. And it looks like… Read More
Apr 1, 2011, 11:19 AM University of Washington unveils new entrepreneurial fellows program The University of Washington has been trying for years to spark more creative thinking when it comes to business formation,… Read More
Apr 1, 2011, 11:03 AM RogueSheep CEO leaves the flock Chris Parrish has left the CEO post at RogueSheep, the Seattle mobile application development shop best known for its work… Read More
Apr 1, 2011, 9:05 AM Good news, bad news: M&A activity slows, but momentum grows for IPOs IPOs are on the way up, but M&A deals are coming down. That’ the portrait in a new report released… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 6:43 PM ThePlatform sets sail for new digs in downtown Seattle ThePlatform, an online video company owned by Comcast, is moving from its longtime digs in the old Airborne Express building… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 6:16 PM Casual game maker PassionFruit sold to marketing agency PassionFruit Games, a maker of casual video games for women, has been acquired by Rally Marketing Group in a deal… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 2:10 PM Chart: Where are the women entrepreneurs? A new survey out today indicates that Washington state lags the national average in terms of women-owned businesses. (See below… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 1:35 PM Seattle’s newest online real estate upstart: Windermere? Windermere has one of the most recognizable brands in the Pacific Northwest. But when it comes to innovating online, the… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 1:19 PM Why the founder is the first and most important salesperson of every startup Guest Commentary: The best businesses in the world do two things. They ship, and they sell. You inherently have nothing… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 12:10 PM How a modest bag clip was reborn as an iPhone ‘Kickstand’ DL Byron, the Seattle entrepreneur behind such ventures as Clip-n-Seal and Bike Hugger, was struck with the idea for his… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 11:46 AM Cloud database startup Xeround scores cash Xeround, which moves SQL databases to the cloud, has raised an additional, $4 million in debt financing, according to a… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 10:37 AM How to recruit an Amazon.com coder: Free cheeseburgers? You can recruit smart developers in a lot of ways, offering stock incentives, big salaries or cool perks. But Cheezburger… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 9:00 AM Zillow touts mobile growth, releases new BlackBerry app Zillow.com has attracted plenty of consumers with its iPhone, iPad and Android apps. But the Seattle company’s latest mobile release… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 8:04 AM Social media monitoring startup Visible Technologies raises $6 million Visible Technologies has raised an additional $6 million, money that CEO Kelly Pennock said will help the heavily-funded company accelerate… Read More
Mar 31, 2011, 12:31 AM Startup Pitch: CoCollage looks to become the Facebook Wall for bars and coffee shops You’ve probably seen the technology in action at one of your favorite Seattle coffee shops. The startup is called CoCollage,… Read More
Mar 30, 2011, 11:56 PM Z2Live CEO David Bluhm on latest $2.5 million round: It’s not about the money, it’s the ‘chemistry’ Last week, we told you about some of the heavy hitters from the Seattle tech community lining up behind fast-growing… Read More
Mar 30, 2011, 2:06 PM Exclusive: Fast-growing Swype scores cash from Ignition, hints at Apple iOS integration One of Seattle’s hottest startup companies has scored cash from one of the region’s biggest venture capital firms. Swype, which… Read More
Mar 30, 2011, 1:09 PM Ex-Microsoft and Google interns launch Summify, with cash from Rob Glaser and others Two Romanian Web developers who recently landed in Vancouver, B.C. have just scored a first round of capital from RealNetworks… Read More
