Seattle tech investor Ben Gilbert is transitioning to a new role at Pioneer Square Labs, the startup studio and venture firm he helped co-found, to focus more attention on “Acquired,”… Read More
Amazon is one of the most extraordinary business stories of our time. Many people in the tech industry have a general understanding of this story, picking up bits and pieces… Read More
As a co-founder and managing director at Seattle venture capital firm Pioneer Square Labs, Ben Gilbert spends a lot of time helping companies get off the ground and find the… Read More
— Startup Haven, a community for entrepreneurs founded by Seattle startup vet Bob Crimmins, launched an investment fund called Startup Haven Ventures. With the new fund, Startup Haven has also… Read More
The flywheel is spinning at Pioneer Square Labs, the Seattle startup studio formed five years ago by a cadre of Seattle’s leading angel and venture capital investors. In the course… Read More
Four years ago, Ben Gilbert was a symbol of Seattle’s rapidly expanding transportation options. The tech investor and entrepreneur had ditched his car at the time, opting to go “full… Read More
What do Pinterest, Lyft, Uber and Slack have in common? Yes, they’re all newly public companies, or preparing to make their initial public offerings. But they also share something in… Read More
When Seattle-based online dog-sitting marketplace Rover announced it was acquiring its biggest competitor, Santa Monica, Calif.-based DogVacay, in March 2017, the companies decided in advance that they would shutter DogVacay… Read More
By now, we’re used to hearing complaints about the millennial generation. They’re cocky. They’re entitled. They’re never satisfied. They want a trophy just for showing up. But the flipside of… Read More
In May of last year, I finally pulled the trigger: I got rid of my car, a 2013 Honda Civic. I was paying an exorbitant amount for parking as a… Read More
Ben Gilbert knows startups and he knows tech acquisitions. This week on the GeekWire podcast, we asked him about both, grilling him on the best and worst acquisitions, their characteristics,… Read More