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Billion-dollar startup founders share advice on how to build teams, establish values, scale, and more

Manny Medina may be the head of a billion-dollar startup, but when asked what mythical creature represents the company, it’s… Read More

Axon hires Amazon exec; PayScale loses another chief; Ookla, DroneSeed, Armoire add leaders; and more Tech Moves

— Axon landed former Amazon executive Jeff Kunins as chief product officer and executive vice president of software. Kunins was… Read More

Uber doubles down on trucking venture, will invest $200M in new Uber Freight Chicago HQ

Heads up, Convoy: Uber is doubling down on its trucking venture. Uber announced Monday that it will invest $200 million… Read More

Three Seattle startups make LinkedIn’s 2019 list of 50 hottest companies to work for now

LinkedIn’s 2019 list of the 50 Top Startups in the U.S. once again includes three companies from Seattle, with two… Read More

Convoy hires VPs of marketing and revenue, doubles workforce to 750 in bid to transform the trucking industry

Convoy is adding two new senior executives to lead marketing and revenue, capping a year of massive growth following a… Read More

Dramatic plays caught on video lead TINYpulse to 2019 softball championship in IT Sports League

TINYpulse had the drive to beat Convoy. The Seattle startup that offers technology to assess employee morale is assessing how… Read More

Tech Moves: Lime’s chief program officer departs; Convoy taps Amazon vet as advisor; Versium names a new CEO; and more

— A little more than a year after joining dockless bike- and scooter-sharing startup Lime as chief program officer, Scott… Read More

Tech Moves: Convoy grows its data science team; Seattle Genetics adds a chief commercial officer; and more

Trucking startup Convoy has been busy building out its data science team, which now counts more than 40 members —… Read More

Secretive investment firm Lone Pine Capital is quietly minting tech unicorns in Seattle

Some of Seattle’s hottest startups are taking big checks from a major investment firm that rarely bets on private companies.… Read More

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Unicorns, IPOs and the hidden links among the new wave of tech giants

Seattle has a new unicorn, Outreach, the sales and marketing automation company that raised a $114 million funding round, pushing… Read More

Convoy launches new marketplace to help small trucking businesses compete with large carriers

After years of development and testing, Convoy today launched a new marketplace that helps small trucking companies get access to… Read More

Uber lists Seattle companies Amazon and Convoy as competitors in IPO filing

Two Seattle companies made an appearance in Uber’s IPO prospectus that published Thursday as potential threats to its business. The… Read More

Show me the money: Vote for the top venture capital Deal of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

Show me the money! Venture capital investment in Washington state last year reached the highest level since 2000, at $2… Read More

Tech Moves: Convoy soaks up big tech talent; Discovery taps Amazon exec to lead new Seattle office; and more

When you’re a billion-dollar startup looking to disrupt an $800 billion industry, you need engineers. Good ones. Trucking platform Convoy… Read More

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Dan Primack is right: Amazon has not sparked a startup wave in Seattle

Dan Primack is one of my favorite journalists on the startup and venture capital beat, and his Pro Rata newsletter… Read More

Billion-dollar trucking startup Convoy to open first office outside of Seattle

Atlanta is on the short list for Amazon HQ2. But the Georgia capital has already landed the east coast hub… Read More

Here’s how Convoy’s $185M investment stacks up to other top rounds for Seattle startups in 2018

Convoy’s latest investment round was the largest for a Seattle-area startup in the past three years. Trucking startup Convoy reaches… Read More

Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation after huge $185M investment led by Google VC arm

After serving 14 years for the Royal Canadian Navy, Ira Lawrence was ready for a new adventure. He and his… Read More

One Seattle company cracks the top 25 in LinkedIn’s new list of most sought-after startups

Outreach is on a roll. The enterprise software startup raised $65 million this spring, announced it was moving into a… Read More

U2’s Bono and The Edge revealed as investors in Convoy on-demand trucking tech startup

Seattle-based on-demand trucking technology startup Convoy already counts several rock stars of the tech world among its investors — including… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Which of these 5 fast-growing companies will become the Next Tech Titan?

One of five companies is about to join an exclusive club. Past winners of GeekWire’s Next Tech Titan award have… Read More

Tech Moves: Remitly taps John Scrofano to lead new initiatives; Convoy adds Dropbox engineering leader; Microsoft data whiz joins Outreach

John Scrofano, a longtime Seattle entrepreneur and executive who most recently served as CEO of Seattle startup Garmentory, joined startup… Read More

Tech Moves: Convoy adds CFO and CRO as it continues to grow; New CFO at Moz; and more

On-demand trucking startup Convoy announced two new additions to its financial leadership team: Former Zillow executive and Amazon manager Tony Small… Read More

Trucking startup Convoy partners with Goodyear, surpasses 225 employees and 100K trucks

Convoy is trucking along. The Seattle startup now has more than 225 employees and 100,000 truckers on its platform that… Read More

Top Pacific Northwest startup funding rounds of 2017: Remitly, Rover, Vacasa lead the way

Plenty of Pacific Northwest startups raised big funding rounds this year to fuel their growth in 2017 and beyond. The… Read More

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: A high-profile IPO, plenty of acquisitions and startups on the rise

Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of… Read More

Tech Moves: MicroVision appoints new CEO; Convoy adds longtime Tableau exec; and more

MicroVision, the Redmond, Wash.,-based maker of laser projection technology, is under new leadership. The company announced that longtime technology executive… Read More

Amazon launches Relay app to help truckers get into and out of its warehouses faster

Amazon is looking to speed up the process for trucks to get in and out of its massive warehouses with… Read More

On-demand trucking startup Convoy parts ways with 3 business leaders, adds new execs

Three business leaders have exited Seattle-based Convoy in recent weeks even as the heavily funded on-demand trucking startup has added new… Read More

Convoy inks deal with Anheuser-Busch as trucking startup expands national footprint

Seattle-based trucking startup Convoy today announced a multi-year strategic partnership deal with Anheuser-Busch to help the brewing giant move its… Read More

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