Meet the Robot Turtles: Dan Shapiro’s latest board game that teaches kids to code Dan Shapiro has made his mark as a Seattle software entrepreneur, creating startups such as Ontela and Sparkbuy. Now, Shapiro,… Read More
Startupville: The hot new social game you play with your future It was a few mint juleps in to the evening when Joe Heitzeberg and I started talking about the common experiences of… Read More
Why your startup is half as effective as it should be When I founded Ontela with my friends Charles and Brian, we were all sick of big companies. There were a… Read More
Entrepreneur Dan Shapiro: Startups aren’t a science When Dan Shapiro joined the startup world in 2002, he was bitten by the bug…hard. Find out what he’s learned… Read More
Dan Shapiro’s latest project: What if you could write just one thing each year? What would you say if you could only speak once a year? That’s the question that Seattle entrepreneur Dan Shapiro… Read More
Six reasons why taxi drivers (and other startups) should not take venture capital I just got the following email. Subject: Small taxi company looking to expand Hello, I run a small taxi company… Read More
How to sell your startup to Google: Travel in first class between Seattle and the Valley Entrepreneur Dan Shapiro –who sold Sparkbuy to Google back in May and merged Ontela with Photobucket in 2009 — offers… Read More
Why invest in TechStars class of 2011? “Tada!” Eleven-year-old Jude Sack, son of TechStars leader Andy Sack, swept his arms with a flourish. It’s the halftime break… Read More
An inside look at Google’s Kirkland campus through the eyes of a startup veteran If Google can’t lure prospective employees with high salaries and stock grants, maybe it will convert them with the chocolate… Read More
Google buys Sparkbuy, a search engine for consumer electronics Well, that sure was quick. Sparkbuy, the Seattle upstart led by entrepreneur Dan Shapiro, announced today that it has been… Read More
