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Your Kid Wants to Start a Business: Here’s How to Help

You will walk out of this event knowing exactly what to say the next time your kid pitches you their… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur Robbie Cape’s lengthy job search takes unexpected turn with launch of new startup

“We’re shaping the vision, building the team, defining the culture. The slate is clean. The sky is open. And we are having an absolute blast,” Cape wrote on LinkedIn. Read More

Appetite for invention: Seattle tech vets hatch a simple gadget to cook a tastier chicken

Not satisfied with what they considered overly complicated methods for cooking unsatisfactory chicken, Dave Atchison and Tony Smith jumped out… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2025 revealed: Community ‘alive and well’ at annual celebration of best in tech

The strength of the Seattle region’s tech community — from the diversity of companies and innovations, to the connections between… Read More

Last chance to vote for 2025 GeekWire Awards to help honor best in Pacific Northwest tech

Get your votes in! Today is the last chance to help us choose the upcoming winners at the 2025 GeekWire… Read More

Friends and family of Richard Tait starting $250K award fund to honor entrepreneurs in his memory

A year after the death of longtime Seattle entrepreneur Richard Tait, his friends and family are establishing an endowment fund… Read More

NFL star Bobby Wagner helps kids get the tech exposure that shaped his life outside football

Former Seattle Seahawks star Bobby Wagner looks back fondly on the opportunity he got away from football to learn more… Read More

2022 GeekWire Awards revealed: Community celebrates big winners in Pacific NW tech

Community. It felt good to say it and hear it, and it felt even better to see it in action… Read More

2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

It’s been a tough year for people everywhere. But Thursday proved to be an inspiring day, as the 2021 GeekWire… Read More

Microsoft launches entrepreneurship program to support startups tackling societal challenges

Microsoft unveiled its new Global Social Entrepreneurship program Friday, in an effort to support small businesses addressing societal and environmental… Read More

Geek of the Week: At 16, Nikolas Ioannou develops apps, goes to college and plans a health startup

Like many entrepreneurs, technology has played a significant role in the life of Nikolas Ioannou. It just so happens that… Read More

Geek of the Week: How lifelong entrepreneur Bob Crimmins’ little poker game ballooned to a 2,300-person startup group

There are plenty of stories of entrepreneurs who got their start in dorm rooms and garages, but how many can… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Remembering fallen astronauts and learning to build board games

We probably all know someone who wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up. You may even have wanted… Read More

Geek of the Week: Teen photographer Gavriel Staloch builds a brand and a business as an Instagram influencer

Gavriel Staloch didn’t just develop an interest in photography at a young age, he did it in the age of… Read More

TLDR: Amazon ends warehouse worker bonuses & stock awards

Today’s featured stories Amazon criticized for ending warehouse bonuses and stock awards in shift to $15/hour wage Nintendo plans new… Read More

The American Dream: What the U.S. means to immigrant entrepreneurs and tech leaders

Manny Medina was 20 years old when he came to the United States to pursue opportunities in engineering. “For me,… Read More

Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs

First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most… Read More

10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of entrepreneurship with 10-yr-old twins

[Editor’s Note: Peter Chee is founder and CEO of Seattle-based Thinkspace.] I’ve been reflecting on my journey over the last 10 years… Read More

Watch: The immigrant’s journey, told by 3 foreign-born technologists who want to change the world

From political upheaval to natural disasters, 2017 has been a tumultuous year for everyone. But perhaps no group has felt… Read More

Better tattoo ink? A workout on the bus to work? Teens test startup ideas at Innovate ’17 bootcamp

REDMOND, Wash. — People are spending hours each week commuting to work, often via bus, so why not turn that… Read More

U.S. Reps. DelBene and Farenthold: Congress can reduce startup barriers to invest in America’s future

[Editor’s Note: This bipartisan guest commentary was written for GeekWire by U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, and U.S. Rep. Blake… Read More

Pizza, soda, Oreos and breathing: 7 key lessons I learned in the startup trenches

Becoming a startup CEO was never an explicit career goal. I started PitchBook because of a simple and pure motivation… Read More

On the front lines of tech: Bunker Labs ready to help veterans move from military service to startups

Not everyone has the work ethic to be an entrepreneur — the long hours, the commitment, the need to focus… Read More

Guest Post: I launched the 2.19% Founders Alliance to help women in tech help each other

I don’t actually want to talk about how hard it is to be a woman in tech. I realize this… Read More

Study: Startup ecosystems across the country are bouncing back — but there’s more work to be done

The Great Recession struck a major and lasting blow to entrepreneurship but the nation’s startup ecosystem appears to finally be… Read More

Co-working space for women The Riveter is launching in Seattle to build community and challenge ‘bro-working’

Amy Nelson is in the midst of a career pivot. A former Wall Street lawyer, she and co-founder Kim Peltola… Read More

Donald Trump’s promises weigh heavily on a tech world shaped by immigrant entrepreneurs

Vijay Vashee moved from Mumbai to the U.S. to study advanced engineering in 1974. He received degrees from Cornell University… Read More

4 weeks, $200, 1 idea: This Seattle entrepreneur has an ambitious plan to get more women to launch startups

Avni Patel Thompson had a great idea for a business — a vetted, on-demand childcare service — but like many women… Read More

How a sense of entitlement makes millennials more entrepreneurial

By now, we’re used to hearing complaints about the millennial generation. They’re cocky. They’re entitled. They’re never satisfied. They want… Read More

Young entrepreneurs share advice and success stories at Millennial Weekend Seattle

As three Millennial entrepreneurs discussed financial challenges and lessons learned from their own successful careers, a common theme emerged: Invest… Read More

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