Christina Lomasney has been replaced as president and CEO of Modumetal, the Seattle startup she launched 13 years ago in a quest to find an alternative material that could hold… Read More
You’ve left your corporate job, answered some key questions, and decided to make the startup leap. Now it’s time to raise some cash to help fertilize the seeds of your… Read More
Starting a startup is a big career — and life — decision. There can be a lot of risk involved with leaving a cushy corporate job to venture out on… Read More
Only 2.5 percent of venture capital funding goes to companies with all-female founders. As a female entrepreneur, I find this extremely disheartening. My startup, an online English language platform called… Read More
If creating and running a successful business isn’t challenging enough for many entrepreneurs, it can be mind-boggling to think about what it takes to do that and maintain a healthy… Read More
Like all entrepreneurs, Christy Johnson wears many hats. She’s currently the CEO and founder of strategy consulting firm Artemis Connection, an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington, a… Read More
In late November, Saba Mohebpour arrived in Los Angeles from his home in Canada on a temporary visa. He was there as the CEO and co-founder of Spocket, a wholesale e-commerce… Read More
Hannah Lidman arrives before 7 a.m. in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. She’s an entrepreneur on a mission: Find a technical co-founder for her new business, DayHeart, an app that connects… Read More
Seattle has a reputation for innovation in tech and science, but it also has a reputation for another kind of change: civic innovation, tackling some of the biggest social issues… Read More
A club at the University of Washington is ready to help launch the next big thing. Startup UW is a student-run entrepreneurship group that provides a support network and resources… Read More
“Entrepreneurship. What does that mean? And can you teach it?” asks Darek Mazzone, a creative consultant at Microsoft Innovation Centers. We often see skills like entrepreneurship or creativity as innate, unteachable… Read More
PALM DESERT, Calif.— Silicon Valley may get all of the buzz, and most of the country’s venture capital dollars. But AOL co-founder Steve Case thinks we need to get out… Read More
Popular thinking would have you believe that the Seattle region is a sure bet to make any list of the hottest places in the country for entrepreneurs and startups. But in a new… Read More
Accel Partners is brining on longtime Google thought leader Joe Beda as its newest entrepreneur in residence. Beda hasn’t decided quite yet what kind of company he wants to create,… Read More
Canadian businessman Colin Sprake is looking to unleash entrepreneurial energy within big companies, and he’s partnered with informercial creator and former “Shark Tank” investor Kevin Harrington to make it a… Read More
Starting up can be a lonely adventure. But some of the most successful startups today are founded by a team. Aside from cases where there’s a pressing need for a… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, speaking to the crowd at GeekWire Startup Day this morning, suggested looking at the economy in a different way: Innovation Per Dollar (IPD). Inslee noted that… Read More
I’ve launched half a dozen or so startup products in my career and in the process I’ve picked up my list of favorite tools to make each step easier, faster, and cheaper. … Read More
For the past six months, ten teams from the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship have been working within a Tech Stars-esque Jones Milestones/Foster Accelerator and building their startups.… Read More
We had a great conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot Wednesday evening at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot talked about several interesting topics, from why entrepreneurs should avoid venture capital to the power of… Read More
We had a stimulating conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot yesterday at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot touched on a number of really interesting topics and had good perspective on Seattle as… Read More
Two separate news announcements out today involving Startup Weekend and Microsoft’s BizSpark program could help jumpstart entrepreneurial activities throughout the developing world, from sub-Saharan Africa to Mongolia to Palestine. Startup… Read More