How many Seattle startups will go public in 2019? What will happen to Amazon’s stock price over the next 12 months? What will be the most overhyped technology next year? And… Read More
Venture capitalists are in the business of placing big bets on new technologies. That’s why it’s fun to get their yearly predictions — and then assess how well they forecasted… Read More
Insurance and machine learning are hot, virtual reality is not, and cryptocurrency is complicated. Those are a few takeaways from “The VC View” — a panel of venture capitalists featuring… Read More
Nick Hanauer is not impressed with President Donald Trump’s new tax reform plan. The Seattle investor and co-founder of Second Avenue Partners has more than a few choice words about… Read More
Rob Glaser is well aware that restaurants make for risky investments. “There’s two arguments,” he told GeekWire. “One, they have a very high failure rate, which is true. The second… Read More
Real estate technology company Redfin and several prominent tech investment firms will encourage startups in their portfolios to recruit an “independent, diverse board member” within two years of funding —… Read More
The process of landing meetings and pitching investors can be burdensome for time and resource-strapped startups. Brothers Ashfaq and Anil Mohammed wanted to come up with a solution to that… Read More
Attention, nerds: This is the party game for you. “Pitch Deck” is kind of like “Cards Against Humanity” for the startup scene — it takes something terrible (like enduring a… Read More
Gary Rubens is one of Seattle’s top angel investors, a fixture in the region’s startup ecosystem. But now the 54-year-old investor and entrepreneur is looking to fulfill a different type of dream,… Read More
Tim Porter is the guy on the other side of the table. He’s the decision-maker whom eager, nervous entrepreneurs pitch, hoping to secure funding. As managing director of Madrona Venture Group,… Read More