It’s been a wild past several days for Zulily. As we’ve reported, the online retailer is shutting down three offices, including its Seattle headquarters, and laying off more than 800… Read More
Vouched, a Seattle startup that helps companies verify identity, raised $6.3 million. The funding round was led by BHG VC and SpringRock Ventures as well as prior investors Darrell Cavens and Mark… Read More
Mark Vadon is on the prowl for the next e-commerce superstar. Vadon, who previously co-founded Zulily and Blue Nile and served as chairman of online pet products retailer Chewy, is… Read More
Mark Vadon, the Seattle e-commerce entrepreneur who co-founded Zulily and Blue Nile and served as chairman of Chewy, is joining the SPAC craze. Vadon has emerged as the chairman and… Read More
Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon know what it takes to build a successful consumer company. The entrepreneurs helped grow not one but two online retail giants that went public, teaming… Read More
E-commerce pioneer Mark Vadon, who helped transform the way people buy engagement rings with Blue Nile and kids clothes with Zulily, has done it again. This time in pet supplies.… Read More
Seattle-based online diamond seller Blue Nile announced today that it has agreed to be acquired for $500 million by Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street LLC. The all-cash deal will price… Read More
Zulily is attempting to quickly allay the fears of its 3,000 employees, whose futures are now a little less certain thanks to a surprise $2.4 billion sale to QVC, the home shopping network. “This acquisition is… Read More
Zulily co-founders Mark Vadon and Darrell Cavens are poised to reap a huge windfall after the online retailer they started five years ago sells to home-shopping giant QVC for $2.4 billion.… Read More
The day after Zulily reported disappointing first-quarter results and slashed its outlook for the year, investment banks are questioning whether the Seattle e-commerce company can turn things around. After a miss like this, it’s natural… Read More
It’s never been Zulily’s goal to ship products to customers as quickly as Amazon. In response to a question about shipping times at the GeekWire Summit last year Zulily’s Chairman Mark Vadon said, “No, I… Read More
Respected venture capitalist Bill Gurley sparked quite the reaction earlier this month after his comments noting how the current tech boom is starting to show signs of the dot-com boom (and bust).… Read More
Leading up to this year’s GeekWire Summit, I kept hearing one question: How in the world did you get Zulily co-founder Mark Vadon to speak? It even happened minutes before… Read More
Unlike other e-commerce giants, Mark Vadon, Zulily’s Chairman and co-founder, said his fast-growing company is not trying to ship products to its customers in two days, much less in the same day. So,… Read More
Zulily’s shares jumped more than 35 percent today after Wall Street applauded the Seattle online retailer’s fourth quarter earnings, which blew right past analysts’ estimates. The performance even got CNBC’s… Read More
Zulily’s initial public offering today represented a huge milestone for the Seattle company. It also made the founders and venture capitalists fabulously rich. Take, for instance, 43-year-old Zulily co-founder and… Read More
I’ve been absolutely fascinated by the meteoric rise of Zulily, the Seattle daily deal site which now boasts more than four million members who turn to it every day to… Read More
Plopped in the middle of Zulily’s Seattle office is a colorful cardboard rocket ship marking the entrance to the company’s HR and recruiting department. It’s a popular destination. The daily… Read More