Articles about Newsmakers 2012

Here they are: GeekWire’s 15 Newsmakers for 2012

It was another big year for news in the Pacific Northwest technology community, and for the past few weeks we’ve… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Luke Friang keeps Zulily on the fast track

Perhaps no Seattle startup is moving quite as fast as Zulily, the daily deal site for moms which just scored… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Surface GM Panos Panay represents Microsoft’s new era

Microsoft’s decision to develop its own tablet computer was a historic moment for a company that built one of the… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Greg Gottesman, Matt McIlwain lead the charge at Madrona

At a time when many are proclaiming the death of the traditional venture capital firm, Madrona Venture Group seems to… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: UW president Michael Young shines a light on startups

Are startups in the DNA of the University of Washington? If not right now, they will be once President Michael… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: The Oatmeal stirs up a crowd

Webcomic artist Matthew Inman is known for his wicked and funny takes on modern life as The Oatmeal. But the… Read More

Newsmakers: Adam Brotman gives Starbucks a digital jolt

Typically, around these parts at least, technological innovation is associated with tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing. But there’s… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Seaton Gras catches wave at SURF incubator

Seaton Gras had dreamed for years of a place where entrepreneurs could gather to commiserate (and share war stories). And… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Rand Fishkin points the way at SEOmoz

Rand Fishkin has put SEOmoz on a possible path to become one of the Seattle region’s next public companies. Succeed… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Game vet Jordan Weisman shows the power of crowdfunding

2012 will be remembered as the year that crowdfunding came into its own — letting creators of all sorts tap… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Steve Singh guides Concur to new heights

Concur Technologies doesn’t get as much attention as its publicly-traded Seattle area counterparts. After all, filling out travel and entertainment… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney looks to reinvent the steel industry

Christina Lomasney isn’t out to change the way we share photos with one another, nor does she want to create… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos redefines boundaries

It was another big year for Amazon.com, with the expansion of the company’s Kindle and Kindle Fire lineup, the continued… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Apptio’s Sunny Gupta swings for the fences

The thing we’ve always liked about Sunny Gupta is that he’s not playing “small ball.” Nope, the entrepreneur is taking a… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Asteroid miner Chris Lewicki points Planetary Resources to a new industry in space

They plan to send robots into space to mine asteroids — opening up a new frontier for natural resources and… Read More