Persistence, courage and an ability to learn from failure. Those are some of the attributes of entrepreneurs, all traits exhibited by Gist founder and CEO T.A. McCann in 2011. One… Read More
Of all the stories we covered on GeekWire in 2011, one of the most remarkable was the tale of Daniil Kulchenko, a high school sophomore from Kenmore, Wash., who sold his… Read More
Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens likes to move fast, tackling opportunities before the moment passes. And no one, and I mean no one, moved as quickly in Seattle tech as Cavens… Read More
Paul Allen made headlines in 2011 not as much for what he did, but for what he wrote. The Microsoft co-founder’s memoir, “Idea Man,” put Allen in the public eye… Read More
Avalara is based on Bainbridge Island, and the company’s software helps online merchants manage the mundane tasks of sales tax collection. Given those two attributes, it’s easy to understand why… Read More
Whether or not the Kindle Fire ultimately succeeds as a low-priced alternative to Apple’s iPad, 2011 will be remembered as a year when Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos tried, once again,… Read More
Swype revolutionized the way millions of people input text on Android devices, with the simple swipe of a finger. Founded by Cliff Kushler and led by CEO Mike McSherry, the… Read More
Windows is a longtime source of financial fuel for Microsoft’s business, and by extension for the Seattle region’s economy — used by hundreds of millions of people around the world… Read More
What’s it like being married to one of the worst-dressed men in tech? Emily Huh lives with that pain every day, and things seem to be working out just fine.… Read More
More than a decade ago, in the middle of the dot-com bust, John Vechey, Jason Kapalka and Brian Fiete founded PopCap Games and debuted their first puzzle game, which came… Read More
In the process of covering technology in the Seattle region for the past decade, my colleague John Cook and I have made an annual tradition of looking back at the… Read More