Outreach laid off 12% of its staff this week, the latest round of layoffs at the Seattle-based startup. A company spokesperson confirmed the headcount reduction in response to a GeekWire inquiry… Read More
Outreach laid off 5% of its staff, the third round of cuts in the past year for the Seattle sales software startup as part of cost-cutting efforts. A company spokesperson confirmed… Read More
Outreach is laying off 70 workers, about 7% of its workforce, marking the second round of cuts the Seattle sales software startup has made in the past six months. A… Read More
The economic slowdown and tech layoffs have dealt a double blow to enterprise sales teams. Outreach CEO Manny Medina thinks AI can help. The Seattle startup is testing a new… Read More
— Seattle-based firm Madrona Venture Group appointed Wei Gao as venture partner and Anna Baird as operating partner. Gao was most recently chief operating officer at Hopin, a London-based event… Read More
— Maggie Brady, previously a human resources group leader at fintech company Fiserv, is now head of people at trucking marketplace Convoy. Brady previously also led human resources teams at… Read More
The CEO of Seattle-based Outreach is urging more tech leaders to take a stand against Russia and said his startup will not do business there, as companies across the U.S.… Read More
— Microsoft alum Wendy Turner-Williams is now chief data officer at Tableau. She joined from Tableau’s parent company Salesforce where she was vice president of information management and strategy. At… Read More
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation was also updated. Another day, another unicorn spotting. These once… Read More
— Seattle startup vet Brian Goldfarb was named chief marketing officer at Tenable, a Columbia, Md.-based cybersecurity company. He was most recently CMO at Seattle marketing startup Amperity. Goldfarb was… Read More
Seattle sales automation company Outreach announced the opening of an office in New York City on Monday. Located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the new space will allow employees… Read More
Seattle sales automation company Outreach announced the acquisition of Canopy, an Indianapolis, Ind.-based startup that aims to help companies analyze revenue operations and forecasting. Outreach said it will use the… Read More
In 2011, the world was still recovering from the financial crisis a couple of years earlier. The startup economy wasn’t in full swing yet. SaaS, pre-seed, or even mobile-first weren’t… Read More
Forbes has released its sixth annual Cloud 100 ranking of the world’s top private cloud companies, and four high-value startups from the Seattle area landed in the top 50. Tanium,… Read More
— Outreach, the Seattle sales enablement startup now valued at $4.4 billion, named Melton Littlepage as its new chief marketing officer and added Stefan Schulz to its board of directors.… Read More
— After 14 years at Microsoft, Dev Stahlkopf is joining Cisco in August as executive vice president and chief legal officer. She has served as Microsoft’s general counsel and corporate… Read More
Outreach just landed $200 million in venture capital that the 10-year-old software company will use to help more sales professionals close deals, track leads and boost engagement with customers. The Seattle… Read More
New funding: Spot, a year-old company led by the founders of billion-dollar startup Outreach, has raised $1.7 million. Company background: GeekWire initially spotted Spot back in June when it was in… Read More
— Seattle startup Outreach has a new board member: Ralph de la Vega, the former vice chairman at AT&T and longtime wireless industry executive. Outreach CEO Manny Medina met de… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Seattle’s tech community just reached a new milestone: 10 unicorns, privately held companies valued at more than $1 billion.… Read More
The unicorn — that supposed elusive creature of the startup world — is becoming a bit more commonplace in these parts. There are now 10 unicorn startups valued at $1… Read More
— Margaret Arakawa has left her role as chief marketing officer at sales automation startup Outreach. Arakawa spent nearly 20 years at Microsoft before joining Outreach in July 2019. In… Read More
— M12, Microsoft’s venture capital arm, announced a formal advisory board drawing from industry experts and past mentors. The inaugural advisory board members, all from within the Microsoft organization, include:… Read More
Outreach co-founders Wes Hather and Gordon Hempton are sharing a little more about their secretive new company. The entrepreneurs left Outreach over the past year and are now working together on Spot, a… Read More
— Peter Marquez has joined Amazon Web Services as the first head of space policy. “There are many exciting things happening in the space community and this is going to… Read More
Outreach co-founders Wes Hather and Gordon Hempton are working on a stealthy new remote work company after leaving the billion-dollar Seattle startup they helped launch six years ago with Andrew… Read More
Outreach is putting more fuel in the tank. The Seattle startup, one of a handful of “unicorn” companies in the region, just raised a $50 million Series F investment round,… Read More
— Microsoft alum Kelly Waldher has joined Google as vice president of marketing for G Suite. Waldher most recently served as EVP and general manager for experience management technology company… Read More
— Smartsheet CFO Jennifer Ceran joined the board of Bellevue, Wash.-based identity management provider Auth0. Last month, Smartsheet announced Ceran will retire after transitioning to a successor. She was previously an… Read More
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.” Leaders are finding inspiration in various ways as they guide… Read More