Entrepreneurs and small business owners looking for resources to help get things off the ground or boost an existing venture have a new online tool in the Seattle area.
Inside a dog daycare business in Seattle’s South Lake Union on Friday, a handful of pups were scurrying around and barking as if they knew something was changing in the… Read More
To satisfy his desire to help shoppers better discover products from small businesses and to help those businesses compete against Amazon and other tech giants, Ryan Mulcahy did some shopping… Read More
When Tiffany White had her Facebook accounts hacked and couldn’t log in, she lost a lot. The Seattle-area entrepreneur spent at least $10,000 on advertising for her business page, GC… Read More
In the heart of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood on Sunday, the streets were busy with people visiting a variety of shops, bars and restaurants as well as the popular Farmers Market.… Read More
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is launching a free online learning program designed to help small businesses gain the necessary skills to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Called BackTo.Biz, the… Read More
Kids are coping with the grind of COVID-19 in a variety of ways as they deal with isolation, remote school and friendships on hold. Just a few weeks into quarantine,… Read More
The coronavirus outbreak is already taking a huge economic toll on businesses across the Seattle region according to data from Gravity Payments, the credit card processing and financial services company.… Read More
On a normal weekday in the South Lake Union neighborhood, Seattle’s busiest tech hub is bustling with foot, bike and car traffic as workers shuffle between buildings at Amazon, Facebook,… Read More
Diana Naramore is all smiles. Maybe it’s contagious, since she’s surrounded all day by so many Amazon packages with that familiar smile logo. Naramore is owner and CEO of Sip… Read More
As a big business, Amazon is definitely keen on the small businesses that sell in its online stores. To show just how much, the tech giant announced the U.S. winners… Read More
Amazon today announced a new series of classes and programs to help small businesses make money selling goods online, at a time when the tech giant is cracking down on… Read More
— The ability to travel through the stars is something that we all dream of, but in reality, becoming one of those people is very, very hard. But you can… Read More
This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today’s topic: Tech companies and workers are changing changes in cities around the… Read More
Charles Hadrann misses old Seattle. As a guy who was born and raised in the city, he’s certainly not alone in lamenting the change that has taken place in his… Read More
Jenny and Steve Feinberg met in high school, attended UCLA together, and got married in 2008. Last year, they embarked on an entirely new partnership: A startup. Together they launched… Read More
Valentine’s Day is big business when it comes to candy, cards and especially flowers. But for small florists, the bloom on their yearly boom could be a lot bigger were it… Read More
Microsoft announced today that it is acquiring San Francisco-based Mobile Data Labs, maker of popular mileage-tracking app MileIQ. The team will join the Office and Outlook team and continue to develop… Read More
When Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll around every year, big-name businesses usually dominate the conversation and airwaves. Walk Score, a Seattle-based company that promotes walkable neighborhoods, wants to remind us… Read More
To help inform small businesses of the risk of being lured by counterfeit software offerings, Microsoft has launched a worldwide online video awareness campaign that calls attention to software acquistion… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is tossing his financial support behind a new Texas-based lending institution called Ascentium Capital. The idea behind the new entity — capitalized with $75 million of… Read More