The odds of surviving stage III Hodgkin’s lymphoma are about four-to-one. The odds of two people beating that cancer and going on to create a successful startup together are harder… Read More
The process of landing meetings and pitching investors can be burdensome for time and resource-strapped startups. Brothers Ashfaq and Anil Mohammed wanted to come up with a solution to that… Read More
It’s not an easy time to be in the e-commerce business. Tech titans, like Amazon and Walmart, are able to devote far more resources to their digital products than smaller… Read More
As Wisam Abdulla and his co-founders were building Canadian payroll startup Rise, they encountered a common complaint from customers again and again. Help with payroll was all well and good,… Read More
From advertising to city planning, data powers the modern world. And while businesses are becoming increasingly sophisticated in leveraging data to drive decision-making, individuals don’t always have the tools to… Read More
When (newly-public) Snapchat first arrived on the scene, its self-destructing messages felt like a game-changer. Finally, a way to send anything you want with the liberating knowledge that it’ll be… Read More
When Priya Dandawate was studying engineering at the University of Illinois, she moonlighted in local beauty parlors. She saw big inefficiencies in the salon industry that she thought the right technology could… Read More
Crowdfunding is designed to help people who are low on cash bring their ideas to life and finance big ticket items they couldn’t otherwise afford. It’s a valuable resource for… Read More
Artists and photographers who want to sell their work as high-quality physical prints have a new tool at their disposal. Seattle-based startup Prints.ly launched its online print sales platform last month.… Read More
With the hoildays approaching, many travelers are bracing themselves for the headaches associated with the airport. FlightSpeak wants to take some of the pain out of that experience. Using the… Read More
Ray Meiring and two other technology consultants, Lee Child and Stephanie Laurent, were helping a large retailer in Cape Town, South Africa create a system for generating business documents when… Read More
Maven Exchange wants to be the accessory you pair with online shopping. The startup, founded by Seattle marketing vets Jess Waldeck, Michael Kimmons, and Marcus Tewksbury, helps shoppers earn a… Read More
Darin Stanchfield believes the future of bitcoin depends on security. The crypto-currency has a lot of potential, he says, but only if it can be reliably protected from cyber attacks.… Read More
Two years ago, John Ortega founded a service for travelers to request videos from locals at their destination. He quickly learned that the travel space was too broad and narrowed… Read More
When Marsh Sutherland lost his wife to a battle with cancer, he started looking for ways to raise awareness for his personal causes. That’s when he realized there was an opportunity… Read More
By the summer of 2015, VIAR was nearly bankrupt. The product — virtual reality tours to help architects show clients future construction — just wasn’t gaining traction. The end seemed near for… Read More
Most artisans and makers probably enjoy spending more time at their workbench than they do in front of the computer taking care of administrative work. Articentral wants to help. The… Read More
A Seattle startup thinks there is a better way to manage email. Founded in 2013 by two former Microsoft employees, TouchMail is a mobile and visual-focused app for Windows 8.1… 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
When Maddie Rogers was in high school, her grandfather suffered a stroke. As with many stroke victims, the ordeal made communicating difficult. Rogers and her father, a software developer, looked for… Read More
Audiobook platform Libro.fm is Mark Pearson’s small rebellion against Amazon. As CEO of the small publishing company Pear Press and an avid reader, he observed independent booksellers struggling to compete… Read More
Competing with Uber is no easy feat, as investors are quick to point out. That’s what they told Godwin Gabriel when he first pitched Moovn, an app to help people in… Read More
Knack is putting a new spin on an old concept: Gift baskets. The Seattle startup uses advanced stock keeping, recommendation technology, and an e-commerce platform to help customers create custom… Read More
After years working in public health and early childhood development, Alanna Beebe grew concerned that the latest science in her field wasn’t reaching parents. As a soon-to-be mom, it was… Read More
Women and minorities are historically underrepresented in the tech industry and companies often struggle to fix the diversity issue. Now one Seattle startup wants to help remove any unconscious bias… Read More
Fresh out of college, Paul Burke went to hear Zillow and Expedia co-founder Rich Barton speak at a Startup Week event in Seattle. His mother, who also attended, expressed concern to… Read More
Geosocial apps are having a bit of a moment. Tinder, Bumble, and a host of other services have emerged in recent years, promising to foster connections with real people, nearby.… Read More
Last month marked a big milestone for Democracy Live, a technology firm based in Snoqualmie, Wash., which presented its voting technology to several United Nations countries in New York City. The company shared its insights… Read More
In-office perks can provide a recruiting edge and boost employee morale, but not every company can afford to foot the bill. Microsoft and Amazon vet Sandeep Phadke saw that problem… Read More
Two decades in the big data and analytics space revealed a problem that Versium co-founders Chris Matty and Kevin Marcus believed they could solve. They observed the huge volume of data… Read More