Respect. Inclusion. Satisfaction. Employee-centric. Our judges for the Workplace of the Year category at the 2024 GeekWire Awards used a number of different words and phrases to describe what makes… Read More
The five finalists for CEO of the Year in the 2023 GeekWire Awards are taking on a broad and important range of challenges: workplace equity; machine learning and AI creation;… Read More
— Barry Crist is now board chair of Perth, Australia-based software company Buildkite. Crist is the former CEO and board chair of Chef, a Seattle-based automation technology company that was… Read More
Building and running a company is no easy task in the best of times, let alone amid the ongoing uncertainty of the past year. This year’s finalists for CEO of… Read More
— Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Rogers spent the past decade at Amazon and was most recently director of business, product… Read More
Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements inspired many companies over the past year to pledge their commitment to fighting inequities. But now that the streets are largely emptied of protestors… Read More
In its quest to help companies treat all employees fairly, Seattle-based Syndio has raised $50 million in new funding, the startup announced Monday. The Series C round was led by… Read More
Seattle pay equity startup Syndio has scored more than $30 million in funding in its four years, but a new $1 million assist from early-stage investors Penny Jar Capital, announced… Read More
Managing fast-growing startups is not an easy task. Whether it’s keeping up with the competition, outsmarting big tech or raising more money to fuel ongoing innovation and growth, these CEOs… Read More
Syndio, the Seattle startup that works to eliminate gaps in pay equity, has raised $17.1 million in new funding, the company announced Thursday. The new investment, led by Bessemer Venture… Read More
— Expedia Group appointed Equifax President of Global Consumer Solutions Beverly Anderson as its newest board member. Prior to Equifax, Anderson was executive vice president of cards and retails services… Read More
Seattle startup Syndio just raised a $7.5 million investment round to bolster its HR technology that helps companies maintain equal pay and eliminate disparities. Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio said the… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. There are a flurry of up-and-coming early-stage startups across the Pacific Northwest that are innovating, executing,… Read More
“The biggest thing for an early stage entrepreneur is to command people to follow you.” That bit of wisdom about what stands out in a good business pitch was… Read More
— Former NFL receiver Doug Baldwin is now a senior advisor of product concepts at Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, Wash.-based invention and investment lab. “As a kid, I grew up… Read More
Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof 360, is stepping down from his role as CEO. Asprey announced that he’d be handing the reins of the company, known for its butter-filled Bulletproof… Read More
In the U.S., women earn 82 cents on the dollar that men earn. That means in order to match the income of their male colleagues, women would need to work… Read More
Syndio, a startup whose technology uses data to help companies identify and resolve pay equity gaps for women and minority employees, has landed Smartsheet co-founder Maria Colacurcio as its new… Read More