[Editor’s Note: This essay is an update from Kirill Zubovsky, a startup founder with ties to the Seattle region, who spoke on the GeekWire Podcast in January 2023 about his… Read More
Feb. 9, 2017, will go down as one of the toughest days in Apptio’s history. It had been less than five months since the Bellevue, Wash.-based enterprise technology company pulled… Read More
Update, Dec. 12: Customers looking to thank their Amazon delivery drivers with a $5 tip have run out of time, as a promotion started by the company last week has… Read More
It’s not easy leading a company through the COVID-19 crisis as the global pandemic changes how businesses operate and how employees do their jobs. Boosting morale and maintaining culture have… Read More
Data scientists, students, oceanographers, retail shop owners, professional soccer goalies — we had an eclectic bunch of people to profile this year in our recurring Geek of the Week column.… Read More
Seattle’s unicorns are boring. That was one funny takeaway from a panel last week hosted by TiE Seattle featuring executives from some of the region’s privately-held billion-dollar startups, also known… Read More
An investor meeting can sometimes make or break a young startup. That’s why entrepreneurs should do everything they can to prepare for those valuable moments and avoid making crucial mistakes… Read More
After mentoring startup founders through Techstars and teaching growth marketing at General Assembly, I saw founders making the same mistakes around growth. I know these mistakes very well because I… Read More
Rand Fishkin, the longtime Seattle entrepreneur and SparkToro founder, became known for his “Whiteboard Friday” videos as the co-founder of Moz, so when he came to our studio recently for… Read More
Inspiration can strike at unexpected times but in the working world, we don’t always have the luxury of waiting around for that million dollar idea. That’s why we’ve compiled a… Read More
The Fourth of July is one of our nation’s oldest rituals but tradition shouldn’t stop you from taking advantage of a few new technologies. We rounded up some of our… Read More
The number one feature Uber drivers request is the ability to receive tips via the app — and the ride-hailing company is finally ready to fork it over. Starting today… Read More
Julie Larson-Green has built her career around product development and user interface design. The Microsoft engineering leader has more than two decades of experience working on products such as Office and Windows — software used by hundreds of… Read More
Nandini Ramani is vice president of engineering at Twitter, but despite her high-ranking position, she says it hasn’t gotten easier to be a woman in technology. “People say, ‘Oh it must be… Read More
What’s your best tip or trick for managing everyday work and life? It’s one of our favorite questions to ask as part of our regular Geek of the Week feature.… Read More
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — For some early-stage startups, landing investment is crucial for growth and scale. But before you meet with a potential investor, there are several things to keep in mind that… Read More
There are ways to email people so things get done, and ways to email people so things stall, backtrack or get awkwardly ignored forever. The productive emailer accepts one thing… Read More
Everyone can write and no one can stay focused on writing. It’s a quirk of our connected universe that drives me nuts. Set out to compose anything longer than a… Read More
You’ve heard the stereotypes: Millennials are entitled, narcissistic, and lazy. They are the Instagram junkie, selfie-taking, “Me! Me! Me!” generation, as Time Magazine put it. Yet while Boomers and Generation… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Author and teacher Jon Bell is a designer in Twitter’s Seattle office and a speaker at the upcoming HIVE technology design conference.] While it’s true that creativity and inspiration can be hard to explain, quantify, or reliably… Read More
While Apple’s new, free update to OS X has brought a bunch of new features (who’s up for some Finder file tagging?), there are also some things that don’t work… Read More
There are those moments in life that occur, seemingly, in slow motion. That first teenage kiss. A bobbled piece of early morning toast headed Nutella-side down toward fuzzy carpet. A… Read More
Good intentions don’t always lead to effective execution. And how you plan your workweek on a Sunday evening or Monday morning rarely reflects how things actually take shape. You may… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Lee LeFever of Seattle’s Common Craft, known for making explanatory videos for the likes of Google and Twitter, has written a new book, The Art of Explanation. In… Read More