The most successful accelerator cohort ever: How this Techstars Seattle class produced 3 unicorns In 2011, the world was still recovering from the financial crisis a couple of years earlier. The startup economy wasn’t… Read More
No-tech fitness tracking: Health tech entrepreneur creates a PDF to help family hit exercise goals It’s not integrated with Apple Fitness or Peloton. It has no companion app or website. It won’t send you reminder… Read More
If working from home is the ‘future of work,’ here are 11 reasons why the office sounds better In the midst of the ongoing pandemic, there is an awakening among CEOs that employees are capable of doing work… Read More
Going from a big company to a startup? Here are three things you need to ‘unlearn’ to be successful People going from a big company to a startup, as a founder or an employee, severely underestimate the differences in… Read More
Ignorance is not bliss: Startup Day founder explains why you need to attend I left Microsoft eight years ago to pursue life at a startup. I won’t bore you with the details, but… Read More
Commentary: We need more startup marketing minds (a.k.a. Full-Stack Marketers) Three years ago I was at a dinner and an entrepreneur was telling me and the VP of Marketing of… Read More
Healthcare Reform: Why today’s Supreme Court ruling is great news for startups No matter which side of the aisle you sit on*, today’s ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable… Read More
4 ways Microsoft can make Azure better for startups Guest Commentary: This week Microsoft made a big announcement by providing TechStars startups up to $60,000 worth of Windows Azure… Read More
Confessions of an Eastsider building a startup in Seattle I spent 13 years of my life in the Pacific Northwest living on the Eastside. I worked at Microsoft. Then,… Read More
TechStars: An inside look at 87 days of madness It’s day 87 of TechStars Seattle. It’s also the last day of the program. The incubation program culminates with an… Read More
Are you sacrificing happiness and long-term wealth for short term gains? How’s that great salary working out for you? If you work at Microsoft, Google or Amazon it’s clear that you… Read More
A challenge to Seattle VCs: Back 100 seed-stage startups in 24 months Guest Commentary: After reading GeekWire’s post about how Washington state is lagging California, New York and Massachusetts in venture capital deals,… Read More
