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Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest.

Startup Spotlight: Creator of Magic emerges at location-based gaming upstart BodSix

Location-based mobile gaming could very well be the next frontier of the games business. And BodSix wants to make sure… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Opstera looks to help clients find answers in the cloud

Opstera is just four months old. But the Bellevue upstart is already reeling in customers who are turning to the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Google engineers guide Schedulista to profits after just 6 months

Seattle entrepreneurs Felix Livni and Lowell Manners are lean startup acolytes. And that philosophy is already paying dividends for the founders… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Knotis looks to turn merchants into happy daily deal users

You’ve heard the horror stories of small businesses getting overwhelmed by daily deals from the likes of Groupon and Living… Read More

Startup Spotlight: American Idol meets Facebook in FameMe

Brett Marl is back in the startup game. The former chief technology officer at Pure Networks, which sold to Cisco… Read More

Pop Salad: A celebrity ‘stock market’ to buy and sell Clooney, Bieber and the Kardashians

Looking to kill a few hours — and perhaps a few brain cells? Pop Salad might be right for you.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MoxTree branches out with a social network for moms

As the mother of two young children, Victoria Oldridge knows just how challenging it can be to raise kids. Sometimes… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This upstart thinks it can help you make money in the stock market

Can geeky algorithms beat the pros on Wall Street? Scott Juds, the founder of SumGrowth Strategies, which is developing a new… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This 25-year-old Web entrepreneur built a profitable business on a shoestring

Josh Neblett was a finance major at Gonzaga University when he heard venture capitalist and adjunct professor Tom Simpson describe… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Buck turns mobile phones into digital wallets

For years, industry watchers have been talking about digital wallets — the idea of turning devices into mobile payment systems.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Turn a day at the slopes into a memorable clip show with Highlight Hunter

If you’re an outdoor adventurer who shoots video while skiing, snowboarding or mountain biking, Highlight Hunter might just save you… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Korrio looks to score with social network for youth sports

As a father and coach, Steve Goldman experienced first-hand the pains of getting youth sports teams organized. And as a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Bizible raises cash to elevate businesses in online directories

In an era of Yelp, CitySearch, Google Places and dozens of other online directories, it can be especially tough for… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Like Secret helps you find that special Valentine via Facebook

Why scour online dating sites for potential matches when your real Valentine might be waiting in your Facebook contacts? That’s… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon and Boeing data center experts launch Vizualiiz

Craig Kelly and Bob Cartwright have worked in the data center business for years, with Kelly spending more than a decade… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Former NFL players tackle mobile apps at Viva Vision

Former Seattle Seahawks Joe Tafoya, Kerry Carter and Chike Okeafor may not be unleashing bone-crushing hits on the football field… Read More

Startup Spotlight: 22-year-old entrepreneur kickstarts ServedBy the Net

Josh Breeds started a Web hosting company at the age of 10, picking up business lessons from his entrepreneurial father. Now,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: TinyPass looks to line publishers’ pockets with new way to charge for content

In an opinion piece for Bloomberg this week, former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold lamented the demise of the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: BlooperBox is America’s Funniest Home Videos for the Web (minus Bob Saget)

Take America’s Funniest Home Videos, add a touch of Fail Blog and CollegeHumor.com and then mix in King of the Web… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Omnom looks to remove the pain of finding delivery restaurants

Need pizza, chicken wings or lamb tikka masala delivered to your doorstep right now, but aren’t quite sure where to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pursuit.me turns dreams into reality

Sometimes dreamers and doers need a kickstart to help get them on the path to success. Scott McLeod, the 21-year-old… Read More

Fifty gems for entrepreneurs thinking about making the leap

One of my favorite things about covering the technology community is the ability to tell the stories of entrepreneurs —… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Deals4Dreams looks to do well, by doing good

At this time of year, it is important to remember the importance of giving back. So, in the spirit of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: 16-year-old Internet entrepreneur juggles school and startup life at Benelab

Jack Kim spends his days as a student at King’s High School in Shoreline, taking advanced placement courses in hopes of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Valant Medical scores cash to help psychiatrists manage practices

Valant Medical Solutions, which has developed software to help psychiatrists manage billing and electronic medical records at their practices, has… Read More

Startup Spotlight: CrowdControl looks to manage ‘big data’

Tweets. Blog comments. Facebook likes. There’s no shortage of information flowing these days. CrowdControl wants to help businesses qualify this… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Road trip leads to disaster recovery startup Doyenz

You’ve got a lot of time to think when traveling by RV from South Carolina to Washington state — a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Vizua looks to bring medical image viewing into the future

Started by former Microsoft employees and a French scientist, Vizua is looking to transform the way radiologists share MRI, CT and… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Mobile app developer Faqden Labs

It’s a good thing that Faqden Labs’ latest iPad application is designed to help groups of employees manage and collaborate… Read More

Startup Spotlight: PaperShare creates a social network for your ‘working life’

Does the world need another social network? Doug Brown and David Greschler — the brains behind a new Kirkland startup… Read More

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