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Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest.

Startup Spotlight: BookieJar looks to connect readers and authors

BookieJar wants to connect readers to the authors they love, helping readers discover new titles and allowing authors to more easily… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Bob Crimmins gambles on MoonTango, a new shopping site for women

Bob Crimmins loves poker and golf, and has already started a daily deal site specifically for men. Now, the Seattle… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Baby Shower For Guys looks to help dudes plan ‘mancations’

The bachelor party has become an important rite of passage for guys, marking the transition from single to married life.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Bezos-backed doxo looks to transform bill paying, inks deal with AT&T

Seattle startup doxo today is announcing the expansion of its doxoPAY service, now allowing users to set up automatic bill… Read More

Startup Spotlight: GoDutch mobile app helps friends connect

Chris Borkenhagen wants to make it easier to invite friends to do fun things together, and then split the bill… Read More

LikeBright: Helping nice gals find good dudes since 2011

The problem with many online dating sites is that they are dominated by dudes, sometimes creating an unwelcoming environment for… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Gibberin looks to transform voice communications

People have been jibber-jabbering for decades. Now, Dave Ferguson hopes folks will give Gibberin a shot. That’s the name of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Order SM looks to take a bite where GrubHub has yet to feast

GrubHub earlier this month landed $50 million in venture capital, money that it will use to try to transform the way people… Read More

Spotlight: Startup vet Nadkarni unwraps shopping app Zoomingo

Shirish Nadkarni’s past entrepreneurial pursuits have included mobile email service TeamOn and online language community Livemocha. Now, the Seattle area… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Bluefire looks to spark eBook sales

More consumers are turning to electronic reading devices. And Seattle’s Bluefire Productions, which emerged from founder Micah Bower’s 10-year-old design… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Lightning strikes (literally) to create online backup startup Newline

Entrepreneurs often talk about when lightning strikes, that special a-ha moment when inspiration hits. But for former Microsoft engineer Kory… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MyArtMatch is like Pandora for artwork

Pandora transformed the way people listen to music, creating personalized stations based on the listening habits of users. Now, MyArtMatch… Read More

Startup Spotlight: FlikPiks taps Twitter chatter for movie recommendations

Picking the wrong movie these days can be a costly mistake. After all, with movie tickets costing upwards of $10.50… Read More

This 21-year-old is looking to transform online invitations from his dorm room

Growing up in the Seattle area, Sam Franklin developed a love of the outdoors. But it was on a backpacking… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Attorney-turned-software geek bets on GreenLine Legal

Attorneys often have their heads buried in massive amounts of legal documentation. But a new Seattle area startup called GreenLine… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Approvee taps power of ‘friend sourcing’ for recommendations

Usually the best recommendations come from your closest friends. And those friendships don’t get much tighter than the one between… Read More

Startup Spotlight: How a Buffalo wing quest sparked food review site Chewsy

At the Startup Riot event in Seattle earlier this week, Chewsy wowed the crowd with a new mobile app that’s… Read More

TinkerHouse Games injects a little fun into mobile gaming

Mark Jessup and Lane Daughtry worked as “cogs” in the Seattle gaming industry for years. Now, the two developers are… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Infactio.us spreads Web content like a virus

Infactio.us founders Loyd Zhao and Shek Ho want to turn digital content into a virus of sorts, helping to spread it… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Carnegie Mellon transplant takes root in Seattle with Panopto

Panopto was founded in 2007 with technology from Carnegie Mellon University. But the company is now growing its presence in… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Earn rewards for exercising with Earndit

Sometimes it can be a little tough to motivate yourself to go for a jog, paddle or bike ride. That’s… Read More

Startup Spotlight: PressOK touts mobile gaming tournaments

Mobile gaming can be a solitary pursuit. But PressOK Entertainment, a three-year-old Seattle startup led by Alex Koloskov and Ryan… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Canappi helps builds iPhone and Android apps

Convergence Modeling, a 7-month-old Bellevue startup, wants to make it dead simple for people to create mobile applications that work… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Livemocha lands $5 million, tops 10 million members

Livemocha’s online community of language learners continues to spread worldwide. And now the four-year-old company — founded by former Microsoftie… Read More

Startup Spotlight: KickoffLabs adds accelerant to entrepreneurial ventures

Sometimes it is just a little tough to make the entrepreneurial leap. KickoffLabs wants to helps those dabbling on the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pinpoint Pickup looks to roll over Uber

You’ve probably heard of Uber, the heavily-funded, private driving service that’s transforming the way people hail rides in San Francisco, New… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Alien landings, baseball standings and other iPrediktions

Aliens will first land in Chechnya. Sarah Palin will not run for president in 2012. And the Mariners will be… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LootTap helps shoppers find online bargains

Earlier this week, Decide launched a new service designed to tell consumers when to buy consumer electronic devices. But it… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MangoSpring looks to undercut Yammer, alter social networking for businesses

You may have heard of Yammer, which allows co-workers to share documents, instant message and manage tasks in a protected… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MeMeTales helps kids catch the reading bug

MeMeTales has a simple mission. Make reading fun for kids. The company’s mobile app for the iPhone allows kids to… Read More

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