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Startup Day Video: T.A. McCann on starting, funding, killing and selling companies

There are four big decisions that can happen in a startup, says T.A. McCann: When to start the company, when… Read More

True Ventures’ VC Puneet Agarwal: The perception of Portland is very strong now

When Silicon Valley VC firm True Ventures first invested in Portland-based startups Puppet Labs and Urban Airship about four years ago, many had… Read More

B2B incubator 9Mile raises $900,000 to boost individual startup investments

There’s a lot of chatter these days about the “consumerization of the enterprise” — this notion that business software will… Read More

Meet Wally: This $299 low-power sensor network detects water leaks and mold

Worried about toxic mold or pesky water leaks in your home? Never fear, Wally is here. That’s the new consumer… Read More

Shopping app Zoomingo raises cash, inks deal with Simon Malls

Seattle shopping startup Zoomingo has raised an additional $1.25 million in financing and inked a deal with Simon Mall Properties,… Read More

Q&A: Is it better to start up alone, or with a team?

Starting up can be a lonely adventure. But some of the most successful startups today are founded by a team.… Read More

Mayor McGinn spends final campaign hours hanging with the tech community

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has just a few days left in his campaign against challenger Ed Murray — a tight… Read More

Startup Spotlight: EdStart accelerates student learning with personalized mobile experiences

With more and more children using mobile devices, the education space is certainly ripe for innovation. Kirkland-based EdStart is another… Read More

GeekWire update: New offices, big events and top stories of the month

GeekWire was on the move in the month of October — literally and figuratively. We hosted our big Startup Day… Read More

Startup Day Video: Glympse CEO Bryan Trussel offers his ‘advice on taking advice’

Glympse CEO Bryan Trussel is not a serial entrepreneur, and that’s one of the reasons his talk at GeekWire Startup… Read More

Startup tip for finding VCs: Portland CEOs say it’s all about the personality fit

A lot of work goes into finding the right investors for your startup. But for a few of Portland’s most… Read More

Live music app Lively entertains acquisition offers, pushes ahead with new funding

Lively, the Seattle startup that helps musicians earn money off of concerts by making audio and video available to fans… Read More

In shift from Lockerz, fashion startup Ador raises more cash

Ador will soon be taking the wraps off of its new fashion shopping service. But the company, which emerged from… Read More

Commentary: Yes, startups are a lot like surfing

Seaton Gras started a tech incubator because he wanted to help entrepreneurs more easily create companies.  He named it SURF… Read More

Meet AtomOrbit: The winning pitch from our Startup Demo Zone competition

We had a great time at last week’s Startup Day event, listening to inspirational talks by the likes of SquareHub… Read More

Centri raises cash to help mobile carriers boost networks

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to reflect the accurate amount of money raised, and the investors involved in… Read More

Ignition scores big return as cloud startup ServiceMesh sells to CSC for $158M

Bellevue venture capital firm Ignition is celebrating today after enterprise cloud management startup ServiceMesh of Santa Monica, Calif. was sold to… Read More

Startup Day Video: Venture capitalists say don’t worry about dilution, think about building something big

Dilution vs. Control. It’s an age-old debate in the startup ranks. After all, how much money you take certainly impacts… Read More

Cancer research startup Immune Design pulls in $32.5 million, plans to raise more

Immune Design has reeled in $32.5 million in venture capital financing, with plans to raise up to $16.5 million more… Read More

From tennis coach to startup CEO: The wild entrepreneurial journey of Lively’s Dean Graziano

Dean Graziano has been a tennis coach; a software CEO and even — in one of the more unusual startup… Read More

Startup Day Video: Moz CEO Rand Fishkin on the challenges of team building

One of the toughest and most important parts of growing a startup is building a team. Just look at the… Read More

Health services startup Qliance raises $5.5M

Qliance Medical, the Seattle health services startup backed by venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, Zillow Chairman Rich Barton, comedian Drew Carey,… Read More

WebMD buys Avado, a health-care technology startup founded by Microsoft vets

Avado, a Redmond-based startup that aims to do for health-care what Mint has done for personal finance, has been acquired… Read More

Startup Day Video: Dawn Lepore on the secrets of building a great board

Dawn Lepore has been on both sides of the relationship between CEO and board, as the former leader of drugstore.com… Read More

Startup Day Video: Contour co-founder Marc Barros on the pitfalls of becoming a CEO

Many startup founders take the nominal title of CEO, but there’s a huge difference between launching a venture and actually… Read More

Relive GeekWire Startup Day with photos, tweets from a day of entrepreneurial inspiration

It was hard to not feel totally inspired by the time Startup Day wrapped up this past Friday. Whether it was… Read More

Startup Day Video: How a terrifying ‘stroke of luck’ changed Dave Cotter’s life

Dave Cotter was 41 years old, an entrepreneur who had built and sold a startup, worked for companies including Microsoft,… Read More

Startup lessons: Why Moz’s $12,000 bounty program for new engineers didn’t work

Moz — back then called SEOmoz — was growing rapidly two-and-a-half years ago and the company needed four-to-five new employees… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee at GeekWire Startup Day: We lead the world in ‘innovation per dollar’

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, speaking to the crowd at GeekWire Startup Day this morning, suggested looking at the economy in… Read More

TechStars Demo Day: Our favorite pitches (and our top business models)

We just watched 11 great pitches from the TechStars Seattle Demo Day, taking place at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle.… Read More

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