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UP Global’s Marc Nager: ‘There’s no one way to build a company’

Marc Nager believes in the power of entrepreneurs, so much so that he’s a first-time entrepreneur himself building a network… Read More

The side-project entrepreneur: 4 reasons to try a startup without quitting your day job

I’m not sure if there’s a term yet coined for those who start companies in their spare time, so henceforth… Read More

Are Microsoft and Amazon holding back Seattle’s startup scene?

Silicon Valley is certainly the king in terms of venture capital and startup formation. And while Seattle has grown as a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: 21-year old creates Barters Closet to buy, sell and donate clothes online

Connor Simpson is a self-proclaimed sweater addict. About two years ago, unsurprisingly, his collection was getting a bit excessive and… Read More

TaxAct bolsters personal finance tools with Balance Financial buy

Balance Financial, a 9-year-old Bellevue company that specializes in personal finance tools and services, has been acquired by Blucora’s TaxAct… Read More

Introducing Seattle Startup Week: A full slate of events — plus fun collectible cards!

There’s so much percolating in Seattle’s startup ecosystem. We see it everyday in the companies we cover, checking out innovative ideas;… Read More

Geek of the Week: Zulily engineer Steve Reed, self-taught programmer

Steve Reed grew up in Seattle, studied astronomy and physics in college, and learned to program on the bus. How… Read More

Ex-drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore invests in SquareHub, joins advisory board

Dawn Lepore is a busy woman. A day after the former drugstore.com CEO joined board of Seattle tech mainstay RealNetworks,… Read More

Former Hulu execs nod to Seattle with stealthy startup The Fremont Project

Former Hulu execs Jason Kilar and Richard Tom both spent time in Seattle, having worked at companies such as Amazon.com… Read More

Battle of the Geek Bands: Get your tickets for this rockin’ after-party

In the spirit of Spinal Tap, Seattle’s tech community will be taking it “up to 11” on Friday, Oct. 25th… 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

Tech Moves: Prevencio lands biotech vets; Lively hires music vets; DomainTools nabs Roberts

—Prevencio, an early-stage biotech company working on cardiac biomarker tests, has named H. Perry Fell as chairman and Rhonda Rhyne… Read More

Chart: The top U.S. cities for venture capital in Q3

Just yesterday, I heard from a Seattle entrepreneur who said he was moving his startup company to San Francisco. It’s… Read More

Cubtab wants to make email safe and easy for kids

Trying to figure out how to send an email using a service like Gmail or Yahoo is a little troublesome… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazonians helping teachers create and sell online courses with Everpath

Online learning has offered millions of people a new way to learn. It’s also opened the doors for instructors to… Read More

GeekWire Startup Day: Governor Jay Inslee to kick off our startup bootcamp

GeekWire Startup Day 2013 is less than a month away, and today we’re excited to announce that Washington state Gov.… Read More

A good showing: 26 venture-backed IPOs completed in Q3

The market for initial public offerings continued to accelerate in the third quarter as 26 venture-backed companies started trading on… Read More

AdReady finds a buyer, sells to digital media holding company CPXi

AdReady is getting a new home. The Seattle online advertising startup — founded seven years ago by Aaron Finn and bankrolled… Read More

Ride-sharing aggregator Red Ride launches app, taps Mike Fridgen as advisor

While city regulators may still be grappling with the legality of ride-sharing startups like Lyft and Sidecar, there’s no question… Read More

Home improvement startup Porch.com is raising a huge financing round, lines up big-time backers

Last week on the GeekWire podcast, Porch CEO Matt Ehrlichman explained how he wants to build a very big company… Read More

Startup Spotlight: SimpleVerity helps create credit reports for startups

Not every startup or small business has credit information widely available. Seattle-based SimpleVerity wants to fix that. The Seattle company,… Read More

Ski lift ticket seller Liftopia carves fresh path with $5M from Spencer Rascoff, Marc Benioff and others

Some big names in tech are hitting the slopes. Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman,… Read More

Google picks 7 partners for new ‘Tech Hub’ initiative, snubs Seattle, NYC, Boston

Maybe Seattle’s startup community doesn’t really need Google’s help, or perhaps the search giant believes it is doing enough to… Read More

Quollective lets you capture, style and share quotes from Gandhi to your grandmother

Whether they inspire you to be great or just make you smile, quotes are certainly popular. As a way for… Read More

Report: Washington state looks to trim allocation for private equity

The Washington State Investment Board is looking to reduce its allocation in private equity, cutting the targets from 25 percent… Read More

Startup Demo Zone: Here’s a chance to show off your big idea at Startup Day

Want to showcase your startup to some of the region’s top angel investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and all-around geeks? Of… Read More

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Paul Allen backs research project to restore hand, arm movement after spinal cord injuries

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is providing a $1.5 million grant to researchers at the University of Washington to… Read More

Ignition leads $15M round in private cloud startup BlueData

Ignition Partners has led a $15 million venture capital round in BlueData, a stealthy Mountain View, California startup that’s developing… Read More

Angel investing: The walls come tumbling down

Today is the first day it becomes legally permissible for startups and emerging companies to advertise their offerings. Or to tweet… Read More

Watch these entrepreneurs from StudentRND pitch their startup ideas

Here at GeekWire, we are big believers that a thriving technology ecosystem can only exist if the next-generation of tinkerers,… Read More

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