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A path to entrepreneurship: Smoking pot, skipping school and being a smart white dude

I’ve interviewed hundreds — probably thousands — of entrepreneurs over the past 15 years as a technology journalist. And here’s… Read More

These sensor-infused socks that track your steps are blowing past crowdfunding goal

It seems as though people like the idea of smart socks. Heapsylon, a company founded two years ago by three… Read More

After adding more than 600 customers, Portland’s Jama lands $13M in first VC round

Portland-based Jama Software has reeled in $13 million in fresh funding, money that the enterprise software company plans to use… Read More

Nextcast Q&A: Tier 3 co-founder Jared Wray on the future of cloud computing

Jared Wray, founder and CTO of cloud computing startup Tier 3, is helping to build the future of enterprise business.… Read More

Community news site Patch pulls plug in Washington state, lays off staffers

Online news site Patch is pulling up roots in Washington state as part of a larger shakeup at the AOL-owned… Read More

Glympse drives past 10M users, makes big international push

Seattle startup Glympse announced a key milestone this morning, touting that it now has more than 10 million people using… Read More

Stowthat wants to be the ‘Airbnb of self-storage’

We’ve already seen the Airbnb for dog sitting (Rover.com, Dog Vacay) and for commuting (Lyft, Sidecar). Now, get ready for… Read More

Lively raises $500,000, looks to connect music fans with high-quality concert bootlegs

Like many recording artists before it, a Seattle-born mobile app that allows music fans to download live recordings from artists… Read More

The next Silicon Valley? These charts show how far other regions have to go

There’s really only one Silicon Valley, and it’s unlikely that any region will supplant this epicenter of technology, innovation and… Read More

Startup Spotlight: These former Microsofties want to change the way you access email on your smartphone

Let’s face it. Managing email on a smartphone is a real pain. Not a day goes by that I don’t… Read More

Rich Barton, Spencer Rascoff and others bankroll online vacation rental startup

Some of the biggest names in online travel are tossing their support behind TurnKey Vacation Rentals, an Austin-based startup company… Read More

Affiliate marketing startup PopShops acquired by Rakuten

Seattle-based PopShops, which describes itself as a coupon and product feed platform, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed… Read More

New iOS app VoxPixl adds your voice to your pictures

An app making its debut today on iPhone and iPad adds an entirely new element to pictures — your own… Read More

Bill Gates on Google’s Internet balloons; Contour hits the wall; and other comments of the week

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “The Internet is transforming almost every element of the… Read More

Geek of the Week: Barnabas Kendall, web developer and ordained minister

Barnabas Kendall has worked as a programmer for a wide variety of companies, but he has shown a knack for… Read More

Business analytics startup Lytics raises cash

Portland big data startup Lytics has scored $2.2 million in funding from Rembrandt Venture Partners and Voyager Capital, money that the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LIFFFT brings startup ethos to big companies

Startups can be painfully hard. But they’ve also got certain advantages that big corporations can learn from — namely moving… Read More

BuildersCloud raises $1.1M from super angels Dave McClure, Rudy Gadre, others

BuildersCloud, a Bellevue company that helps construction companies share files and mobile collaboration for construction professionals, has raised $1.1 million… Read More

Here’s some real advice about hiring a lawyer for your startup

No, not here.  This is going to be good advice.  The headline above refers to this GeekWire post from last week, where a… Read More

Contour co-founder: ‘We weren’t done showing the world what we could do’

Jason Green, who co-founded action-sports camera company Contour Inc. nearly a decade ago and headed up product development and engineering… Read More

Contour closes Seattle HQ, shocks employees — execs mum on status of GoPro rival

Contour Inc., one of the pioneers in wearable camera technology, has abruptly closed its Seattle headquarters — surprising many of… Read More

Domain name registrar Donuts hires former INRIX exec Jeff deCillia as CFO

Donuts continues to gobble up fresh talent as it moves to take a more solid position in the emerging market… Read More

5 startup tips for taking informed risks

Entrepreneurs by definition are risk-takers. They break new ground and are unfailingly willing to step off the well-trodden path of… Read More

Startup contest: ‘gdgt Live’ returning to Seattle, joining forces with Engadget

Gadget reviews and recommendations site gdgt is coming back for another event in Seattle at the end of this month… Read More

Here are the 11 startup companies that just got into TechStars Seattle

TechStars Seattle is kicking off their latest class of companies, hoping to churn out the next great startup. This year,… Read More

An open letter to Jeff Bezos; Microsoft Surface revenues; and more top posts from July

Amazon and Microsoft news dominated the pages of GeekWire during the month of July. In fact, every single one of… Read More

7 questions to ask your startup lawyer

Not all lawyers are created equal — and for an early-stage startup, the counsel you choose can seriously impact the… Read More

Beyond coffee and rain: These geeks want to make an awesome short film about Seattle’s tech community

Seattle is one of the most vibrant technology ecosystems in the world — home to tech titans like Amazon, Expedia… Read More

Why super angel Geoff Entress is smiling: HootSuite just scored a whopping $165M VC round

Seattle super angel Geoff Entress told me a few months ago that HootSuite, the B.C.-based maker of social media analysis… Read More

Advice from startup vet Oren Etzioni: Take intellectual risks

Oren Etzioni hates taking risks. His first car was a Volvo, for example, and he’d just rather play it safe more… Read More

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