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Report: Facebook and Microsoft eyeing Tumblr as Yahoo sets Monday press event

Where is Tumblr going to end up? Reports have been circulating that the New York-based microblogging and social networking powerhouse… Read More

When your startup feels less like a hockey stick and more like a hip check

We all love to talk about the “hockey stick” moment for a company, referring to the point when users and… Read More

Shopping, sword-fighting and silliness: Meet the first-ever WIN Reactor graduates

From a retro-futuristic driving game to a healthy shopping and eating app, more than six months of stealth startup work going on… Read More

Nike Accelerator Spotlight: Coachbase lets you draw up plays, strategies with an iPad

Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based… Read More

Big offering for big data: Tableau prices stock at $31 per share

Tableau Software had been boosting its proposed price for Friday’s initial public offering for the past few weeks and now we’ve got… Read More

This tech startup just turned a hip Seattle bar into an amazing hang-out space

You’ve heard the stories of the amazing perks now being offered to employees of tech companies, from massages to paid… Read More

Christian Chabot (l) and Pat Hanrahan of Tableau Software

Here’s what the VCs and founders will make in Tableau’s blockbuster IPO

Tableau Software is expected to go public tonight on the New York Stock Exchange, a significant milestone for the 10-year-old… Read More

SquareHub emerges with high-profile backers and a goal to connect families

Dave Cotter is a divorced father of three girls — a busy guy who struggles to keep up with his… Read More

Why our Startup CEO of the Year thinks Portland is the next great startup city

When we announced that Elemental’s Sam Blackman had won the Startup CEO of the Year award at last week’s GeekWire… Read More

Apptio raises $45 million at a hefty valuation, plans to accelerate ‘on all fronts’

Apptio is not playing small ball. Just 14 months after raising a $50 million venture round, Bellevue-based Apptio is back… Read More

Startup valuations remain strong, but ‘down rounds’ increase to 28% of all VC deals

It was a bit of a mixed message in the latest Entrepreneurs Report from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, as so-called “down… Read More

These new mini robots could teach your 5-year-old how to program

Kids love robots. And now a new San Francisco area company, backed with $1 million from the likes of Google… Read More

Heralded UW computer science professor scores $6.75M for GraphLab, looking to make better online recommendations

It was a major coup last summer when The University of Washington hooked computer science professor Carlos Guestrin, a leading data scientist… Read More

Portland data visualization startup Lucky Sort gobbled up by Twitter, will shut down

Portland startup Lucky Sort has been acquired by Twitter and will be shutting down its service in the coming months… Read More

Location-sharing startup Glympse looks to expand its reach with first public SDK

Seattle startup Glympse has made its mark with time-based location sharing technology, letting people share their spot on the map… Read More

Shark Tank: The 3 worst startup mistakes made on TV’s best reality show

For a long time I’ve felt like I must be either the first or last entrepreneur to discover the ABC… Read More

Free vacations, lift tickets and more: Perks escalate as tech startups battle for talent

What does it take to attract and retain a high-quality workforce in the competitive tech industry? More than free beer… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Seattle startup HearIt is helping smartphones find their voice

Smartphones are becoming a bigger part of our lives, but the real trick will be making them a seamless part… Read More

Turtles and Flywheels: How to build a startup community

(Editor’s note: Chris DeVore gave the keynote speech at Thursday night’s GeekWire Awards. These are his prepared remarks, with full… Read More

Nike Accelerator Spotlight: FitCause lets you donate to charity by walking to work

Editor’s note: Nike Accelerator Spotlight takes a look at the ten startups participating in the Nike+ Accelerator, a three-month startup program based… Read More

Revealed: The winners of the 2013 GeekWire Awards

Phew. Now that was fun. We just got off the stage at the 2013 GeekWire Awards at the EMP in… Read More

Salesforce.com buys Clipboard, in exit for ex-Microsoft researcher: Service to shut down June 30

Salesforce.com has purchased Clipboard, the Seattle startup led by former Microsoft researcher Gary Flake which drew comparisons to Pinterest. It… Read More

Advice for Seattle’s startup ecosystem: Don’t do what Detroit did

Here’s some advice to keep the Seattle startup ecosystem strong: Don’t do what Detroit did. At Zillow’s downtown headquarters today,… Read More

GeekWire 200 May Update: Zulily, CreativeLive and Duxter make a move

It’s a big day for the Seattle startup community, with Mayor McGinn this morning announcing a new initiative to support… Read More

Seattle launches new initiative to support entrepreneurs, hoping to build a startup kingdom

You wouldn’t know it judging by the spoonfuls of hot chili that Mayor Mike McGinn is wolfing down, but it’s… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Socedo dives into social media to help you find sales leads

Socedo co-founder Aseem Badshah came up with the idea for his startup after helping big brands like Microsoft and Guess… Read More

Startup vets Ethan Lowry and Joe Heitzeberg are cooking up new connected devices

Ethan Lowry and Joe Heitzeberg are software guys. Lowry is best known as one of the co-creators of the wildly… Read More

Former Microsoft CFO John Connors named to Midas List for top investors

John Connors, a venture capitalist at Bellevue-based Ignition Partners who previously served as CFO of Microsoft, was named to Forbes’ 2013… Read More

Hackathons at startups: Creative ‘fresh air’

Every now and again, we hear about hackathons: Startup Weekend, Facebook’s famed all-nighters, Hack Week at Dropbox. However, in a… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon vet joins Relaborate; MG Siegler leaves CrunchFund; Jawfish; and more

Last week, we noted how difficult it is for startup companies to compete against Amazon.com and other tech giants in… Read More

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