Startups – Page 215 of 285

The most overlooked element of your startup: The brand

Anyone who has entered the startup arena knows that things move fast, get broken and can change on a whim.… Read More

Work-life balance hacks: Six tips from a type-A control freak

When I was a kid, my nickname was: “Busy Lizzie.” Now as CEO of an online project management company and… Read More

Blaze Bioscience raises $8.5M to help surgeons pinpoint cancer cells with ‘tumor paint’

Seattle biotechnology startup Blaze Bioscience has raised $8.5 million to continue developing technologies that are designed to help surgeons more… Read More

Freak’n Genius develops first Google Glass app … kind of

The creative folks over at Freak’n Genius don’t quite yet have Google Glass, but the clever parody video above sure… Read More

B.C. super angel Boris Wertz keeps on trucking, raises another $4M for Version One

It’s a tough time for many in the venture business, with many firms struggling to raise new funds. But don’t… Read More

Why entrepreneurs need to share moments of weakness with their startup peers

“Oh excuse me, it’s Amy,” said Brad Feld as he answered his wife’s phone call, while sitting on stage doing… Read More

Cozi scores cash to help busy families organize their lives

Cozi, the Seattle startup which helps busy families manager calendars, track locations and find babysitters, has raised an additional $5.7… Read More

Demystifying startup marketing: A few tips on how to tell your story

This is a follow-up to Marcelo Calbucci’s recent post on GeekWire: “We need more startup marketing minds (a.k.a. Full-Stack Marketers).”… Read More

Turbine maker Hydrovolts on brink of liquidation, ex-CEO resigns from board

Hydrovolts, a Seattle startup that developed turbines to generate clean power from canals, is hemorrhaging cash and is on the brink… Read More

Diary: An entrepreneur’s trek to the State Capitol to support tax relief for startups

OLYMPIA, Wash. — I blink and catch my breath. Wait, where am I?! Why am I in the hot seat… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Scope 5 raises $500,000 to track sustainability data

Seattle startup Scope 5 has scooped up $500,000 in angel financing, money that it will use to build out its… Read More

This startup wants to be the Dropbox for ocean data

With the backdrop of fish swimming by at the Seattle Aquarium, OneOcean Corp. CEO Don Pickering on Tuesday night took… Read More

A night of stunts and startups at the inaugural Seattle Tech Meetup (VIDEO)

They say you’re supposed to save the best for last, and Tuesday night at the first-ever Seattle Tech Meetup was no different.… Read More

Want to fight that traffic ticket? Avvo unveils new legal marketplace to help clients pick lawyers

Avvo today is unveiling a new matchmaking service to make it easier for clients to choose attorneys. Dubbed the Avvo… Read More

Utrip debuts new feature that lets food and travel experts plan your vacation

Let the experts handle it. That’s the pitch from Utrip, a Seattle-based travel company that today unveiled a feature called… Read More

Appature expands with new offices in Seattle

Fast-growing Appature, the six-year-old Seattle startup led by Kabir Shahani, has moved to more spacious offices in Seattle. The new… Read More

Startup nightmares: Help, my VC won’t re-invest

I recently met with two very experienced CEO’s who ran into the one of the most challenging startup situations: their… Read More

Finding Fido in France: PetHub expands pet-finding ID tag service to Europe

Seattle startup PetHub is expanding in Europe, launching its pet-finding ID tags in 400 retail stores in The Netherlands as… Read More

MileLogr debuts automated mileage reporting tool, just in time for tax season

Attention, road warriors: A new service officially launching today promises to take the headache out of tracking mileage by automatically… Read More

Meet Arrow: New private jet club looks to launch service between Seattle and Bay Area

No lines. No security. No airport parking fees. And, yes, you can even bring your vanilla latte on board. Here… Read More

Big Fish CEO Paul Thelen: ‘I’m an idea guy and that can be dangerous as a CEO’

Big Fish founder Paul Thelen didn’t think he’d become a technology CEO. But after an illness brought his life into… Read More

Patience, perseverance and passion: Video highlights from our talk with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot

We had a great conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot Wednesday evening at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot talked about several interesting topics, from… Read More

Seattle angel group Keiretsu Forum invests $20M in 34 startups in 2012

The Keiretsu Forum Northwest today announced that it invested $20.1 million in 34 companies last year, backing startups such as… Read More

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot: The power of perseverance over pivoting

One of the interesting things about Tableau Software is that the company’s mission — to help people see and understand… Read More

Startup Spotlight: GoToTags looks to be the one-stop shop for near field communication

GoToTags founders Craig Tadlock and Keith Kegley saw an opportunity a few years ago when they realized that wireless sensor… Read More

Tableau CEO Chabot: Seattle is the promised land of startup America

We had a stimulating conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot yesterday at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot touched on a number of… Read More

Tableau CEO Christian Chabot: Why entrepreneurs should avoid venture capital

I had a great time interviewing Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot at last night’s sold out GeekWire Meetup at the… Read More

9Mile Labs sets up new accelerator at SURF Incubator

This is a new one. It’s an accelerator inside an incubator. 9Mile Labs, the newly-formed startup accelerator that’s focusing on… Read More

This startup just raised $1M for an algorithm to help employers fill engineering jobs

Everywhere you go in the tech industry these days companies are struggling to find smart engineers, designers and developers. Enter… Read More

It’s not a startup … It’s a startup business

As a species, we can be pretty lazy with language. That’s cool… we all know what we mean. But I… Read More