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Ironman entrepreneur Ron Erickson on patience, persistence and luck

Some Nextcast guests have seen it all, and Ron Erickson is among them. Starting out in public policy and law, Erickson made… Read More

Jonathan Sposato: ‘Everything I need to know about design I learned in a hotel’

Jonathan Sposato is a serial entrepreneur, the former CEO of photo editing site Picnik and the only person to have… Read More

Jeremy Jaech, Shwetak Patel form UW home sensor spin out WatchFrog

Entrepreneur Jeremy Jaech has been at the center of two of Seattle’s biggest technology successes, helping to create Aldus (sold… Read More

Casual gaming vets raise cash for UpTap, focusing on a new class of tablet-based games

Daniel Bernstein is back in the startup game. The Seattle area entrepreneur, best known for founding Sandlot Games, has formed… Read More

Decide CEO Mike Fridgen: ‘Branding, startup style’

Mike Fridgen has learned a few things about branding in his life as a serial entrepreneur. The CEO of Decide.com… Read More

Startup Spotlight: eVenues takes the headache out of finding event space

Planning and organizing events can be extremely difficult.  There are so many details, from tickets to food to location.  eVenues… Read More

Cloud startup Tier 3 raises $10 million

Tier 3, a Bellevue upstart that helps businesses manage IT infrastructure in the cloud, has raised $10 million in new financing.… Read More

Donuts and Cheezburger among WSJ’s top 50 VC-backed startups

Investors are always chasing the “next big thing” in technology. And now The Wall Street Journal has created a list… Read More

Brenda Spoonemore: ‘A biz dev playbook for startups’

Brenda Spoonemore is a serial entrepreneur, currently co-founder and CEO at vacation rentals and reviews startup Dwellable, but her experience… Read More

New Bitcoin Foundation aims to bring legitimacy to digital currency

A new foundation will seek to rally support for Bitcoin, aiming to overcome the challenges faced by the digital currency… Read More

Jordan Weisman: ‘Warning: Startups may be dangerous to your health (and ego)’

Jordan Weisman is a veteran game designer who made headlines this year for an epic Kickstarter campaign, raising $1.8 million… Read More

NFL adopts startup’s technology to detect concussions in real time

The National Football League may not be making all the right calls on the field, but an agreement with a… Read More

SEOmoz CEO Rand Fishkin ponders long-term prospects, sets sights on IPO

What’s next for SEOmoz now that its big $18 million venture round is in the books? Well, as CEO Rand… Read More

Calling all startups: Tell us how you’ll change the world, in one simple sentence

One of the occupational hazards of this job is the constant bombardment of startup pitches. Some hit the mark, but… Read More

Report: Valuations on the rise in angel deals as cash flows to Internet companies

Angel investors are spreading their wings, pumping money into Internet companies at a rapid pace, increasingly at higher valuations than… Read More

Box CEO Aaron Levie: The full Startup Day interview

We had a great time talking with Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, during the closing keynote at Startup Day… Read More

Get to know your neighborhood: Walk Score unveils new crowd-sourced pictorial guides

Seattle’s Walk Score today rolled out a series of new community-oriented features for the Web site and iPhone app that… Read More

TechStars Seattle grad GoMiles acquired by Traxo

GoMiles, a Seattle startup that allows consumers to better manage frequent flyer miles, has been acquired by Dallas-based Traxo in… Read More

A yearbook for the Facebook generation: Rich Barton, Mike McCue back TreeRing

Call it a yearbook for the Facebook generation. TreeRing, a San Mateo, California startup, has landed $3.6 million from some… Read More

Startup Spotlight: SPARQ.me uncovers the mystery of mobile marketing for big brands

As mobile continues to grow, companies are scrambling to keep up.  Some brands have adapted well (Nordstrom comes to mind)… Read More

Smartsheet scores cash, names Cobalt Group co-founder to board

Smartsheet, the Bellevue online collaboration service, has pulled in additional cash and named Geoffrey Barker to the board of directors. The… Read More

Health portal Navigating Cancer lands $2 million, looks to hire developers

Navigating Cancer, an online resource for patients who are dealing with various forms of cancer, has reeled in an additional… Read More

Scenes from Startup Day

Team GeekWire had a great time at Seattle 2.0 Startup Day in Bellevue yesterday, catching up with all of you… Read More

LOLwork: Cheezburger TV show coming to Bravo Nov. 7

Bravo film crews have been hanging out at Cheezburger’s offices in lower Queen Anne, getting footage for the release of… Read More

Video: Live from Startup Day

It’s Startup Day! GeekWire is excited to carry on this Seattle-area tech tradition, featuring a full day of talks from… Read More

Startupville: The hot new social game you play with your future

It was a few mint juleps in to the evening when Joe Heitzeberg and I started talking about the common experiences of… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup Weekend lands Microsoft vet; Glympse recruits from Amazon; and more

Startup Weekend already hosts hundreds of events around the globe each year, and now the Seattle-based entrepreneurial education non-profit is… Read More

Hard truth: Report says 75% of VC-backed startups fail

Over the years, I’ve covered hundreds of startup closures, from high-profile flameouts like HomeGrocer.com to smaller lesser known upstarts that… Read More

Solavei introduces $49 per month cell service, where users earn cash for signing up friends and family

Solavei today is unveiling a new $49 per month unlimited voice, data and text service that runs on the back… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Gazeable’s iPad apps help travel nuts explore the world in photos

Ram Singh loves to travel. And it’s that love that sparked the 42-year-old former Microsoft engineering manager’s latest pursuit: Gazeable.… Read More

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