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Clipboard opens Web page clipping service in wake of Pinterest craze

After eight months in private testing, Clipboard is opening up its Web clipping service for public use with a number… Read More

Tech Moves: Rob Eleveld named Optify CEO; F5’s sales boss sets sail; and more

Rob Eleveld, a 20-year tech veteran who previously served as CEO of Shiftboard and Vykor, has been named CEO of… Read More

Can ultrasound reduce blood pressure? Kona Medical lands $30M to find out

The Seattle area continues to be a hotbed of innovation in the field of ultrasound technology, with news today that… Read More

BigDoor rival Badgeville scores $25M for ‘gamification’ platform

Fast-growing Badgeville has reeled in $25 million in fresh funding, money that the 20-month-old Menlo Park, California startup will use… Read More

Buddy lands $1M to help developers manage apps across platforms

Buddy Platform today is announcing that it has secured $1 million in seed financing, and rolled its service for managing… Read More

Elevator Pitch: This MBA student wants to change how you buy picture frames

We’re back for another episode of The Elevator Pitch, the show where entrepreneurs pitch their business plans in the 43… Read More

Buster Benson to sell Health Month, unveils Hipster Habit App

Health Month is on the auction block. The online game, created by Seattle developer Buster Benson to help people motivate… Read More

Evri CTO Deep Dhillon jumps to Alliance Health Networks

Alliance Health Networks isn’t wasting anytime bolstering its Pacific Northwest operations following the purchase Medify, a Seattle upstart that it… Read More

Book Excerpt: Why a car crash couldn’t stop Zynga from revolutionizing gaming

[Editor’s Note: Seattle-area journalist Carol Tice is the co-author, with serial entrepreneur David Lester, of the new book How They Started:… Read More

The silly side of tech: Put Clippy on your Web site with this startup’s nostalgic hack

OK, the first question we’ve got to ask is: Why? Why on Earth would someone want to recreate Clippy, the… Read More

Lockerz buys online fashion site Chick Approved

Lockerz continues to bolster its ranks through acquisitions, with the fast-growing Seattle social shopping company announcing that it has acquired… Read More

Tech Moves: GameHouse taps Keela Robison; NanoString hires biotech vet Bruce Seely

Keela Robison is returning to her roots. After stints at Amazon.com and WhitePages, Robison is returning to RealNetworks’ and its… Read More

Internet Defense League’s ‘bat signal’ to warn of threats to the Internet

Following the online activism that led to the demise of the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, some… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Kashoo’s iPad app looks to make accounting easy

If you’ve ever gotten stuck, frustrated or bent out of shape using QuickBooks, the team at Kashoo wants to talk… Read More

A 6-year-old’s pitch; an app to save your marriage; and other comments of the week

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Feature request: Deduct points … when phone is thrown… Read More

Startup advice from Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens: Move fast, because speed matters

For the past few years, Keith Vernon of Bristlecone Advisors has taken the stage at the University of Washington’s annual… Read More

Rooftop urban farm may sprout at Microsoft’s Redmond campus

Microsoft is one of the world’s biggest technology companies. But a new type of business may be sprouting on the… Read More

MIT spinout Liquid Metal Battery lands $15M from Bill Gates, others

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, an MIT spin out that’s developing new technologies for electricity storage, has raised $15 million in funding… Read More

Two GeekWire weeks, three entrepreneurial lessons

Twice in the span of one month I did something I hadn’t done for a decade — worked in a… Read More

Seattle geeks win Apps for Energy challenge with Leafully

Sometimes it can be tough to put one’s energy consumption into perspective. But what if you broke everything down into… Read More

Mayor McGinn convenes startup roundtable: Could these 5 ideas transform Seattle’s startup community?

Can the City of Seattle do more to support startups? That was the question raised Tuesday night by Seattle Mayor… Read More

10 mental traits of truly innovative leaders

Ever since I was young I’ve always loved thinking of ways to fix things, build products and make money. And,… Read More

Kinetix Academy taps power of Kinect to help kids with autism

One of the core ideas behind Startup Weekend is that smart people from various backgrounds and professions can do great… Read More

Sidecar: A mobile app that’s trying to reinvent the phone call

RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, who helped usher in the era of online video and audio, now wants to reinvent the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Founder of Personify looks to make the world a better place

Chuks Onwuneme’s path to Seattle is a long and inspiring one. At the age of 16, he walked the streets of Lagos,… Read More

Meet the 6-year-old entrepreneur who just wowed Startup Weekend

While checking out the action at Seattle Startup Weekend’s closing event Sunday, I stole a moment to sit down with… Read More

Mobile data security startup Datacastle locks in $2.4M

Fast-growing Datacastle has reeled in $2.4 million in fresh financing, and is on the prowl for more as the Seattle… Read More

Internet Week NYC: A Seattle view

“Boy was I ever important,” New York Times columnist David Carr declared during his Internet Week keynote. That’s when the… Read More

AdReady shakes up exec staff as it aims for profitability

AdReady, the Seattle online advertising startup, has eliminated three of its top executives and laid off other high-level staffers as… Read More

Inside the Kinect Accelerator: Startups camp out at Microsoft in pursuit of next big thing

It’s a familiar scene in the startup world — an open floor plan, buzzing with activity, filled with startups cranking… Read More

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