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Ben Huh: The history of cat photos and advice for entrepreneurs

Ben Huh chats with Microsoft’s Channel 9 about the early days at Cheezburger and offers some wise advice based on… Read More

Madrona, Amazon and others pump $10 million into online ad analyzer Yieldex

Madrona Venture Group and Amazon.com are among the backers in a $10 million round for Yieldex, a New York-based company… Read More

Redfin’s new ‘Scouting Report’ reveals the insider stats on real estate agents

It’s kind of the equivalent of the stats on the back of a baseball card, but in this case for… Read More

Post-it Wars Part Two: Space Invaders attack Pine Street

It started simply enough. Drew Bennett, an engineer at SEOMoz, used some of his artistic talents last week to recreate… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MyArtMatch is like Pandora for artwork

Pandora transformed the way people listen to music, creating personalized stations based on the listening habits of users. Now, MyArtMatch… Read More

Ex-Microsoft manager raises cash for 9Slides to sync videos with presentation slides

A Seattle area startup by the name of 9Slides has raised a tiny bit of angel financing that it will… Read More

Sneaker giant Nike jumps into the venture capital game

Technology giants such as Intel, Google and Cisco have found value in bankrolling small startup companies that help meet their… Read More

Seattle animation startup launches with first project, a Startup Foundation animation

A new startup specializing in explanatory animated videos is launching in Seattle this week — and for a group of… Read More

No more slacking in class: Highlighter unveils Groups to boost student engagement

As students head back to college campuses this fall, here’s a new technology from a Seattle startup which might change… Read More

T-Mobile to customers: The iPhone is great, but Apple won’t let us sell it to you

It sure sounds like T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman wants the iPhone, but don’t look for the wireless operator to… Read More

Seattle group wins $1.2 million for new startup gaming accelerator

Seattle’s gaming industry is often overlooked, but it is an economic force in the region with more than 150 companies… Read More

Greg Gottesman, Brad Feld and others join board of Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend, the Seattle-based non profit which coordinates 54-hour startup marathons at locations across the globe, has formed a new… Read More

Inrix to provide traffic data to Google in multi-million dollar deal

Inrix has been on a serious roll lately. And the Kirkland company just scored yet another big deal, winning a… Read More

What’s a 45-minute commute to Microsoft look like? Walk Score maps may have the answer

Walk Score already helps people figure out the most walkable properties in cities across the country, assigning a score from… Read More

Mindbloom: A new game designed to change your life

In some games, you solve puzzles. In others, you try to wipe out enemy forces. But a new offering from… Read More

Startup Spotlight: FlikPiks taps Twitter chatter for movie recommendations

Picking the wrong movie these days can be a costly mistake. After all, with movie tickets costing upwards of $10.50… Read More

DoubleDown’s casino games now attract more than one million players a day

DoubleDown Interactive now says that more than one million people are playing its social-based casino games on Facebook every day.… Read More

Evri’s new iPad app looks to reinvent the news experience

Applications like Flipboard and Pulse look to transform the way people consume news and information on the iPad. Now, Seattle… Read More

A match made in heaven: ooBible buys eBible.com

When I first wrote about the Seattle digital bible startup ooBible three months ago, I stumbled a bit on the… Read More

Michael Arrington, Tony Hsieh bankroll ex-TechCrunch writer Paul Carr’s stealth startup

TechCrunch writer Paul Carr resigned in a blaze of glory a week ago, writing a blistering blog post about the… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Ben Elowitz, Wetpaint CEO, on building a new type of media company

Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Ben Elowitz, the CEO of Wetpaint, the Seattle company building an… Read More

NFL great Lawyer Milloy is an iPhone app fanatic: And, yes, he’s an Angry Birder too

As a free safety for the New England Patriots, Lawyer Milloy was known for some smashing hits. Now, the Tacoma… Read More

CoinLab: New center for Bitcoin projects in Seattle

A group of Seattle entrepreneurs is forging ahead into the uncertain and intriguing world of Bitcoin with a new center… Read More

ValueAppeal hires Eric Brown, moves to South Lake Union

ValueAppeal, the Seattle startup that allows home owners to lower property taxes through an online appeal process, has named Eric… Read More

Rouxbe Cooking School partners with Ex-Microsoftie

After losing her job at Microsoft, Kathleen Flinn went on to become a best-selling author with her book The Sharper Your… Read More

Intersect CEO says Facebook Timeline ‘falls far short’

Upon hearing about the new Facebook Timeline feature today, my immediate reaction was: “Huh, isn’t that exactly what Seattle’s Intersect… Read More

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla coming to Seattle for Startup Weekend Edu

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla plans to deliver one of the keynote addresses at the upcoming Startup Weekend Edu event, which… Read More

Livemocha opens door on language learning at Seattle Public Library

Visitors to the 28 branches of the Seattle Public Library will now have the ability to pick up some new… Read More

Laser Motive beams up cash to transmit electricity without wires

Imagine being able to transmit electricity without the wires. That’s the promise of Laser Motive, a Kent-based startup that’s announcing… Read More

Zulily, Redfin named to list of the 100 most valuable startups

Fast-growing Seattle startups Zulily and Redfin have been named to Alley Insider’s Digital 100 ranking of the most valuable startups… Read More

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