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San Francisco entrepreneur finds a home in Seattle, raises $1 million for Tango Card

As a co-founder of San Francisco telecommunications company FiberTower, David Leeds was responsible for raising hundreds of millions of dollars… Read More

Decide unveils predictive shopping service to make sure gadget lovers don’t get burned

More than five years ago, Mike Fridgen, Oren Etzioni and others transformed the way people purchased airline tickets on the Web… Read More

A special Father’s Day text: ‘Hi Daddy, I Love You!’

This morning, I received a text message that said: “Hi Daddy, I love You!” It wasn’t from my 18-month-old son,… Read More

Cheezburger tops startup list as fast-climber ClassifiedAds debuts at No. 5

Cheezburger remains the top dog (or should we say cat) on top of the Seattle Startup Index, the monthly ranking… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: How this 15-year-old built and sold a cloud-computing startup

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get to talk with Daniil Kulchenko, the 15-year-old sophomore from Kenmore’s Inglemoor High… Read More

A creative explosion set for Tuesday: Sir Mix-A-Lot meets Giant Thinkwell

This is going to be fun to watch. The creative forces of Sir Mix-A-Lot and Giant Thinkwell are set to collide… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MeMeTales helps kids catch the reading bug

MeMeTales has a simple mission. Make reading fun for kids. The company’s mobile app for the iPhone allows kids to… Read More

Illegal TV, movie streaming could become a felony, and how that may impact one Seattle startup

The U.S. Senate is considering a measure that would make video streaming of copyrighted material a felony, legislation that will… Read More

Should you sell your startup? Four unconventional reasons

How do you know when it is the right time to sell your startup company? I’ve been getting that question… Read More

KindleGraph allows authors to autograph digital books

The Kindle has transformed the way people read books. But there’s been at least one casualty of the e-reading revolution:… Read More

Fresh off Rockefeller Center win, Optimum Energy lands $5M

Optimum Energy, whose software is used to reduce energy consumption in buildings, has raised $5 million in new financing. Total… Read More

TruckerLink remotely monitors fleets, identifies the biggest ‘fuel hogs’ on the road

With gas prices on the rise, trucking fleets need to watch every penny that flows into the big rigs. Now,… Read More

SinglePoint raises $1 million, names VC Tom Huseby chairman

Mobile advertising company SinglePoint has raised $1 million in new financing and named veteran venture capitalist Tom Huseby to the… Read More

Smith & Tinker re-emerges with iOS game Marvel Kapow!

Smith & Tinker, the heavily-funded Seattle company founded by gaming veteran Jordan Weisman, has released a new iOS game in… Read More

Marchex sells Foodie.com to Glam Media’s Samir Arora

Prior to getting into the call advertising business, Marchex was a big acquirer of domain names. But that’s no longer… Read More

Maveron’s counterintuitive bet: House parties to sell women’s handbags

Maveron likes to place bets on new consumer-oriented startups. Those range from sandwich shops (Potbelly) to pet insurance (Trupanion). Now, the… Read More

Bubble 2.0: The infographic

We’ve been writing a lot about some of the frothy conditions in the tech market. And the bubble talk was highlighted… Read More

A SXSW for Seattle? Northwest geeks tout new interactive conference

For years, Seattle techies have trekked to Austin to participate in the SXSW music, film and interactive conference. But why… Read More

Zillow makes real estate ‘sexy,’ revamps Zestimate algorithm

Zillow is making big changes to its Zestimate, the algorithm it uses to determine the value of homes across the… Read More

Clarian trumps Bill Gates with rotary-piston hybrid battery

Bill Gates and inventors connected to Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures made headlines two years ago with a patent application for… Read More

Bob Crimmins starts MoonTango, looks to revolutionize online shopping for women

A few months ago, Bob Crimmins launched a daily deal site called Dealometry targeted just at dudes. Now, the Seattle… Read More

Lockerz unveils iPhone app, creating new ways to earn PTZ

Lockerz boasts more than 19 million members of its social shopping service. But until today it was largely a Web-based… Read More

Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan

Amazon.com today is approaching 40,000 employees. Seventeen years ago, Shel Kaphan was No. 1. GeekWire Interview: Shel Kaphan, Amazon.com’s first… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Wine geeks toast success of Corkz app

On a trip to China two weeks ago, Matt Kowalczyk ordered a top-notch bottle of wine from a fancy restaurant.… Read More

Seattle area 15-year-old sells startup to ActiveState

Some entrepreneurs wait a lifetime to experience the thrill of selling their startup companies. Daniil Kulchenko, a Seattle area high… Read More

Swype 3.0 adds ‘predictive tap’ to mobile input technology

Swype, the Seattle startup whose mobile input technology works by dragging a finger across a virtual keyboard, is rolling out… Read More

Ex-Amazon.com exec scores cash to bring infomercials into the digital age

You may laugh when you see them on late-night TV, but infomercials for grills, cleaning supplies, jewelry and other consumer… Read More

CafePress IPO filing offers inside peek at Imagekind buy

I love digging into IPO filings, in part because they shed light on the inner workings of private companies that… Read More

Q&A: Tableau growing fast in Seattle region, with pedigree from Pixar, Stanford

The past couple years have brought big growth for Tableau Software, a Seattle-based company that makes technology for analyzing and… Read More

EquaShip takes on UPS and FedEx, raises $900,000

EquaShip has raised $900,000 in startup financing, money that the Seattle startup will use to roll out a new shipping… Read More

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