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ExtraHop names Palvi Mehta as CFO, continues hiring spree

ExtraHop Networks is adding some horsepower in the executives offices, tapping former RadioFrame and Newpath Networks executive Palvi Mehta as… Read More

Chocolate, screwdrivers and other startup gems from NWEN’s First Look Forum

The entrepreneurial spirit certainly wasn’t lacking yesterday at the Arctic Club Hotel in downtown Seattle. A dozen entrepreneurs presented to… Read More

Tech companies are starved for talent, but the jobless rate doesn’t budge

The market for software developers and engineers in the Seattle area is pretty tight, as evidenced by Zynga’s swanky party… Read More

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus: ‘We are a confederation of entrepreneurs’

Zynga’s remarkable growth may be tied to hit games such as FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia Wars. But there’s another secret… Read More

California dreaming: Ignition backs another startup with ties outside the region

One of the interesting trends in the venture capital business around these parts over the past few months has been… Read More

Seattle social commerce startup Lockerz scores massive $30 million round

Last week, Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt told GeekWire that we’d have to “stay tuned” for news about the company’s future… Read More

The sniping continues: Trulia heralds itself as the top dog over Zillow in online real estate

Trulia CEO Pete Flint took a shot at his Seattle competitor Zillow.com last month, telling GeekWire that it was “just… Read More

Former Microsoft GM Anna Collins named president of PhotoRocket

Anna Collins, a former general manager at Microsoft, has been tapped as president of PhotoRocket.  Collins spent the past seven… Read More

Ignition Partners’ Steve Hooper joins board of InfoSpace

Steve Hooper, one of the founding members of Ignition Partners and the former CEO of AT&T Wireless, has joined the… Read More

Zillow.com makes its first buy: Online listing service Postlets

Zillow.com has pretty much grown on its own since Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink founded the company in 2005, preferring… Read More

Windows app store Allmyapps reaches 100,000 users

Allmyapps, an online app store for Windows PC reminiscent of Apple’s App Store for Mac, this morning announced that it… Read More

Chart: Money flows to the top of the class in venture capital

Some may say that the venture capital model is broken. But that’s not stopping money from flowing into the coffers… Read More

CPMs or CPCs? Nope, BigDoor has its eye on the CPQ: Cost Per Quest

You may have heard of CPMs or CPCs. But Seattle startup BigDoor wants to start a movement around another online… Read More

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Marcelo Calbucci lands CTO gig at EveryMove, Andy Liu joins board

Marcelo Calbucci has a new gig. The founder of Seattle 2.0 today was named the chief technology officer at EveryMove,… Read More

Marchex increases bet on the phone call, agrees to buy Jingle Networks for $62.5M

About a year ago, Marchex placed a big bet on call advertising. And now the Seattle company is doubling down… Read More

Seattle teens behind ‘The Grim Tweeper’ app dream of making it big … in Silicon Valley

Wesley Zhao and Ajay Mehta have been friends since the fourth grade, attending Stevenson Elementary, Odle Middle School and Interlake… Read More

‘The second bubble started with Twitter and Facebook,’ and other comments of the week

It’s been another action-packed week here at GeekWire as we continue to scour the tech landscape for interesting, offbeat and… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Sports, Twitter, beer, apps and startups

We’ve got sports on our brains this week, with a roundup of the latest technological “innovations” at Mariners and Sounders… Read More

Marooned on Bainbridge, fast-growing Avalara establishes Seattle outpost

We’ve seen high-tech companies — including Google, Microsoft and Tableau Software — open offices on both sides of Lake Washington… Read More

Struggling MOD Systems places employees on leave

MOD’s kiosk technology MOD Systems has placed a number of its employees on leave as the Seattle maker of digital… Read More

SEC to review rules on how startups raise money

Guest Commentary: Breathtaking, front-page news in the Wall Street Journal this morning. Securities and Exchange Commission chief Mary Schapiro has… Read More

Adeo Ressi to Seattle angels: It’s time to get off the sidelines

Adeo Ressi was in town this week, battling a nasty case of pink eye and a broken toe. But those… Read More

Two Days in Silicon Valley: An inside look at 23 startups from Dave McClure’s Demo Days

I’ve been thinking a lot about passion lately — passion for ideas, teams, the shared pursuit of common goals.  More… Read More

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There’s no question that the guys at Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell are funny, as evidenced by their April Fool’s Day… Read More

Floyd, LeFaivre, others named to NW Energy Angels advisory board

The Pacific Northwest has a solid slate of clean tech companies — from fuel cell maker ReliOn which just scored… Read More

Poll: Are we experiencing another tech bubble?

Here comes the “B” word again. That’s right, bubble. Venture capitalists and startups are currently engaged in a wild deal… Read More

Lockerz taps former Amazon exec, plans deeper Facebook integration

Fast-growing, youth-oriented social networking site Lockerz has been undergoing a serious growth spurt since moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh to… Read More

Matt McIlwain has the Midas Touch, but no one else does in Seattle

Is Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain a modern day Midas? Some people think so. The Seattle venture capitalist — an… Read More

Seattle startup Dashwire inks licensing deal with Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures

Dashwire is a small mobile software company. But the Seattle upstart still has to worry about patent issues, and because… Read More

Sex columnist Dan Savage: The undisputed social media news king of Seattle

The Stranger’s Dan Savage is crude, lewd and, at times, outrageously funny. Seattle’s best-known sex advice columnist also is an… Read More

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