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Once a ‘daily deal’ naysayer, TeachStreet’s Dave Schappell gets the fever

A few months ago, TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell was lamenting the fact that nearly everyone he bumped into asked about… Read More

Startup launch: Jumala makes a game out of creating games

Why would you want to just play a video game, when you could be the mastermind who actually helped design… Read More

Mozy executive Russ Stockdale on VMware deal: ‘I’d classify it as a transfer of talent’

Mozy has built a big business around online backups. But most people don’t realize that the company’s headquarters is located… Read More

The art of the name change: David Aronchick explains the switch from Entertonement to Hark

David Aronchick has one piece of advice for entrepreneurs when considering a new business moniker: “don’t name a company around… Read More

ReliOn scores $6M, looks to become first profitable fuel cell maker

Fuel cell maker ReliOn has scored an additional $6 million in financing from existing investors, money that will be used… Read More

Ex-Expedia CEO Blachford joins Technology Crossover Ventures

Former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford has been named a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital… Read More

Nuance unplugs Jott: Voice-to-text service to end May 3rd

You won’t be able to Jott anymore. The mobile service, which allowed users to convert voice messages to text, will… Read More

Swype, Zulily, BuddyTV, others named finalists for Seattle 2.0 Awards

It’s that time of year when the Seattle startup community pats itself on the back. The Seattle 2.0 Awards are… Read More

Android and iPhone game development in a snap: That’s the promise of Zipline

What has Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper been building in the basement of Founder’s Co-op over the past few months?… Read More

Ad analytics startup Mpire changes gears (again) and raises cash

It seems that Mpire has had nearly as many lives as a cat. The company started in 2005 as a… Read More

‘Bill is the guy that made MS happen,’ and other top comments of the week

Paul Allen gets into some of the nitty-gritty details of the early days at Microsoft. Steve Ballmer receives a low… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Allen vs. Gates, Amazon Cloud Drive, Giant Thinkwell +1

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a strange week in tech news, including our first glimpse of Paul… Read More

Hey developers: Forget the cheeseburgers, have a LOLcat

The guys from Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell will be our guests on the next GeekWire Podcast. And it looks like… Read More

University of Washington unveils new entrepreneurial fellows program

The University of Washington has been trying for years to spark more creative thinking when it comes to business formation,… Read More

RogueSheep CEO leaves the flock

Chris Parrish has left the CEO post at RogueSheep, the Seattle mobile application development shop best known for its work… Read More

Good news, bad news: M&A activity slows, but momentum grows for IPOs

IPOs are on the way up, but M&A deals are coming down. That’ the portrait in a new report released… Read More

ThePlatform sets sail for new digs in downtown Seattle

ThePlatform, an online video company owned by Comcast, is moving from its longtime digs in the old Airborne Express building… Read More

Casual game maker PassionFruit sold to marketing agency

PassionFruit Games, a maker of casual video games for women, has been acquired by Rally Marketing Group in a deal… Read More

Chart: Where are the women entrepreneurs?

A new survey out today indicates that Washington state lags the national average in terms of women-owned businesses. (See below… Read More

Seattle’s newest online real estate upstart: Windermere?

Windermere has one of the most recognizable brands in the Pacific Northwest. But when it comes to innovating online, the… Read More

Why the founder is the first and most important salesperson of every startup

Guest Commentary: The best businesses in the world do two things.  They ship, and they sell. You inherently have nothing… Read More

How a modest bag clip was reborn as an iPhone ‘Kickstand’

DL Byron, the Seattle entrepreneur behind such ventures as Clip-n-Seal and Bike Hugger, was struck with the idea for his… Read More

Cloud database startup Xeround scores cash

Xeround, which moves SQL databases to the cloud, has raised an additional, $4 million in debt financing, according to a… Read More

How to recruit an Amazon.com coder: Free cheeseburgers?

You can recruit smart developers in a lot of ways, offering stock incentives, big salaries or cool perks. But Cheezburger… Read More

Zillow touts mobile growth, releases new BlackBerry app

Zillow.com has attracted plenty of consumers with its iPhone, iPad and Android apps. But the Seattle company’s latest mobile release… Read More

Social media monitoring startup Visible Technologies raises $6 million

Visible Technologies has raised an additional $6 million, money that CEO Kelly Pennock said will help the heavily-funded company accelerate… Read More

Startup Pitch: CoCollage looks to become the Facebook Wall for bars and coffee shops

You’ve probably seen the technology in action at one of your favorite Seattle coffee shops. The startup is called CoCollage,… Read More

Z2Live CEO David Bluhm on latest $2.5 million round: It’s not about the money, it’s the ‘chemistry’

Last week, we told you about some of the heavy hitters from the Seattle tech community lining up behind fast-growing… Read More

Exclusive: Fast-growing Swype scores cash from Ignition, hints at Apple iOS integration

One of Seattle’s hottest startup companies has scored cash from one of the region’s biggest venture capital firms. Swype, which… Read More

Ex-Microsoft and Google interns launch Summify, with cash from Rob Glaser and others

Two Romanian Web developers who recently landed in Vancouver, B.C. have just scored a first round of capital from RealNetworks… Read More

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