GeekWire
Menu
  • Home
  • News
    • Amazon
    • Civic presented by Microsoft
    • Geek Life presented by Network of Giving
    • Health/Life Sciences
    • Microsoft
    • Podcasts
    • Space
    • Startups
    • Sustainability
    • Tech Moves
    • Bot or Not
    • GeekWire on the Road: Spokane
    • Microsoft at 50 presented by Accenture
    • Tech Vets presented by Northern Trust
  • GeekWork
    • GeekWork Recruiting
    • Job Board
  • Events
    • Community Calendar
    • GeekWire Events
  • Lists
    • Amazon Office Buildings
    • GeekWire 200 presented by JPMorganChase
    • GeekWire Startup List
    • GeekWire Startup Resources
    • GeekWire Startup Spaces
    • Layoff Tracker
    • M&As and IPOs
    • Northwest Women VC & Angel Investor List
    • Recent Fundings
    • Seattle Engineering Outposts
    • Venture Capital Directory
  • Members
    • Health Benefits
    • Memberships
  • Studios
    • GeekWire Studios: Let Us Tell Your Story
    • Nebius at NVIDIA GTC 2025 sponsored by Nebius
    • AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2024 sponsored by AWS
    • AWS Summit: New York Partner Spotlights sponsored by AWS
    • Does Compute presented by Carnegie Mellon University
    • Guide to re:Invent sponsored by AWS
    • Money Hacks presented by BECU
    • Tech Connect at Dreamforce 2024 sponsored by RSM US LLP
    • Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored by Greater Seattle Partners
    • Zuper at Inbound sponsored by Zuper
  • About
    • About GeekWire
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Email Newsletters
    • Reprints & Permissions
    • Sponsors
  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips

What Happens Here Matters Everywhere.

  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips
  • Amazon
  • Microsoft
  • Startups
  • AI
  • Science
  • Tech Moves
  • Sustainability
  • Civic
  • Geek Life

Avvo

Tech Moves: Lighthouse names CEO; Mariners hire Accolade director; and more

— Ron Markezich will succeed Brian McManus as CEO of Seattle-based Lighthouse, which provides electronic discovery products and other services… Read More

Pacific Northwest startups well-represented in new Andreessen Horowitz top 100 marketplace list

Six Pacific Northwest startups made Silicon Valley venture capital titan Andreessen Horowitz’s new ranking of the 100 top consumer marketplaces. … Read More

Madrona continues hiring spree with Trilogy veteran Katie Drucker and former Avvo CEO Mark Britton

Venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group has hired well-known Seattle entrepreneurs Katie Drucker, the former Sigby CEO and Trilogy Partners… Read More

Tech Moves: RealSelf snags general counsel from Avvo; Tableau loses a data evangelist; and more

—Cosmetic treatment review site RealSelf is lawyering up with Josh King as the company’s first general counsel. King is leaving… Read More

Tech apprenticeship program Apprenti graduates its 1st class, sending workers to Microsoft, Amazon and others

Tyler Walser needed a new direction. A born and bred Seattleite, Walser’s studies and career have taken him to a… Read More

Avvo founder Mark Britton and 4 top execs to depart as Internet Brands acquisition closes

After co-founding Avvo and helping grow the online legal directory for the past 13 years, Mark Britton is ready for… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Seattle tech vet Peter Wilson to lead Blockchain engineering team; Madrona adds Ignition Partners vet

Peter Wilson, a fixture on the Seattle tech scene for more than 20 years, is on his way to London… Read More

Mark Britton

Avvo to be acquired by Internet Brands, parent of WebMD and Martindale-Hubbell, in major exit for Seattle-based legal marketplace

Seattle-based Avvo, which runs an online legal directory, marketplace and reviews site, has entered into an agreement to be acquired… Read More

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: A high-profile IPO, plenty of acquisitions and startups on the rise

Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of… Read More

WTIA’s Apprenti program is turning out skilled tech workers by the dozens, with no tuition costs

Roscoe Bass could easily have been passed over by the technology industry. “I don’t have much history in tech,” said… Read More

Kevin Goldsmith

Geek of the Week: With Microsoft, Spotify and Adobe behind him, Kevin Goldsmith finds a home again in Seattle at Avvo

Seattle’s evolving tech landscape can catch you by surprise, especially if you leave the city for a couple years and… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Seahawks QB Russell Wilson’s startup TraceMe is picking its tech team

Seahawks quarterback and Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson has a lot of fans — and he wants a better way to… Read More

GeekWork Picks: BECU seeks senior cloud architect to drive new technologies

BECU is a well-known, home-grown brand to many in the Pacific Northwest. The credit union traces its roots to plane… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Avvo seeks director of consumer products to build legal services technology

Anyone who’s dealt with a legal problem can tell you the process would benefit from some innovation. Making that process… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup vet Bryan Zug joins Amazon’s UX team; Allen School of Computer Science adds two big players; and more

Bryan Zug is a familiar face in the Seattle startup world. He’s an entrepreneur and product design expert himself, but… Read More

Avvo sued for sexual harassment, ex-employee claims she was fired after rebuffing ‘unwanted advances’

A former employee at Avvo, the Seattle-based online legal directory, says she was fired after rejecting advances from a co-worker,… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia exec Jason Moss joins Avvo as CMO; Fred Hutch names new VP; Amazon vet lands at Swurveys; etc.

Avvo, the Seattle-based online marketplace for connecting lawyers to consumers, announced that Expedia executive Jason Moss will join the company… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach brings on former Linkedin, T-Mobile and Salesforce execs; Avvo names new VP of sales; and more

It’s been a big year for sales technology startup Outreach — the company raised $17.5 million in new funding in June… Read More

Tech Moves: Amplero adds Santo Criscuolo as VP of sales; ReachNow hires marketing vet Leigh McMillan; and more

Amplero, a Seattle-based machine learning marketing platform, added marketing veteran Santo Criscuolo as vice president of sales this week. Criscuolo comes to… Read More

IT Sports League champs

IT Sports League is a hit as Simply Measured beats TINYPulse/Avvo for first softball title

The inaugural season of the IT Sports League has wrapped up with a team from Simply Measured taking the softball championship.… Read More

Avvo Pokemon Go

How this Seattle startup is using Pokémon Go to recruit tech employees

If you’re out to catch ’em all, you may just land yourself a new job in the process. Avvo, the… Read More

Working Geek: Avvo CFO Monica Williams gets her most important work done before 9 a.m.

Monica Williams has been a financial guru for Seattle tech companies for more than 20 years. Since 2014, she’s been serving… Read More

Kelly McGill

Geek of the Week: Avvo’s HR chief Kelly McGill has the talent to manage the talent

Kelly McGill is a people person. As the head of talent management and human resources at Avvo, the Seattle-based online legal… Read More

Axon office

GeekWire Awards: Who has the coolest office space in the Seattle region?

Technology companies are investing heavily in workplace atmospheres that bring out the best in their employees, helping to inspire world-changing… Read More

Tech Moves: Ossia hires new CEO; Avvo taps Spotify exec as CTO; and more

— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia… Read More

Launch Pads: Avvo’s new downtown Seattle headquarters pays homage to legal industry

Colorful carpets laden with mugshots of celebrities. Lego Duplo blocks constructed in conference rooms with small policeman figurines. Pirate-themed flags that… Read More

Mark Britton

Avvo launches service that lets you buy full legal services for business, immigration, divorce issues

Avvo wants to make it even easier to find a lawyer online. The Seattle-based company today unveiled a new product… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Zillow seeks development manager for popular mobile infrastructure

The Zillow Group is growing again with the addition of New York City-based Naked Apartments. In Seattle, the company is… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Avvo seeks consumer-focused business intelligence expert

Legal advice and lawyer review startup Avvo recently had tongues wagging with its new humor-filled ad campaign. After raising $71.5 million in… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Smartsheet seeking engineers to grow collaborative software

Based in Bellevue, online project management software company Smartsheet is currently hiring a Senior Mobile Developer and Senior Full Stack Software Development… Read More

  • Older

A Word From Our Sponsors

About

  • About GeekWire
  • Contact Us
  • Partner With Us
  • Become a GeekWire Member
  • Send Us a Tip
  • Join Our Startup List
  • Reprints and Permissions

Follow

  • Facebook
  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • Podcast
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky

GeekWire Newsletters

Catch every headline in your inbox

Read GeekWire

  • Apple News
  • Google News

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sponsored Content Policy
Return to Top of Page
© 2011-2025 GeekWire, LLC
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal information
Limit the Use Of My Sensitive Personal Information
Consent Preferences