Facebook is a risky investment and other quotes of the week “Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services. And we think this… Read More
Exclusive: Amazon.com buys TeachStreet TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell traveled from coast-to-coast over the past 12 months entertaining offers for his Seattle-based startup. But, at… Read More
TeachStreet takes lesson from Startup Weekend, unveils skunk works project OnTheWay Perhaps no Seattle startup has devoted as many hours to Startup Weekend as TeachStreet. Business development guru Joseph Sunga and… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Kindle Fire, Post-it Wars, Legos, cool apps, and Startup Weekend EDU On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we figure out the meaning of the Kindle Fire, recap Seattle’s startup “Post-it… Read More
TalentSpring founder Bryan Starbuck emerges with stealthy new startup Seattle entrepreneur Bryan Starbuck — who sold the online recruiting company TalentSpring last year to Talent Technology– is getting back… Read More
11 lessons of a startup noob It’s been a year since jumping into the startup world as an oblivious 22-year-old. I read every blog post I… Read More
The entrepreneurial ‘petri dish’ at General Assembly, and why one geek would love to see it in Seattle Let’s get one thing cleared up right away. TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell’s investment in General Assembly does not indicate that… Read More
InternMatch scores cash for national internship directory, launches ‘community pages’ InternMatch, which helps students find high-quality internships at companies such as Walt Disney, Amazon and Blue Nile, has raised $500,000… Read More
Does working at Microsoft really turn your brain numb? Call it the Silicon Valley invasion. Facebook, Google, HP, Zynga and Salesforce.com — driven by an insatiable need for talented… Read More