Four tips for startup survival It’s not a pretty picture. While sixty-six percent of new businesses will survive to the two-year mark, less than half… Read More
Cheezburger’s Ben Huh talks candidly about his personal struggles with depression Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh is known as a master of Web humor, with his company’s network of comedy sites drawing… Read More
Matt Steckler, 1975-2011: A creative force with a million crazy ideas No idea was too small, too silly or too offbeat for Matt Steckler, a Seattle developer and entrepreneur who died… Read More
Event highlights iPad stands, robots and other gadgets Despite the release of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire and the success of Microsoft’s Kinect, Seattle at it’s core is very… Read More
TechStars: An inside look at 87 days of madness It’s day 87 of TechStars Seattle. It’s also the last day of the program. The incubation program culminates with an… Read More
Seven signs that you might just be an entrepreneur I meet a lot of people who want to be an entrepreneur, but don’t really have the signs that they’d… Read More
Startup Weekend kicks off SW Next: A multi-day bootcamp for entrepreneurs Startup Weekend has already given thousands of developers, geeks and other tech professionals a taste of what it’s like to… Read More
Bill Gates was lucky … and good Was Bill Gates just a lucky upper middle class kid who happened to stumble into the PC revolution? Or was… Read More
Startup Spotlight: GoDutch mobile app helps friends connect Chris Borkenhagen wants to make it easier to invite friends to do fun things together, and then split the bill… Read More
TechStars’ plea to Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and the other ‘godfathers’ of Seattle tech Andy Sack, the director of TechStars Seattle, is accustomed to critiquing the pitches of entrepreneurs. Now, Sack is doing an… Read More
17 things I wish I’d known when starting my first business Growing up I was surrounded by entrepreneurs. All of my uncles on my mom’s side of the family ran successful… Read More
Vinod Khosla on failure, thinking big and why the best entrepreneurs are under 25 Don’t call Vinod Khosla a venture capitalist. After all, the venerable Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist doesn’t really have… Read More
Success is brewing in Seattle’s vibrant coffee shop culture Living in the Northwest, we’re far enough removed from the majority of the populace to sit back and notice the… Read More
Startup Stars: A brief history of the best 20th century business launches There are more ways now than ever for you to start a business. Startups are a hot topic and it… Read More
Ben Huh: The history of cat photos and advice for entrepreneurs Ben Huh chats with Microsoft’s Channel 9 about the early days at Cheezburger and offers some wise advice based on… Read More
Commentary: Why we had to leave Seattle to build Box.net Just to start off, let me say that Seattle is an amazing city. I definitely couldn’t have asked for a… Read More
Nat Brown’s advice to wannabee entrepreneurs: Unlearn the nasty habits of big companies (Video) Nat Brown is one certified geek. He joined Microsoft in 1990 and worked there for nearly 10 years before catching… 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
Eleven startup pitches in eleven minutes: What’s your favorite? It was speed pitching on steroids Wednesday night as a group of die-hard startup junkies packed into the basement of… Read More
A brief history of Seattle startups: We’ve come a long way, baby There’s certainly been a lot of discussion on GeekWire in the past few weeks about the vibrancy — or some… Read More
How to stop the insanity: Advice and thoughts from a first-time startup CEO Being a first time CEO can be confusing, intimidating and downright scary. You have a hundred things to do and… Read More
The No. 1 reason startups fail: Premature scaling Startups can blow up for any number of reasons: bad hires, overspending, lack of capital. In fact, a new study… Read More
Do you have the startup DNA? Let’s face it, you gotta be a little off kilter to take the entrepreneurial plunge. But what is the the… Read More
Naveen Jain: Innovation can solve the world’s problems Naveen Jain has spent the bulk of his entrepreneurial career developing Internet search technologies, from the early days at InfoSpace… Read More
Fan bikes, hovercrafts and other wacky inventions from Seattle’s ThingOut geek fest What do true geeks do on a hot summer afternoon? Of course, they bring their homegrown inventions out of the… Read More
Jason Goldberg reflects on the ups and downs at Jobster and why it missed becoming LinkedIn Jason Goldberg, who co-founded the online recruiting startup Jobster in 2003, was one of the more colorful characters in Seattle’s… Read More
Looking to remove the pain of venture investing, Microsoft BizSpark allies with CapLinked Raising venture capital has pretty much worked the same way for years. Entrepreneurs hop on a plane or in a… Read More
Washington state ranks second for entrepreneurs The venture capital totals may be falling, but Washington state is still a great place to start a new business.… Read More
Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid When we humans believe in something strongly we naturally seek out others who believe similarly. This Kool-Aid drinking tendency applies… Read More
Think like a serial entrepreneur I’m struck by the question of whether, and how, an entrepreneur might act differently if they were mindful that their… Read More
