Seattle area 15-year-old sells startup to ActiveState Some entrepreneurs wait a lifetime to experience the thrill of selling their startup companies. Daniil Kulchenko, a Seattle area high… Read More
Video: Watch the high school whiz kids who wowed Seattle Startup Weekend Startup Weekend typically draws an interesting cast of characters. After all, you’ve got to be a little nutty (or at… Read More
Golazo scores $3.7M for soccer-themed energy drink If you are a soccer fan in Seattle, you’ve probably tasted Golazo. The energy sports drink has quickly become a… Read More
Entrepreneurial passion: A blessing or a curse? I’ve met a lot of really bright engineers and entrepreneurs who I think could do great things if they pursued… Read More
Gray skies, June rain drive Seattle entrepreneur to the San Francisco Bay Area Ugh, it is yet another gray, cold day here in Seattle. It has been rough start to “Junuary,” and I’ve… Read More
Startup advice: Take that first step The key to any entrepreneurial venture is taking that very first step, even if you aren’t sure about step two… Read More
What’s your startup DNA: Automizer, Social Transformer, Integrator or Challenger? Can you predict which startup companies will succeed? It’s a mystifying question for sure, but one that the Startup Genome Project… Read More
An inside look at Startup Weekend: ‘High energy startup fever’ Not everyone can afford to devote 54 hours of their life to Startup Weekend. But, if you’ve got 13 minutes… Read More
Gist CEO T.A. McCann: ‘To be an entrepreneur takes a tremendous amount of courage’ Gist founder T.A. McCann just completed a successful sale of his startup to RIM. So, why did the Seattle entrepreneur… Read More
Clean water startup PotaVida takes top prize at UW business plan competition From healthy French fries to to online travel planning services to urban grocery stores in converted shipping containers, this year’s… Read More
Sparkbuy’s Dan Shapiro on why he sold to Google: It puts ‘turbo chargers’ on the idea Sparkbuy founder Dan Shapiro doesn’t like talking to people on airplanes. But on a trip between Silicon Valley and Seattle… Read More
Livestream: Presentations from the final round of the UW business plan competition You can watch entrepreneurial activity in real time this afternoon as five teams compete in the University of Washington’s annual… Read More
Entrepreneurs: Born or made? Can you actually teach people to be entrepreneurs? That question is open to debate. But a recent Zogby survey indicates… Read More
Q&A: Straight-talking VC Mark Suster challenges entrepreneurs to think big Mark Suster is a bit of an oddity in the venture capital business — a straight-talking, no-nonsense former entrepreneur who… Read More
The only wrong answer is 50/50: Calculating the co-founder equity split Guest Commentary: The question of equity brings out the most fundamental differences, perceptions, and values in an aspiring startup. In… 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
Concur’s Rajeev Singh on the ups and downs of entrepreneurship In the latest interview on Mixergy, Concur president Rajeev Singh explains how the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense… Read More
