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Navigating Success：Insights from Top Investors, Founders, and Innovators

Welcome, everyone, to Navigating Success: Insights from Top Investors, Founders, and Innovators! We’re excited to bring together three incredible leaders… Read More

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2025 Investment Outlook Panel – Investing In the age of Gen AI

Join us in-person for a lively panel discussion with Seattle’s most prominent financiers as we reflect on the dynamic changes… Read More

Three UW students receive scholarship funds in honor of late Seattle entrepreneur Richard Tait

Three students are pursuing their dreams at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business with help from the “Richard… Read More

Modumetal co-founder replaced as CEO, settles lawsuit with board of high-tech metal startup

Christina Lomasney has been replaced as president and CEO of Modumetal, the Seattle startup she launched 13 years ago in… Read More

Startup advice: Here’s what founders should do before pitching venture capitalists

You’ve left your corporate job, answered some key questions, and decided to make the startup leap. Now it’s time to… Read More

Want to launch a startup? Ask and answer these questions before venturing out on your own

Starting a startup is a big career — and life — decision. There can be a lot of risk involved… Read More

Here’s why 22 female entrepreneurs just met with federal lawmakers in Washington D.C.

Only 2.5 percent of venture capital funding goes to companies with all-female founders. As a female entrepreneur, I find this… Read More

Bezos divorce highlights hidden challenge for company founders: keeping their marriages intact

If creating and running a successful business isn’t challenging enough for many entrepreneurs, it can be mind-boggling to think about… Read More

University of Washington launching new certificate program for women in entrepreneurship

Like all entrepreneurs, Christy Johnson wears many hats. She’s currently the CEO and founder of strategy consulting firm Artemis Connection,… Read More

Trump travel ban prevents Techstars Seattle entrepreneur from entering U.S. for startup program

In late November, Saba Mohebpour arrived in Los Angeles from his home in Canada on a temporary visa. He was there… Read More

One year later, the F Bomb Breakfast Club has become a haven for female entrepreneurs

Hannah Lidman arrives before 7 a.m. in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. She’s an entrepreneur on a mission: Find a technical… Read More

Calendar Picks: Prep for Social Venture Partners’ Fast Pitch program; get your (board) game on; and more

Seattle has a reputation for innovation in tech and science, but it also has a reputation for another kind of… Read More

Students pitch everything from non-toxic pesticides to fashion startups at collegiate entrepreneurial contest TigerLaunch

A club at the University of Washington is ready to help launch the next big thing. Startup UW is a… Read More

Startup skills from Microsoft? How the tech giant is expanding its global innovation program

“Entrepreneurship. What does that mean? And can you teach it?” asks Darek Mazzone, a creative consultant at Microsoft Innovation Centers. We… Read More

AOL co-founder Steve Case: Most VCs are lazy, and we think way too much about Silicon Valley

PALM DESERT, Calif.— Silicon Valley may get all of the buzz, and most of the country’s venture capital dollars. But… Read More

Something is missing from this new list of the 25 hottest startup cities — Seattle

Popular thinking would have you believe that the Seattle region is a sure bet to make any list of the hottest… Read More

Accel Partners hires leading Google engineer Joe Beda as a Seattle-based entrepreneur in residence

Accel Partners is brining on longtime Google thought leader Joe Beda as its newest entrepreneur in residence. Beda hasn’t decided… Read More

The 5 key ingredients of successful ‘intrapreneurship’

Canadian businessman Colin Sprake is looking to unleash entrepreneurial energy within big companies, and he’s partnered with informercial creator and… Read More

Q&A: Is it better to start up alone, or with a team?

Starting up can be a lonely adventure. But some of the most successful startups today are founded by a team.… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee at GeekWire Startup Day: We lead the world in ‘innovation per dollar’

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, speaking to the crowd at GeekWire Startup Day this morning, suggested looking at the economy in… Read More

34 Must-Have Tools to Launch your Startup from Idea to Exit

I’ve launched half a dozen or so startup products in my career and in the process I’ve picked up my list of… Read More

UW’s Buerk Center awards $170K to 8 student-led startups

For the past six months, ten teams from the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship have been working within… Read More

Patience, perseverance and passion: Video highlights from our talk with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot

We had a great conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot Wednesday evening at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot talked about several interesting topics, from… Read More

Tableau CEO Chabot: Seattle is the promised land of startup America

We had a stimulating conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot yesterday at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot touched on a number of… Read More

BizSpark, Startup Weekend ink alliances to support entrepreneurs in the developing world

Two separate news announcements out today involving Startup Weekend and Microsoft’s BizSpark program could help jumpstart entrepreneurial activities throughout the… Read More