Articles about Guest Posts – Page 6 of 12

New Years Resolutions: 11 ways to increase your productivity in 2013

We have a specific, measurable set of objectives to drive our business in the New Year, plus I’ve developed with… Read More

Advice: My startup adventure

Admit it, you are dying to jump off and “do a startup.” Whether you are currently at Microsoft or at… Read More

Commentary: Strategies for accelerating clean tech startups

Recently, the Northwest Energy Angels convened a breakfast briefing on cleantech investing, and I had the honor of moderating a… Read More

Commentary: Why the downfall of Facebook is more possible than you think

Facebook is the clearcut leader in social. We all know this. No one else is even close (except maybe Google).… Read More

Hey, Seattle – want to wiki?

So. Seattle. Do we wiki or what? Seth Vincent thinks it’d be fun. The recent Olympia transplant started SeattleWiki and… Read More

Commentary: Why the ‘fiscal cliff’ is driving startup M&A

President Barack Obama was reelected on November 6th, and since November 7th my phone has not stopped ringing. Every entrepreneur, investment… Read More

Commentary: Report shines little new light on journalism woes

In the winter of 2009, Seattle was the center of a global maelstrom that has yet to bottom out: the… Read More

Why I walked away from $1 million (and why you should help us combat youth poverty)

[Editor’s note: GeekWire has partnered with Seattle non-profit Vittana for the Geeks Give Back campaign, an effort to help combat… Read More

Am I nuts if I don’t want a tablet?

I have a confession to make. The Surface is here, the iPad is everywhere, Jeff Bezos is promoting Kindle Fires… Read More

13 tips for finding a startup co-founder you can count on

Startup founders, especially the serial kind, rarely come up short in the idea department. But finding a co-founder (or two)… Read More

Federal funding alone can’t deliver wireless broadband

Americans in urban and suburban areas take wireless service for granted. This is not so much so for those living… Read More

Raising startup funding: 7 things you need to be prepared

Demo Day at TechStars Seattle took place a week ago, and the teams worked hard to get their pitches ready for a… Read More

Pictures: 10 coolest startup spaces in Seattle’s Pioneer Square

All technology companies in Seattle have to compete for talented workers. Aside from the opportunity to create something important and… Read More

5 ways to watch the election without turning on the TV

This morning I woke up, turned on my computer and within minutes sat staring at a map of people voting… Read More

Commentary: Microsoft Surface breaks out of the walled garden

While working at Activision some 16 years ago, I negotiated with Microsoft to build out an Internet presence around our… Read More

Microsoft Surface: The comeback story begins?

Two days and counting, my new Surface will arrive. As an avid gadget guy, I’m pumped about this launch with… Read More

Commentary: DOXing is not okay. Ever. For anyone.

[Full disclosure: I spent the last week on the Internet 2012 Bus Tour with some of the Reddit admins. They… Read More

Homes made out of milk bottles; networked water purifiers and other winners from the Clean Tech Open

Sixteen cleantech startups from around the Northwest gathered in Portland this week to learn which lucky three would represent the… Read More

Commentary: A press release isn’t a partnership

Let’s get one thing clear: Supporting partners and clients via participation in case studies, white papers, events, press, and social… Read More

Someone Like You: An ode to my BlackBerry

Never mind, I’ll find someone like you. I wish nothing but the best for you too. Don’t forget me, I… Read More

Commentary: What T-Mobile’s proposed buy of MetroPCS means for you

The proposed merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS has been huge news all week. If approved, though, the deal will still… Read More

GeekWire Debate: How Mitt Romney will fuel the ‘opportunity economy’

America is at a crossroads. We can continue to support a president who embraces a government-driven, economic redistribution strategy. Or,… Read More

Q&A: Pterofin borrows wind turbine design from bird wings

Seattle-based Pterofin has copied designs from nature to develop eye-catching turbines for wind and hydro power. That has earned the… Read More

Driverless cars: Looking under the legislation’s hood

So driverless cars are to be street legal in California! I thought it would be fun to look “under the… Read More

Facebook: The personalization engine for all of the Web

Facebook and its third-party applications today know a hell of a lot about each us: what content we read (Washington… Read More

Startupville: The hot new social game you play with your future

It was a few mint juleps in to the evening when Joe Heitzeberg and I started talking about the common experiences of… Read More

Q&A: Wikispeed’s Joe Justice on inventing, innovating and executing at lean startups

Joe Justice knew from a young age that he wanted to get involved in technology and change the world (he… Read More

Why your startup is half as effective as it should be

When I founded Ontela with my friends Charles and Brian, we were all sick of big companies. There were a… Read More

NADAC Systems turns off the lights, and more, to save energy

Portland-based NADAC Systems has developed technology that saves energy by switching off unoccupied spaces. That recently earned the company a… Read More

Commentary: Windows Phone’s Canary in the Coal Mine

[Editor’s Note: Charlie Kindel is a former Windows Phone general manager who left Microsoft last year to join the startup… Read More