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How to keep your big business from acting like a startup

Much has been written — including my last column on GeekWire —about why it’s important for new businesses and startups to keep… Read More

Fledglings take flight: These 7 startups are looking to make the world a better place

Earlier this year we introduced you to Fledge, a start-up incubator founded by Seattle techie Michael “Luni” Libes that’s working… Read More

13 ways to nail your pitch to angel investment groups

Below I am going to focus on the stuff that I wish I would have know when I started pitching… Read More

Questions I’d ask before listing a startup on FundersClub

Every day I engage with at least one person about how startup investing will change because of the JOBS Act.… Read More

Q&A: Solensphere looks to make solar power cheaper and more reliable

Solensphere Renewables has developed a solar concentrator system that intensely focuses sunlight using a reflector fashioned after a telescope. Concentrating… Read More

How to keep your startup from acting like a big company

The kind of big-company behavior we all hate – bureaucracy, slow decision-making, politics, stifled innovation – doesn’t just happen at… Read More

Q&A: Startup’s innovation boosts renewable energy output

Global Green Energy in Tumwater has hardware that solar power system owners use to feed renewable energy into the electric… Read More

Game of Thrones: Corporate Edition

When you play The Game of Thrones, you play to win. For those who read the books or watch the… Read More

Apps must be cross platform

Maybe there are a few Robert Scobles out there who still believe that a significant number of successful apps in… Read More

Confessions of a founder dad

It was Saturday night at 8:12 p.m. and the screaming had just begun. The source of it? My two-and-a-half-year old… Read More

7 ways to get other people to read for you

Want to read more, but just don’t have the time? Let someone else read for you! It’s not crazy. There… Read More

Q&A: Clean tech startup links business decisions to energy costs

Distributed Energy Management has business intelligence software that analyzes the energy data from smart meters, or any other data source,… Read More

Our startup’s pivot: Three important lessons we learned

More than any other word, pivot has come to define startup life. Without the pivot, YouTube would have been a… Read More

Beyond online advertising into knowledge monetization

Each year, investors sink $2 million in U.S. Internet companies per every million dollars of total online advertising addressable opportunity:… Read More

What’s positive about Washington’s new Social Purpose Corporations

Suppose you are the CEO and board chair of a company that is in the process of a sale transaction.… Read More

Nine ways to make your morning more productive

How often does your morning live up to expectations? If you’re like me, you go to bed at night expecting… Read More

Surprising lessons I learned winning a pitch competition

thump thump…. thump thump….. thump thump……. My heart rate was starting to rise. As I looked around the room I noticed… Read More

Lean and technical: How we chose and furnished our office the YCombinator way

Cloudant is growing, and we recently opened offices in Seattle and the UK (in addition to our headquarters in Boston,… Read More

3 keys to successful crowdfunding campaigns

There’s change in the air. Entrepreneurs I talk to can smell it. Especially those that are focused on consumer products. … Read More

Dear self: Startup training starts right now

I think it’s really easy for developers to forget how much power they have. Designers too. Even with all of… Read More

How to buy an electric car: A shopper’s guide

I’ve been thinking about upgrading to an electric car for a while now. And in today’s market, there are plenty… Read More

What I’ve learned taking photos every day at 8:36 p.m.

On January 4th, 2006, a Wednesday, I wrote this in my LiveJournal (long live LiveJournal!): This weekend I was walking to a… Read More

11 key tips to stay productive while on the go

It’s hard enough to stay productive in the office or at your desk – with your full array of resources,… Read More

The 10 most important things I learned launching a startup

I thought launching a startup would be fun. After all, I was finally executing an idea that I’d dreamed of… Read More

10 mental traits of truly innovative leaders

Ever since I was young I’ve always loved thinking of ways to fix things, build products and make money. And,… Read More

9 productive things to do during a flight delay

Traveling is an exercise in wasted time. The lines, the security pat-downs, and the inevitable delays. Clearly you want your… Read More

Internet Week NYC: A Seattle view

“Boy was I ever important,” New York Times columnist David Carr declared during his Internet Week keynote. That’s when the… Read More

Facebook frenzy: What does the IPO mean for tech M&A?

Brokers at Morgan Stanley and the other underwriters of the Facebook IPO didn’t realize how many Facebook friends they had… Read More

Why I’d bet my retirement on Facebook stock today

Disclaimer: I’m not actually investing my entire retirement savings in Facebook, nor would I suggest anyone, anywhere ever invest a… Read More

How to get press for your startup with these social media tips and tools

Your small business needs advertising if it wants to survive and grow. But because you don’t have a huge budget… Read More