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Haiku Deck

Tech Moves: RealSelf marketing exec departs; Haiku Deck founder joins Microsoft Minecraft team

— Jani Strand is out at RealSelf, just nine months after joining the cosmetic review site as chief brand and… Read More

After roller coaster startup journey, presentation app Haiku Deck sold to edtech company BookRags

Haiku Deck’s roller coaster startup journey — which included a mobile game featuring Sir Mix-A-Lot and an award-winning presentation app… Read More

Tech Moves: Marchex co-founder named CEO of PacketSled; Haiku Deck co-founder joins Pioneer Square Labs; and more

John Keister, a well-known Seattle area entrepreneur and investor, is now taking the reins at San Diego-based network analytics platform PacketSled.… Read More

Haiku Deck launches classroom platform to help teachers and students build presentations

Haiku Deck’s first four years were all about building a customer base for its free presentation software. It became popular… Read More

Haiku Deck for iPhone

Haiku Deck releases native iPhone version of app as more users seek to create ‘anytime, anywhere’

Seattle-based Haiku Deck, the app designed for creating beautiful presentations, presented some exciting news of its own Thursday with the release… Read More

Haiku Deck raises cash, names Rand Fishkin and Russell Benaroya to board

Haiku Deck, the Seattle startup that’s creating an alternative to PowerPoint, has raised some fresh capital and appointed to key… Read More

Haiku Deck launches presentation subscription service powered by AI

Haiku Deck is launching a new cloud-based service that automatically creates presentations, fully designed and with appropriate graphics, from existing… Read More

New alliance allows Haiku Decks to be created directly in SlideShare

SlideShare — which is kind of like the YouTube of online presentations — has formed a new partnership with Seattle… Read More

Seattle 10

Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world

Education. Big data. Health. Telecommunications. Clean tech. Seattle is producing groundbreaking startups in a host of industries, generating a crop… Read More

Moving beyond PowerPoint: Slide Bureau is a slick tool for sharing visual content, automatically adapting across multiple devices

Hillel Cooperman loves PowerPoint, but he’s ready to move beyond Microsoft’s powerful software with the latest version of a new presentation… Read More

Zillow, Haiku Deck, Tred nominated for Webby Awards honoring top apps, websites

Nominations were released today for the 18th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other wacky stuff.… Read More

Jackson Fish Market debuts app to help teachers, realtors, restaurant owners make presentations

The six-person team at Seattle-based software design firm Jackson Fish Market knew that there were people making presentations on a regular basis —… Read More

Haiku Deck reaches 1M downloads, CEO says ‘we’re just at the start of something huge’

Things are rolling at Haiku Deck in the form of a new iPhone app and an impressive milestone. The Seattle-based… Read More

Tech Moves: Sarah Bird assumes CEO role at Moz; Haiku Deck hires Dan Gerrity

—Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin officially handed over the CEO reins to COO Sarah Bird this week, a move that comes… Read More

Haiku Deck rolls out Web-based service to take on PowerPoint’s stronghold, tops 800,000 downloads

Haiku Deck is one of Seattle’s hottest startup companies. But up until today, I (and millions of other consumers) couldn’t… Read More

Flowboard’s iPad presentation app now lets you embed YouTube videos, PDFs

Seattle-based iPad storytelling app Flowboard just updated its platform to allow users to embed YouTube videos and PDFs into their presentations. Flowboard, which launched… Read More

Startup advice from Haiku Deck CEO: It’s not about the product — it’s how you make people feel

Adam Tratt’s first slide at yesterday’s Seattle Tech Meetup was simple: A picture of himself with the words “Don’t Be Like… Read More

Haiku Deck inks deal with Getty Images, rolls out new features

Haiku Deck has sealed a deal to integrate more than one million photos from Getty Images, part of a plan… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Startup of the Year

We’re nearing the end of the voting for the GeekWire Awards, and today we’ve got a big category on hand:… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote here for App of the Year

It’s time to cast your vote in one of the most hotly contested categories of this year’s GeekWire Awards: App… Read More

Haiku Deck partners with popular publishing platform Slideshare

Above is a presentation made on Haiku Deck and shared on Slideshare — it also shows you how to upload your… Read More

Haiku Deck’s Adam Tratt: ‘Startup storytelling for the win’

Tech industry veteran Adam Tratt has told a story or two in his day, but more than that, he has… Read More

Adam Tratt
Podcast

Q&A: How this Seattle startup could take a bite out of Microsoft PowerPoint

Giant Thinkwell’s latest product, Haiku Deck, has been getting quite a bit of attention over the last few weeks.  We… Read More

Adam Tratt
Podcast

Podcast: Haiku Deck basking in the App Store’s spotlight

Right before going into the studio to record this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, I noticed one of our… Read More

A next-gen PowerPoint? Haiku Deck looks to help people make beautiful presentations

There are startup pivots. And then there are massive reboots. Haiku Deck, which today is taking the covers off its… Read More

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