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Mark Vadon

Zulily has seen better days: Co-founder Mark Vadon shares startup lessons from the online retailer

It’s been a wild past several days for Zulily. As we’ve reported, the online retailer is shutting down three offices,… Read More

Vouched, an identity verification startup backed by Zulily co-founders, raises $6.3M

Vouched, a Seattle startup that helps companies verify identity, raised $6.3 million. The funding round was led by BHG VC… Read More

Zulily co-founder’s SPAC raises $300 million

Mark Vadon is on the prowl for the next e-commerce superstar. Vadon, who previously co-founded Zulily and Blue Nile and… Read More

Zulily co-founder latest to join SPAC mania

Mark Vadon, the Seattle e-commerce entrepreneur who co-founded Zulily and Blue Nile and served as chairman of Chewy, is joining… Read More

Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon of Zulily and Blue Nile fame invest in Seattle startup Rad Power Bikes

Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon know what it takes to build a successful consumer company. The entrepreneurs helped grow not… Read More

Mark Vadon

Zulily co-founder Mark Vadon strikes e-commerce gold yet again as pet supply retailer Chewy sells for $3.35B

E-commerce pioneer Mark Vadon, who helped transform the way people buy engagement rings with Blue Nile and kids clothes with… Read More

Online diamond seller Blue Nile to be acquired for $500M by private equity firm

Seattle-based online diamond seller Blue Nile announced today that it has agreed to be acquired for $500 million by Bain Capital Private… Read More

Zulily assures employees that QVC sale is about growth, not layoffs or cost savings

Zulily is attempting to quickly allay the fears of its 3,000 employees, whose futures are now a little less certain thanks to a surprise $2.4… Read More

Mark Vadon

Zulily founders to take home nearly half of the $2.4B from blockbuster sale to QVC

Zulily co-founders Mark Vadon and Darrell Cavens are poised to reap a huge windfall after the online retailer they started… Read More

After Zulily reports disappointing earnings, one analyst worries the ‘lily is wilting’

The day after Zulily reported disappointing first-quarter results and slashed its outlook for the year, investment banks are questioning whether the Seattle e-commerce company can… Read More

Zulily speeds up delivery times to compete in an Amazon-defined world

It’s never been Zulily’s goal to ship products to customers as quickly as Amazon. In response to a question about shipping times at… Read More

No bubble: Why these longtime entrepreneurs say today’s tech climate is not like 1999

Respected venture capitalist Bill Gurley sparked quite the reaction earlier this month after his comments noting how the current tech boom is… Read More

Mark Vadon

Low-profile Zulily billionaire Mark Vadon on why fast-growing startups should avoid the limelight

Leading up to this year’s GeekWire Summit, I kept hearing one question: How in the world did you get Zulily… Read More

Mark Vadon

Zulily Co-founder Mark Vadon says faster shipping isn’t always better (despite what Amazon teaches us)

Unlike other e-commerce giants, Mark Vadon, Zulily’s Chairman and co-founder, said his fast-growing company is not trying to ship products to its customers… Read More

This Seattle tech exec saw his net worth skyrocket $500 million today

Zulily’s shares jumped more than 35 percent today after Wall Street applauded the Seattle online retailer’s fourth quarter earnings, which… Read More

Seattle’s new billion dollar man: Here’s who scored in Zulily’s spectacular IPO

Zulily’s initial public offering today represented a huge milestone for the Seattle company. It also made the founders and venture… Read More

Zulily’s Mark Vadon: ‘This is more QVC than Amazon’

I’ve been absolutely fascinated by the meteoric rise of Zulily, the Seattle daily deal site which now boasts more than… Read More

Daily deal site Zulily raises $43 million at huge valuation of more than $700 million

Plopped in the middle of Zulily’s Seattle office is a colorful cardboard rocket ship marking the entrance to the company’s… Read More

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