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Mike Koss

Tech veteran Mike Koss joining Google, winding down StartPad

Mike Koss spent nearly two decades at Microsoft, playing a key role in the early development of products including Excel,… Read More

Next up for Startup Weekend: Making government move at Internet speed

You might say it is a bit of an oxymoron. But Startup Weekend is introducing a new event next month… Read More

Geeks Who Give Back: Mike Koss, StartPad.org

Long before it became cool to run a tech incubator, Mike Koss was opening his doors to Seattle-area entrepreneurs at… Read More

My memories of Steve Jobs

Having just heard of Steve Jobs’ passing, I feel compelled to recall the three times I met Steve, and to… Read More

CoinLab: New center for Bitcoin projects in Seattle

A group of Seattle entrepreneurs is forging ahead into the uncertain and intriguing world of Bitcoin with a new center… Read More

Podcast

Bitcoin: Tech vets explore potential of digital currency, try to avoid pitfalls

Seattle tech startup entrepreneurs Mike Koss and Peter Vessenes joined us on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast to… Read More

Mike Koss sells Faves.com, investors take ‘big loss’

Faves.com is getting a second (actually, maybe even a third or fourth) chance. But the Seattle online social bookmarking service… Read More

How a Seattle startup missed its shot to become the next Facebook

Faves.com had a smart team, top angel investors and big aspirations to become a dominant player in the emerging social… Read More

Nuclear fallout? Skip the tin foil, grab a cookie sheet

Seattle startup guru Mike Koss of Startpad.org was watching news coverage of the crisis in Japan when he noticed people… Read More

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