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GeekWire’s 2015 Newsmakers of the Year: These industry leaders made their mark in tech, science and space

It has been another giant year for technology and science in the Seattle region — featuring everything from rocket launches… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: How the tech community is reshaping Seattle

Seattle in five years will be very different from the city today, if Amazon and the rest of the tech… Read More

GeekWire’s 2014 Newsmakers of the Year: Big wins, surprise deals, and major impact

It has been another big year for technology news in the Seattle region. Major acquisitions, historic transitions, and critical community initiatives have been… Read More

Here they are: GeekWire’s 2013 Newsmakers of the Year

It has been a giant year for news at many of the Seattle region’s technology companies — with successful IPOs,… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Luke Friang keeps Zulily on the fast track

Perhaps no Seattle startup is moving quite as fast as Zulily, the daily deal site for moms which just scored… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Greg Gottesman, Matt McIlwain lead the charge at Madrona

At a time when many are proclaiming the death of the traditional venture capital firm, Madrona Venture Group seems to… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: UW president Michael Young shines a light on startups

Are startups in the DNA of the University of Washington? If not right now, they will be once President Michael… Read More

Newsmakers: Adam Brotman gives Starbucks a digital jolt

Typically, around these parts at least, technological innovation is associated with tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing. But there’s… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Seaton Gras catches wave at SURF incubator

Seaton Gras had dreamed for years of a place where entrepreneurs could gather to commiserate (and share war stories). And… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Steve Singh guides Concur to new heights

Concur Technologies doesn’t get as much attention as its publicly-traded Seattle area counterparts. After all, filling out travel and entertainment… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney looks to reinvent the steel industry

Christina Lomasney isn’t out to change the way we share photos with one another, nor does she want to create… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos redefines boundaries

It was another big year for Amazon.com, with the expansion of the company’s Kindle and Kindle Fire lineup, the continued… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Apptio’s Sunny Gupta swings for the fences

The thing we’ve always liked about Sunny Gupta is that he’s not playing “small ball.” Nope, the entrepreneur is taking a… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Asteroid miner Chris Lewicki points Planetary Resources to a new industry in space

They plan to send robots into space to mine asteroids — opening up a new frontier for natural resources and… Read More

List: The 25 people who did big stuff this year in Seattle tech and beyond

After considerable discussion, careful deliberation and more than a few debates at the neighborhood bar, the GeekWire team has finished… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Apple’s Steve Jobs, in memoriam

The death of Steve Jobs in October was one of those rare universal moments, a shared experience that made us… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg pushes the potential of the social infrastructure

Now that everybody is connected, things are about to get really interesting. That was the message from Mark Zuckerberg this… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Neil Roseman helps bring Zynga to Seattle

One of the biggest stories in Seattle tech in 2011 was the arrival of the Silicon Valley tech titans. It… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Mariachi and margaritas mark wild year for Double Down’s Walcott, Enell

Executives at Double Down Interactive hired a mariachi band to entertain staffers at a company meeting in September — a special… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Smilebox CEO Andrew Wright builds big business on life’s little moments

It’s that time of year when folks start thinking about connecting with family and friends through holiday cards. And Smilebox… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Google engineer Steve Yegge, the accidental newsmaker

We’re just a few days from finishing the rollout of our 2011 GeekWire Newsmakers, a roster of people who made… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: F5’s John McAdam quietly creates a billion dollar business

F5 Networks CEO John McAdam helped guide the company to more than $1 billion in revenue in 2011 Over the… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Z2Live CEO David Bluhm builds a mobile games powerhouse

Z2Live CEO David Bluhm — a veteran Seattle entrepreneur and gaming executive — likes to say that his company batted… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Yoky Matsuoka links humans to devices, from thermostats to robots

Yoky Matsuoka has long been interested in the frontiers of human interaction with machines, exploring new ways for the nervous… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Melinda Gates, ‘impatient optimist’

Sure, Bill Gates may get more attention, but Melinda Gates is the one who deserves the newsmaker title this year… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Spencer Rascoff lifts Zillow to new heights with a personal touch

Spencer Rascoff successfully guided Zillow to a blockbuster initial public offering in July, a significant milestone for the fast-growing online… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Nathan Myhrvold, gourmet geek and patent lightning rod

Nathan Myhrvold was in the spotlight in 2011 perhaps more than at any other point since he was Microsoft’s chief… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Bryan Mistele guides Inrix on road to success

With Bryan Mistele at the wheel, Inrix was on the move in 2011. The Kirkland provider of real-time traffic information… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt

Some of the biggest names in venture capital are putting their faith in Lockerz, a Seattle upstart that came on… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: UW’s Shwetak Patel, MacArthur Genius

Is there anything Shwetak Patel can’t do with a home electrical system? We’re often left pondering that question after hearing about… Read More

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