Newsmakers 2011: T.A. McCann sells Gist to RIM Persistence, courage and an ability to learn from failure. Those are some of the attributes of entrepreneurs, all traits exhibited… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Daniil Kulchenko sells startup at age 15 Of all the stories we covered on GeekWire in 2011, one of the most remarkable was the tale of Daniil… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens leads daily deal site to meteoric growth Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens likes to move fast, tackling opportunities before the moment passes. And no one, and I mean… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Paul Allen is the ‘Idea Man’ Paul Allen made headlines in 2011 not as much for what he did, but for what he wrote. The Microsoft… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Scott McFarlane guides Avalara Avalara is based on Bainbridge Island, and the company’s software helps online merchants manage the mundane tasks of sales tax… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Jeff Bezos marks a new era for Amazon Whether or not the Kindle Fire ultimately succeeds as a low-priced alternative to Apple’s iPad, 2011 will be remembered as… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Swype’s Cliff Kushler and Mike McSherry Swype revolutionized the way millions of people input text on Android devices, with the simple swipe of a finger. Founded… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows Windows is a longtime source of financial fuel for Microsoft’s business, and by extension for the Seattle region’s economy —… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Ben and Emily Huh unlock secret to Web humor at Cheezburger What’s it like being married to one of the worst-dressed men in tech? Emily Huh lives with that pain every… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: PopCap’s founders and their big EA deal More than a decade ago, in the middle of the dot-com bust, John Vechey, Jason Kapalka and Brian Fiete founded… Read More
Newsmakers of the Year: GeekWire’s call for nominations In the process of covering technology in the Seattle region for the past decade, my colleague John Cook and I… Read More