Entrepreneur Rand Fishkin’s latest venture: A new Seattle video game studio SparkToro co-founder Rand Fishkin announced Monday that he raised $2.15 million for a new independent video game studio in Seattle.… Read More
Shift AI Podcast: ‘Chill work’ as the path to productivity, with Rand Fishkin of SparkToro “My whole hope for the AI revolution … is that AI should make it so people have to work less,… Read More
First startups, then goblins! Tech CEOs unite around Dungeons & Dragons, embrace their inner geek Intriguing and quirky characters flock to the tech industry. But how many of them would happily classify themselves as a… Read More
Why Rand Fishkin avoided VC and made his investment documents public for new startup SparkToro Rand Fishkin and Casey Henry have plenty of experience helping build venture-backed companies — and that’s part of the reason… Read More
GeekWire Whiteboard Friday: Rand Fishkin’s 3 tips for startups and early stage teams Rand Fishkin, the longtime Seattle entrepreneur and SparkToro founder, became known for his “Whiteboard Friday” videos as the co-founder of… Read More
Podcast Painful honesty for startups: Rand Fishkin’s ‘Lost and Founder’ is an exercise in radical transparency Lots of startup leaders talk about transparency. Rand Fishkin lives it. The co-founder and former CEO of Seattle-based marketing technology… Read More
Rand Fishkin departs Moz, creates new influencer marketing startup SparkToro ‘with chip on my shoulder’ Rand Fishkin started the marketing software company Moz 17 years ago with his mom at a time when the term… Read More
Moz founder Rand Fishkin to step away from day-to-day operations, will remain chairman More than 16 years after launching Moz, Rand Fishkin is ready for his next adventure. Over the next six-to-nine months,… Read More
How blogging about a VC deal that fell apart helped Moz founder Rand Fishkin with long-term success Transparency is a core value for Rand Fishkin and Moz, the Seattle marketing software company he founded 12 years ago.… 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
Startup lessons: Moz founder Rand Fishkin explains how his arrogance, depression led to failures Back in December, Moz founder Rand Fishkin went public with his plans to step down as CEO of the Seattle… Read More
The Working Geek: Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin on working late hours and how he organizes his busy life Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin stepped down from the CEO post last December, handing the reins of the 11-year-old company to… Read More
Moz disappointed with $5.7M loss in 2013: ‘We knew we were going to burn’ Moz already let people know that 2013 wasn’t its most successful year, and now there are numbers to prove it.… Read More
Moz founder Rand Fishkin goes public with plan to step aside as CEO In an unusual but characteristic display of corporate transparency, Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin today went public with a plan to… Read More
Startup Day Video: Moz CEO Rand Fishkin on the challenges of team building One of the toughest and most important parts of growing a startup is building a team. Just look at the… Read More
Startup lessons: Why Moz’s $12,000 bounty program for new engineers didn’t work Moz — back then called SEOmoz — was growing rapidly two-and-a-half years ago and the company needed four-to-five new employees… Read More
CEO Swap: How trading jobs for one week helped these founders become better leaders, and people Life returns to normal for Wil Reynolds and Rand Fishkin today. Last week, though, was far from regular. The two… Read More
Early-bird prices end today for Startup Day: Moz CEO Rand Fishkin, Glympse CEO Bryan Trussel added to lineup OK, folks, as they say: “If you snooze, you lose.” Early-bird prices end later today for our big Startup Day… Read More
Trading places: These tech startup execs are swapping jobs, homes, lives for one week What happens if you switch places with a fellow CEO, manage their employees and live in their house for one… Read More
What drives you as an entrepreneur — ambition or obligation? Bring together a bunch of highly-successful entrepreneurs in one room and you’ll notice a few common qualities. These people work… Read More
Rand Fishkin’s 6 ingredients for great marketing Rand Fishkin wrapped up Mozcon 2013 in style by outlining his principles for great marketing and leading a discussion on the… Read More
Why I’m thankful Moz didn’t move to the Bay Area In 2009, we tried to raise money. We talked to people at 40 different firms. We had second meetings with… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote for Startup CEO of the Year We’re back for another round of voting in the GeekWire Awards, and today’s category is a big one: Startup CEO… Read More
Why entrepreneurs need to share moments of weakness with their startup peers “Oh excuse me, it’s Amy,” said Brad Feld as he answered his wife’s phone call, while sitting on stage doing… Read More
Newsmakers 2012: Rand Fishkin points the way at SEOmoz Rand Fishkin has put SEOmoz on a possible path to become one of the Seattle region’s next public companies. Succeed… Read More
Rand Fishkin’s top 11 startup tips to earn free customers Editor’s note: Team GeekWire is attending the GROW conference in Vancouver, B.C. this week, covering some of the talks. … Read More
Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz on search, startups, sticking it out Rand Fishkin is changing the way that Internet marketers do their jobs. He and his team at SEOmoz are part of… Read More
Top secret project under wraps at SEOMoz: Is the Moz coming? SEOMoz is one of the most transparent startups we’ve ever come across, with CEO Rand Fishkin openly discussing everything from… Read More
SEOmoz raises $18 million, Brad Feld joining board — and yes, the deal has closed SEOmoz CEO Rand Fishkin has been down this path before, as detailed in his extensive account of the company’s unsuccessful attempt… Read More
Rand Fishkin: How to earn tons of customers without spending money on crappy ads One of the most compelling things about SEOMoz co-founder Rand Fishkin is his complete transparency about the entrepreneurial voyage. Not… Read More
