Vote for CEO of the Year: GeekWire Awards finalists find growth opportunities in uncertain times Building and running a company is no easy task in the best of times, let alone amid the ongoing uncertainty… Read More
Tech Moves: Leafly hires general counsel; Skilljar and LevelTen add execs; and more — Seattle cannabis marketplace Leafly announced New York-based lawyer Kimberly Boler as its new general counsel. She joins the 11-year… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Cast your ballot for the top CEO CEOs did not have an easy task running their companies over the past 12 months — navigating a series of… Read More
Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon leader Jeff Wilke joins Scale AI as advisor to CEO; Skilljar and Auth0 hire execs; T-Mobile board shuffle — Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, has joined Scale AI as advisor to the CEO. Founded… Read More
Seattle startup Skilljar raises $33M as pandemic sparks demand for its customer education software The third time really has been a charm for Sandi Lin and Jason Stewart. The entrepreneurs began their startup journey… Read More
Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy bolsters board; Tune CEO steps down following acquisition; AWS execs promoted — Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board… Read More
Tech Moves: Smartsheet CFO to retire; Boeing exec joins Prime Air; OfferUp adds execs; and more — Smartsheet CFO Jenny Ceran will retire after transitioning to a successor. The collaboration work management company, which went public… Read More
GeekWire Awards: Vote for the startup that best elevates its product with UX Design of the Year Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. The technology that we interact with… Read More
GeekWire 200 update reveals trending startups in edtech, consumer tech, B.C. and more There’s a growing cohort of education tech companies across the Pacific Northwest. A flurry of up-and-coming startups are sprouting up… Read More
Working Geek: Skilljar CEO Sandi Lin taps insights from Amazon to help run her startup Sandi Lin left Amazon five years ago to launch her own startup, but her experience at the retail and cloud… Read More
GeekWire 200: Amid IPO frenzy, M&A has its day IPOs have thinned the ranks at the top of the GeekWire 200, our ranking of privately held Pacific Northwest tech… Read More
GeekWire Awards 2018: CEO of the Year candidates lead their companies to big growth They run companies across various industries, from AI training to text analysis to wireless networks. But all five of our GeekWire… Read More
Amazon vets raise $16.4M for Skilljar, aim to help companies educate customers about their products After getting the startup itch at Amazon, going through the Techstars accelerator, and pivoting their business model, Sandi Lin and… Read More
GeekWire 200 July update: Redfin graduates with IPO, so which startup will go public next? After a short-lived stint at the top of the GeekWire 200 list of privately held Pacific Northwest startups, Redfin has… Read More
Tech Moves: Naveen Singh, son of tech vet Steve Singh, named Center CEO; PicMonkey co-founder joins Knack; and more Being the son of a tech pioneer is a big pair of shoes to fill, but Naveen Singh doesn’t seem… Read More
Tech Moves: Ken Worzel named president of Nordstrom.com; Michael Ann Thomas joins APCO; and more — Nordstrom announced that it has named Ken Worzel as the president of Nordstrom.com. The move comes after a period… Read More
Skilljar raises $2.6M to help companies teach customers how to use their software A tech company can develop great software and push out newly-updated applications, but sometimes it may take a given user… Read More
