Articles about Small Business

Seattle Metro Chamber launches online tool to help small businesses connect to key resources

Entrepreneurs and small business owners looking for resources to help get things off the ground or boost an existing venture… Read More

Amazon’s new back-to-office policy is welcome news to small businesses around Seattle HQ

Inside a dog daycare business in Seattle’s South Lake Union on Friday, a handful of pups were scurrying around and… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur acquires Sook, a tool to take on Amazon and boost small business discovery

To satisfy his desire to help shoppers better discover products from small businesses and to help those businesses compete against… Read More

Facebook user’s quest to recover hacked business account highlights lack of customer service

When Tiffany White had her Facebook accounts hacked and couldn’t log in, she lost a lot. The Seattle-area entrepreneur spent… Read More

Facebook uses a Seattle storefront loaded with QR codes to drive offline shoppers to online businesses

In the heart of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood on Sunday, the streets were busy with people visiting a variety of shops,… Read More

Howard Schultz funding online learning program for small businesses using CreativeLive platform

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is launching a free online learning program designed to help small businesses gain the necessary… Read More

Skateboard startup: Here’s how two Seattle teens launched a business during the grind of COVID

Kids are coping with the grind of COVID-19 in a variety of ways as they deal with isolation, remote school… Read More

Gravity Payments tracks major decline in sales across numerous businesses amid coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak is already taking a huge economic toll on businesses across the Seattle region according to data from… Read More

Photos: Seattle’s tech hub goes quiet as businesses struggle to cope with effects of COVID-19

On a normal weekday in the South Lake Union neighborhood, Seattle’s busiest tech hub is bustling with foot, bike and… Read More

Amazon gives a Seattle brick-and-mortar business reason to smile with a busy sip, ship, shop formula

Diana Naramore is all smiles. Maybe it’s contagious, since she’s surrounded all day by so many Amazon packages with that… Read More

Amazon awards shine spotlight on third-party sellers, including Bellevue-based startup nutpods

As a big business, Amazon is definitely keen on the small businesses that sell in its online stores. To show… Read More

Amazon unveils Small Business Academy to help third-party sellers bolster e-commerce presence

Amazon today announced a new series of classes and programs to help small businesses make money selling goods online, at… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking for NASA; celebrating Minecraft; and solving a crime

— The ability to travel through the stars is something that we all dream of, but in reality, becoming one… Read More

TLDR Editor’s Picks: How Tech is Changing Seattle

This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today’s topic: Tech… Read More

Does Seattle suck now? A snarky sticker sparks a conversation about Amazon and the changing city

Charles Hadrann misses old Seattle. As a guy who was born and raised in the city, he’s certainly not alone… Read More

Startup Spotlight: High school sweethearts behind Cobelay help match small businesses with buyers

Jenny and Steve Feinberg met in high school, attended UCLA together, and got married in 2008. Last year, they embarked… Read More

A rose is a rose — except when online retailers dupe customers and hurt local florists, report says

Valentine’s Day is big business when it comes to candy, cards and especially flowers. But for small florists, the bloom on… Read More

Microsoft buys MileIQ developer, adding another popular app to its lineup

Microsoft announced today that it is acquiring San Francisco-based Mobile Data Labs, maker of popular mileage-tracking app MileIQ. The team will… Read More

Small business, big impact: Support your local shops this holiday with Walk Score

When Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll around every year, big-name businesses usually dominate the conversation and airwaves. Walk Score,… Read More

Microsoft cautions ‘Piracy Lurks Everywhere’

To help inform small businesses of the risk of being lured by counterfeit software offerings, Microsoft has launched a worldwide… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital backs small business lender, but don’t call it a bank

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is tossing his financial support behind a new Texas-based lending institution called Ascentium Capital. The idea… Read More