GeekWire Calendar Picks: Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Seattle tech community; International Startup Weekend; and more March is Woman’s History Month, and Seattle’s tech community is already gearing up to celebrate and support women in tech.… Read More
Tech Moves: Marc Nager leaving Techstars role; Mona Locke departs Intellectual Ventures; and more — Telluride Foundation, the network with a goal of improving the quality of life for those who live, work and… Read More
Working Geek: Code Fellows CEO Dave Parker on shifting career goals, productivity, and work-life balance Dave Parker launched five startups (three sold, two closed) before shifting to mentorship roles. In 2014, he joined UP Global,… Read More
Startup Weekend Girls Edition: Teen ‘girlpreneurs’ learn how to build companies at 54-hour hackathon It was like any other Startup Weekend, except the participants were a bit shorter and a bit younger. More than… Read More
Video: Watch teen entrepreneur Brooke Martin pitch iCPooch on ‘Shark Tank’ 15-year-old tech entrepreneur Brooke Martin of Spokane, Wash., made her debut on Shark Tank last night — pitching her invention,… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Legend of Zelda Symphony, Startup Weekend Ecommerce Edition, and more The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo’s popular fantasy game franchise, is experiencing something of a revival in 2015. The gaming giant… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Highlights: Life Sciences Research Weekend, a Crash Course in Crowdfunding, and more Update: The Startup Weekend Sports event has been postponed to 2015. Between Clint Dempsey’s participation in the World Cup, the Supporters’ Shield victory,… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Startup Week, New Tech Seattle, MGF, and more Monday, Oct. 20 kicks off a five-day celebration of Seattle’s dynamic startup community. Seattle Startup Week is a free conference… Read More
Seattle holds first hackathon in the Central District to encourage young urban technologists Seattle’s Central District isn’t exactly known as one of the city’s innovation hubs. For 54 hours this past weekend, though, it certainly… Read More
Microsoft Ventures head stirs debate over Startup Weekend events for women Rahul Sood, the General Manager of Microsoft Ventures, isn’t thrilled by the idea of Startup Weekend events exclusively for women,… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: A Chat with Dan Shapiro, Pitch Karaoke, and more When Dan Shapiro invented Robot Turtles, a board game that teaches kids to code, he had no intention of becoming… Read More
6th graders win Startup Weekend with game that teaches pre-teens how to code It took two middle schoolers to come up with a game that could teach kids to code — developing an… Read More
Protests in Ukraine delay Startup Weekend event: ‘We literally had people shot in the streets’ Tetiana Siianko was preparing to host a Startup Weekend event for women in Kiev, Ukraine, late last month. Unsurprisingly, amid the… Read More
UP Global, Google to support women entrepreneurs with new worldwide initiative The lack of females in startups and tech is a big issue to many, and now, Seattle-based UP Global is teaming… Read More
Looking to promote clean air, Canairy wins 1st place at Startup Weekend Greenovation A machine that repurposes plastic byproducts. A platform that lets you earn rewards and gift cards by using less energy… Read More
New Startup Weekend hackathon provides opportunities for disabled community There’s a regular Startup Weekend event going on next month in Portland, but with a little twist: Full accessibility to… Read More
Young upstarts from Startup Weekend Spokane merge to help keep your wardrobe organized Two companies that were spun out of Startup Weekend in Spokane have decided to ally, creating a one-stop shop for… Read More
Tech Moves: Shauna Causey named VP at UP Global; etc. —UP Global, the Seattle non-profit that formed earlier this year through the combination of Startup America and Startup Weekend, has… Read More
MyWorksheets wins Startup Weekend All-Star competition, helping teachers digitize curriculum It’s not easy to bring the latest technologies into the classroom. But one group of entrepreneurs in Seattle has created… Read More
9 Startup Weekend champs face off at tonight’s Northwest Startup Battle In what’s equivalent to a startup all-star event, nine Startup Weekend champions from around the Northwest region are competing tonight… Read More
President Obama pledges support for global startup efforts, taps UP Global to help support 500,000 new entrepreneurs by 2016 The government may be shut down. But you can’t extinguish the entrepreneurial fire that easy. In video remarks at the… Read More
Smart sunglasses and intelligent ear plugs: Bad-ass innovation from Startup Weekend Maker Edition Earplugs that adapt to your environment. Sunglasses that block blinding light at night. A device that connects to weights that… Read More
Geek of the Week: Zachary Cohn is spreading the startup mindset Zachary Cohn is involved in the startup world in a variety of ways — working with startups, organizing meetups and… Read More
Reflections from Startup Weekend Baghdad: The entrepreneurial spirit is alive in Iraq Editor’s note: Othmane Rahmouni, a Senior Product Manager with Microsoft Advertising, traveled to Baghdad for the first time in his life… Read More
Why this Microsoft manager is headed to Iraq for the first-ever Startup Weekend Baghdad If you’re reading an article about Baghdad right now in the news, chances are it’s about recent violence that resulted in… Read More
A Kayak for ride sharing: Red Ride aggregates the closest, cheapest rides near you The ride sharing space is changing the way people zoom around town. Taxis are no longer your only option with… Read More
Advice from Glenn Kelman: Entrepreneurs need to be tough, but must also show lots of love Glenn Kelman is a smart guy. He graduated summa cum laude from Berkeley, helped found Plumtree Software back in the 90s and… Read More
Calling all entrepreneurs: Startup Weekend and Startup America launch UP Global Startup Weekend is joining forces with Startup America to launch UP Global, a new program designed to help entrepreneurs through… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Startup Weekend CEO Marc Nager spreads the startup gospel This week on the GeekWire radio show we speak to Startup Weekend CEO Marc Nager who is building a global… Read More
Startup Weekend Seattle winner TLDR helps you write and read shorter emails Just days before his resignation and candid goodbye letter, former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason sent out a Tweet a few months ago… Read More
