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‘Picklestyle,’ the ultimate ‘Gangnam Style’ parody

We’ve all heard K-pop legend Psy’s chart-topper, “Gangnam Style.” His outrageous dance moves and catchy harmonies quickly went viral after the… Read More

Watch Marc Nager and The Startup Weekend crew ring the opening bell on the NYSE

This is an honor that usually falls to the CEOs of fast-growing publicly-traded companies. But not this morning. Marc Nager… Read More

Startup Weekend to ring NYSE Opening Bell, marking entrepreneur milestone

Startup Weekend has come a long way since its birth just three years ago, and the non-profit will celebrate the… Read More

Startup Weekend looks to stamp out 30,000 entrepreneurs in new 4-week training program ‘Next’

Call it Startup Weekend on steroids. The Seattle nonprofit today is unveiling a new four-week training program that’s designed to… Read More

Expanding into event listings, Startup Weekend buys StartupDigest

Startup Weekend announced today that it has acquired StartupDigest, the email newsletter which lists startup-oriented events in 99 cities around… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup Weekend lands Microsoft vet; Glympse recruits from Amazon; and more

Startup Weekend already hosts hundreds of events around the globe each year, and now the Seattle-based entrepreneurial education non-profit is… Read More

Seattle aerospace engineer wins Startup Weekend with smart alarm app Up Early

As a mechanical engineer at Boeing, Anne Marie Ketola is accustomed to working on products that may not come to market… Read More

Live from Startup Weekend Women’s Edition

I just arrived for the final presentations of Startup Weekend Women’s Edition at Perkins Coie in Seattle. Madrona Venture Group’s… Read More

Seattle community not amused as group apologizes for hijacking Startup Weekend’s brand

Startup Weekend and the Seattle Tech Startups email list are basically hallowed ground in the Seattle startup community. Trusted and… Read More

Startup Weekend continues global expansion, opens regional offices in Mexico City and London

Startup Weekend already covers a lot of territory across the globe, hosting its 54-hour coding and entrepreneurial marathons in more… Read More

Startup Weekend Women’s Edition: Arriving July 13-15

Go to any Startup Weekend, and you’ll likely find the same thing. The majority of the geeks designing and developing… Read More

Kinetix Academy taps power of Kinect to help kids with autism

One of the core ideas behind Startup Weekend is that smart people from various backgrounds and professions can do great… Read More

Meet the 6-year-old entrepreneur who just wowed Startup Weekend

While checking out the action at Seattle Startup Weekend’s closing event Sunday, I stole a moment to sit down with… Read More

BizSpark, Startup Weekend ink alliances to support entrepreneurs in the developing world

Two separate news announcements out today involving Startup Weekend and Microsoft’s BizSpark program could help jumpstart entrepreneurial activities throughout the… Read More

Meet Fledge: The first incubator for ‘conscious’ companies

Michael “Luni” Libes has spent the past 20 years building software companies, creating new upstarts such as Ground Truth, Medio… Read More

Next up for Startup Weekend: Making government move at Internet speed

You might say it is a bit of an oxymoron. But Startup Weekend is introducing a new event next month… Read More

How do you win Startup Weekend? Follow the money

I had the pleasure of mentoring as many of the 19 teams at Startup Weekend Redmond as our limited time… Read More

Magical mystery tour: Startup Bus fuels new ideas at 60 MPH

They say that getting there is half the fun. And that age-old adage certainly could apply to the StartupBus. Haven’t… Read More

MercyCorps connects geeks from Gaza to Seattle

We’ve got more than our share of tech-geeks here in Seattle. You know, the guys who work at startups, or… Read More

Gottesman does it again, wins Startup Weekend with home security product Iron Blanket

Seattle venture capitalist Greg Gottesman better watch out, or he might just turn himself into a full-fledged entrepreneur. For the… Read More

Startup Weekend 2011 recap: 21,316 people at 260 events in 67 countries

Startup Weekend is becoming a real force in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, not just in its hometown of Seattle but across… Read More

Startup Weekend pulls plug on Startup Foundation pilot

Startup Weekend has decided to pull the plug on its Startup Foundation initiative, an ambitious eight-city experiment which launched with… Read More

Geeks Who Give Back: Marc Nager, Startup Weekend

[Editor’s Note: GeekWire has identified more than a dozen “Geeks Who Give Back” — people who work in non-profits, mentor… Read More

Kyle Kesterson enters Startup Battle with tapeworm game, and help from Sir Mix-A-Lot

At Startup Weekend in Seattle earlier this month, Seattle artist and designer Kyle Kesterson and crew wowed the crowd with… Read More

TeachStreet takes lesson from Startup Weekend, unveils skunk works project OnTheWay

Perhaps no Seattle startup has devoted as many hours to Startup Weekend as TeachStreet. Business development guru Joseph Sunga and… Read More

Kyle Kesterson’s wacky tapeworm game wins top honors at Startup Weekend

Kyle Kesterson made a name for himself as the creative force behind Giant Thinkwell, the Seattle celebrity gaming startup whose… Read More

From Bill Gates to Google, Startup Weekend is on a roll

The folks over at Startup Weekend continue to pull in key partnerships as they look to spread the gospel of… Read More

Startup Weekend kicks off SW Next: A multi-day bootcamp for entrepreneurs

Startup Weekend has already given thousands of developers, geeks and other tech professionals a taste of what it’s like to… Read More

Open source developer objects to news hackathon’s 11-page contract

Seattle developer Jeff Reifman was looking forward to participating in this weekend’s Hacking Seattle News contest, a three-day hackathon sponsored… Read More

Practical Nerd: Survival tips for Startup Weekend EDU

I was a first-time mentor at a Startup Weekend recently and, appropriate to my day job, it was focused on… Read More