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Seattle entrepreneur who starred on Trump’s reality show raises cash for mobile startup AppZocial

AppZocial, a Seattle startup that builds native apps for “trusted communities,” like alumni groups, churches, and non-profits, just secured $1… Read More

Utrip raises $4M to build out artificial intelligence-based travel planning platform

Utrip, a Seattle startup that uses machine learning to help travelers plan their trips , just closed a $4 million… Read More

Working Geek: How Gabe Frost balances building a startup and running a Microsoft engineering team

With two full-time jobs and a toddler, Gabe Frost knows a thing or two about the importance of time management.… Read More

As Trump stokes fears, startup backed by tech heavyweights aims to help immigrants ‘take control of their journey’

Xiao Wang is an immigrant success story. He came to the U.S. from Nanjing at three and went on to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Amazon vets launch crowdsourced decision-making app Abett

From advertising to city planning, data powers the modern world. And while businesses are becoming increasingly sophisticated in leveraging data… Read More

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Jobaline raises $3.5 million to expand hourly jobs platform and grow its team by 25%

Jobaline has secured $3.5 million in new funding to expand its bilingual marketplace for hourly jobs and grow its Kirkland,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Paranoid sexters will love this anti-screenshot app

When (newly-public) Snapchat first arrived on the scene, its self-destructing messages felt like a game-changer. Finally, a way to send… Read More

Cloud tech vet Jared Wray launches Fons, a software startup for music teachers and private instructors

Sometimes you choose your next career move and sometimes it chooses you. Longtime cloud exec Jared Wray’s next venture falls… Read More

Trump poised to kill Obama’s plan to allow foreign entrepreneurs to build startups in the U.S.

Well, that was fast. The Trump administration has reportedly set the wheels in motion to undo former President Obama’s plan to help… Read More

Female entrepreneurs launch XXcelerate Fund to help women-led startups access capital

This female founders’ story starts in a kitchen — but the women weren’t there to cook. Portland business leaders Mara Zepeda,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Married couple turns a personal crisis into a gifting platform to help people in turmoil

Three years ago, Laura Malcolm and James Kocsis received the heartbreaking news that they were part of the one in… Read More

Entrepreneurs and investors will love this game about pitching ‘objectively bad startup ideas’

Attention, nerds: This is the party game for you. “Pitch Deck” is kind of like “Cards Against Humanity” for the… Read More

Why this Seattle startup moved to rural South Dakota — and what happened next

Camp Native CEO David Woodbury describes Spearfish, S.D., as a place with “the least amount of tech startup activity in the… Read More

HR software maker Unitive acquires Seattle startup TalentSonar to help companies remove bias from hiring

Unitive, a San Francisco company that makes hiring and HR software, is acquiring TalentSonar, according to CEO Alvin Loh. The… Read More

Stay Alfred raises $15M to expand lodging business that rents apartments like hotels

Stay Alfred, a Spokane, Wash. lodging startup that operates short-term rentals out of the downtown neighborhoods of major U.S. cities,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: On-demand beauty service Tousled brings salon professionals to your door

When Priya Dandawate was studying engineering at the University of Illinois, she moonlighted in local beauty parlors. She saw big inefficiencies in… Read More

After a rocky year, enterprise virtual reality startup Envelop VR is shutting down

Envelop VR, a virtual reality startup out of Bellevue, Wash., has ceased operations, according to the company’s website. The startup,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: FreeFunder takes on Kickstarter with no-fee crowdfunding platform

Crowdfunding is designed to help people who are low on cash bring their ideas to life and finance big ticket… Read More

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Startup helps City of Seattle make sense of the noise to tackle housing affordability

Seattle is grappling with an unprecedented affordability problem, propelled largely by the tech effect. The industry is booming and hundreds of… Read More

ReplyYes raises an additional $6.5M for its text message retail platform

ReplyYes, a chat commerce startup that spun out of Madrona Venture Labs, has raised $6.5 million of a $9.3 million… Read More

Textio makes job post data public so companies can find out how they stack up to competition

When Textio arrived on the scene a couple years ago, it addressed two big pain points for the tech industry. “How… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Maven Exchange helps shoppers earn cash by recommending products

Maven Exchange wants to be the accessory you pair with online shopping. The startup, founded by Seattle marketing vets Jess… Read More

UW student launches Otogear to fight chronic hearing loss by making earplugs cool

Madeline Bennett is driven by a passion for entrepreneurship and hearing science, so when she saw an opportunity to leverage… Read More

10 tips for pitching angel investors

Are you an entrepreneur looking for seed money to get your startup off the ground? Consider approaching angel investors, who… Read More

Startup Spotlight: KeepKey’s tiny bitcoin vault protects against cyber thieves

Darin Stanchfield believes the future of bitcoin depends on security. The crypto-currency has a lot of potential, he says, but… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Venture Kits helps expose kids to entrepreneurship with ‘business in a box’ toy

Most young children don’t say “CEO,” when asked what they want to be when they grow up. Leslie Feinzaig wants… Read More

Working Geek: Peach COO Gary Cowan’s 4 principles for guiding meetings

As COO for Seattle lunch delivery startup Peach, Gary Cowan hosts dozens of meetings each week to check in with… Read More

New Seattle peer leadership group aims to help startup leaders scale their companies

There is a myriad of resources in Seattle that incubate and mentor fledgling startups — Techstars, 9Mile Labs, and Madrona Venture… Read More

Startup Spotlight: VR storytelling content management startup VIAR proves the power of the pivot

By the summer of 2015, VIAR was nearly bankrupt. The product — virtual reality tours to help architects show clients future… Read More

Working Geek: How Convoy CTO Grant Goodale gets his best ideas

A few years ago, Convoy co-founder and CTO Grant Goodale took up running after a close friend suffered a coronary… Read More

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