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TechStars Spotlight: Bizible lets companies track revenue back to marketing source

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TechStars Spotlight: Nveloped helps secure your email

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TechStars Spotlight: Apptentive lets app lovers talk to app developers inside apps

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TechStars Spotlight: MobileDevHQ looks to help propel apps up the charts

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TechStars Spotlight: Tred aims to help dealers, shoppers with test drives

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TechStars Spotlight: Task manager Sandglaz looks to boost team productivity

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Bring out your dead: Startup offers $1M to ‘acqui-hire’ alums of TechStars, Y Combinator and 500 Startups

The hiring crunch for developers in the tech industry is a pain point we hear about nearly every day. Now,… Read More

Microsoft and TechStars tap 10 startups for new Windows Azure Accelerator

After receiving 600 applications, Microsoft this morning named 10 startups to participate in its Windows Azure Accelerator, a three-month program… Read More

TechStars Seattle grad GoMiles acquired by Traxo

GoMiles, a Seattle startup that allows consumers to better manage frequent flyer miles, has been acquired by Dallas-based Traxo in… Read More

Meet the startups that just got accepted into TechStars Seattle

TechStars Seattle just accepted its latest batch of companies, choosing 10 young upstarts from around the world to participate in the… Read More

Vizify turns your ‘ugly’ social media pages into a hip presence

The way Vizify CEO Todd Silverstein sees it, social media pages are “cluttered, ugly and noisy.” In other words, the… Read More

Microsoft starts the Bing Fund, a mysterious new ‘angel incubator’

Over the years, Microsoft has steered clear of the corporate venture capital arms found at companies such as Intel and… Read More

Business is booming on Kinect as Microsoft embraces hackers

Walking the floor at Microsoft’s conference center in Redmond yesterday for the conclusion of the three-month Kinect Accelerator startup program,… Read More

Q&A: TechStars CEO David Cohen sees Microsoft Kinect as a startup engine

After three months of work, putting in long hours to hone their technologies and business plans, eleven startups will be… Read More

The ‘acquihire’ of the day: TechStars Seattle grad Thinkfuse gobbled up by Salesforce.com

Thinkfuse, one of the original startups to move through the TechStars Seattle program, is being acquired by Salseforce.com in a… Read More

The silly side of tech: Put Clippy on your Web site with this startup’s nostalgic hack

OK, the first question we’ve got to ask is: Why? Why on Earth would someone want to recreate Clippy, the… Read More

EveryMove lands $2.6 million to create a ‘mileage rewards program’ for health

Should Americans earn rewards for good health and fitness practices, just as they earn free miles for frequent flying and… Read More

The Founders’ Promise: Put your money where your angst is

“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of… Read More

TechStars, Microsoft ally on new Windows Azure startup incubator

Microsoft is deepening its relationship with TechStars, announcing today a new startup accelerator program in Seattle designed for those companies… Read More

Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt bankroll money transfer startup Beamit Mobile

Seattle startup Beamit Mobile has raised $2.4 million in fresh financing from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures, Founder’s Co-op and Bezos… Read More

Microsoft picks 11 startups for new Kinect Accelerator

When Microsoft introduced its new Kinect Accelerator startup program a few months ago, the company anticipated receiving about 150 applications. But… Read More

An inside look at SURF: How an entrepreneur’s dream became Seattle’s latest startup experiment

It’s 45 degrees outside, and a cold rain pounds against Seattle’s Exchange Building. But on the 8th floor of this historic… Read More

TechStars perk: Free cloud services from Microsoft’s Windows Azure

Hook ’em while they’re young. That could very well be the code-name of a partnership announced today between Microsoft and… Read More

Microsoft partners with TechStars for new Kinect Accelerator

Microsoft is looking for a few good Kinect hackers, and it’s turning to TechStars to help discover those teams. Microsoft… Read More

Why invest in TechStars class of 2011?

“Tada!” Eleven-year-old Jude Sack, son of TechStars leader Andy Sack, swept his arms with a flourish. It’s the halftime break… Read More

Video: Some of the top pitches from TechStars Seattle Demo Day

What makes a good startup pitch? Of course, it is a presentation that offers insights into the product, the team… Read More

Book smarts vs. street smarts: Which makes the best startup entrepreneurs? (Infographic)

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard to start their respective companies, relying on their enormous intellect and… Read More

Demo Day: Advice from ‘The Godfathers’ of Seattle tech (Video)

A few weeks ago, Andy Sack and other members of TechStars made a plea to the entrepreneurial titans of Seattle to… Read More

My five favorite pitches from the TechStars Seattle Demo Day

TechStars Seattle today concluded their three-month long startup bootcamp as 10 companies presented their business ideas to a packed crowd… Read More

TechStars: An inside look at 87 days of madness

It’s day 87 of TechStars Seattle. It’s also the last day of the program. The incubation program culminates with an… Read More