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The Riveter adds new exec with acquisition of freelance work marketplace platform

The Riveter has a taken on another champion for working women with the acquisition of a marketplace platform originally geared… Read More

The Riveter reborn: Amy Nelson and Heather Carter to lead online community and hotel co-working network as co-CEOs

The Riveter is getting back into the co-working business, but in a very different way. The company, which raised about… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

— Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Rogers spent the past decade… Read More

Tech Moves: The Riveter’s Amy Nelson to lead new SaksWorks venture; Funko’s leadership transition

— Amy Nelson is getting back into co-working. The founder and former CEO of The Riveter announced Tuesday that she… Read More

Tech Moves: Riveter CEO relocates; ex-REI CEO joins UW business school; Edifecs adds execs; more

— Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has been appointed the Edward V. Fritzky endowed chair in leadership… Read More

Riveter CEO and husband dispute FBI’s seizure of their bank accounts in AWS kickback investigation

Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and… Read More

The Riveter closes all 9 co-working spaces as questions loom about the future of physical offices

Seattle-based startup The Riveter, which set out to build a national network of women-oriented co-working spaces, is shutting down all… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: How to not be weird on Zoom; breaking the glass ceiling; and more

— Since the coronavirus outbreak, many employees have been working from home. That means meetings and appointments over video conferencing… Read More

Forbes ranking of ‘America’s Best Startup Employers’ includes 13 Seattle-area companies

Seattle-area companies grabbed 13 spots on a list from Forbes on Tuesday that calls out “America’s Best Startup Employers.” The… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The inside story about Facebook; International Women’s Day; and more

— Facebook dominates the social media space and is one of the most recognizable entities in the world today. It… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Susan Fowler talks about her book; the science of making alcohol; and more

— In 2017, news of sexual harassment problems at Uber made national headlines and investigations led to the ousting of… Read More

Why the WeWork fallout isn’t affecting women-focused co-working startup The Riveter

The WeWork fallout isn’t having any negative effects on The Riveter, a Seattle-based startup that has grown its women-focused co-working… Read More

Seattle’s co-working market surges to second-fastest growing in the U.S., CBRE study finds

Seattle is in the midst of a boom in co-working, from giants like WeWork taking every piece of available space… Read More

The Riveter launches 2020 presidential speaker series, hosting Buttigieg, Harris, and Gillibrand

Since launching in Seattle two years ago, The Riveter has been steadily opening new female-focused co-working spaces in cities around… Read More

The Riveter to open inclusion-focused co-working space in Portland

The Riveter is heading to Portland. Today the Seattle-based co-working space announced its first location in Portland, Ore., at the… Read More

Tech Moves: Google snags Georgia Tech AI professor; Apptio hires exec from AWS; The Riveter names Portland leader; and more

— Natural language processing expert Jacob Eisenstein is taking a gig as a research scientist with Google AI in Seattle.… Read More

New female-focused co-working spaces crop up in Seattle to take on The Riveter

Competition is heating up among co-working spaces geared toward women. The Riveter pioneered the model, launching a female-focused coworking space… Read More

Crowd Cow

Startup of the Year nominees share tips for success — cast your vote now for the GeekWire Awards

A quick gander at the GeekWire 200, our index of Pacific Northwest startups, shows the density of up-and-coming tech companies… Read More

The Riveter begins national expansion with new female-focused co-working space in Austin

Update, Jan. 29: The Riveter announced plans for new locations in Dallas, Denver, Portland, Ore., Minneapolis – St. Paul, and… Read More

The Riveter and Alaska Airlines partner to create ‘The Official Airline of the Future of Work’

Coworking just became coflying. Seattle-based coworking space provider The Riveter announced Tuesday that it’s partnering with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines to exchange… Read More

Tech Moves: Amplero founder tapped to lead Zillow AI efforts; new Tesla chair replaces Elon Musk

Olly Downs, who previously founded AI-powered marketing startup Amplero, has joined Zillow Group as the company’s new senior director of… Read More

The Riveter goes east: Inside the female-focused co-working company’s newest space

The Riveter has opened its largest Seattle-area location, in Bellevue, Wash.  The company, which operates a network of female-focused co-working… Read More

A look back to look forward: Why highlighting diverse stories matters

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of opinion pieces in which GeekWire invites members of the tech… Read More

Business advice from Howard Schultz: The ‘humanity’ of a company will create long-term value

Howard Schultz had just returned from a trip to Poland, where he had a sobering experience at the Auschwitz concentration camp.… Read More

Elon Musk and Amy Nelson

When CEOs cry: The Riveter’s Amy Nelson and Elon Musk weigh in on business stress

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk got emotional during a market-moving interview this month, Amy Nelson, CEO and founder of The Riveter,… Read More

Podcast

Inside the coworking boom: How these emerging communities are reshaping the startup world

Coworking. Accelerators. Virtual offices. The nature of work is changing rapidly, and the communities built around these new workplaces are growing… Read More

Next week! Join us for a GeekWire podcast event and ‘Thirsty Thursday’ rooftop meetup in Seattle

It’s summer in Seattle, and we’re excited to bring everyone together next week, on Thursday, Aug. 23, for a special… Read More

How Arlan Hamilton turned her hustle and grit into a minority-focused VC fund investing millions

Arlan Hamilton, founder of the venture capital fund Backstage Capital, says that she’s come out twice. First, as a lesbian,… Read More

What entrepreneurs can learn from the journey of The Riveter CEO Amy Nelson

Throughout her career on Wall Street, in the courtroom, and at non-profits, Amy Nelson wondered where the women were. She… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Vote for a do-gooding tech leader for Geek of the Year

The 2018 winner of the GeekWire Awards‘ Geek of the Year will join the ranks of Northwest heavy hitters working… Read More

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