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Qualtrics acquires Seattle marketing software startup Usermind

Experience management software giant Qualtrics has acquired Usermind, a Seattle marketing startup that helps companies acquire, retain, and service customers.… Read More

Usermind raises $14M as Seattle marketing startup bounces back with digital acceleration shift

Usermind cut 25% of its staff in March, preparing for the worst at the outset of the pandemic. But then… Read More

Tech Moves: Qualtrics exec moves to Google; NHL Seattle expands team; former Amazon exec named Bluecrew CEO; and more

— Microsoft alum Kelly Waldher has joined Google as vice president of marketing for G Suite. Waldher most recently served… Read More

Seattle marketing software startup Usermind lays off 15 employees

The layoffs continue hitting tech companies. Seattle marketing software startup Usermind said today it let go of 15 employees due… Read More

How surviving a civil war in Sri Lanka fostered startup passion for this Usermind executive

An upside to surviving nightmarish life experiences: it’s great for keeping things in perspective. At least that’s the case for… Read More

Tech Moves: Puppet adds CMO and board member; Tableau PR leader departs; and more

— Keyana Corliss, Tableau’s director of corporate communications & global public relations, is departing to join female-founded unicorn Guild Education.… Read More

Three Seattle cloud CEOs share tips on how to keep fighting in an ever-changing market

There’s never been a better time to be in the cloud computing business, and while that opportunity is bringing people… Read More

Usermind lays off some employees amid pivot in sales strategy for its marketing software

After realizing that it stood a better chance selling its customer-support software as part of larger deals, rather than generating… Read More

Who will win the cloud? CEOs offer wildly differing picks on the tech titan with the greatest opportunity ahead

Amazon is a pioneer in cloud computing, and the current market leader, but not the tech titan with the greatest… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: CEO of the Year candidates lead their companies to big growth

They run companies across various industries, from AI training to text analysis to wireless networks. But all five of our GeekWire… Read More

Working Geek: Usermind security officer Ted Bardusch on why diverse teams are more functional

Ted Bardusch remembers the good old days of the 1980s when men and women were more equally represented in the tech… Read More

Seattle’s Usermind raises $23.5M as demand for its marketing tech grows

Usermind, which makes software that helps customers pay closer attention to the needs, wants, and rants of their customers, has… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona adds new entrepreneur in residence; Amplero appoints CRO; and more

Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group just named its newest entrepreneur in residence: former PayByPhone CEO Kush Parikh. Parikh has been… Read More

Michel Feaster

Geek of the Week: Usermind’s Michel Feaster builds on her experience — teams and partnerships follow

Michel Feaster likes to build software and teams, and as the co-founder and CEO of the Seattle-based startup Usermind, she’s… Read More

Data-linking service Usermind expands to help companies connect to their partners’ data

Seattle startup Usermind has released enhancements to its eponymous application- and data-integration service that let companies include their partners’ data as well.… Read More

Brian Guy

Tech Moves: Brian Guy takes on Dev9’s cloud practice; Dave Kalman named CTO at HackerAgency; and more

— Dev9, a Kirkland, Wash.-based software development consulting firm, has named Brian Guy practice director of cloud services. As a… Read More

Tech Moves: Stack Overflow hires former Microsoft GM as CMO; Amazon hires Xerox PARC vet for Alexa R&D; and more

— Stack Overflow, the popular online community and Q&A site for programmers, has hired Adrianna Burrows, a former Microsoft general manager, as… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2016: It’s time to vote for Startup of the Year

Building a startup from scratch is no easy task, but the Pacific Northwest has no shortage of entrepreneurial wunderkinds. The… Read More

Menlo Ventures leads $14.5M round for Usermind, an enterprise business operations startup

Usermind is bringing on another top-tier investor as the Seattle startup continues to develop its enterprise business operations platform. The company today… Read More

Husky Pride: Check out these 5 startups founded by University of Washington grads, professors

The talent and tenacity of graduates and professors from the University of Washington was on full display Tuesday evening inside… Read More

Usermind raises $7.6M from Andreessen Horowitz to build software for enterprise business operations

Andreessen Horowitz Partner Scott Weiss was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal article talking about his firm’s interest in enterprise… Read More

Tech Moves: Doug Aley leaves Zulily for Room 77; Vittana taps CEO; Ex-RealNetworks CEO lands at Brightcove; UserMind; etc.

Doug Aley is jumping back into the online travel business, taking a new job as vice president of product development… Read More

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