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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

Zynga, Groupon and others reignite IPO market

IPOs from Zynga, Michael Kors and Laredo Petroleum this month have helped revive the market for public offerings, with 28… Read More

Punching bags and ping-pong: Take a tour of Zillow’s new HQ

It’s been a big year for Zillow. The Seattle online real estate company made two acquisitions, completed an initial public… Read More

Tech IPOs start with a strong pop, and then promptly tank

Shares of Groupon soared to $26.11 on its first day of trading as a public company, a very healthy (and somewhat surprising)… Read More

Tech Moves: Trulia taps former PayPal and Amazon exec as CFO as IPO looms

Here’s more evidence that Trulia might be following in the footsteps of Zillow on its way to an IPO. The… Read More

GeekWire Gala 12/8: These are a few of our favorite things

As we honor geeks who give back at next week’s GeekWire Gala, Dec. 8 at Seattle’s Union Station, it seems… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Spencer Rascoff lifts Zillow to new heights with a personal touch

Spencer Rascoff successfully guided Zillow to a blockbuster initial public offering in July, a significant milestone for the fast-growing online… Read More

Draw your own neighborhood home search on a map with Zillow’s updated iPhone app

Sometimes, you just don’t want to live next to the garbage dump or that busy intersection or those annoying neighbors.… Read More

Shares of Zillow tumble after ‘lock-up’ period expires for employees, early investors

Shares of Zillow, the Seattle online real estate company, lost more than thirteen percent of their value today after employees… Read More

Zillow overtakes Realtor.com to become second most visited real estate site in the U.S.

Zillow continues to fly high after its blockbuster IPO in July, with the Seattle company overtaking Realtor.com to become the… Read More

Morning Radar: Goldberg’s Fab.com is raising a big round; Kindle Fire apps; and more

A quick rundown of stories catching our attention this morning … Jason Goldberg’s Fab.com, the New York-based daily deal site led… Read More

Entrepreneur alleges that Benchmark stole his idea

Entrepreneurs sometimes fear pitching their ideas to investors out of concern that the business concepts will get stolen. There’s not… Read More

LinkedIn, Zillow among the top IPOs of a tough 2011

It was shaping up to be a solid year for initial public offerings. But then things hit a wall in… Read More

What Internet revolution? Realtors still prefer cold calls, direct mail over Internet ads

Seattle area companies such as Estately, Findwell, Redfin and Zillow are looking to upend the traditional real estate industry, using… Read More

Hey, we’re no Silicon Valley, but Seattle is rising as a tech hub

I am always interested in how national publications perceive Seattle’s technology community. After all, as long time journalists covering the… Read More

Market Leader trims net loss, shows 50% uptick in revenue

Last week, Zillow reported record revenue and strong profits. But Zillow isn’t the only publicly-traded online real estate company operating… Read More

Following strong IPO, Zillow insiders get to cash out early

The holidays may come early for employees of Zillow. The Seattle company, which went public at $20 per share on… Read More

Video: Redfin’s Glenn Kelman is pissing people off again

How has technology changed the real estate industry? Well, it has made it more entertaining, for one thing. Or at… Read More

Zillow posts record revenue, buys real estate upstart Diverse Solutions for $7.8M

In its second report as a publicly traded company, Zillow today announced record revenues and said it has acquired Diverse… Read More

Zillow inks deal to bring mortgage marketplace to AOL

Zillow announced a deal today to bring its mortgage marketplace offering to AOL Real Estate and Daily Finance, marking the… Read More

Welcome to Geek-O-Ween: Double rainbows, superheroes and the super rockers of KISS

We’ve seen double rainbows. We’ve seen superheroes. And the executive team at Big Fish Games is dressed up as members… Read More

Video: Zillow co-founder Rich Barton’s Seattle rallying cry

Zillow co-founder Rich Barton thinks Seattle needs to do more to support its own technology products and entrepreneurial ventures, emulating… Read More

‘Closet revolutionary’ Rich Barton of Zillow on startups and swinging for the fences

It was kind of fitting that on a night that the St. Louis Cardinals won game six of the World… Read More

Redfin’s Kelman considers new products, acquisitions: ‘It’s always good to have cash’

At the time of Redfin’s last venture capital round, CEO Glenn Kelman indicated that it would be the company’s last.… Read More

Online real estate brokerage Redfin scores $14 million

We heard rumblings last week that Redfin — the Seattle online real estate broker — was out looking for new… Read More

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman sounds warning bell about money-hungry ‘media sites’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman walked into a bit of a lion’s den Monday morning, hosting a conference call with real… Read More

The first ever GeekWire Meetup: Oct. 27 with Zillow’s Rich Barton

When you cover the technology industry every day like we do, it can be a bit hard to break away… Read More

Tech: The worst IPOs of 2011

The tech industry has produced some of the fastest growing companies on the planet, from Amazon.com in online retail to… Read More

As 30-year mortgage drops below 4%, Zillow updates iPhone app to include mortgage info

Talk about good timing. Zillow today updated its iPhone app to include access to mortgage calculators and real-time mortgage rates,… Read More

Zillow attracts 24M visitors to mobile and Web properties in September

Zillow continues to attract a large number of visitors to its mobile and Web properties, with the online real estate… Read More

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