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| Nov 3, 2011 | 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 event this afternoon called Demo Day where more than 400 angel investors, VCs and press will watch ten companies pitch their ... |
| Oct 24, 2011 | Are you sacrificing happiness and long-term wealth for short term gains? | How’s that great salary working out for you? If you work at Microsoft, Google or Amazon it’s clear that you can’t get a better salary in the market, and you tell yourself you are doing the right thing.
Maybe you don’t work at any of those t... |
| Sep 17, 2011 | Live from Startup Day: Why did you take the startup plunge? | Team GeekWire has been sucking in some of the entrepreneurial advice today at Startup Day, listening to speakers such as Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, Optify CEO Brian Goffman, Squidoo co-founder Megan Casey and many others share pearls of wisdo... |
| Sep 16, 2011 | Can you find your company on the Seattle Startup Map? | Zachary Cohn and Nick Hughes were planning out the logistics for the next Startup Crawl event in Seattle when they recognized a problem. There wasn’t a go-to map to see where startup companies are located in the Seattle area. From that brai... |
| Sep 11, 2011 | 11 lessons of a startup noob | (Flickr photo via Chris Samuel)
It’s been a year since jumping into the startup world as an oblivious 22-year-old. I read every blog post I could for first time founders, but these 11 lessons, no matter how much I heard them, never made sen... |
| Aug 17, 2011 | Morning Radar: T-Mobile unveils the 4G BlackBerry Bold; state jobless rate stuck at 9.3%; etc. | T-Mobile USA today rolled out its first 4g BlackBerry device, dubbed the BlackBerry Bold 9900. And the super thin smartphone doesn’t come cheap, with Boy Genius Report noting that it sells for $299.99 with a new two-year contract. “…CIOs ca... |
| Aug 6, 2011 | Marcelo Calbucci baffled by his own algorithm … and other quotes of the week | The best insights, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. Marcello Calbucci (Photo by Randy Stewart, via Flickr)
“I wrote the code, but I’m still puzzled at how it works sometimes.” — Marcelo Calbucci in a post on Seattle 2... |
| Aug 5, 2011 | Why this 29-year-old entrepreneur left Seattle for Silicon Valley | Franklin
Aaron Franklin has been an active member of the Seattle startup community over the years. He’s participated in Startup Weekend in Redmond, attended events like Hops & Chops and actively blogs on the Web site Seattle 2.0.
But wh... |
| Jul 15, 2011 | A challenge to Seattle VCs: Back 100 seed-stage startups in 24 months | Guest Commentary: After reading GeekWire’s post about how Washington state is lagging California, New York and Massachusetts in venture capital deals, some data points struck a chord with something I’ve been observing for several years: Sea... |
| Jun 19, 2011 | Cheezburger tops startup list as fast-climber ClassifiedAds debuts at No. 5 | Cheezburger remains the top dog (or should we say cat) on top of the Seattle Startup Index, the monthly ranking of the biggest Internet startups in the Seattle area based on Web traffic. But there are some new companies emerging on the scen... |
| May 6, 2011 | GeekWire Podcast, from the Seattle 2.0 Awards red carpet (with video highlights, too) | Swype’s Cliff Kushler with GeekWire’s Rebecca Lovell and John Cook outside the awards show last night
We’re coming to you a little early this week with a special edition of the GeekWire Podcast, recorded on the red carpet Thursday night as ... |
| May 6, 2011 | Striptease Threats, Aggressive Shushing & Mascot Mania: Memorable Moments from the Seattle 2.0 Awards | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Updated 4:15 pm with new photo. Anytime you get a few hundred people in a room and add a couple of drink tickets, there are bound to be some interesting moments. And when that... |
| May 6, 2011 | A night at the Seattle 2.0 Awards: Watch the speeches of the 10 winners | Cliff Kushler, left, and Mike McSherry of Swype
Seattle’s startup community partied Thursday night at the annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of the region’s top tinkerers, geeks, designers and investors.
Team GeekWire was there in ful... |
| May 5, 2011 | Q&A: Straight-talking VC Mark Suster challenges entrepreneurs to think big | Mark Suster
Mark Suster is a bit of an oddity in the venture capital business — a straight-talking, no-nonsense former entrepreneur who happens to run one of the top performing VC firms in the country from L.A. So, when Suster rolled into t... |
| May 5, 2011 | A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference | Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mark Suster (@msuster), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at GRP Partners. Read more about Suster at Bothsidesofthetable
I’m in Seattle this week.
People keep asking me if I’ve “seen anything interesting.” Of ... |
| May 5, 2011 | Video: Live (Sorta) from the Seattle 2.0 Awards Red Carpet | Rebecca Lovell, Ben Huh and John Cook
The question on the red carpet at the Seattle 2.0 Awards tonight isn’t so much what they’re wearing but what they’re building — and how it might help the Seattle technology community make a bigger impac... |
| Apr 4, 2011 | Swype, Zulily, BuddyTV, others named finalists for Seattle 2.0 Awards | It’s that time of year when the Seattle startup community pats itself on the back. The Seattle 2.0 Awards are coming up May 5th, and today organizer Marcelo Calbucci released the names of nominees in the 10 categories. So, without further a... |
| Mar 25, 2011 | Calbucci removes Zillow from Startup Index: ‘They are not a startup’ | Marcelo Calbucci
Defining exactly what constitutes a startup can be a challenge, especially for digital scribes like us. Is it a pre-revenue company? A firm that has yet to go public? A venture-backed company? Well, whatever it is, Zillow.c... |
| Oct 9, 2010 | Another 10 Mistakes Made by API Providers | There was a recent post on ReadWriteCloud about 10 common mistakes made by API providers. I think this is a very thoughtful post, but I think it’s an inward look at the problem. In other words, they are looking at problems that developers f... |
| Sep 26, 2010 | Twilio CEO Offers Tips for Pricing Your SaaS | Determining the pricing structure for a product can be challenging, and it’s an area in which a lot of companies stumble, particularly when they find they have set the price too low.
At StartupDay 2010 yesterday in Seattle, Twilio co-founde... |
| Sep 11, 2010 | ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 11 Sept. 2010 | We’re always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or email us.
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| Sep 4, 2010 | ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 4 Sept. 2010 | We’re always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or email us.
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| Aug 28, 2010 | ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 27 Aug. 2010 | We’re always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or contact us.
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| Aug 21, 2010 | ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 21 Aug. 2010 | We’re always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or contact us.
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| Aug 14, 2010 | ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 14 Aug. 2010 | We’re always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or contact us.
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| Aug 7, 2010 | ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 7 Aug. 2010 | We’re always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or contact us.
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| Jun 30, 2010 | Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh on Surrounding Himself with More Talent, and the Future of the Global Humor Blog Network | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Ben Huh is a very busy man. He’s only 32, yet he’s already spent much of the last few years soaking up the media spotlight due to the almost instant success of his network of ... |
| May 28, 2010 | Feedjit, Survey Analytics, SEOmoz Climb Web Ranks | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle 2.0’s monthly startup index reports that Cheezburger Network and Zillow still lead the pack of local Internet startups in terms of traffic estimates. Feedjit, Survey A... |
| May 20, 2010 | Redfin, Bonanzle, TisBest Win Seattle 2.0 Awards | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The second annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of local software startups and tech entrepreneurs, took place in Seattle last night. Jonathan Sposato, the former CEO of Pi... |
| Apr 12, 2010 | From Apptio to Zillow: Seattle 2.0 Announces Finalists for Startup Awards Bash | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The Seattle area’s hippest celebration for local software and technology startups is gearing up for its big night. After receiving nearly 7,000 nominations for 11 “best of” ca... |
| Mar 4, 2010 | Seattle 2.0 Goes from Calbucci to Cabala | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle 2.0 founder Marcelo Calbucci said today he has named television reporter Jennifer Cabala the new president and editor-in-chief of the organization, in charge of busine... |
| Feb 23, 2010 | Survey Analytics, Feedjit, Delve Climb Index | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The Seattle 2.0 website announced its monthly ranking of local tech startups based on Web traffic estimates. For January, Cheezburger Network, Zillow, BuddyTV, and Picnik rank... |
| Oct 29, 2009 | Top Tech Events of the Fall—an Xconomy Guide | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
My head is exploding trying to keep up with all the tech-business events going on around Seattle these days. Here’s a quick guide to the most prominent ones on my brain, in th... |
| Sep 1, 2009 | Led by Ex-Microsofties, Raveable Makes Sense of User Reviews, Gives Hotel Ratings at a Glance | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Raveable is a year-old Seattle-area startup that launched its hotel review summarization website in May. If there were a Raveable entry for Raveable itself, here’s what it mig... |
| Jul 13, 2009 | NYTimes Tech Editor Reads TechCrunch Every Morning For Story Ideas | Wow. I am so glad I flew down to Seattle last Thursday on the eve of our all day Real Time event and August Capital party. I got a great story on Redfin turning profitable and saw some unlaunched Animoto video products.
But by far the sweet... |
| Jul 10, 2009 | A Yotta Insights on Making Money in Mobile, from Dan Shapiro of Ontela | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
While a lot of people were out enjoying the sunset and discussion at Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park last night—see TechFlash and TechCrunch for a nice recap of the Naked Tru... |
| May 8, 2009 | Seattle 2.0 Awards Are a Smash; Picnik Cleans Up | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In 1939, it was “Gone with the Wind.” 2009’s Academy Awards darling was “Slumdog Millionaire.” And now the Seattle startup community has its own awards sweep: Picnik, the phot... |
| Mar 10, 2009 | Seattle 2.0 Announces Awards | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Entrepreneur resource site Seattle 2.0 has announced it is hosting a startup awards ceremony on May 7 at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Nominations are open from now u... |
| Aug 8, 2008 | Tatango Cracks Top-100 Area Websites | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Bellingham, WA-based Tatango, a mobile-applications startup focused on text-messaging to groups, rose 77 spots to #91 in this month’s edition of the Seattle Startup Index. Oth... |
| Aug 28, 2007 | Ripl, another college-based social network, raises $4.25 million | Ripl is a social networking startup started by former Classmates.com executive Bill Messing and others, trying to take on Facebook in its home turf: college campuses. It has raised a small series B round of $4.5 million from angel investors... |