This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re coming to you from our mobile recording studio, aka my car, as my colleague John Cook and I make the most of our… Read More
The Seattle area’s corporate leaders and their veteran employees need to get back to the office regularly for the sake of the region and the next generation of workers, T-Mobile… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur and tech veteran Jonathan Sposato is launching another media property with the arrival Wednesday of JoySauce Network, an entertainment platform geared toward spotlighting and celebrating American Asian personalities… Read More
Seattle tech veteran Jonathan Sposato is acquiring Seattle magazine, announcing plans Monday to reinvigorate the 54-year-old publication as a voice for the growing and influential city that has been his… Read More
REI Chief Information Officer Julie Averill is leaving the company to join activewear retailer Lululemon as executive vice president and chief technology officer, GeekWire has learned. “Thrilled to welcome Julie Averill to… Read More
To boost women’s status in business, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson says the United States and other countries should follow Norway’s lead and require corporations to put more women on their… Read More
The evolving picture of Brian McAndrews’ tech career is taking a new turn as Seattle-based PicMonkey, the photo editing and graphic design platform, announced Wednesday that it has added the ex-Pandora… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: A new study by the University of Washington questions the effectiveness of the two-minute warning when it comes to ending kids’ screen time.… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Jonathan Sposato has a time-tested rule in business, drawing from his experience of owning and operating bars. If you create a place for men, only men will show… Read More
When Google shut down the photo-editing site Picnik in early 2012, millions of users were left frustrated and angry. Some of Picnik’s original employees shared a similar sentiment. So, they packed up, bid… Read More
In the startup world, I’m prone to saying, “You can take the boy out of Microsoft, but not the Microsoft out of the boy.” This week I’ve been tracking the… Read More
[Editor’s Note: With Microsoft preparing to unveil the third generation of the Xbox on Tuesday, we asked GeekWire Chairman Jonathan Sposato to share his lessons learned while working on the… Read More
[Editor’s note: Startup Jedi is a new column by GeekWire chairman, investor and serial entrepreneur Jonathan Sposato. Future columns will be made available exclusively to GeekWire members in a special… Read More
Jonathan Sposato is a serial entrepreneur, the former CEO of photo editing site Picnik and the only person to have sold two startups to Google. And if you’ve ever worked… Read More
Google closed the lid on Picnik last Friday, shutting down the popular online photo editing service that it acquired two years ago. With the decision, Picnik co-founder and former CEO Jonathan… Read More
Google’s decision earlier this year to pull the plug on Picnik caught many by surprise, causing anger, frustration and sadness for the millions of users who loved the simplicity of… Read More
I admit I happen to think Jeremy Lin is the Second Coming. We live in a great country at an amazing time when there’s not only an African-American president, but… Read More
Google is shutting down Picnik, the popular online photo editing service that it acquired nearly two years ago. The closure comes as part of a larger strategy by the search… Read More
Maybe all of that incubation really does pay off. Vizify, a Portland startup that had the unique honor of participating in both the Portland Seed Fund and TechStars Seattle incubation… Read More
Many Seattle entrepreneurs head south to Silicon Valley when raising financing, tapping into the region’s ranks of well-connected angels. But PokitDok, a Silicon Valley startup that just landed $450,000, took… Read More
When you love the startup scene as much as I do, you want to breathe, eat, and sleep in that exciting universe. There are really only two things to do.… Read More
There’s another piece to the GeekWire story, and we’re excited to talk about it. When we launched this technology news startup a few weeks ago, we said we were happy… Read More
