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Profile: Napster co-founder, startup CEO Jordan Ritter is working on a recipe for innovation
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Jordan Ritter got his first taste of entrepreneurship in 1999, when he was sharing a Silicon Valley apartment with startup superstars Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker at the San Mateo Marriott Residence Inn. There, he was part of the founding team of Napster, the controversial file-sharing company that fundamentally...
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Analytics startup MetricStory raises $1.4M to help marketers make sense of internal data
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Marketers can access more internal data than ever before thanks to high-powered software like Google Analytics. But having that information at your fingertips serves a limited purpose — getting actionable insights from data is what can really help companies make better business decisions. MetricStory wants to make that process more efficient with machine learning and algorithms. The Seattle-based startup today raised a $ ...
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Seattle startup CEO victim of terrifying carjacking
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Haiku Deck CEO Adam Tratt was the victim of a frightening carjacking on Sunday afternoon, one which resulted in the pistol-wielding perpetrator later being shot by Seattle police officers in the Ravenna neighborhood. Tratt, a well-known startup CEO and former marketing director at Cranium whose latest company has won GeekWire Awards and other recognition, was taking his kids...
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Startup Spotlight: EDRepublic helps recruiters hire developers with coding-based matchmaking service
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With so many companies today needing websites, apps, and other technologies, the demand for developers is increasingly expanding well beyond the tech sector. But between steep competition and a finite talent pool, many companies struggle to secure enough talented employees. That’s a pain point EDRepublic wants to address with its matchmaking service that brings together budding developers and companies in need of coding help. EdRepublic validates...
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How tax automation startup Avalara recovered from its Black Friday blip and posted record numbers
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For many employees in America, Thanksgiving weekend was a time for relaxation, a chance to take a brief break from work. This year, though, that wasn’t so much the case for engineers at Avalara. During the midst of what it calls the “Super Bowl of online shopping,” the Seattle tax automation startup suffered technical problems this past Friday that forced some retailers...
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XCOR Aerospace co-founders launch new startup: Agile Aero for the next frontier
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XCOR Aerospace pioneered the rapid development of rocket propulsion systems, and now three of XCOR’s founders are starting up a new venture called Agile Aero to do something similar for advanced aerospace vehicles. Agile Aero has surfaced just a week after XCOR announced the departure of chief technologist Jeff Greason and chief engineer Dan DeLong. Greason and DeLong are teaming...
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Startup Spotlight: SeekPanda helps companies find interpreters when doing business abroad
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The U.S. and China operate the world’s largest economies and warming relations between the two nations are opening up new business opportunities. Still, the language barrier can be problematic when navigating specialized industries. Enter SeekPanda — a two-sided platform designed to match translators and interpreters with clients’ specific needs. “We are obsessed with bringing modern solutions to the...
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