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Where Innovators Meet Up: The Greater Seattle Coffee Cluster, Part Two

A week ago, Xconomy Seattle published a list and an interactive map of the coffee hotspots around town where entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators like to gather. It generated a fair bit of attention and a really great response from our readers. So I thought we should post an updated list here with a bunch of new additions for the Seattle area. There are 46 coffee spots and counting—and yes, Eastside... Read more »

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Biotech, Bruce Carter, Life Sciences

ZymoGenetics CEO Bruce Carter Retires, Promotes Doug Williams, Says Sad Goodbyes to Biotech “Family”

Luke Timmerman 11/21/08

It’s a sad day for Seattle biotech. One of the charismatic pioneers of the local life sciences cluster, Bruce Carter, is retiring from his job as CEO of ZymoGenetics.

“I’m quite sad,” Carter says. “I’ve... Read more »

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Biotech, Accelerator, Life Sciences

Accelerator Startup, GPC-Rx, Uses Computers to Make Drugs Without Side Effects

Luke Timmerman 11/21/08

Accelerator’s newest startup could, if it wanted to, make a version of marijuana that wouldn’t give people the munchies. Seattle-based GPC-Rx isn’t going to do that, but it is using sophisticated 3-D computer modeling to help... Read more »

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National
wwwade, Productivity, Web 2.0

Springpad Wants to Be Your Online Home for the Holidays, And After

Wade Roush 11/21/08

If you’re like me, you go through life with the vague hope that someday, technology will help you become a more efficient person. How often I’ve driven to the grocery store or the library to pick... Read more »

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strategy, deals, Software

Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley: TestQuest Acquisition “Really Important”

Gregory T. Huang 11/20/08

Today’s news that Bellevue, WA-based software firm Bsquare (NASDAQ: BSQR) is buying Minneapolis, MN-based TestQuest for $2.2 million has sparked some lively discussion. Bsquare founder and former CEO Bill Baxter, who left the company in... Read more »

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National
Massachusetts, washington, Economy

Massachusetts, Washington Top Kauffman Foundation’s List of “New Economy” States

Wade Roush 11/20/08

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Analysis, deals, Software

Bsquare Founder Bill Baxter Comments on TestQuest Acquisition—Sees Marginal Benefit

Gregory T. Huang 11/20/08

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startups, social networks, Online Marketing

Mayonnaise Wrestling, Flavor Fanaticism, and Social Media on Steroids: The Bacon Salt Story

Gregory T. Huang 11/20/08

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Biotech, Roundup, Merck

Seattle’s Pharma Godfather, Vaccine Impresario Re-Emerges, Accelerator Gets New Investor & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News

Luke Timmerman 11/20/08

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VC, deals, Data Protection

Datacastle Closes $5.3M Series A Financing, Gets New Leadership

Gregory T. Huang 11/19/08

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Xconomist Forum - Insight & Opinion

Software, innovation, management

Innovating New Winners in Established Markets

Brent Frei 11/17/08

I’m attracted to the market opportunity within large, established markets. These markets already have huge spend, they have established dominant players with an inertia resistant to major change, most of the... Read more »

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Education, Politics, Software

Higher Education, the Driver of Our State’s Economy, Must Avoid the Budget Axe

Susannah Malarkey 11/12/08

Even with the economic downturn, plenty of Seattle area technology companies are going to be hiring new, highly skilled workers in 2009. These are high-paying jobs; the average annual salary plus... Read more »

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cleantech, Politics, Election

Obama Administration Will Give Clean Energy a Boost, but Smart Grid Is Needed

Jesse Berst 11/6/08

At SmartGridNews.com, we expect the Obama Administration to announce two things that will converge to give this already growing sector an additional boost. The first is a Clean Energy program to... Read more »

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