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When it comes to tech startups—especially in Internet software and app development—San Diego has been adrift in the horse latitudes. That’s the term Spanish mariners had for the waters where the trade winds died out for days and even weeks at... Read more »
Most people probably know Parallels as the company that puts Microsoft Windows on the Mac. And as Apple products continue their almost unbelievable proliferation, that’s not a bad business to be in—Parallels is seeing strong growth tied to Apple’s rise, particularly with... Read more »
At Xconomy’s event yesterday, New York’s Venture Emergence, members of Gilt Groupe’s founding team fascinated a standing-room-only audience with the tale of how, in just four years, they grew from a scrappy startup to one of the most successful e-commerce sites on the... Read more »
The explosion in incubators for early stage tech companies has spawned a familiar startup storyline: A team of bright founders hits on a promising idea, builds a prototype, and applies to one of the big-name programs. After they get accepted (or sometimes even if they... Read more »
The Northwest chapter of angel investment group Keiretsu Forum says its members invested $24 million in 36 companies last year, the highest total since the regional group was formed in 2005. And most of those investments—29 of the 36—were for businesses... Read more »
Seattle-based Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) said today it has named John Johnson to the position of president and CEO, succeeding longtime CEO Mitchell Gold. Johnson was previously the CEO of East Brunswick, NJ-based Savient Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SVNT).
The appointment... Read more »
Co-Founder and CEO, Cascadia Capital
CEO, ActiveRain
Managing Director, GlobalSmartEnergy
Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington
founder and CEO, Atlantis Consulting Group
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Smartsheet.com
Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Co.
Chair, The Technology Alliance
President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Partner, Emerging Companies and Life Sciences, Cooley LLP
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