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This is an excerpt of Angel Financing for Entrepreneurs by Susan L. Preston
If Tony Bennett is the sweetest guy in show business, and James Brown was the hardest-working, Bob Betz, winemaker-owner of Betz Family Winery in Woodinville, is the Bennett and Brown of the Washington state wine industry, with a...
The aerospace industry is Washington's largest manufacturer and largest exporter. The largest company, by far, in this industry in Washington is Boeing. The company's main airplane manufacturing facilities are in Everett and...
A start-up attempts a nano-level revolution to transform military and civilian life
Research at the University of Washington finds its way into start-up businesses, such as these four
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Karen Hoffman's July 2007 article, "Irrational Numbers" (a number that has no end and no pattern - an apt description of educational reform), did an excellent job of demonstrating that irrational decisions by...
Ken Myer is CEO of the WSA, the state's largest technology trade organization. Myer spent 16 years at IBM before becoming executive vice president of ActiveVoice. In 2002, Myer co-founded the software start-up Interval Systems....
Reaching out to minorities becomes the way to get business done
Keeping the corner office in the family presents a unique challenge
BURLINGTON - In the land where coffee is king, there's a new drink in town: locally grown tea. The Sakuma family harvested its first commercial crop this summer off five acres in the Skagit Valley. That gives the family farmers...
Is it possible to turn a profit without being greedy? Is it possible to serve your customers without pandering to their basest desires? Are business leaders who embezzle and financially ruin companies and employees...
A significant part of the antitrust settlement between Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department comes to an end in November, and it's up to a federal judge to decide whether to extend it to 2012. The restrictions prevent...
Washington State University's Tri-Cities branch campus enrolled its first classes of freshmen and sophomores this fall, after 17 years of having only juniors and seniors. As a result, WSU Tri-Cities reported a record fall...
Varolii Corp., a Seattle company formerly known as Par3 Communications, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $86.3 million in an initial public offering.
The company, which provides on-demand...
It's harder to get a hotter official spokesperson than this. The Washington Wine Commission has picked the sun - as in that fiery mass of incandescent gas in the sky - to be its representative for a new marketing campaign...
Highline Medical Center has been recognized by the Premier health care alliance with the 2007 Premier Award for Quality for excellence in the care of patients. Presented in six clinical areas, the award for quality is based on...
Economic development officials say Washington has probably lost out on a major effort to attract a Fortune 500manufacturer to the state. That's prompted calls for changes in the restrictions on how state money can be spent to woo...
A strong Canadian dollar has led to an increase in cross-border traffic, as Canadians come south looking for relative bargains, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Victoria Clipper has seen a 25 percent increase in...
Work continues on a proposed $2 billion power plant in western Walla Walla County that would convert coal into gas to power a generator, while storing the carbon dioxide that's given off deep underground. The Port of Walla...
Get ready for some drastic changes in how you commute to work. Congestion is going to get so bad in the Puget Sound region that everyone will have to make major changes in the way they live as more people crowd into the region....
For those with the means and a taste for risk, start-up companies beckon
Managing employee health has becomes the front line in cost control
Bob Craves, Costco founder, helps low-income minority students reach college
Microsoft, Nintendo and a specialty college make Washington a capital for video games
There are benefits and risks in withdrawing from the public market
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How in the heck can you grow grapes on the Potomac?" That was the comment from an East Coast resident after listening to a recent presentation by the Washington Wine Commission on the virtues of our state's wines. That old...
SPOKANE - Purcell Systems of Spokane Valley and PC-Open of Spokane have made it onto Inc. Magazine's list of the 500 fastestgrowing private companies in the nation. Purcell, which makes outdoor cabinets to house power network...
The Puget Sound region is expected to weather a downturn in the housing market better than most regions of the country because of solid job and population growth, according to a report by Grubb & Ellis Co. Seattle had the fastest...
SEATTLE - Seeing your face on the next Jones Soda bottle won't seem so unusual now that Jones Soda has entered a five-year distribution and manufacturing agreement with National Beverage Corp. Jones saw its share price climb 30...
SAN FRANCISCO - A new company spun off from Microsoft Research will take on popular social networking companies such as MySpace.com and Facebook.
Wallop Technologies' innovation (and the technology developed in Microsoft's labs)...
BELLEVUE - Revenue Science Inc. will help Gannett Co. put advertisers' messages in front of specific audiences, such as those interested in travel, car shopping and consumer technology.
Revenue Science's technology will allow...
SEATTLE - Amazon. com Inc. is entering the lucrative home video market with Amazon Unbox, which will allow customers to download DVDquality TV shows and full-length movies to their PCs. The Internet retailer says this is just...
SEATTLE - Frazier Healthcare Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in biotechnology and medical device companies, has strengthened its management team with some star players. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada is now a...
THE PALOUSE - Farmers grappling with higher diesel fuel and fertilizer prices are dedicating more of their commodity acreage to specialty crops such as garbanzo beans, which have high yields and fetch greater prices at...
SEATTLE - Mariners first baseman Ben Broussard can hit, turn a double play and, yes, sing. Last year, the Texas-born baseballer released a self-titled CD and it's not bad. The acoustic guitar songs (reminiscent of The Shins out...
REDMOND - In September, Microsoft unveiled its Zune media player and service, which drew a tepid response from the press. Zune is a snazzy little gadget, but it's five years late.
With Apple's iPod already owning 75 percent of...
SEATTLE - Fewer area executives say they plan to hire information technology professionals this quarter compared with last quarter.
But there's no need to fret. The 15 percent hiring increase is only down two percentage points...
SHANGHAI, CHINA - Perkins Coie, a Seattle-based law firm with more than 600 attorneys in 15 offices, is adding a second office in China, the only foreign nation in which it has a presence. The company's first overseas office was...
In a vehicle with AWD, electronic and mechanical controls ensure that the engine's power gets to the wheels that have the most grip at all times. The system is so transparent that it's virtually impossible for the driver to know...
Tod Leiweke, who became Seahawks CEO in 2003, understands sports, marketing and the importance of giving back to the community. Smart, articulate, witty and down-to earth, Leiweke is a genuine nice guy who enjoys quiet moments...
David Volk takes a look at the teen cool quotient for the holidays and discovers the rising cost of parenting
New Electronic Systems Help You Handle Rain and Snow
No more than a few hundred of these large, spectacular vessels are produced in the world each year. Westport Yachts produces some of the most luxurious mega-yachts.
Buffett-fueled Gates Foundation begins rolling out great quantities of cash
Area employers partner with unions to get employees healthy
Clearwire?s Craig McCaw is offering a new kind of broadband wireless service.
Traffic solutions must change alongside communities.
For congestion pricing to succeed, it must be customized to a region's geography, history and driver temperament; one-sizefits- all simply doesn't work. Since the 1960s, when...
When the Washington State Department of Transportation begins marketing its Good To Go! passes in 2008, it won't simply be selling access to highway hot lanes and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge; it will be offering a peek at the...
The new Sonics owner talks about his business tutelage and shares his notions about the team?s future
Aging Key Arena can?t keep up with new business model
For a taste of Western Washington's transportation future, take a look at San Diego: Population has ballooned over the past 20 years. Traffic, urban sprawl and pollution are significant challenges. Urban housing prices have...
Seattle?s quality of life is attracting start-up talent, but is that enough?
Four new start-ups are breaking new ground providing online services
Hot Lanes will give Washington a glimpse of a new market-based approach to tackling gridlock.
Retailer?s underground, down-to-earth approach and rebellious spirit captivate booming market of extreme sports junkies
He muses about what?s good for the port, and for the region
