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

Links on Puget Sound Cause More than a Ripple

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

Avoiding the gap and guiding business through the generations

Businesses go green to fight a warming trend

When building a business is a serial thrill

A business Family Rides Out a Political Storm

There are benefits and risks in withdrawing from the public market