
Andy Sack / Seattle 2.0
I thought I'd give everyone an update on TechStars enough questions about the program in email -- I often write things on my blog A Sack of Seattle but occasionally I'll use these Friday posts to update everyone on Seattle 2.0. I invite you to email me with feedback and suggestions. TechStars is about...
[This Guest post was written by Scott Scheper, an entrepreneur, writer and investor based out of Southern California. Scott writes about truths and lessons...

Seattle 2.0 / Seattle 2.0
List of interesting blog posts from the Seattle Startup community on the last week: Gregory T. Huang/Xconomy Seattle by Gregory Huang Picnik Vs. Flickr: A Growth Comparison Just a quick observation here. Seattle-based Picnik, the popular photo-editing startup, said yesterday it has reached the “1 billion photos...
A study by Prophet found that “as few as 19 percent of companies can consistently and accurately determine what they are getting — if anything — from untold...

Marcelo Calbucci / Seattle 2.0
My first venture, Sampa, closed its doors in August of last year. Since then, I’ve been forcing myself into figuring out what’s next. Taking care of Seattle 2.0 can consume quite a bit of hours from my day, but I’m a technology guy and I want to solve bigger problems in the world. Then, how do you find good...
Today after work I ran around Discovery Park – just about 3 miles door-to-door, but the magic is all within a quarter-mile stretch along the bluff, where you...
Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl; watching Peyton Manning channel his inner Favre was a bit surreal. Anyway, we had 129 posts on the LexBlog...
The means by which most of us measure customer loyalty is a bit flawed. Retention is up, attrition is down, and we think all is well. With sales, it’s...
So, I’ve written this blog entry about five times. I’m not certain I know what I’m doing. I mean, I’m an amateur when it comes to real estate. I’m like that...
To Voyager Capital managing director Daniel Ahn, “cleantech” is just a buzzword. “Clean IT” is much more precise—and, to the point, it’s something a hardcore...
Hopefully not too many of you are left Sleepless in Seattle this Sunday, Feb 14th aka Valentine’s Day. There’s much to do for lovebirds and love-seekers...
This is, according to our calculations, Picnik’s BILLIONTH edited photo: It comes from Gísli Hjálmar, an Icelandic law student working as a technician and...
Two media items troubled me this past weekend. One suggested that social media and web 2.0 technologies are destroying our nation's ability to govern itself...