Steve Blank
DECEMBER 11, 2020
A little company in Seattle called Microsoft. The idea sat there for a decade until a naval officer named Deak Parsons discovered it, went around to every bureau chief, pounded the table on why it mattered, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, until he got them to cough up a check for $5,000 to fund the project. They were running out of cash.
Version One Ventures
JULY 1, 2020
The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce, connecting local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. And, Trim was named as one of Business Insider’s top five budgeting apps. . New Investments . Have a great summer!
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Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 22, 2020
When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society. Lenore Estrada : Hi, my name is Lenore Estrada.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. I didn’t want this to happen again – that people didn’t know me. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. I didn’t want this to happen again – that people didn’t know me. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.
Hearpreneur
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch.
ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 25, 2011
Then there's Seattle, of course. The Provincial Government also offers tax credits and cash-back incentives to investors, as well as investment and support from the regional colleges and universities. The proximity to other tech hubs like Seattle and Silicon Valley may make it easy to overlook Vancouver.
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