Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards – GeekWire

CEO of the Year finalists in the 2022 GeekWire Awards, clockwise from upper left: François Locoh-Donou, of F5 Networks; Maria Colacurcio of Syndio; Luis Ceze of OctoML; Chris Diorio of Impinj; and Xiao Wang of Boundless. The five finalists for ...

Dell EMC vets lead Seattle startup aiming to automate monotonous tasks – GeekWire

From left: CTO Sriram Sankaran; CEO and founder Shashwat Srivastav; and Founding Engineer Igor Medvedev. (Aivot Photo) A trio of former Dell EMC engineers are building a fleet of rentable robots to help companies crank out monotonous tasks amid a ...

TipHaus, which helps companies distribute tips, raises $3.5M and launches banking tool – GeekWire

TipHaus CEO and co-founder Leif Magnuson. (TipHaus Photo) Seattle-area startup TipHaus landed $3.5 million in new funding to streamline how businesses pool and distribute tips to employees. Launched in 2018, TipHaus sells software to hospitality companies to help managers reduce ...

Understanding who will pay Washington’s new capital gains tax and potential exemptions – GeekWire

The Washington state Supreme Court ruled that a statewide tax on capital gains is lawful. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The legality of a capital gains tax was upheld by the Washington state Supreme Court last week, drawing questions about ...

The hurdles women-founded startups face in venture capital — and advice to overcome them – GeekWire

Leslie Feinzaig (left), Graham & Walker founder and managing director, and Charlotte Newman, head of global business development, underrepresented founders and investors, Amazon Web Services. They spoke during a fireside chat at the AWS Startups Female Founder Showcase last week ...