Kal Raman, the former Amazon.com and drugstore.com executive who stepped down as CEO of Bellevue-based GlobalScholar last September, has been named senior vice president of Groupon overseeing operations in ten countries in North and South America. “Kal... »
A massive bit of space history that inspired an entire generation of geeks has been found by Jeff Bezos — and ideally would be headed to Seattle’s Museum of Flight. The Amazon.com founder’s Bezos Expeditions has announced it’s identified, under 14,000 ... »
I was walking down Sixth Street, buried in my phone, when my husband, Jason, noticed something and stopped. I didn’t see it at first. It was the late afternoon on Sunday and streams of people were flowing up and down both sides of the bar-lined corrido... »
Free publicity is one of the best tools that you can use to promote and grow your small business or startup. P.T. Barnum used it to grow his little circus to international fame. Thomas Edison used it to destroy his competition and become the only name ... »
Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week drills into Amazon’s effort to upend the book industry by moving into the publishing business. The piece by Brad Stone tells the story of Larry Kirshbaum, the former Time Warner Book Group chief who is now... »
Qliance is looking to transform the way Americans receive their health care, certainly no easy task. And now the Seattle company has reeled in some extra cash to help tackle the problem. Qliance, which operates primary health care clinics in the Puget ... »
Seattle has top-notch engineers, well-respected technology giants and a culture of entrepreneurialism and risk taking. So, what’s the region really lacking when it comes to becoming a world-class technology hub? I get asked that question a lot, and man... »
The Microsoft Alumni Foundation last night named its third annual 2011 Integral Fellows Awards, recognizing three former Microsoft employees who have gone on to found or help lead non-profit organizations that use technology to accomplish their mission... »
Amazon.com is out today with its list of the Best Books of 2011, its editors’ picks of the top 100 titles of the year. This is less than a week after the company rolled out its new Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, allowing Amazon Prime subscribers to bo... »
