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How to be an ‘Uncommon Thinker’: What we learned profiling innovative leaders solving big problems

by Todd Bishop on December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 at 9:51 am

What does it take to create meaningful change in the modern world? A few ideas: Those are some of the insights from GeekWire’s profiles of six “Uncommon Thinkers”: Seattle-area inventors,… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Boundless CEO Xiao Wang on his quest to fix the immigration process

by Kurt Schlosser on November 7, 2023November 22, 2023 at 7:50 am

Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world. They will… Read More

Vote for CEO of the Year: GeekWire Awards finalists find growth opportunities in uncertain times

by Todd Bishop on April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 at 3:18 pm

Building and running a company is no easy task in the best of times, let alone amid the ongoing uncertainty of the past year. This year’s finalists for CEO of… Read More

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Immigration and tech: New realities, old problems, and what’s at stake for the future

by Todd Bishop on December 4, 2021December 23, 2021 at 9:16 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: how the pandemic, politics, labor shortages, and the rise of remote work are impacting U.S. immigration in the tech industry and beyond — and… Read More

Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land at portfolio company

by Kurt Schlosser on July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 at 9:05 am

As a co-founder and managing director at Seattle venture capital firm Pioneer Square Labs, Ben Gilbert spends a lot of time helping companies get off the ground and find the… Read More

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Leading a startup through the crisis: ‘We’ve just instantly transformed from peacetime to wartime’

by Todd Bishop on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 at 1:56 pm

For startup leaders accustomed to building their businesses in boom times, the economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic goes beyond mere setback, into the realm of complete shock. But even… Read More

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Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs

by Starla Sampaco on June 29, 2018July 22, 2018 at 6:48 am

First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most valuable U.S. tech companies were founded by immigrants or the… Read More

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How can U.S. improve its immigration policy? We asked immigrant entrepreneurs and tech leaders

by Starla Sampaco on June 26, 2018June 27, 2018 at 4:53 pm

Seattle-area entrepreneur Mina Yoo has been in the United States since 1991, receiving a dual Ph.D. in sociology and business administration from the University of Michigan, working as a University… Read More

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