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Dave Cotter

Drawing parallels to post-World War II, Sen. Maria Cantwell says U.S. needs an ‘AI Bill for education’

by Taylor Soper on May 3, 2024May 4, 2024 at 7:51 am

For the U.S. to maintain a competitive edge in the global artificial intelligence race, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) says there are lessons to take from post-World War II. Speaking at… Read More

‘We don’t want to be left behind’: Tech leaders bullish about generative AI amid the hype

by Taylor Soper on February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 at 9:48 pm

The hype around generative AI is persisting among tech leaders despite uncertainty about its value and impact on the bottom line. “I think about it as the next internet,” said… Read More

Podcast

Startups, superheroes, and the economy at a crossroads: Voices from Seattle’s tech community

by Todd Bishop on May 14, 2022May 15, 2022 at 11:37 am

After holding the GeekWire Awards virtually for the past two years, there was a feeling of real catharsis Thursday evening as hundreds of people streamed through the doors of the… Read More

Video

Tech Moves: WTIA elects new board leadership; Adriane Brown joins American Airlines board

by Cara Kuhlman on March 1, 2021June 17, 2021 at 4:16 pm

— The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) elected Dave Cotter as the new chair of its board of directors and Kristen Forecki as vice chair for the next two years.… Read More

Podcast

‘Racism is a pandemic,’ and this is how the tech industry can be part of the ‘vaccine’

by Todd Bishop on June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 at 12:00 pm

“Racism is a pandemic. Whether it’s tech, or whether it’s any other form of business, we have the need for a vaccine that’s going to stop it. And I think… Read More

Video

Listen, learn and launch: A resource guide to end racism in tech through lasting systemic change

by Dave Cotter on June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 at 8:11 am

[Editor’s Note: Dave Cotter is chief product officer at cannabis website and marketplace Leafly, a serial entrepreneur, startup CEO and veteran of companies including Zulily, Amazon and Microsoft. He is… Read More

Who’s responsible for managing work-life balance? Amazon, Nike and other execs weigh in

by Jacob Demmitt & John Cook on October 5, 2015October 5, 2015 at 4:44 pm

A panel of former Amazon executives took the stage at the GeekWire Summit last week to share their experiences about what it’s like working for the e-commerce giant, a discussion that… Read More

Former Amazon execs: Working at Amazon a cinch compared to startup life

by Jacob Demmitt on October 1, 2015April 10, 2017 at 9:44 am

Almost anyone who has worked for Amazon seems to agree it has high standards, but there’s still one big question lingering around the company’s Seattle headquarters: What does that mean… Read More

Hey, who left the door open? SquareHub adds discussions for home sensor alerts

by Blair Hanley Frank on June 11, 2014June 11, 2014 at 9:34 am

SquareHub, the app that offers families a secure way to communicate, now gives families the ability to keep tabs on their homes inside the app. A new update to SquareHub… Read More

SquareHub launches Family Sharing on Android, plus iOS 7 redesign

by Blair Hanley Frank on December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm

SquareHub, the family networking app, has launched its new Family Sharing feature on Android, which will allow users of its family-based social network to share content from the app outside… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: The raw truth about startups, and life

by Todd Bishop on November 30, 2013June 12, 2017 at 12:11 pm

What’s it really like to be a startup CEO? This week on the GeekWire radio show, two tech entrepreneurs talk about their struggles, what they learned and how their experiences… Read More

Startup Day Video: How a terrifying ‘stroke of luck’ changed Dave Cotter’s life

by Todd Bishop on October 26, 2013December 10, 2014 at 3:08 pm

Dave Cotter was 41 years old, an entrepreneur who had built and sold a startup, worked for companies including Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon, and served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Ignition… Read More

Ex-drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore invests in SquareHub, joins advisory board

by John Cook on October 3, 2013October 28, 2013 at 11:16 am

Dawn Lepore is a busy woman. A day after the former drugstore.com CEO joined board of Seattle tech mainstay RealNetworks, she’s tossed her support behind Seattle startup SquareHub. Lepore is… Read More

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