WASHINGTON'S LEADING BUSINESS MAGAZINE

February 2010/FEATURES

Feature: Sibling Rivalry

Is Bellevue threatening Seattle’s retail supremacy?
By: By Shannon O’Leary
Not so very long ago, two local developers battled to win the hand of one very high-end retailer. The skirmish commenced around a handful of downtown Bellevue blocks. On one side: Bellevue's native son, Kemper Freeman Jr.,...

Feature: Clash of the Titans

The battle lines between Microsoft and Google run through Seattle.
By: By Stuart Glascock
Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, with its 18-foot-high bridge troll and seven-ton sculpture of Lenin, has billed itself as the Center of the Known Universe. Yet this funky nexus of vegetarian restaurants and yoga studios has...
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Contents

Departments

Commentary
Workplace

CEO Adviser: The Value of Being Valued
Boosting morale often transcends the business cycle, age and even pay.

Commentary
Health Care

Commentary: Neuro City
Seattle has become a good place for brain care.

Commentary
Technology

Editor's Note: Tweeting Despite Myself

Commentary
Finance

Final Analysis: The Four Bankers
A Play in One, Final Act.

Green

Energy: Stirring Up Scum
Local businesses tap into the potential of algae for everything from fuel to food.
On Reflection: Building a Smarter Grid
A regionwide effort to make electricity distribution more efficient gets under way.

Real Estate

Real Estate: The Commercial Real Estate Crash
The economy may be turning around, but the commercial real estate market has yet to hit bottom.

Retail & Services

Retail: In the Shadow of Starbucks
The Woods Coffee Co. works to create community wherever it goes, and to avoid Starbucks’ mistakes.
Retail: The Third Wave
Branding a local coffee experience.
Spotlight: Milking Chocolate
Theo Chocolate’s bean-to-bar strategy pays off.
Feature: Sibling Rivalry
Is Bellevue threatening Seattle’s retail supremacy?
Lane Powell on Law: How to Be a Good Sport
Seattle athletes may move on, but their spirit of giving lingers in their former home.

Commentary
Green
Profiles
Technology

Virgin on Business: Not Getting It
If Washington wants to succeed in clean tech, it needs to lose the smug self-regard and take a clear-eyed look at itself.

Health Care
Technology

Biotech: Going for the Gold
After years of research, Dendreon is finally ready to release its first therapy... and it may be a blockbuster.

Commentary
Retail & Services

Talking Points: Bob Walsh
Event Promoter

Retail & Services
Technology

Bright Idea: Tweet, Play, Love
A Seattle company mates social networking technology with online dating.

Technology

Feature: Clash of the Titans
The battle lines between Microsoft and Google run through Seattle.
Technology: Fighting for Health
Google and Microsoft engage in hand-to-hand combat in some unlikely theaters of operation.

Made in Washington
Retail & Services

Cover story: Sports Center Northwest
What would it take to make Seattle a premier town for sports and all the business that comes with it?