August 2010
July 23, 2010
By Shannon Borg and Leslie Kelly
While many winemakers are embracing social media, they stillrequire a physical locationpreferably near major population centerswhere theycan bring their customers to taste their wines. In the past five years, thenumber of wineries and tasting rooms in Woodinville has grown from a dozen tomore than 50 as more and more wineries from eastern Washington set up…
- August 2010
July 23, 2010
By Bill Virgin
On a summer Sunday afternoon, the Forks Timber Museum isclosednot that anyone other than a few older men peering in at some of thevintage logging equipment have noticed. All the action is next door at theForks Visitor Information Center where throngsmainly teenage girls trailed bytheir parentsare collecting maps, brochures and information about Twilight. Forks didnt…
- August 2010
July 23, 2010
By Bill Virgin
Food tourism is growing in popularity among travelers whowant to visit the farms and producers that grow, raise or manufacture whatwinds up on their dinner plate. So why shouldnt you be able to visit the placethat produces something almost as significant in your lifeelectricity? On a windswept hillside 16 miles east of Ellensburg standsPuget Sound…
- August 2010
July 23, 2010
By Bill Virgin
When the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Toursent out an invitation via Twitter for its Aviation Geekfest at noon one daylast December, it figured the 50 open slots would be grabbed up by the end ofthe day. Elapsed time to claim them all: 52 seconds. And it wasnt just locals who were clamoring…
- August 2010
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- August 2010
July 22, 2010
By Myke Folger
Following your gut and making the hard decisions arehallmarks of leadership attributes that can certainly be applied to JeremyLewis. When Lewis joined Big Fish Games in the spring of 2006, theonline casual game maker was doing quite well, with record revenue growth. Butthe former managing director at Goldman Sachs knew that the company wouldntlast and…
- August 2010
July 22, 2010
By Myke Folger
David Giuliani has been earning his successes ever since hestudied graduate-level electrical engineering and business at StanfordUniversity. He didnt have to go too far from college to get his firstopportunity. But after 12 years working with light-emitting diodes,semiconductors and high-volume production at Hewlett-Packard, Giuliani moved tothe Northwest to try something new. Initially he was not…
- August 2010
July 22, 2010
By Myke Folger
During a church service, he saw his pastor take out his PalmPilot to look up a Bible passage. He noticed dozens of others in thecongregation doing the same. The answer to Ryan Wuerchs quest of startingsomething himself had at last appeared. Wuerch took all his own money in 2001 and invested it in hisnew company…
- August 2010
July 22, 2010
By Myke Folger
Sometimes, all it takes is a rotten banana. Thats whatChris Martin saw strewn in the alley outside his Pioneer Square apartment thatfinally made him say, Enough is enough. Martin left the comfortable confines of his advertising jobto start CleanScapes, a garbage collection company that, since its founding 13years ago, has gone on to successfully challenge…
- August 2010
July 22, 2010
By Myke Folger
Douglas Brown wanted to play college rugby, only his schooldidnt have a team. But instead of settling, Brown created his own team. Itsbeen 35 years since he did that, but many of its players have since developedrugby teams of their own and each year, members of the original team and teamsthat have come after reunite…
- August 2010