Bill Conroy
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Is Vital to Washingtons Trade Economy, Report Argues
Washington ranks as one of the nations top exporting states, with a diverse range of businesses benefiting from Ex-Im Bank support
Washington as of last year ranked as the fourth-largest exporting state based on the value of goods trailing only Texas, California and New York with some 40% of all jobs in Washington tied to trade, according to a report from the Washington Council on International Trade (WCIT). The report is part of an effort to…
The New Space Race: Seattle Is Emerging as a Global Hub for the Dawning Satellite Age
Seattle has a big stake in the new space eras satellite race
THE NEXT FRONTIER. The new space race is focused on deploying multiple satellite constellations to move huge quantities of data, including internet traffic, on a global scale. That will entail the launching of thousands of small satellites into Earths orbit over the next decade and Seattle companies are expected to play a major role in that endeavor.
Daring Women: Simplicity Consulting Founder Lisa Hufford Believes Leaders Must Discover Their Personal Brand
She also advises that motivation, hard work and the little things matter when seeking to advance a career
Lisa Hufford has been on an amazing journey since launching her company, Simplicity Consulting, in 2006. The Kirkland-based company, which provides marketing, communications and business-operations consulting services, has worked with companies like Microsoft, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile, Nordstrom and Amazon. Simplicity, through a team of 200 employees 70% of whom are women and an extended network…
Seattle May Be Expensive, But Its Still a Magnet for New Residents
Housing-research platform Redfin study ranks metro areas by residents looking to make a move
Seattle ranks as the top migration destination for residents of San Francisco and Denver looking to relocate, while Sacramento and San Diego claim Seattle as the top city of origin for individuals eyeing a move to those California metros, according to a recent Redfin study. The study is based on an assessment of Refin users…
Bellevue-Based Green Grass Foods, Maker of Nutpods Nondairy Creamer, Raises $33.6M
The company is part of a wave of Seattle-area companies that are attracting significant investment capital
Green Grass Foods Inc. in Bellevue, the company behind the popular nondairy, plant-based creamer nutpods, has successfully raised $33.6 million in an equity fundraising round, according to documents filed with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company, founded and headed by entrepreneur Madeline Haydon, was born out of a successful Kickstarter campaign in…
Virginia Mason Teams Up With Seattles New NHL Franchise
The health care system has been tapped as the hockey teams official medical provider
Virginia Mason Health System will open an outpatient medical facility at the Northgate Ice Centre, a planned state-of-the-art sports complex that will serve as the practice facility and home offices for Seattles new NHL hockey franchise. The Oak View Group, which is redeveloping the former KeyArena in preparation for the new NHL team, and Seattle…
Trump Administrations Sanctions on Huawei Result in Layoffs in Washington State
The Chinese telecom giant announced job cuts at its Futurewei R&D unit, including at its location in Bellevue
President Donald Trumps executive order banning U.S. companies from using telecom equipment made by companies his administration deems a national security threat, which targeted Chinese manufacturer Huawei, has led the company to layoff some 600 employees at its Futurewei Technologies U.S. subsidiary, including 41 at a Futurewei office in Bellevue. The layoffs also affect Futurewei…
Daring Women: Essentia Water Executive Karyn Abrahamson Strives to Be a North Star for Her Team
Abrahamson says leaders must continue to learn, alongside everyone else every day
Karyn Abrahamson is the chief marketing officer at the bottled-water company Essentia Water. She joined the Bothell-based company in 2015 as vice president of marketing and brand innovation and was promoted to the chief marketing position three years later. Prior to joining Essentia, Abrahamsons served in executive marketing roles with Microsoft, Starbucks, T-Mobile USA and…
CBS Contract Dispute with AT&T Leaves Many Seattle TV Viewers in the Dark
The network blackout affects 17 cities nationwide, as a blame game unfolds
CBS Corp. and AT&T are playing hardball in TV land, leaving some 6.6 million viewers of DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse in the dark as of this past Saturday after the two companies failed to reach an agreement on a new content-distribution pact. The network blackout affects CBS-owned stations on DirecTV and U-verse systems in…
Boeing Field Provides Plenty of Lift for Seattle’s Storied Aviation History
Seattle | 1928
This story appears in the July 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. King County voters in the 1920s approved a bond issue to buy land for an airport serving the Seattle region. In July 1928, Boeing Field was ready for takeoff as the regions major airport. By 1938, it hosted several commercial airlines…
Seattle-Area Tech Firm Icertis Reaches Unicorn Status With $115M Funding Round
The contract-management solutions company will use the capital to augment its technology and expand its global reach
Bellevue-based tech company Icertis has closed a $115 million funding round that puts the company in the elite group of unicorn companies, defined as startups that have reached the $1 billion valuation level. Icertis is a software as a service (SaaS) provider specializing in contract-management solutions. It counts as clients major companies like 3M, Airbus,…
Washington Sets Robust Pace for Venture Capital Funding in the Second Quarter
Nationally, a record number of $100M-plus VC deals were recorded for the period, including two in the Seattle area
U.S. venture capital-backed companies notched a record 64 mega-financing deals in the second quarter involving fundraising rounds exceeding $100 million, including two Seattle-area companies that collectively raised $217 million, a recent PwC Money Tree analysis shows. The top three VC deals in Washington for the second quarter ending June 30 involved Seattle-based sales-engagement software company…
Seattle Customer-Data Management Firm Amperity raises $50M
The funds will be used to expand the companys capabilities and industry reach
Seattle tech startup Amperity has raised $50 million in a new founding round as part of an effort to expand the reach of its customer-data management platform in terms of capabilities and industry reach. The latest funding round, a Series C financing, brings the companys total funding to date to $87 million, the company announced….