The economic impact of Washington’s luxury cruise industry.
Issue
August 2010
From this Issue
Washington turns to social networks and other innovations to drive a $14 billion industry.
As Washington state’s economy becomes ever more connected with the world, its population is growing more diverse. Already, some cities have nearly a third of their population hailing from far-off shores. That number will only increase in coming years.
Award Recipient, Media, Entertainment & Communications; President, CEO, Big Fish Games (Seattle)
Award Recipient, Retail and Consumer Products; CEO, co-founder, Clarisonic (Bellevue)
Award Recipient, Real Estate & Sustainabilty; President, CleanScapes
Award Recipient, Internet Services; President, CEO, All Star Directories (Seattle)
Award Recipient, Health and Life Sciences; Executive chairman and founder, Applied Precision Inc.
Award Recipient, Financial Services and Insurance; Former president and CEO, Symetra Financial Corp. (Bellevue)
Award Recipients, Consulting; Co-founders and Co-CEOs, Point B Inc. (Seattle)
The Northwest's "best and brightest" entrepreneurs stand out for their hard work and innovations.
Seattle’s Mike Soldano invented the super-high-gain guitar amplifier, and gave “loud” a whole new meaning
The line between community-based organic agriculture and big business is often blurry.
Robot Co-Op keeps its staff small and ideas simple to maximize success.
When Howard Behar, the former president of Starbucks, was a
boy growing up in Seattle, his father, a Bulgarian immigrant, owned a neighborhood
grocery. If a customer was in financial trouble, his father would tell Howard
Our industrial, agricultural and maritime history is all around us.
The greatest threat to Puget Sound is what washes from our cities with the rain