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100 Best Companies Nominations 2021
Program will open in May
For the 32nd year, Seattle Business magazine will honor the top companies in Washington for its annual 100 Best Companies to Work For awards program. Winners will be featured in the November issue of the magazine. We delayed the program this year in hopes of holding an in-person event to honor the winning companies after…
Seattle’s Entrepreneurial Endeavor
Seattles enterprising nature will be put to the test once the pandemic wanes
This article is featured in the January issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. One of the enduring even foundational legends about Seattle not just as a place but as a concept is that this is a study city built by entrepreneurs. From its earliest days of white settlers to…
Creative Conundrum: ArtsFund CEO Michael Greer
The pandemic has devastated arts organizations, but has also sparked needed conversations. Michael Greer is at the forefront.
The pandemic has devastated arts organizations, but has also sparked needed conversations. Michael Greer is at the forefront. Michael Greer joined Seattle-based trade organization ArtsFund during a most inauspicious time. Greer, formerly executive director of both the Oregon Ballet Theatre and, before that, the Portland Ballet in Maine, was named CEO and president of the…
Cornell Law School Dean to Head Seattle University
Puyallup native Eduardo M. Penalver will be the universitys first Latino president
Cornell University Law School Dean Eduardo M. Penalver will take over as the president of Seattle University. Penalver, 47, will be Seattle Universitys 22nd president and its first Latino president. Penalver will officially start with the university on July 1, 2021. The current president, Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., will step down in June after 24…
Patents Can Protect Or Pose a Threat, But Mostly They’re Misunderstood
The goal of the patent system, however, is to expand access to good ideas
When owners and employees of small and medium-size businesses hear the word patent, strong feelings usually come up. There is excitement when the business has patents that give it the right to exclude others from providing or using novel products and services that the business provides to its customers. This gives the business a competition-free…
Whats on Your Memorial Day Plate That Has the Flavor of Seattle?
Local brewer teams up with Chicago food company to unveil a vegan brat
What goes together better than beer and brats and Memorial Day weekend? In this case, not much, other than a Seattle-brewed beer and a heart-healthy vegan brat. To pull that off, Seattles Elysian Brewing Co. has teamed up with Chicago-based Greenleaf Foods, owner of Field Roast Grain Meat Co., to unveil a plant-based, beer-infused brat,…
These Modern Abodes Can Be Yours for a Cool $1.5M
A classic midcentury-modern in Magnolia, and 21st-century mods in Madison Park and Kirkland
This article appears in the May 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Remember when $1 million was considered a lot for a house in our region? Or for that matter, just two decades ago, when $100,000 could buy, say, a slightly worn rambler in northeast Ballard with a detached garage? Today, of course,…
Washingtons Suds Makers Are Rolling Out the Barrels at an Explosive Pace
The states craft-beer sector is expanding at a rate of 33 new breweries a year
Washington ranks second in the nation in the number of craft breweries, which collectively produced some 1.2 million kegs of beer, support 6,300 jobs statewide and have a statewide economic impact of $1.4 billion. Those are the findings of a just-release study sponsored by the Washington Beer Commission, which is based on 2017 beer-sales figures….
Seattle Has the Attention of International Real Estate Investors
City ranks among the top metros globally as a magnet for property investments
Seattle ranks third among cities worldwide as a market where global investors would like to increase their real estate holdings, according to a new investor survey by AFIRE, an association representing some 200 institutional investors and investment managers across 24 nations. The study also ranked Seattle among the top 10 cities globally as a real…
10 Seattle Women Business Leaders Discuss the Power of Mentors
Executives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Puget Sound Public Radio, Washington Global Health Alliance, The Riveter and other organizations discuss the importance of finding and keeping mentors throughout their careers.
This article appears as part of the “Women at Work” cover story in the May 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Andrea Voytko Deputy Director, Alumni Program Manager at the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationI have been so fortunate to have Cheryl Scott, now retired CEO of Group Health Cooperative, as my sponsor…