Rebecca Lovell / Seattle 2.0
While hosting a table at EU last week, I found that inquiring entrepreneurs wanted to know: what industries would fare well (or badly) in this economy? Let's take a look at where we spend money in a recession. "Alcohol and lipstick" (wisdom from my colleague Jon Jacobson). "Movies, video games and getting hammered...
The housing market is in the tank. And online real estate upstarts such as Redfin and Zillow.com are trimming back. But Estately , one of the smallest of...
Marcelo Calbucci / Seattle 2.0
It took longer than expected, but the Seattle Startup Index (SSI) for October/2008 has just been published. This time we have the Index Change back and working. Probably the most interesting thing on the list this month is the Pet Holdings, Inc (the makers of I Can Has Cheezburger and many...
A bunch of Web startups are launching products today. A roundup: -- Bellevue-based SmartSheet is releasing Small Business Bundler, a tool for small...
Marcelo Calbucci / Seattle 2.0
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I looks like is the perfect time to trim the fat and to get rid of the unwanted from your company since you can always blame the economy. I don't mean to...
Matt Hulett / Seattle 2.0
You might have seen my guest post on TechFlash yesterday. In the blog post, I made the case that Web 2.0 companies are more prepared, stronger, and smarter than their counterparts in the Web 1.0 days. Some interesting data didn't make the final cut of the blog post, so I thought I’d include them here: On the...
Have you ever wished you could be alerted when a frequent-flier seat opens up on a flight you're interested in taking? Well, wish no more. Yapta now alerts...
Marcelo Calbucci / Seattle 2.0
These are three easy ways for you to follow all new content on Seattle 2.0 without having to come back to the site every day to check for news: RSS Subscription : Use Google Reader or another online service and add our feed . Email : If you live and die by email, you might as...
That's what's going on right now. Entrepreneurs everywhere are being slapped in the face by economic realities. Lower sales, lower margins, lower valuations...
Rebecca Lovell / Seattle 2.0
So I hate being the bearer of bad news, and I'm a horrible bad cop. Judging a competition this past April, one of my colleagues suggested I drop the hammer, and upon witnessing that sorry attempt reflected "that was a velvet hammer covered in bubble wrap." So be it. Instead of being the bad guy, I'm here to deliver...
I'm a bit behind in finishing up a post or two, and there are several new posts by some key people I read that bear commenting on, and..., and..., and!Let's...
Danielle Morrill / Seattle 2.0
Thank you to everyone who responded to the post abo ut Entrepreneur University 2008. Drum roll please... And the winner of the free ticket is Rob Perrier AND his partner, who wrote: Hello Seattle 2.0 My co-founder and myself are on our tenth day of...
Mashable Open Web Awards Great news! Thanks to your help, Whrrl has been successfully nominated for the Mashable Open Web Awards in the Places & Events...
Danielle Morrill / Seattle 2.0
The nPost networking and startup demo event at Columbia City Theater was an opportunity to get to know five local startups, and the turnout included a large portion of the active startup community. Seattle 2.0 was there, camera in hand, to speak with the founders about how their businesses came into existence...
Seattle-based TeachStreet announced today it has moved into the San Francisco Bay Area in a major expansion of its service, which helps local teachers and...
Matt Hulett / Seattle 2.0
The Startup Whisperer is tracking four early stage companies over the coming weeks. These companies are all early stage (Series B or lower). I continually hear from VCs that good companies are still going to get funded. Trevor Oelschig from Bessemer Ventures (invested in local Seattle companies like Smilebox and...
I had a meeting with my advisory board today. Well, not exactly. At the moment, my advisory board is pretty much anyone who will offer advice. Fortunately...
Marcelo Calbucci / Seattle 2.0
October was the first full month of the new Seattle 2.0 look and the new contributors didn't start until the second week of October, but it has been a tremendous growth month for us, which is proof that Seattle is thirsty for more tech startup content. On the past I have shared many of our stats...
It was kind of cool to see Quova float across my VentureBeat feed late last week. Enterprise companies rarely cross the startup feeds, particularly those...