(Gambling picture) If you’ve always wanted to recruit a who’s who of characters from folklore, mythology, and the public realm and then send them to fight and die on your behalf, Storybook Brawl is the game for you. Designed by the Good Luck Games of Olympia, Washington, Brawl is free to play and has been … Read more
A school district in the San Diego area apologized for a post-game basketball incident in which tortillas were thrown at a team at a primarily Latin American high school. The incident came after a championship game between Orange Glen and Coronado on Saturday, which Coronado won on his home team 60:57 in overtime. After the … Read more
Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at strengthening the efforts of Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) led and focused on color founders. The motivation behind the project is straightforward. ESOs “are facing record demand, resources are depleted and are chronically underestimated, underestimated and underfunded,” say the organizations. The resource … Read more
The Startup Haven team (clockwise from top left): Bob Crimmins, Claudius Mbemba, Jay Westerdal, David Malcolm and Arry Yu. (Startup Haven photo) – Startup Haven, an entrepreneurship community founded by Seattle-based startup veterinarian Bob Crimmins, has launched a mutual fund called Startup Haven Ventures. With the new fund, Startup Haven has also expanded its team: … Read more
(Photo without bottom) New financing: Bottomless, the small Seattle startup with big e-commerce dreams, has raised $ 4.5 million in a new Series A funding round to support the continued growth of its business. How it works: Developed four years ago by married couple Michael Mayer and Liana Herrera, Bottomless combines their WiFi-enabled rechargeable coffee … Read more
Justin Beals, CEO of StrikeGraph. (StrikeGraph photo) The question of what happens if you prioritize diversity and what if you don’t is at the forefront of the startup discussion. During my career I have always tried to build different teams. I believe it is important for the health of the company, but on a deeper … Read more
Sure had a secret. And a “secret weapon”. The Seattle-area fintech startup recently announced that TV personality and bestselling author Suze Orman is one of the company’s co-founders. A spin-off of Pioneer Square Labs, Secure helps employers offer employees a financial wellness benefit in the form of an Emergency Savings Account (ESA) on top of … Read more
As far as Elin Rubensson knew, the call was about plans for the coming year, nothing more. Between Christmas and New Years, she and her colleagues were invited to a remote team meeting by Kopparbergs / Göteborg FC. They dialed in to hear the details of the club’s ambitions for the new season. At least … Read more
The International Space Station will soon be connected to Microsoft Azure. (NASA photo) The sky is not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing to the International Space Station. HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2, which is due to be brought to the station on February 20, aboard … Read more