If you've been to a technology conference in the last few years then you've heard about our country's STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education crisis. You've heard that our country's future economy depends on training more students in these critical fields to prepare them for jobs in programming, engineering and more. A lot of statistics get thrown around to [...]
How do you market “healthy”? Steve Hooper seems to have the winning formula. We recently sat down with the CEO and co-founder of the newly opened Kigo Kitchen to discuss his strategy to establish the quick and casual restaurant as a place worth trying. Hooper’s company is headquartered on Capitol Hill, but last year he was given the opportunity to [...]
Seahawks mania is at an all-time high in Seattle. The city is plastered with the iconic 12th man flags and not a moment goes by when there isn’t something on TV, radio or online about the team’s march to the Super Bowl. And of course, the big story that everyone is talking about is Richard Sherman’s famous post-game interview with Erin [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to connect for lunch with Amy Bohutinsky, chief marketing officer for Zillow. Amy has a big job. She is responsible for all marketing and communications for Zillow including branding, public relations, mobile and social media marketing, email, business development and advertising. She is also one of Zillow’s earliest employees and was instrumental in the [...]
[caption id="attachment_6002" align="aligncenter" width="449"] (DowJones.com)[/caption] What were the news stories in 2013 that stuck with you? In the world of business, at least, they were probably stories on tech, according to a new infographic from Dow Jones. To mark the end of 2013, Dow Jones released data on the year’s “most talked about companies.” Tech giants Google and Apple [...]