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Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by scottru »

BlakePetersen wrote: post #11

From my experience, working with any vendors from the pacific northwest, they're all MS shops. Is this trend changing considering the added expense of working with any MS Licensed software (where an OSS solution with little or no cost could suffice)? Does MS offer incentives to local startups to build their platform on existing licensed MS products? Or is it more of a Seattle Pride thing? I personally don't feel the…

Blake, you're right that the vast majority of PNW _vendors_ (i.e. technology service providers) are MS shops. That's because almost all (at least 95%) of the vendor ecosystem here is supporting Microsoft or clients Microsoft directly connects vendors with. (We're primarily a non-Microsoft vendor - we'll do MS-based development if required, but we don't choose it for new projects, and 95%+ of our work is on Linux - but we are one of a very few exceptions at any scale.)

As noted by others, _startups_ - being created from scratch by people choosing their tools - absolutely use a wide variety of platforms. I expect that the numbers would bear out a higher percentage of Microsoft-based startups than in other locations (and there are a number of successful startups in the Seattle area with Microsoft-based platforms), but it's certainly not a significant majority.

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by scottru »

sebular wrote: post #32
smedawar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're always looking for more. :) seattle.started.in/apply/

I'm not affiliated with these guys, but they're a Capitol Hill startup that's reasonably well known: http://hark.com/

Hark was a Capitol Hill startup (and some great people), but has been effectively defunct for ~9 months. http://www.geekwire.com/2013/hark-hit-wall-corporate-records...

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by smedawar »

winslow wrote: post #30

I realize that the popup survey/newsletter box is the rage on literally every website (though I don't understand it as I find them annoying). It immediately turned me off to your website. I was watching your embeded youtube video and then all of the sudden your popup takes up my screen and interrupts my viewing of your about us video. Are you seeing a big engagement of this popup survey/newsletter? Are you keeping tr…

Thanks for the feedback winslow!

Firstly, once someone closes the window, they don't see the pop-up for at least another 2 months. We hope this cuts down on the annoyance factor.

We are seeing pretty good engagement and tracking the numbers. Our bounce rate for July 3rd (the day we hit HN front page) was We've only been using the box for a couple of weeks and will keep monitoring the numbers and the comments.

Thanks for your kind words!

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by smedawar »

bcbrown wrote: post #31

I'd love to see a page that just had the "What is $STARTUP_NAME" responses for all the startups. Some way to easily browse and discover. A grid of logos and names really doesn't allow me to anything other than jump around randomly.

Excellent feedback! We'll take this into consideration.

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by smedawar »

akg_67 wrote: post #36

You are missing quite a few local startups such as Qumulo. How are you collecting your list of startups? You may want to consider extracting startups from Greekwire and FormD to build your list.

We profile startups that apply to be profiled. We reach out to others, but the majority are from our queue of applications. If you know anyone at Qumulo, we'd love for them to apply at seattle.started.in/apply/.

Also, our site is not meant to be a repository, but more of an in depth look at each startup. We only profile 1 startup each week, so you are seeing the work of only 13 months.

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by smedawar »

zacharycohn wrote: post #34
canadaj wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Already am! What would be really cool is a map that shows the location of these startups, so that I can easily find ones that are close to where I will be moving! This is really awesome, thanks again!

Google for "Seattle startup map"

Totally!

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by smedawar »

scottru wrote: post #42
sebular wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not affiliated with these guys, but they're a Capitol Hill startup that's reasonably well known: http://hark.com/

Hark was a Capitol Hill startup (and some great people), but has been effectively defunct for ~9 months. http://www.geekwire.com/2013/hark-hit-wall-corporate-records...

Too bad! I really loved them. :(

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by smedawar »

davmar wrote: post #26
smedawar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're always looking for more. :) seattle.started.in/apply/

cap hill startup here: www.trakstar.com. also, we're hiring! rails devs please apply: trakstar.com/jobs

seattle.started.in/apply/ :)

Re: Show HN: Started.in Seattle – 60+ Video Profiles of startups in Seattle

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Post by smedawar »

sebular wrote: post #33
smedawar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're always looking for more. :) seattle.started.in/apply/

Also isn't CyanogenMod in Pioneer Square? Or is it too big to count as a startup?

Nope! We'd love to see them apply!

seattle.started.in/apply/

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