energy, IT, Analysis Gregory T. Huang wrote: “If you’re a technology junkie, cleantech is the candy store for you,” said Byron McCann, co-founder and managing partner of Seattle-based Ascent Partners, an investment bank that advises cleantech and software entrepreneurs. McCann, who...

Software, IT, strategy Gregory T. Huang wrote: On Tuesday night, I attended an intriguing event in the Washington Technology Industry Association’s cloud computing series, on “Scaling Into the Cloud with Amazon Web Services.” It was held at Amazon’s Beacon Hill headquarters i...

energy, cleantech, deals Gregory T. Huang wrote: Seattle wind energy startup Principle Power is in the process of raising $20 million to develop wind farms in the deep waters off the coast of Oregon and other locations. The financing deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year, acco...

VC, Entrepreneurship, people Gregory T. Huang wrote: It’s always good to hear an outside perspective. Last night, Boulder, CO-based entrepreneur and investor Brad Feld, the co-founder of Foundry Group, Mobius Venture Capital, and TechStars, gave a talk at the Palace Ballroom in Seattle. The ev...

startups, Software, IT Gregory T. Huang wrote: It could be the most exciting cloud-computing startup you’ve never heard of. It’s two guys in a room overlooking Lake Union, in a hard-to-spot building next to the Fremont Bridge. And it uses Amazon Web Services and other people’s comp...

startups, e-commerce, Artificial Intelligence Gregory T. Huang wrote: Among the current crop of ex-Microsofties building software startups, Emmanuel Marot is unique. Not just because he hails from Niort, a town in western France, by way of Paris (or for his impeccable fashion sense), but because he ...

energy, IT, policy Gregory T. Huang wrote: How will President Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package affect the energy and cleantech industry in the Northwest? We’ve been hearing a lot of rumblings on this front lately. To help sort it all out, I spoke with Michael Butler, chairman a...

Software, management, people Gregory T. Huang wrote: Last week, Xconomy published a story about the large number (13 and counting) of former Onyx Software managers who have gone on to become CEOs of other companies. We were put on the trail by Brent Frei, the co-founder of Onyx who’s now execu...

intellectual property, Software, Lists Gregory T. Huang wrote: [Updated Jan. 28, with information on Intellectual Ventures' patents (see below)] If its volume of new patents is any indication, Microsoft is going to be just fine. The Redmond, WA, software firm blew away the rest of Washington state i...

Software, Layoffs, community Gregory T. Huang wrote: A day after the largest layoff in Microsoft history—1,400 jobs cut yesterday, with up to 5,000 in the next year and a half—the ripples are spreading far and wide throughout the technology and business communities. Here’s a snapsh...