Eastside Cities Create “Innovation Triangle” to Attract Foreign Companies
Posted July 22, 2016 by Becca NelsonKirkland, Bellevue, and Redmond house campuses of many well-known businesses such as Microsoft and Google, as well as numerous others, and within the next few years many more will be moving to the area. Read more
WERC Launches Website Portal with Exporting Tools and Resources
Posted July 19, 2016 by Becca NelsonThe Washington Export Resource Center (WERC) just launched an incredibly useful website portal to ease access to educational material and training connections for Washington State exporters. Read more
WSU and DJI Partnership for Agricultural Drone Research & Education
Posted June 28, 2016 by Becca NelsonWe love seeing clear outcomes from our International Leadership Missions, and this year was no different. Congratulations to WSU and DJI for their partnership to work on agricultural drone research. Read more
Ericsson, General Electric and others invest $9M in Seattle tech company
Posted June 27, 2016 by Becca NelsonSeattle based startup Resin.io just announced that they have received 9M in investment from Ericsson, GE Ventures, DFJ, and Aspect Ventures. Read more
Microsoft acquisition of LinkedIn
Posted June 21, 2016 by Becca NelsonMicrosoft’s announcement last Monday of their deal to acquire LinkedIn will mark their largest acquisition to date, and has many people asking if the arrangement was a good strategic choice for the company. Here are a few points that highlight some of the reasons the deal has the potential for success. Read more