Washington State Business

"The vast majority of the work I have done inside of Intel, including Intel Capital, has been starting new businesses. It is really core of what I have done,"

The quick adoption of the consumer wiki service has now won the 20-person startup support from a Silicon Valley powerhouse.

A company town near Seattle leveraged former Boeing property to attract new residential and commercial development, and is even luring the city’s sports teams and the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.

The National Trust Main Street Center profiles community sustainability strategies from Seattle and other Washington State communities.

It plans to use the money to launch its technology for those undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, with future development slated for breast, lung, head and neck cancers.

Seattle-based Jobster will eliminate 60 jobs — 41 percent of its work force — as it shifts attention away from consulting services to focus more on its online offerings.

"Our whole strategy is don’t let the paper ever enter the enterprise," Wiener said. "We capture it at the post office, and all of those functions are performed under one roof right at the same place."

Leverage in lease negotiations is shifting from businesses that rent office space to those that own it.

It’s among the top three cash crops in 30 states, Gettman said. He said Washington is the nation’s fifth-largest producer, behind California, Tennessee, Kentucky and Hawaii.

High-technology manufacturers in the Spokane area are aggressively seeking to expand revenue through the introduction of new products and sales strategies, yet much of their focus is beyond next year.