The second annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of local software startups and tech entrepreneurs, took place in Seattle last night. Jonathan Sposato, the former CEO of Picnik (recently acquired by Google) gave the keynote talk. The award winners were Glenn Kelman of Redfin (best entrepreneur blog), Eric Koester from Cooley (best service provider to startups), Greg Gottesman of Madrona Venture Group (best venture capitalist), Rich Barton of Zillow (best startup CEO), Redfin (best startup), Jenny Lam of Jackson Fish Market (best startup designer), Ignite Seattle (best event for startups), Andy Liu (best angel investor), TisBest (best nonprofit startup), Scott Porad from Cheezburger Network (best startup technologist), and Bonanzle (best bootstrapped startup). Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.
Author: Gregory T. Huang
Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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