The Seattle Startup Scene is Hot

When I travel to other cities outside my current home base of NYC, I like to see what the startup scene is like. I am in Seattle for a couple of days and from what I can tell, just like the weather Seattle has a hot startup scene. I posted an interview with TeachStreet and last night I attended a small meetup with a good local discussion as well.

Some good sites to keep up-to-date with the startup happenings in Seattle include Seattle 2.0 and Npost. Seattle has Amazon and Microsoft but also has loads of new and growing startups. I heard from a few people that companies here are “working” as opposed to the valley where it seems play comes first many times. Same line I hear from startups in NYC.

There are a good number of startup events including networking and pitch-type events. The community seems very tight as well – something I wish was stronger in NYC. Apparently the weather is a big selling point for Seattle although this week it’s been much more like Atlanta than Seattle.

Seattle 2.0 has a good startup directory and some of the startups we’ve covered include Wetpaint, Zillow, 43 Things, Redfin, Pixsy, Earth Class Mail and that new cheeseburger site.

I look forward to returning to Seattle and spending more time learning about the startup environment here.