Greater Seattle Partners
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Regional Economic Development
Rebecca Lovell, Interim President & CEO of Greater Seattle Partners, welcomed a delegation from Bangladesh for an exchange of ideas and best practices to support inclusive economic growth and stronger international partnerships.
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Rebecca Lovell, Interim President & CEO of Greater Seattle Partners, welcomed a delegation from Bangladesh for an exchange of ideas and best practices to support inclusive economic growth and stronger international partnerships.
Registration is now open for the SelectUSA Seattle Spinoff, taking place April 28–May 1, 2026. This is Greater Seattle Partners’ signature business attraction event, designed for global companies exploring expansion into the U.S.
https://greater-seattle.com/selectusa-seattle-spinoff/
https://greater-seattle.com/selectusa-seattle-spinoff/
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Registration is now open for the SelectUSA Seattle Spinoff, taking place April 28–May 1, 2026. This is Greater Seattle Partners’ signature business attraction event, designed for global companies exploring expansion into the U.S.
https://greater-seattle.com/selectusa-seattle-spinoff/
https://greater-seattle.com/selectusa-seattle-spinoff/
Hear directly from the 2025 Uncommon Thinkers as they share the technologies they’re building and what those breakthroughs could mean for humanity.
https://omny.fm/shows/geekwire-podcast/uncommon-thinkers-2025-solar-spacecraft-sci-fi-biology-destroying-pfas-beyond-ai-chatbots-and-better-social-media
https://omny.fm/shows/geekwire-podcast/uncommon-thinkers-2025-solar-spacecraft-sci-fi-biology-destroying-pfas-beyond-ai-chatbots-and-better-social-media
Uncommon Thinkers 2025: Solar spacecraft, sci-fi biology, destroying PFAS, beyond AI chatbots, and better social media - GeekWire
On this special episode of the GeekWire Podcast, recorded backstage at the GeekWire Gala at the Showbox Sodo, we sit down with five of the inventors, scientists, and entrepreneurs selected as the Seattle region's 2025 Uncommon Thinkers, in partnership with Greater Seattle Partners.
Jeff Thornburg spent years building rocket engines for Elon Musk at SpaceX and Paul Allen at Stratolaunch. Now, as CEO of Portal Space Systems, he's moved past chemical rockets to revive a concept NASA studied decades ago but never pursued — a spacecraft powered by focused sunlight. He calls it a "steam engine...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hear directly from the 2025 Uncommon Thinkers as they share the technologies they’re building and what those breakthroughs could mean for humanity.
https://omny.fm/shows/geekwire-podcast/uncommon-thinkers-2025-solar-spacecraft-sci-fi-biology-destroying-pfas-beyond-ai-chatbots-and-better-social-media
https://omny.fm/shows/geekwire-podcast/uncommon-thinkers-2025-solar-spacecraft-sci-fi-biology-destroying-pfas-beyond-ai-chatbots-and-better-social-media
Congratulations to Jay Graber, CEO of Bluesky Social on being recognized as one of 2025’s Uncommon Thinkers!
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-planting-the-seeds-for-a-decentralized-digital-world/
#UncommonThinkersWelcome
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-planting-the-seeds-for-a-decentralized-digital-world/
#UncommonThinkersWelcome
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Congratulations to Jay Graber, CEO of Bluesky Social on being recognized as one of 2025’s Uncommon Thinkers!
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-planting-the-seeds-for-a-decentralized-digital-world/
#UncommonThinkersWelcome
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-planting-the-seeds-for-a-decentralized-digital-world/
#UncommonThinkersWelcome
Today we’re proud to celebrate the graduation of 15 local businesses from the Greater Seattle Export Accelerator Cohort 4! Each company presented its export business plan and strategies for entering key international markets, an exciting milestone in their global growth.
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Today we’re proud to celebrate the graduation of 15 local businesses from the Greater Seattle Export Accelerator Cohort 4! Each company presented its export business plan and strategies for entering key international markets, an exciting milestone in their global growth.
With Amazon Leo, Blue Origin, SpaceX Starlink, Boeing the demand for skilled precision manufacturing talent continues to rise across the region. https://www.geekwire.com/sponsor-post/investing-in-the-builders-of-tomorrow-amazon-leos-workforce-development-with-lake-washington-institute-of-technology/
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
With Amazon Leo, Blue Origin, SpaceX Starlink, Boeing the demand for skilled precision manufacturing talent continues to rise across the region. https://www.geekwire.com/sponsor-post/investing-in-the-builders-of-tomorrow-amazon-leos-workforce-development-with-lake-washington-institute-of-technology/
We’re pleased to kick off this year’s Uncommon Thinkers Awards with a spotlight on Dr. Anindya Roy, a scientist and founder of Lila Bio.
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-a-scientists-journey-from-rural-india-to-turning-science-fiction-into-drug-candidates/
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-a-scientists-journey-from-rural-india-to-turning-science-fiction-into-drug-candidates/
Uncommon Thinkers: A scientist’s journey from rural India to turning ‘science fiction’ into drug candidates
Before he launched a biotech startup, prior even to landing a role in a premier academic lab, Anindya Roy arrived in the U.S. with two suitcases and $2,000 in the bank.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We’re pleased to kick off this year’s Uncommon Thinkers Awards with a spotlight on Dr. Anindya Roy, a scientist and founder of Lila Bio.
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-a-scientists-journey-from-rural-india-to-turning-science-fiction-into-drug-candidates/
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-a-scientists-journey-from-rural-india-to-turning-science-fiction-into-drug-candidates/
We just launched Cohort 4 of the Greater Seattle Export Accelerator! 15 local companies are expanding into global markets.
Special thanks to Coupang for hosting and to our sponsors for empowering #SeattleExport growth.
#Trade #GlobalBusiness #GreaterSeattle
Special thanks to Coupang for hosting and to our sponsors for empowering #SeattleExport growth.
#Trade #GlobalBusiness #GreaterSeattle
October 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We just launched Cohort 4 of the Greater Seattle Export Accelerator! 15 local companies are expanding into global markets.
Special thanks to Coupang for hosting and to our sponsors for empowering #SeattleExport growth.
#Trade #GlobalBusiness #GreaterSeattle
Special thanks to Coupang for hosting and to our sponsors for empowering #SeattleExport growth.
#Trade #GlobalBusiness #GreaterSeattle
This month we tracked the Top 10 #AI startups in Greater Seattle that secured the most investment. See who’s leading the way: https://greater-seattle.com/2025/09/18/ai-startups-funding-2025/
Top investors fueling innovation include Madrona, Ascend, Pioneer Square Labs, AI2 Incubator, and more.
Top investors fueling innovation include Madrona, Ascend, Pioneer Square Labs, AI2 Incubator, and more.
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This month we tracked the Top 10 #AI startups in Greater Seattle that secured the most investment. See who’s leading the way: https://greater-seattle.com/2025/09/18/ai-startups-funding-2025/
Top investors fueling innovation include Madrona, Ascend, Pioneer Square Labs, AI2 Incubator, and more.
Top investors fueling innovation include Madrona, Ascend, Pioneer Square Labs, AI2 Incubator, and more.
Congratulations to Helion Energy on signing one of the region’s largest industrial leases in Everett, WA! The new 166,500 sq. ft. facility will expand production capacity.
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/09/28/helion-signs-large-industrial-lease-everett.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/09/28/helion-signs-large-industrial-lease-everett.html
VC-backed company expands footprint with one of Everett's largest industrial leases of 2025 - Puget Sound Business Journal
The company has signed one of Everett's largest industrial leases of 2025.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Congratulations to Helion Energy on signing one of the region’s largest industrial leases in Everett, WA! The new 166,500 sq. ft. facility will expand production capacity.
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/09/28/helion-signs-large-industrial-lease-everett.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/09/28/helion-signs-large-industrial-lease-everett.html
Join Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County to learn how to approach branding from a corporate perspective to ensure your brand leaves a lasting impression that drives sales.
Free virtual workshop on December 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST. www.kingsdreamconsulting.com/event-detail...
Free virtual workshop on December 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST. www.kingsdreamconsulting.com/event-detail...
December 11, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Join Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County to learn how to approach branding from a corporate perspective to ensure your brand leaves a lasting impression that drives sales.
Free virtual workshop on December 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST. www.kingsdreamconsulting.com/event-detail...
Free virtual workshop on December 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM PST. www.kingsdreamconsulting.com/event-detail...
Greater Seattle continues to lead in innovation, and Andy Lapsa is a prime example of the bold thinkers driving our region forward. As the CEO of Stoke Space, Andy is revolutionizing the space industry with a groundbreaking approach to rocket reusability. www.geekwire.com/2024/uncommo...
Uncommon Thinkers: Stoke Space CEO Andy Lapsa explores an innovative route to rocket reusability
Stoke Space CEO Andy Lapsa is following a route to total rocket reusability that's different from the path trod by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
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December 10, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Greater Seattle continues to lead in innovation, and Andy Lapsa is a prime example of the bold thinkers driving our region forward. As the CEO of Stoke Space, Andy is revolutionizing the space industry with a groundbreaking approach to rocket reusability. www.geekwire.com/2024/uncommo...
Meet Chris Dunckley, a true Uncommon Thinker at TerraPower! Under his leadership, TerraPower Isotopes is extracting the rare radioisotope actinium-225 from Cold War-era nuclear waste for potential cancer treatments. www.geekwire.com/2024/uncommo...
Uncommon Thinkers: TerraPower Isotopes’ Chris Dunckley spearheads pursuit of ultra-rare element
Chris Dunckley, a director at TerraPower Isotopes, built a suite of skills to lead a team that's producing potentially life-saving isotopes for cancer therapy.
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December 10, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Meet Chris Dunckley, a true Uncommon Thinker at TerraPower! Under his leadership, TerraPower Isotopes is extracting the rare radioisotope actinium-225 from Cold War-era nuclear waste for potential cancer treatments. www.geekwire.com/2024/uncommo...