It’s no secret that Seattle is going through a transformation as it becomes one of the country’s fastest-growing cities. You need only to look at how it is physically transforming before our eyes. New construction, especially with...
In downtown Seattle, at the corner of fifth and Columbia, the Seattle Municipal Tower reaches toward an expansive overcast sky. Inside there’s the Office of Housing, Seattle City Light and Human Services. Then, on floor 57, is the Office of...
One word that that tends to rise to the surface in conversation about Seattle is “authenticity.” In exploring the city’s creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, The Drum’s documentary in its Creative Cities Seattle feature,...
The words ‘tech startup’ are most commonly associated with Silicon Valley, but hyper-competitiveness and spiraling costs have led some prospective leaders in the digital marketing space to look farther afield.
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Seattle is one of those cities that’s difficult to pin down. It’s wildly independent but also home to some of the biggest names in business, including the behemoths Microsoft, Starbucks and Amazon. The people who are molding the...
Tucked away in the upper left corner of the United States sits a region that, to this day, still retains a level of mystique. The Pacific Northwest (or Cascadia as the locals are prone to calling it from time to time), with its verdant, mossy...
Earlier this year, Starbucks co-founder Zev Siegl sat down with The Drum to discuss how the brand has evolved from a single coffee bar in Seattle – and why it was the perfect place to start one of the world’s biggest brands.
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One of Seattle’s earliest businesses was equipping 1880s miners headed up to the Klondike. Looking at the record number of construction cranes dotting downtown Seattle today, it’s clear the gold rush is on again – but now, people...