mike | Shared With: Everyone - 23 days ago | seattle, startups, vc
Local venture firm - Rob Shurtleff, Kevin Ober, Pradeep Singh, and Kevin Ober.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - 23 days ago | journalism, startups, seattle
I'm working on a new site, PagesLike.com, that Roy and I started at last year's Gonzo Camp.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - 26 days ago | seattle, police, shooting, Maurice Clemmons
Just catching up on the news that Maurice Clemmons was shot on Dec 1st. Was Maurice setting a trap to kill the first responder to a reported stolen vehicle. That seems plausible, but why then did he approach the police car with his gun in his pants, instead of drawn and ready to fire?
I can't imagine the stress placed on Officer Benjamin Kelly in making the identification and decision to shoot Clemmons in just a matter of seconds.
Quoted: Maurice Clemmons body was probably still warm when I started getting text messages and e-mails from my friends in the Seattle/Tacoma area early Monday morning. The manhunt was over. The mainstream
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - 28 days ago | seattle, twitter, aids
Very nice article about my AIDS Day experiment yesterday (raising $9,305 to fight AIDS).
Quoted: News, profiles and commentary on Seattle technology startups, Microsoft, Amazon.com, gadgets, PCs, software, venture capital and Internet services.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 27 2009 | 520, seattle, highway, project
click to playThis is what 520 will look like when the new floating bridge project is completed.
Quoted: This simulation shows the planned improvements of the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project. The Eastside project will rebuild the corridor from Evergreen...
- mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 26 2009 | food, seattle, capitol hill, restaurant
trying this out
Quoted: 12 Reviews of Huiyona "The Second Visit: I had such a great experience the first time that I thought I'd take some friends for a second round of goodness. Not to disappoint, Huiyona pulled out all the stops for a fantastic meal. The…
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 25 2009 | seattle, startups, gifts
Don't everybody all get me the same thing!
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 17 2009 | startpad, transactor, seattle, startups
I was interviewed on a podcast with Scott Wisniewski about StartPad (and Scott's Transactor backup utility for developers).
- Tosh | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 15 2009 | seattle
Damn hippies.
Quoted: Staffers for Mike McGinn, Seattle's mayor-elect, have asked the city's technology department to explore the possibility of switching the mayor's office from Windows PCs to Macs to let them stick with the technology they've been using, according to a post by Eli Sanders of the Stranger.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 11 2009 | legal, seattle
Quoted: At Imua Legal Advisors, we understand the entrepreneurial passion because every lawyer on our team shares it. We bring years of seasoned business experience as well as legal expertise to every case, so along with outstanding legal counsel, you get a valuable business perspective.
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This is a very interesting loan product from BECU and has the potential of being one of the best 1st time mortgages for buyers that qualify.
It is called the "Helper" (HLPR) loan. Basically, it's aimed at 1st time buyers buying their first home, but it should also be useful for people who have already sold their homes and are looking for another.
There are income restrictions, credit restrictions and other guidelines, but this particular HLPR product (there are several others, see BECU's site) purports to have an ARM rate that is about 1% lower than the "going" rate. Based on my experience, their fees are also lower than most of the major banks.
This type of loan is great for someone that is looking at short-term ownership of a property. I spoke with several industry pros and they all believe that BECU is probably not making any money - perhaps even losing money - on this loan, but may be using it to bring borrowers into other BECU products that may be profitable.
BECU has had a reputation of being difficult to work with in the past and very slow to respond. It seems that now, though, they've cleaned up their act. They've got 24-hour mortgage reps and a lot of the process has been stream-lined and placed online. This loan is not for everyone, though, and it may not apply to every purchase. In particular, borrowers may have difficulty obtaining loans on new or conversion condos that are not FNMA approved. I spoke with several BECU reps and their answers were all over the board about this.
More info on the site.
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