The eleven companies in this year’s Techstars Seattle class are headed into the home stretch here at Startup Hall. Demo Day is just five weeks away — on October 27 — and we’re all feeling the heat. Early reviews from investors and mentors suggest that this year’s class is Seattle’s strongest ever, which only adds to the continue…

I was on a call with a pair of entrepreneurs last week and said something that seemed obvious to me, but was clearly news to them: “It’s not enough to have a market with strong volume, it needs to also have a big enough surplus.” This team was trying to sell me on a market continue…