T-Mobile USA (Deutsche Telekom AG & CO parent co/NYSE: DT) is a Bellevue, WA, is the fastest growing nationwide national carrier, providing voice, messaging and high-speed wireless data services to more than 20 million customers across the US.

Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) began as a group of 23 mountain climbing buddies and has grown to the nation’s largest consumer cooperative with 3 million active members, $1+ Billion in sales, debt-free, and 9000+ employees. REI’s nationwide footprint includes approximately 100 retail locations to support the outdoor enthusiast on the trails, slopes and waterways with high quality gear and clothing.

Blue Nile (NASDAQ: NILE) was founded in 1999, currently has 200 employees and on track to do $350M in revenues. They have become the largest online retailer of diamonds and fine jewelry by delivering the ultimate customer experience, providing consumers with a superior way to buy engagement rings, wedding rings and fine jewelry.

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a Seattle-based, world’s #1 specialty coffee retailer, a top Consumer brand, and #11 on Fortune’s Top 100 companies to work for and operates and licenses more than 10,000 coffee shops in 30 countries.

RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) is a Seattle based, major player in digital media players and consumer content. Two of our Partners worked in-house for a total of 8+ years taking them from an 80 person, venture-backed startup to 1300+ employees and IPO.  After leaving, they co-founded the RealNetworks Alumni Organization.

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a Seattle based, top e-commerce company that helped define and set the standard for online merchandising. Products today include millions of books, CDs, DVDs, Videos, Toys, Tools, Electronics, Home Furnishings, Apparel, Health & Beauty Goods, Prescription Drugs and 3rd party e-commerce hosting and integration for other major retailers.

Disney Disney Walt Disney Internet Group engages in the development, publishing, and distribution of content for online services in various fields, such as sports, news, family, and entertainment. Its Internet Web sites and products include ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, ESPN.com, and Enhanced TV. The company has operations in Seattle, New York, Orlando, Tokyo, Budapest, Munich, and London. Walt Disney is headquartered in Hollywood, California. Walt Disney Internet Group operates as a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co.

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The Cheezburger Network is a group of more than 50 humor sites and is the largest humor destination on the web. Founded in 2007, a profitable startup company, with more than 16 million monthly unique users, they are mainstreaming Internet culture.

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Jones Soda (NASDAQ: JSDA) is a Seattle headquartered leader in the premium soda category. Jones is known for its innovative labeling technique that incorporates always-changing photos sent in from its customers. Jones Soda is nationally distributed and sold through traditional beverage retailers and everywhere you'd never expect to find a soda with approximately $45 million in revenues.

Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) owns and operates 12,000+ coin-counting machines and 171,000 entertainment services (skill crane and bulk vending) machines and can be found in top supermarkets (Kroger and Albertson’s) and retail locations. The mission is to become the world’s premier provider of business solutions for the retailer’s front end, offering a network of consumer products that are convenient, reliable, safe and fun.

Washington Mutual, Inc. is a savings bank holding company which was the United States' largest savings and loan association.

Molbak’s is a world-class, independent Garden Company with a strong regional following and an international reputation. Located just outside of Seattle, this 200 employee company operates a 10-acre retail garden center, a 40-acre plant production farm, and a small wholesale and custom services business. As a retail destination, the company offers a broad selection of products and services for the home and garden, including: trees, shrubs, plants, garden care items, garden accessories, containers, statuary, everlasting flowers, furniture, home accents and décor, personal care and paper products, holiday items, and gifts.

The Seattle Times is the largest media company in the Northwest and has a reach and impact read daily by millions.

Cold Heat is a Seattle area, venture backed startup with patented and innovative material science that can be applied to variety of hardware products targeted at both consumer and industrial applications. We were engaged to find a CEO who could help take a very engineering/R&D driven company to market launch. The task was to help focus the business model, raise VC funding, and roll out the go-to-market strategy. Company product unit sales went from zero to 3 million units sold in the last 2 years. Early stage funding by Acorn Ventures and angel investors.

WellMed (acquired by WebMD) based in Portland, OR, provides an online health management tools and resources that help consumers take a more active role in maintaining and improving their health. Funding by Acadia Venture Partners and Prism Venture Partners.

Safeco (NYSE: SAF) is a Seattle, WA based Fortune 500 company as an Insurance leader in Property & Casualty products:

Intava is a dynamic, profitable, 25 employee supplier of interactive retail systems and other technology solutions for the mobile and apparel industries. Intava currently builds, deploys, and manages custom touch screen installations for national retailers. Intava’s solutions create new revenue opportunities for their clients by offering unique in-store experiences for their customers. For more company and product information.

Jott is a Seattle-based, venture-backed startup founded by former Microsoft and Expedia executives that is providing innovative mobile services to consumers that help simplify their busy lives by helping people remember and communicate actions. Their product uses existing cell phone and web technologies that addresses a market of over 500 million people worldwide. Series A funding by Bain Capital and angel investors include the Founder of Skype and Joost, seed stage backers of Hotmail and Overture and a top NW media operator.

Passage Events is a Seattle based, venture based startup is a national leader delivering scalable, high-touch event marketing that fuels their client's brand building and customer activation goals. Funding by Fluke Ventures.

Pure Networks is a Seattle Based, venture backed startup providing Consumer home networking software which dramatically simplifies home networking, eliminating configuration and troubleshooting headaches, optimizing network performance and creating a platform for a wealth of new applications and services. Funding by Mayfield, Ignition Partners and Intel Digital Home Fund.

Yapta is a Seattle based, venture backed startup focused on helping Consumers secure the best airfare deals on the web for travel and serve as a single place to keep all of your trips online. Company is led by former VP of Marketing from Alaska Airlines and has attracted some top funding.