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When Techstars suddenly pulled up stakes from Seattle earlier this year, Ron Wiener saw an opportunity to help fill a void.
Wiener is the leader of Venture Mechanics, a unique company that is running a new incubator/accelerator program and organizing and hosting events that include casual social gatherings, informational sessions and startup pitches. It’s creating some of...

Video game fans will be able to step inside the worlds of Super Mario and Donkey Kong in a new “Super Nintendo World” theme park experience opening in Orlando, Fla., next year.
The Nintendo experience is part of the planned Universal Epic Universe — the fourth theme park at Universal Orlando Resort. Details revealed Thursday included a splashy video and artist renderings of what to expect....

Mason, a Seattle startup that offers a turney hardware-software platform for companies managing device fleets, hired Webb Stevens as its new CEO and John Thimsen as its new CTO.
Stevens is the former COO at Docker and previously held exec roles at Carta, Qualtrics, and Avalara. He replaces current CEO Nancy Xiao, who will become president....

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program.
CDL launched its Seattle hub in 2021. The 9-month accelerator, based at the University of Washington, is unique because it does not take equity from companies and relies on funding from founding members such as the UW and Microsoft....