January 2017 Archives - 425 Business

Searching for Balance

Managing work and home means busy parents never clock out Photos by Rachel Coward Having kids changes everything. Many working parents are required to juggle a myriad of tasks —…

Lifestyle

Pickleball Promoter

Jim Price acquired his love for pickleball late in life, but he’s since become one of the area’s biggest advocates for the up-and-coming sport In 1995, a couple of pickleball…

Lifestyle

Peace of Mind

Fear, stigma, and discrimination have made mental illness a workplace taboo. But some local employers and business leaders are starting a dialogue around workplace mental health with the goal of…

Lifestyle

ASK: Design + Build

Sound Financial Group president Paul Adams sees similarities between building a home and building your financial portfolio If you meet with Sound Financial Group founder and president Paul Adams for…

Lifestyle

Nytec, headquartered in Kirkland with offices in China and India, is a full-service design and engineering consulting firm that provides solutions for on-demand consumer lifestyle products. Allow us to break…

Lifestyle

Start the New Year Off Right by Simplifying Investments

The new year brings with it an opportunity for a fresh start in all dimensions of our lives for those of us who choose to embrace the abundant life we…

Lifestyle

Headshots 101: How to Look Picture-Perfect

It’s no breaking news that we live in a digital age. Whether you’re networking with other professionals through email, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter, connections are made in cyberspace while we…

Startup

Better Together

As coworking spaces become increasingly popular among the startup community and companies with distributed workforces, the Eastside expands its offerings In regions dense with startups, distributed work teams, and freelancers,…

Startup, Tech

Startup Stardom

Two local startups stole the stage at Seattle Startup Week’s IBM SmartCamp competition During Seattle Startup Week, Bellevue-based Doghead Simulations and Seattle startup Prolaera participated in IBM SmartCamp, a live-pitch…

Tech

Making a World from Nothingness

At Bellevue-based ArenaNet, creating a video game world from scratch is a monumental and satisfying undertaking. Full disclosure: I’m not a gamer. But as a writer, I have an inherent…

Searching for Balance

Pickleball Promoter

Peace of Mind

ASK: Design + Build

Office Envy: Nytec

Start the New Year Off Right by Simplifying Investments

Headshots 101: How to Look Picture-Perfect

Better Together

Startup Stardom

Making a World from Nothingness