"I definitely would take a second meeting" may be the highest praise a startup could expect from Greg Gottesman, partner at Madrona Venture Group and co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs, after a three-minute pitch. That was Gottesman's feedback for Brian Bosché and Dan Bloom of Seattle-based startup Slope during today GeekWire Startup Day pitch competition. Slope's marketing collaboration platform impressed the venture capital and angel panel enough to win the top prize. Joining Gottesman on the panel were former Microsoft executive and Andreessen Horowitz board partner Steven Sinofsky; angel investor and co-founder of BuddyTV Andy Liu, and Indix executive/angel investor Heather Redman. Three years ago, Boscé and Bloom founded Slope as a... Read More