TechFlash: UW President Young's legacy is startups; Cheezburger CEO's pot TV show

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UW President Michael Young builds companies — that's why Texas A&M poached him Under President Michael Young, the University of Washington has increased the number of startups that spin out of the school by commercializing professors' research. That's what Texas A and M wants him to do, too. Report: Microsoft to acquire company behind Sunrise calendar app for $100 million TechCrunch reports Microsoft is acquiring the company, which makes a popular calendar app that works across various platforms. Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh just raised $2.7M and plans to make a TV show about smoking pot Seattle humor website company Cheezburger raised a $2.74 million funding round and it knows just what to do with it. Smoke weed. This man is the reason commercialization won't stop when Michael Young leaves UW The university already has a strong leader in place to take on UW's expanded ideas for growing innovation in the school: Vikram Jandhyala. 5 qualities veteran angel investors are looking for before they back a startup Gregg Bennett and Dan Rosen have been investing in local startups for about 25 years. Here's a list of the qualities they say they're looking for in the companies they back. Seattle startup founded by Isilon vets raises $40 million, former Isilon CEO joins board Qumulo just raised a $40 million series B round, bringing its total to $67 million. Windows Server 2003 users, take note: The end is near Microsoft Corp. is warning users of its Windows Server 2003 that it will end support for the operating system in less than six months. National Tech News Why Walmart could 'crush' Amazon on distribution, and how Radio Shack could play a part Attorney suing Uber, Lyft in independent contractor case won similar fights for FedEx drivers, strippers Marrone Bio audit finds employees misled company; SEC investigating Under Armour tops $3B in revenue in 2014 Hawaii's Oceanit looking to expand to Silicon Valley Denver a top 10 destination for people relocating Groupon co-founder's new Detour app offers quirky self-guided tours around the Bay Area Startup Week's Ignite event canceled following outcry over Kveton A hop and a skip to the rest of the world: Send us your DIA photos Colorado small businesses dominate state's economy

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