Parents Are Lining Up to Pay $100 for Tin Can’s Screenless, App-Free “Landline”
I grew up hogging our home phone line, talking for hours with my best friend despite having just spent an entire school day together. Lying in bed, my plastic green handset against my ear, she and I caught up on what happened during the 20 minutes we spent apart on the bus ride home. We’d […]
Tin Can has Reinvented the House Phone for Today’s Families
One hot new phone of 2025 has no screen, can’t send a text, and needs to be plugged into the wall. But to buyers of the Tin Can, that’s a definite plus. The Tin Can, from a Seattle startup of the same name, grew out of conversations cofounder and CEO Chet Kittleson had with fellow parents about the challenges of […]
Retail returns business BuyWander raises $2M and plans warehouse near Seattle
BuyWander, the Spokane, Wash.-based startup that aims to turn truckloads of retail returns into fresh deals for shoppers, raised $2 million in seed funding to support expansion to the Seattle area. The company plans to open a 30,000-square-foot warehouse space at 18726 East Valley Highway in Kent, Wash., not far from IKEA and Southcenter Mall, […]