Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 23, 2016.
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‘Failure and innovation are inseparable twins’: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offers 7 leadership principles
You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you. … Read More
Where does Jeff Bezos foresee putting space colonists? Inside O’Neill cylinders
SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars. … Read More
Seattle bumps Boston as the most expensive U.S. housing market that’s not in California
The battle for most expensive housing market outside of California has been a neck-and-neck affair for the past several months between Seattle and Boston. … Read More
Is Amazon or Microsoft a better place to work? Advice for an MBA student
Competition for tech talent in the Seattle area is fierce, and Amazon and Microsoft are the heavyweights in this fight. … Read More
Magic Leap opens Seattle office as new details emerge about its secretive ‘N+1’ research teams
Closely-watched augmented reality company Magic Leap of Plantation, Fla., has opened a new office in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood, south of downtown, as a larger dispute between the company and two of its former executives provides new clues about what may be happening inside. … Read More
Best takeaway from bizarre Seahawks tie: Pete Carroll is the boss everyone wishes they had
Embed from Getty Images If you’re still emotionally drained from Sunday night’s grueling 6-6 contest between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals, find the energy to at least take stock of how the opposing coaches reacted to the tie. … Read More
Why former Microsoft execs Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen are spending $525K on a state Supreme Court race
Something rare and historic is happening to Washington state’s Supreme Court. … Read More
Ruff day at the office: Amazon dogs dress up for Halloween, strut their stuff in costume contest
On any given day around Amazon’s South Lake Union campus in Seattle, employees’ dogs are a common sight as they sniff and do their business and point their noses toward whatever food truck is nearby. … Read More
Amazon tops 300,000 employees in latest sign of tech giant’s massive ambitions
Updated with comments from Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky. … Read More
The inside story behind Jeff Bezos’ alien cameo on ‘Star Trek Beyond’
When “Star Trek Beyond” comes out on DVD next week, you can freeze-frame on the big-name cameo appearance that zipped past so quickly in the theaters: Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ moment as an alien Starfleet official. … Read More