Meet journalist Taylor Soper, GeekWire’s new staff reporter

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For the last couple months, John Cook and I have had the pleasure of getting to know Taylor Soper as he has become a key member of the GeekWire team, bringing new energy to our coverage of the Seattle tech world and beyond. He’s already written more than 130 posts for GeekWire on a wide… Read More…

GeekWire Month #1: Hanging with Lesley Stahl and getting the word out

We survived our grilling by Lesley Stahl.

Growing up in the Cook household, Sunday night meant two things: Coccia House pizza and “60 Minutes.” So, you can imagine my excitement as Todd Bishop and I sat in a luxury suite at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel fielding questions from Lesley Stahl, the legendary correspondent for the CBS news magazine. How did a couple… Read More…

GeekWire Week #2: It’s all about the content

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Some people might say I was snooping. I think I was just doing old-fashioned journalism. There I was poking around the Washington Shoe Building in Pioneer Square, checking out a tip that fast-growing social gaming company Zynga was establishing an office there. For reporters like us, there’s no feeling like chasing down a story and… Read More…

GeekWire Week #1: Ups, downs and (nearly) everything in between

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Our entrepreneurial adventure started six days ago in a brick building in Pioneer Square.  It was an appropriate setting to kick off GeekWire, since hundreds (if not thousands) of startup companies have launched their new businesses from this historic Seattle neighborhood. But this time, it was different. We were taking the plunge. We’ve decided to… Read More…