GeekWire Summit 2013

Zillow’s Rich Barton on building big companies: It takes a little bit of ‘craziness’ (full video)

by John Cook on September 13, 2013September 30, 2014 at 12:14 pm1 Comment

Rich Barton has helped build some of Seattle’s biggest tech brands, including Expedia (market value $7.6 billion) and Zillow (market value of $3.6 billion). So, what does it take to grow… Read More

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Photos: GeekWire Summit 2013

by Taylor Soper on September 13, 2013April 10, 2017 at 9:40 amComment

The 2013 GeekWire Summit was no doubt action-packed, whether it was hearing industry vets talk about Microsoft’s next CEO or watching high school students describe their awesome inventions. It was great… Read More

Relive the GeekWire Summit with photos, Twitter reaction

by Taylor Soper on September 13, 2013April 10, 2017 at 7:46 am1 Comment

From a fantastic talk with Rich Barton and Bill Gurley to a former Amazon exec comparing shopping to sex, the 2013 GeekWire Summit was one to remember. Thanks to the… Read More

A challenge for Bill Gates: Former Microsoft execs sound off on ‘tough gig’ for next CEO

by John Cook on September 13, 2013September 30, 2014 at 12:08 pm 3 Comments

One of the recurring topics at Thursday’s GeekWire Summit was the big challenge that Microsoft, especially Chairman Bill Gates, has in trying to find a new CEO. None of the… Read More

GoDaddy CEO: ‘Our outcome would be very good if we went public today’

by Taylor Soper on September 12, 2013September 30, 2014 at 12:07 pm 3 Comments

GoDaddy is bringing in $1.4 billion in revenue this year and has more than 12 million paying customers, but the online services company led by former Yahoo and Microsoft executive Blake… Read More

Rich Barton and Bill Gurley agree: Jeff Bezos is the most respected CEO by people in Silicon Valley

by Taylor Soper on September 12, 2013September 30, 2014 at 12:07 pm 10 Comments

For every successful company out there, there is a plethora of highly-talented CEOs running great companies. But there is one person in particular that rises above the crop: Amazon founder… Read More

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Are brick and mortar stores going away? Not if people are still having sex

by Taylor Soper on September 12, 2013April 21, 2018 at 8:53 am 3 Comments

More and more people are shopping online, and that’s not good news for brick-and-mortar retail stores. In response to that movement, many think that physical stores will be extinct in the… Read More

HBO content isn’t coming to non-cable subscribers anytime soon

by Taylor Soper on September 12, 2013September 30, 2014 at 12:02 pm 7 Comments

It doesn’t look like you can watch HBO without a cable subscription anytime soon. HBO CTO Otto Berkes, our first speaker at today’s GeekWire Summit was asked about offering HBO content… Read More

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Photos: GeekWire Summit pre-party at Zillow

by Taylor Soper on September 12, 2013April 10, 2017 at 7:46 am 4 Comments

Before we kicked off today’s big GeekWire Summit, we welcomed some of our attendees at a fun pre-Summit networking reception at Zillow’s headquarters in downtown Seattle Wednesday evening. It was fun… Read More