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Blake Irving

Inside GoDaddy’s rapidly growing Seattle-area engineering office, with CEO Blake Irving

KIRKLAND, Wash. — GoDaddy might not get as much attention as the Facebooks and Googles of the world, but the… Read More

Tinder for startup ideas: GoDaddy’s ‘Flare’ gives entrepreneurs feedback on concepts with a swipe

Swipe right if you’re interested, left to dismiss, and tap if you want to learn more. That recipe for landing… Read More

GoDaddy CEO helps produce ‘CODE,’ a documentary about the gender gap

The gap between men and women in tech is a touchy subject that’s been around for a bit. A new… Read More

GoDaddy files for $100 million IPO, founder Bob Parsons resigns as chairman

Domain giant GoDaddy filed for its initial public offering this afternoon, seeking to raise at least $100 million and providing new… Read More

GoDaddy prepping for IPO

GoDaddy is currently in talks with a number of investment banks to find a backer for an initial public offering,… Read More

Danica Patrick in a muscle suit? GoDaddy’s new Super Bowl ad breaks with tradition

There’s plenty of skin in GoDaddy’s upcoming Super Bowl campaign, but not in the way you’d expect. The company this… Read More

GoDaddy’s 2014 Super Bowl ads will actually teach you something about the company

LAS VEGAS — Nearly every Super Bowl since 2005 has featured a controversial commercial from GoDaddy that involved risque topics… Read More

GoDaddy opens Seattle-area engineering office, already planning to expand

The views are pretty sweet from GoDaddy’s new office at Kirkland’s Carillon Point, but CEO Blake Irving knows that the… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: The future of shopping, startups, venture capital, video games and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show, we revisit last month’s GeekWire Summit technology conference, with highlights from four of… Read More

Relive the GeekWire Summit with photos, Twitter reaction

From a fantastic talk with Rich Barton and Bill Gurley to a former Amazon exec comparing shopping to sex, the… Read More

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

One of the recurring topics at Thursday’s GeekWire Summit was the big challenge that Microsoft, especially Chairman Bill Gates, has… Read More

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

GoDaddy is bringing in $1.4 billion in revenue this year and has more than 12 million paying customers, but the online… Read More

GoDaddy inks lease for Seattle-area engineering outpost at Carillon Point

GoDaddy has found its beachhead in the Seattle region, literally. The company just signed a lease for a new engineering… Read More

Blake Irving wants GoDaddy to grow up, and keep its edge

It’s hard not to notice: New GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving looks a lot like that dude in the company’s logo… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Blake Irving named Go Daddy CEO

Web hosting and domain name registration giant Go Daddy has named former Microsoft and Yahoo executive Blake Irving as CEO… Read More

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