2011
Todd Bishop and John Cook started GeekWire in 2011, and the company is based in Seattle.
“through a variety of different twists and turns, ended up starting GeekWire in 2011, and we're based in Seattle.”
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GeekWire
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GeekWire publishes a ranking of Pacific Northwest startups called the GeekWire 200.
“We have a feature called the GeekWire 200, which is a ranking of Pacific Northwest startups.”
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Todd Bishop says the core metric of the GeekWire 200 startup ranking was originally employee growth.
“from the very beginning, our core metric was employee growth.”
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Todd Bishop argues that a startup growing with fewer people is now probably more successful, because it burns less cash and does more with its money.
“if you're growing and succeeding with fewer people, frankly, you're probably more successful, at least in terms of reducing your cash burn and doing more with your money.”
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Todd Bishop interviewed a longtime Microsoft journalist on the GeekWire podcast about the latest AI innovations in Windows.
“I got a chance to talk with Ed Bot, who is a longtime journalist who's covered Microsoft, and we talked about the latest AI innovations in Windows.”
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GeekWire covers the Allen Institute for AI, a nonprofit based in Seattle.
“we end up covering a nonprofit in Seattle called the Allen Institute for AI”
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Todd Bishop says GeekWire's comment section stopped adding value about six or seven years before this conversation.
“about six or seven years ago, our comment section just went off the rails and it was no longer adding value”
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Todd Bishop says GeekWire has discussed restoring reader comments through Bluesky's open protocol and might still do so.
“We've talked about bringing Blue Sky comments back in using their open protocol, and that's something we might still consider.”
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