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2025 Investment Outlook Panel – Investing In the age of Gen AI

Join us in-person for a lively panel discussion with Seattle’s most prominent financiers as we reflect on the dynamic changes… Read More

Microsoft’s resurgence: Reflecting on Satya Nadella’s leadership, a decade after he became CEO

When I met Satya Nadella in 1992, we were both engineers at Microsoft, and I never would have guessed we’d… Read More

Leadership lessons: Impinj CEO Chris Diorio on how to motivate and inspire employees

When Chris Diorio accepted CEO of the Year honors at the GeekWire Awards in May, the longtime Impinj chief shared… Read More

Alice Jolla to take over as Microsoft’s chief accounting officer following Frank Brod’s retirement

Microsoft corporate controller Alice Jolla will take over as chief accounting officer following the retirement of Frank Brod. Microsoft announced… Read More

Axon adds Seattle business leader Adriane Brown to board of directors

Seattle venture capital investor and business leader Adriane Brown last week joined the board of directors for Axon, a company… Read More

Zillow, Icertis, Axiom CEOs share advice on culture and adapting to remote work in the COVID-19 era

It’s not easy leading a company through the COVID-19 crisis as the global pandemic changes how businesses operate and how… Read More

Remote reckoning: Tech companies face tough trade-offs as WFH becomes permanent reality

Fifty percent of Facebook’s workforce could permanently shift to remote work in the next 5-10 years, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Women in Cloud Summit; tech’s influence on democracy; and more

— Women can get left behind or overlooked for their abilities to contribute to evolving technologies such as cloud computing.… Read More

Dave Limp, Jay Carney and Jeff Bezos at Amazon Spheres

Amazon expands Bezos’ elite ‘S-team,’ adding 6 execs from emerging branches of the company

Amazon’s executive suite, nicknamed the “S-team,” is adding six new members as the company doubles down on emerging fields such… Read More

Women leaders from tech and sports share advice for success in the workplace

Whether it’s on the soccer field or inside an office, women can face unique challenges when trying to navigate their… Read More

Microsoft veterans lead nearly 25% of Seattle region’s top tech startups, GeekWire analysis shows

It all started with a tweet. Investor Kirby Winfield felt like Microsoft was far more important to the startup scene… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Politics and big tech, history of filmmaking, and a blockchain conference

The massive power of technology companies has been a hot topic among politicians. The most recent example was Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s… Read More

3 leadership lessons from Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO Chad Robins

As the CEO of Adaptive Biotechnologies, Chad Robins has shown a knack for turning really good ideas into a viable… Read More

It’s time for Facebook to take a page from Uber’s playbook

Commentary: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his annual personal challenge Tuesday, this time pledging to hold a series of public… Read More

Amazon exec explains the meaning of company’s newest leadership principle and how to avoid ‘Day 2’

Building a successful company is hard enough. Being able to avoid becoming a large bureaucratic organization that stops innovating in… Read More

The Playbook: Lessons in tech, business, sports and life from Adrian and Nick Hanauer

They grew up together, worked at the same family business as teenagers, and have both become household names in the… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Travel to space with an astronaut; Tech and music in Pioneer Square; and more

Compete in a year-long televised contest. Beat out 36,000 candidates. Complete rigorous cosmonaut training in Russia. Then — travel through… Read More

Tennis legend Billie Jean King on the 3 common traits that lead to greatness

PALM DESERT, Calif.— Tennis legend Billie Jean King — who blazed a trail for equality and ushered in a new… Read More

Dara Khosrowshahi

New Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on leadership, fostering innovation and navigating crisis

During his 12-year tenure as the public face of Expedia, Dara Khosrowshahi has been vocal about what makes for great leadership,… Read More

Meet Uber’s choice for CEO: Expedia chief brings ‘internal calm’ and experience with big personalities

The news that Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been selected to take over as Uber CEO came as a surprise… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Carbon Black, Galvanize CEO shifts to new role, and more

Fresh off of stints as an executive for Microsoft and Dropbox, Thomas Hansen is joining cyber security firm Carbon Black.… Read More

Leadership lessons from Pete Carroll: Develop a personal philosophy, and preach it to your team

Pete Carroll just can’t help himself: He can’t stop coaching, no matter the environment. That was the case even when… Read More

Where these 10 tech managers get their best ideas

Inspiration can strike at unexpected times but in the working world, we don’t always have the luxury of waiting around… Read More

The 4 traits that make Amazon’s Jeff Bezos such an unusual tech leader, according to AWS CEO Andy Jassy

Before Andy Jassy rose through the ranks of Amazon.com to lead the company’s powerful AWS cloud computing unit, the executive… Read More

14 busy tech leaders share their tips for managing everyday work and life

With the New Year approaching, you’re probably thinking about what you can improve on in 2017. If your resolution is… Read More

Working Geek: How these 13 tech execs run their meetings

Meetings get a bad rap. They’re time-consuming, labor-intensive, and they can easily get off-topic. But it’s difficult to run a… Read More

Diversity, dissent and disruption: 5 leadership lessons from Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff

Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff started his own podcast earlier this year dubbed “Office Hours,” in part so the 41-year-old… Read More

Young entrepreneurs share advice and success stories at Millennial Weekend Seattle

As three Millennial entrepreneurs discussed financial challenges and lessons learned from their own successful careers, a common theme emerged: Invest… Read More

Twilio CEO ditched PowerPoint for long-form memos, thanks to lessons learned from Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s PowerPoint hate rubbed off on Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson. As one of the first product managers at Amazon Web… Read More

Do introverts make better CEOs? Study suggests leaders like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg see stronger returns

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” You don’t have to look much farther than the legacies of… Read More

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