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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by haxton on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @06:01PM (#13991019)
I think it's moreso the fact that nothing 'new' has really come out of Seattle.

Kind of hard to build hype if your two main talking points are 20+ and 40+ year old companies.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by larrykubin on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @06:30PM (#13991232)
I bought my house through Redfin and I think Twilio and Box originally started in Seattle.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by timothycrosley on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @06:07PM (#13991077)
Well that's def not true: Tableau, Rover, OfferUp, and countless more http://www.geekwire.com/startup-list/ and that's with only 2.61% of venture investment.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by wtf_is_up on Thursday March 30, 2017 @12:15AM (#13992842)
Literally who
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by timothycrosley on Friday March 31, 2017 @01:31PM (#14006042)
Username checks out
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