I posted Scott Galloway's keynote from the Recode conference a while back: https://tildes.net/~tech/6l8/scott_galloways_presentation_from_monday_at_recodes_code_commerce_conference In it, he...
In it, he expresses a pretty confident prediction that Washington DC (which Crystal City is just outside of) has always been their intention to select for HQ2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HyiY_m_YxI&t=542
Yeah, the betting markets had it at more than a 2/3s chance that it was somewhere in the D.C. metro area, with this rumored site leading the way, followed by one in D.C. proper and then buried...
Yeah, the betting markets had it at more than a 2/3s chance that it was somewhere in the D.C. metro area, with this rumored site leading the way, followed by one in D.C. proper and then buried down the list was a Maryland site as well.
Today, the WSJ is reporting that the plan is actually to split "HQ2" between two different cities: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-plans-to-split-hq2-evenly-between-two-cities-1541446552
I posted Scott Galloway's keynote from the Recode conference a while back: https://tildes.net/~tech/6l8/scott_galloways_presentation_from_monday_at_recodes_code_commerce_conference
In it, he expresses a pretty confident prediction that Washington DC (which Crystal City is just outside of) has always been their intention to select for HQ2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HyiY_m_YxI&t=542
Yeah, the betting markets had it at more than a 2/3s chance that it was somewhere in the D.C. metro area, with this rumored site leading the way, followed by one in D.C. proper and then buried down the list was a Maryland site as well.
Today, the WSJ is reporting that the plan is actually to split "HQ2" between two different cities: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-plans-to-split-hq2-evenly-between-two-cities-1541446552
West Virginia ought to offer to change its name to East Amazonia -- that surely would cinch the deal.