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Geocaching can’t hide from its popularity: The Seattle-based company has been playing a worldwide game of hide and seek for more than 20 years and will celebrate this weekend with a special event at Seattle Center. Co-founder and CEO Bryan Roth (above) says he never could have predicted the global phenomenon Geocaching has become. Read our Q&A.

New York Times investigates Seattle’s ‘$70,000 CEO’: Gravity Payments leader Dan Price gained international acclaim for championing worker rights and raising the minimum salary at his company to $70,000. But a New York Times investigation reveals numerous on-the-record allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against Price, who stepped down as CEO earlier this week. 

Rep. Derek Kilmer on entrepreneurship and innovation: The Washington state representative who chairs a committee aiming to modernize Congress spoke at a startup event in Tacoma this week. Here’s what he talked about

What were you doing as a 12-year-old? Probably not creating your own video games and showcasing them at a giant event. Meet Max Trest, an indie video game developer who will be presenting at this weekend’s Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle.  

Microsoft engineering vets land funding for new startup: Sofy, which provides developers and quality assessment professionals a no-code platform to test their mobile apps, raised $7.75 million.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. — GeekWire managing editor Taylor Soper, taylor@geekwire.com, and GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com
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