Co-CEOs? After Salesforce shakeup, startup duos explain how they make the model work

For more than a decade, Todd Schwartz and Evan Richman (above) have been sitting directly across from each other in the same office as co-chief executives of SkyKick. 

• Their decision was a rare bet on a co-CEO model. A recent leadership shakeup at Salesforce put the unusual approach to company leadership in the spotlight. We spoke to three Seattle startups that adopted a co-CEO model to get a sense of how it formed, the challenges, and the advice they’d give to others looking into the model. Read the story. 

Amazon has quietly updated its Kindle Scribe product page with a glimmer of hope for anyone disappointed by some of the device’s initial shortcomings.

• A new paragraph on the product page says a future software update will add more writing tools, including additional brush types, copy/paste functionality, and new options for organizing notebooks. Read our initial review of the device. 

“Our games teach that diversity is a strength.”

• That’s Cynthia Williams, the former Xbox and Amazon leader who became president of Wizards of the Coast less than a year ago. She spoke with GeekWire about how diversity plays a key role in the company’s overall business strategy. Read more.