John Battelle on Twitter: "Despite all the hype around Amazon's "HQ2," I've yet to see a reason why any company needs two HQs? This feels like spin to me."

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1. Scott Moore‏ @scottm00re 8 Sep 2017
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  They are negotiating John. HQ2 sounds sexier than major product dev center and will yield better concessions from cities
  
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1. Ryan Nadeau‏ @dealership 8 Sep 2017
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  1st step of relocating main HQ? Seattle is expensive. Moving = huge savings/more profit. Would require multiple steps...3-5 yrs to complete.
  
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1. Tirthak Saha‏ @TirthakSaha 8 Sep 2017
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  Uh I thought it's obvious? It's for the sequel...duh.
  
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1. Narendra‏Verified account @narendra 8 Sep 2017
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  redundancy!
  
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1. Hagen Wenzek‏ @HagenWenzek 8 Sep 2017
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  “If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”
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1. Robert Stephens‏Verified account @rstephens 8 Sep 2017
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  Same for co-CEOs
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