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T-Shirt Code

Old startup and company T-shirts have a big cachet in Silicon Valley.READ»

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Report From The Future (6)

Work hard and eat harder.READ»

Momentum Growth Conference: Help Me Pick The Next Facebook.

In case you haven’t noticed it’s startup fever back in the Bay Area/ Silicon Valley; my trusted sources tell me that they’re partying like it’s 1999 out there. Do you blame them? Many of the hottest young companies leading ...READ»

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Silicon Valley: Arrington’s Twisted View

Yes we all know it is true, when we think "Start Up" we think Silicon Valley. There is no argument there. Here at East Coast Blogging, we often wade in and ponder this what's and why's that make the valley such a special ...READ»

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Is Your Company a Meritocracy?

Is your high tech company a true "meritocracy"? A meritocracy is defined as a system where ability and achievement is the basis for advancement, rather than connections, status, or power. Most high-tech companies pride themselves on ...READ»

In Today's Papers

For the clip file: All in the Timing: Classical Concerts Don't Have to Start at 8 An Entrepreneur Has Quixotic Goal of Wiring Rwanda Big-Box Politics: Wal-Mart Takes the Fight to Its Critics (registration may be required) Buffalo ...READ»

Life Behind the Silicon Curtain

These soldiers of the new economy offer a snapshot of day-to-day life in the Valley.READ»

Kenan Samms

The Elephant in the Room: Money

I've been known before to throw a grenade into the middle of a room I think is dreaming. So it was no surprise to me that I opened my mouth to make a comment at this morning's  AlwaysOn panel on the two-year forecast for IPOs and ...READ»

Back to the Garage

Silicon Valley optimists say that now is a great time to start a new business. Everything's cheap, there's surplus talent, and as the veterans will tell you, ?The tourists have all gone home.?READ»

Is Silicon Valley Back?

Caution: This post contains no actual facts. But so far this week I've had at least four well-placed people tell me--with an uncharacteristic quiver of excitement in their voices--that Silicon Valley is back. Not on its way back. ...READ»

Silicon Valley Gets Potomac Fever

Doerr. Barksdale. Cook. Andreessen. Polese. Minor. They've changed business forever. Now they've set their sights on Washington.READ»

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To Sell or Not to Sell: Silicon Valley Acquisitions Market Heats Up

That is the question in Silicon Valley as the acquisitions market heats up. And with it, another head scratcher: Are acquisitions good for anyone?READ»

Life/Work - Issue 34

"What happens next is that people -- especially women -- burn out and end up leaving."READ»

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Silicon Valley's Best Bites

Everyone in high tech wants to eat Oracle's lunch. With a menu that includes spring-ginger-seared ahi tuna and caviar napoleans, it's no wonder.READ»

Blame Google

Gary Rivlin has a great piece on the front page of today's NY Times, the premise of which is that Google is becoming as much of an establishment company in Silicon Valley as Microsoft has been since the 1980s. "...[M]any in Silicon ...READ»

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How About a Hot Idea With Your Dinner?

Meeting I Never MissREAD»

Offshoring Creativity

Never mind the call centers. Look at the high-tech firms and markets in China and India, and worry about the emigration of innovation.READ»

Silicon Valley's Worst-Kept Secret

An independent documentary exposes the new economy's dirtiest little secrets: the displacement of minority communities and the mistreatment of temporary employees working to build a valley they cannot afford.READ»

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What does it mean to be “underrepresented” in technology? by Caroline Simard

Last week, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology released a report on underrepresented minorities in the high-tech industry. In the report, I present the results of our survey of seven high-tech companies in Silicon ...READ»

Mogul Manuals

Michael Moritz has practically written the book on high-tech investment. Now he shares his all-time favorite great books with Fast Company.READ»

Kenan Samms

Doc Searls, The Cluetrain Manifesto, and the Call of the Wild Customer

Actually, today I am in Silicon Valley. I'm at The Conversation Group's celebration of the tenth anniversary of "The Cluetrain Manifesto," and Doc Searls, one of the authors of the original manifesto is here to lead a ...READ»

Web Traffic

USA Today reports that in the thick of the economic downturn -- which has hit Silicon Valley as hard as anywhere -- remaining dotcom employees in Northern California face an unexpected upside: less-intense traffic for ...READ»

Kenan Samms

What Is Undermining USA Job Creation?

What key factors are undermining job creation in the USA? What must be done to turn this situation around?READ»

He's a Model Citizen for the 21st Century

Silicon Valley's Tom Hayes is a man with a plan -- to create charities as smart and agile as their counterparts in business.READ»

Learning and Change - Catherine Muther

"Why shouldn't the Internet have as much impact on how we think about philanthropy as it has had on how we think about commerce?"READ»