Categories: Silicon Valley

In Memory of Rajeev Motwani

Posted by: Spencer Ante on June 08

This weekend, I was shocked to read the very sad news that Stanford computer science professor Rajeev Motwani passed away on Friday in an apparent accidental drowning at the pool…

San Fran Torch Relay

Posted by: Catherine Holahan on April 10

Hi Everyone, Rachel King was at the Torch Relay in San Francisco. Here’s her guest blog: When I was 14, I had the chance to glimpse the Olympic torch relay…

Wall Street Fear Vs. Silicon Valley Greed

Posted by: Rob Hof on January 17

From his elliptical trainer, Fred Wilson has an interesting thought (among many others) that I’ve been wondering about too: Wall street is in fear mode while silicon valley is still…

Enough With The Money Obsession, OK?

Posted by: Rob Hof on October 03

Seems like everybody’s talking about how much more tech companies are worth than you think they are. Henry Blodget—yes, that Henry Blodget—thinks Google could hit $2000 a share. Facebook might…

More Silicon Valley Mythology

Posted by: Rob Hof on August 05

I don’t blame Gary Rivlin at the New York Times for writing an article that’s true as far as it goes, showing how people who would look wealthy anywhere else…

Has Silicon Valley Jumped the Shark Again?

Posted by: Rob Hof on May 22

“Times are good, money is flowing, and Silicon Valley sucks.” So says Mike Arrington at TechCrunch, and I think he’s latching onto something that has been building for awhile: Despite…

Girl Power in Silicon Valley

Posted by: Rob Hof on February 05

I had the opportunity in late January to see the future of entrepreneurship. And the great thing is, it wasn’t two guys in a garage. It was a bunch of…

Google Gobbles JotSpot

Posted by: Rob Hof on October 31

Search giant Google has bought yet another hot startup that had hoped to be one of the next big things (and no doubt still does). JotSpot, the company started three…

HP Scandal: Another Blow to the Silicon Valley Way

Posted by: Rob Hof on September 14

That’s what I’m thinking in a commentary I just wrote, anyway. I don’t want to lard onto the HP mess too much significance. But while HP’s poorly controlled leak probe…

Valley Boys

Posted by: Rob Hof on August 04

My colleagues Sarah Lacy and Jessi Hempel [sorry, Jessi, left off your name at first!] have this week’s magazine cover story about Digg’s Kevin Rose and the new crop of…