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Salon.com
November 7, 2000
Katharine Mieszkowski |
California voters reject vouchers Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper spent $23 million in support of the most radical voucher proposal ever -- and lost...   |
Reason
June 2000
John J. Miller |
Tough Choice Can school choice win in Michigan? Should it? |
BusinessWeek
June 24, 2010
Ari Levy |
Choosing Boxer Over Fiorina in Silicon Valley In California, Fiorina faces opposition from tech execs for her Senate run even as ex-eBay CEO retains their loyalty in the gubernatorial race. |
Reason
December 2000
Jeffrey A. Singer |
Ballot Tampering Arizona residents got a bitter civics lesson last summer. They learned just how far politicians, bureaucrats, corporate lobbyists, and union leaders will go to maintain a status quo that serves them well. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Elgin & Palmeri |
Steve Peace: California Revolutionary The man who is changing the way California -- and possibly the rest of the country -- elects its leaders is a political maverick with an eccentric legacy in both Sacramento and Hollywood. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2012
Danielle Sacks |
Can VCs Be Bred? Meet The New Generation In Silicon Valley's Draper Dynasty Over the course of a half-century, the Draper family has carved out a name (and a fortune) in a place where breeding and ancestry are thought to be irrelevant. Now it's time for the debut of the youngest generation. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2010
Palmeri & Marois |
The Money That Fueled California's Election Revolt Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his allies hope their Proposition 14 victory will help end California's political gridlock. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004 |
A VC's Political Seed Money Silicon Valley's Andy Rappaport explains why he's pouring cash and time into defeating Bush and shaping the Democratic Party's direction |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Brad Stone |
John Doerr Makes a Social Call The Silicon Valley legend returns to the consumer Internet with sFund, to fund the next round of consumer Web startups. |
InternetNews
October 7, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
VC Earmarks $200M For Indian IT Startups Draper Fisher Jurvetson bets that the country has more to offer than outsourcing. Other VCs are also taking interest on entrepreneurship in India. |
InternetNews
February 18, 2011
Stuart J. Johnston |
Silicon Valley Honchos Dine With President Obama A dozen of Silicon Valley's tech luminaries, including Apple's Steve Jobs, dined with the President. Now everyone is wondering, what did they talk about? |
Teacher Magazine
May 2000
Samantha Stainburn |
Hasta La Vista: January 1998 Given the tense, ethnically polarized environment of turn- of-the-century California politics, 1st grade teacher Gloria Matta Tuchman certainly grabbed the bull by the horns when she introduced a statewide ballot initiative in 1997.... |
Managed Care
July 2000
Bob Carlson |
What Legislature? Health Care Issues Increasingly Going Straight to Voters Residents of Massachusetts and Washington State may have a chance to opt for universal health care, in the form of physician-led ballot initiatives, this November. |
Salon.com
November 7, 2000
Fiona Morgan |
Ballot boxing Social issues like gun control and abortion have played a hot role in the presidential race and the battle for Congress. But voters also faced direct proposals on everything from gay marriage to legalizing pot. Here's a roundup of the hottest state proposals and how they fared... |
Wired
September 24, 2007
Mathew Honan |
Silicon Valley Cleans Up: A Wired Flowchart A map showing how Silicon Valley execs are doing their part to make the world a little greener. |
Fast Company
April 2008
Fred Krupp |
The Mother Lode VC god John Doerr explains what it will take to score the untold treasures of the green-tech boom. |
Entrepreneur
December 2009
Jennifer Wang |
Dearly Beloved, Please Send Cash A Palo Alto company found a new way to raise venture capital: Get married. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Silicon Valley Sees Green in Being Green A trade group's "Clean and Green" initiative offers further proof that "clean tech" could very well be the biggest opportunity of this century and that Silicon Valley is likely to be at the forefront of this revolution. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2006
David Needle |
Silicon Valley Gears Up Wireless Plans Smart Valley announced the signing Thursday of an agreement to develop a Request for Proposal to design a high-speed wireless data network that will cover all of Silicon Valley. |
Fast Company
December 2004
Alan Deutschman |
Offshoring Creativity As new funding fuels innovation, Silicon Valley venture capital insiders see India and China ultimately eclipsing America as technology markets -- with local companies dominating. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Silicon Valley Bank's Diversified Success A comeback in M&A and venture capital financings should bode well for the bank that once specialized in tech start-ups. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2007
Roy Mark |
Make Green With Green Tech execs hit Capitol Hill with energy policy recommendations. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2010 |
Danger Signs for the Silicon Valley Report warns that the Valley is in an economic downturn that could be very hard to recover from, though signs of hope include a transition to hot new areas like green tech. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2008
Mike Elgan |
Where Annoying Tech Buzzwords Come From What do you do when you want to emphasize the cool newness of something that's not really new? Make a buzzword! |
Fast Company
September 2003
Kim Girard |
Unions? Not in this valley. Why organizing white collar workers in Silicon Valley is hard slogging |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Robert D. Hof |
India And Silicon Valley: Now The R&D Flows Both Ways Indian talent is adding vitality throughout Silicon Valley, where it's getting hard to find an info-tech startup that doesn't have some research and development in such places as Bangalore, Bombay, or Hyderabad. |
Salon.com
August 29, 2000
Damien Cave |
Kissing up to the community Once hailed as San Francisco saviors, dot-coms now have to make nice with peeved neighbors. |
InternetNews
March 28, 2007
David Needle |
VCs Debate Mobile Computing's Future Four leading big name venture capitalists discuss the market for mobile devices. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Where the Multibaggers Are Silicon Valley, which Google, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems call home, is now ground zero for healthcare and energy-related innovative companies. |
Popular Mechanics
September 22, 2008
Deborah Gage |
Analysts: Clean-Tech Startups Face Hurdles in Economic Scramble As the economy contracts and everybody cuts spending, the companies that power Silicon Valley -- the startups, venture capitalists, banks and big producers of technology -- are bound to be affected. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2008
David Needle |
Tech Execs Don't Sugarcoat Economic Woes There are reasons for optimism in the tech industry, but good news will be slow in coming. |
InternetNews
February 19, 2009
David Needle |
Rocky Times Ahead for Silicon Valley Don't bet on green tech to lead a turnaround, experts warn. Instead, count on "creative destruction" and "Moore's Second Law." |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Steve Hamm |
Silicon Valley's Blurry Ethical Vision Even after a purge of tech-bubble excesses, the incestuous business culture where CEOs and VCs mingle too closely persists. |
InternetNews
May 7, 2010
Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft Highlights Future Tech The company's TechFair in Silicon Valley shows off advancements in privacy, file-sharing and other areas. And then there's the Translating Telephone. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Justin Hibbard |
Divvying Up The Stem Cell Bonanza Proposition 71's success will be measured by whether $3 billion in public money has benefited society, or only a handful of private companies. |
Wired
June 2003
Po Bronson |
Life in the Bust Belt Boom space: what's left after the thrill is gone? That's what they're asking in Silicon Valley. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Silicon Valley's Resurgence: Is It for Real? Silicon Valley is percolating once again. While some caution that it's too soon to know if the resurgence has staying power, others are more optimistic. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Clean Energy Cleans Up Pacific Gas & Electric creates a $30 million investment fund for renewable sources. As more VCs join the party more money will flow in, creating a sturdy industry that could grow to be worth billions. |
