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  • July 2008

    • Start-Ups Hungry for Cash in IPO Drought

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 1, 08 1:49 PM CDT

      Start-Ups Hungry for Cash in IPO Drought

      Silicon Valley IPOs are suddenly an extremely rare beast, driven nearly to extinction by the sputtering economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The first quarter has seen just five venture-backed offerings, compared to 31 last quarter. “The economics have been destroyed for small-cap IPOs,” says the co-founder of Revolution Partners, one of a glut of new investment banks stepping in to help. More »

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      recession  • Silicon Valley  • IPO  • venture capital  • entrepreneurs

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Economy Has Venture-Capital Scene Looking in Mirror

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  May 12, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      Economy Has Venture-Capital Scene Looking in Mirror

      Economic troubles that have meant fewer IPOs and less-lucrative mergers have the venture-capital industry in upheaval, the San Jose Mercury News reports after last week's Silicon Valley gathering of VC players. Many believe the moneyed backers must treat entrepreneurs better for prospects to remain lively. Yet, though returns have turned negative, the firms are still attracting investors.  More »

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      recession  • Silicon Valley  • venture capital  • entrepreneurs  • venture capitalists

  • April 2008

    • Silicon Valley Startup Craves Chocolate

      newser  |  Economist  |  Apr 23, 08 11:18 AM CDT

      Silicon Valley Startup Craves Chocolate

      San Francisco startup Tcho has all the sweet Silicon Valley trimmings, the Economist reports; high-profile tech alums, online beta testing and stock options for all. But its product is even sweeter: top-quality chocolate. The company has developed a means to grade cocoa beans' complex nuances on a "flavor wheel," taking a cutting-edge approach to a timeless artisanal craft. More »

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      food  • Silicon Valley  • chocolate  • innovation  • agricultural economy

    • Cisco Develops a Lighter Touch in Acquisitions

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 17, 08 1:59 PM CDT

      Cisco Develops a Lighter Touch in Acquisitions

      Cisco, once famous for swallowing small companies whole and digesting them without leaving a trace of their former brand names (or management), is forging a new acquisition strategy. As it targets new, Internet-based technologies that it’s less familiar with, the company has developed a lighter touch, as evidenced by several recently acquired businesses that operate with much greater independence, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      technology  • mergers and acquisitions  • Silicon Valley  • corporate governance  • Cisco

    • Tech Hybrids Blend Lofty Ideals With Bottom-Line Business

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 13, 08 11:38 AM CDT

      Tech Hybrids Blend Lofty Ideals With Bottom-Line Business

      Tech companies that blend social missions with business ambitions are all the rage in Silicon Valley. Called “social enterprises,” they often generate sizable revenue (unlike most nonprofits), that’s then retained and reinvested (unlike most for-profits). Now, an ecosystem of related organizations is emerging, such as specialized legal services and independent Internet providers, reports the New York Times . More »

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      technology  • Silicon Valley  • open source  • nonprofit  • Mozilla  • social responsibility

    • Silicon Valley Welcomes Babbage Calculator

      newser  |  CNET  |  Apr 10, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      Silicon Valley Welcomes Babbage Calculator

      An unusually large calculator is on display for the next six months at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The massive machine is a “difference engine,” a mechanical calculator to determine polynomial functions designed (but never built) by 19th-century inventor Charles Babbage. London’s Science Museum constructed the brand new device for tech multimillionaire Nathan Myhrvold, reports CNet. More »

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      Silicon Valley

    • Silicon Valley Feels Economic Chill

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 9, 08 11:51 AM CDT

      Silicon Valley Feels Economic Chill

      Venture capital in Silicon Valley is drying up as angel investors, wary of the fickle stock market and tightening credit markets, become more cautious with their cash, the New York Times reports. Their hesitance has slowed the pace of job growth and expansion at tech start-ups, and has dramatically cut the number of firms going public. More »

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      Google  • Apple  • credit crisis  • economy  • Silicon Valley  • IPO  • venture capital

    • Sinking Market Forces New Venture-Capital Strategies

      newser  |  CNET  |  Apr 3, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Sinking Market Forces New Venture-Capital Strategies

      Venture capitalists are watching economic indicators carefully, trying to find safer places to put their mountains of money, CNET reports. The stats on first-quarter VC activity will land soon, and though experts don't expect dollar totals to have waned, players are “under pressure to invest in quality companies that have a clear business model,” one watcher said. More »

  • March 2008

    • Chat Rooms Return—in 3-D

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 31, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      Chat Rooms Return&mdash;in 3-D

      A group of Silicon Valley startups is looking to bring the "social" back into social-networking and other popular websites, the New York Times reports. Vivaty is developing 3-D virtual chat rooms users can embed in web pages—including social-networking profiles—and will begin Facebook testing this week. And Meebo’s 2-D chat rooms, launched last year, have proliferated fast. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • social networking  • Silicon Valley  • startup  • chat room  • Meebo

    • Solar Panels Trump Trees

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Mar 26, 08 5:43 PM CDT

      Solar Panels Trump Trees

      A dispute between California neighbors pitting trees against solar panels has gone to the panels, KGO-TV reports. Following a seven-year battle over whether one should have to cut down trees in his backyard that shade the other’s solar panels, Richard Treanor today chopped two redwoods after he was found guilty of violating the Solar Shade Control Act of 1978. More »

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      California  • environmentalism  • Silicon Valley  • solar power  • trees  • U.S. environmental laws  • solar panel

    • Silicon Valley's Prodigal Son Comes Home

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  Mar 19, 08 9:50 PM CDT

      Silicon Valley's Prodigal Son Comes Home

      Silicon Valley prodigal son Frank Quattrone is staging a comeback, poised to debut his new tech-centered investment bank Qatalyst—after years recovering from federal obstruction-of-justice charges. But now that he's back, the question is whether the industry will welcome home an errant child with open arms. Probably, BusinessWeek writes—if he wields his Rolodex right. More »

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      Silicon Valley  • IPO  • investment bankers  • information technology  • tech industry  • investment banks  • tech sector  • Netscape  • Internet startups

    • Auction-Rate Troubles Hit Silicon Valley Startups

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 14, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      Auction-Rate Troubles Hit Silicon Valley Startups

      A freeze in the market for a type of securities known as auction-rate securities may cause big cash-flow problems for many Silicon Valley startups. A number of private companies have large chunks of cash tied up in the securities, reports the Wall Street Journal . Now, buyers have dried up and they may have to sell at a big loss, if at all. More »

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      Silicon Valley  • investing  • venture capital  • startup  • JetBlue  • investment banks  • securities  • cash flow

    • Facebook Poaches COO From Google

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 4, 08 3:35 PM CST

      Facebook Poaches COO From Google

      Facebook has hired the Google VP who handles virtually all advertising sales in a bid to ease the hiccups the rapidly expanding networking site is encountering. New COO Sheryl Sandberg, one of Silicon Valley's top female execs, denied that Google's plummeting stock price motivated the move, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • online advertising  • Silicon Valley  • Mark Zuckerberg  • advertising sales  • Sheryl Sandberg

    • HP Planning Revamp of Its Famed R&D Lab

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  Mar 4, 08 11:23 AM CST

      HP Planning Revamp of Its Famed R&amp;D Lab

      Hewlett Packard is reorganizing its HP Labs in an effort to move more of the projects from the famed idea generator to market—and add to the company’s bottom line—more quickly,  Therese Poletti writes at MarketWatch. But even as HP looks for more commercial results from its legendary R&D facility, HP Labs continues to conduct theoretical research—its one-time core—as well. More »

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      Silicon Valley  • Hewlett Packard  • Mark Hurd  • nanotechnolgy

    • Making a Marriage of Convergence

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 3, 08 12:13 PM CST

      Making a Marriage of Convergence

      In an unusual partnership, a Hollywood talent agency is teaming up with two Silicon Valley venture capital firms and AT&T to invest in Southern California digital media startups. The William Morris Agency announced the fund on Monday, in which AT&T is a limited partner. The focus is online content and technology for social networking, mobile games, and advertising, reports the New York Times . More »

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      Hollywood  • cell phones  • Silicon Valley  • AT&T  • venture capital

    • Come See the Softer Side of Microsoft

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Mar 2, 08 8:18 AM CST

      Come See the Softer Side of Microsoft

      Yahoo executives, take note: Microsoft is trying to shed its bully reputation in Silicon Valley in favor of a kinder, gentler, hands-off approach to the smaller start-ups it acquires, the San Jose Mercury News says. Company officials want it known that this isn’t your older brother’s Microsoft—the one that suffocated Netscape, intimidated venture capitalists, and allegedly swiped competitors’ ideas. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Silicon Valley  • Netscape  • Redmond  • Tellme  • Mountain View

  • February 2008

    • Despite Fed, Silicon Valley Bullish on Economy

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Feb 27, 08 5:31 PM CST

      Despite Fed, Silicon Valley Bullish on Economy

      Ben Bernanke’s report to Congress on monetary policy offered a grim outlook on the economy, but ABC News sees some signs that good news may be around the corner: workers in Silicon Valley, a national economic bellwether, feel good about their prospects. Rising exports, the recently-passed stimulus package and the future rate cuts Bernanke will probably make at the Fed’s March 18 meeting are additional reasons for optimism. More »

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      subprime mortgages  • Federal Reserve  • recession  • Ben Bernanke  • housing crisis  • Silicon Valley  • interest rate cut

    • Silicon Valley Deletes Middle-Income Jobs

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 19, 08 4:23 PM CST

      Silicon Valley Deletes Middle-Income Jobs

      Silicon Valley is bleeding middle-income jobs, the New York Times reports. Clerks, secretaries, service reps and others earning $30,000 to $80,000 a year fell from 52% to 46% of workers from 2002 to 2006, according to a new report. The trend threatens the region's upward-mobility track, one author of the 2008 Index of Silicon Valley report said: “If you lose the middle, it’s harder to support the top." More »

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      US economy  • Silicon Valley  • job  • employment  • middle class  • tech industry

    • Startups in Silicon Valley Tighten Belts

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 15, 08 10:16 AM CST

      Startups in Silicon Valley Tighten Belts

      Companies in Silicon Valley are slowing spending and stockpiling funds to prepare for a possible recession, with many startups raising safety-net cash from investors. Venture capitalists, who raised more funds last year than any year since 2001, continue investing, reports the Wall Street Journal , despite a recent survey that found their confidence in the region at a four-year low. More »

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      recession  • Internet advertising  • Silicon Valley  • venture capital  • startup  • budget cuts

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