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Silicon Valley: An area south of San Francisco, California that is noted for its huge number of computer companies. Initially, Silicon Valley was confined to the Santa Clara valley and started...; Full Silicon Valley Definition >>

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Challenging Silicon Valley to put poverty into a museum . . .: I'm not washing my right hand for a while because I used it to shake the hand of Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a person that I've held in the highest regard for many years. Mr Yunus gave the keynote speech at the Tech Museum's Tech...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Poverty, Bangladesh, Mr., Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Grameen Loan, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-11-13
There's something nasty lurking beyond the horizon - notes on life in Silicon Valley: It feels as if our economic version of Hurricane Katrina is building up energy, just off the coast of Silicon Valley. There is a definite feeling of something huge and nasty lurking just over the horizon. It's an ominous feeling highlighted by the fact that we...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Financial, Recession, Industry, Chip, Financial Crisis, VC, Capital Efficiency, Sequoia RIP Powerpoint Presentation, Public Relations, Web 2.0, Semiconductors, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Hardware, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-10-22
How will Silicon Valley startups be affected by a downturn?: Things were tough enough for startups in Silicon Valley before the credit crunch financial crisis because of extremely few exit strategies. There are almost no IPOs, and the M&A market has slowed to a trickle. The latest Wall Street crisis isn't helping. Here is a some...; Tags: Silicon Valley, IPO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-10-13
[Updated video] Bill Gates leaving might help mend Silicon Valley fences: Here is a short clip from CNET of a tearful Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and thank him for instilling the culture of Microsoft, its "passion, intensity, and tenacity." ...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Antitrust, Bill Gates, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-10-06
Worth Watching: Steve Ballmer in the heart of Silicon Valley . . .: There was quite a bit of excitement Thursday evening prior to Steve Ballmer's appearance at the Churchill Club Annual Dinner in the heart of Silicon Valley and just a stone's throw from Yahoo! There was who's who crowd gathered at the event. There was no dancing on...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Steve Ballmer, Ann Winblad, Virtualization, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-09-26

Wall Street woes? Silicon Valley is hiring: I caught a great post by Claire Cain Miller on the New York Times' Bits blog last night about the upswing, so to speak, of the current economic crisis: that is, that if you can't keep a job on Wall Street, Silicon Valley will take you: ...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Hiring, Wall Street, Recruitment & Selection, Venture Capital, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-09-18
Wall Street fallout likely to chill innovation: Usually Silicon Valley floats along inside its own world. You can call it a cocoon or a bubble but its economy is usually separated from the wider world. Obviously, the dotcom dotbomb had a massive effect on Silicon Valley and it took the best part of...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Financial Services Sector, IPO, Venture Capital, Sales Strategy, Real Estate, Investment, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Sales, Business Operations, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-09-17
Seesmic layoffs and a new reality?: Valleywag's somewhat unkind depiction of the layoffs at Seesmic: Seesmic's newest feature: layoffs is but the latest in an emerging trend of Silicon Valley startups reigning in their spend. Over in Denmark, a remarkable account of failure has emerged. Earlier this week, I debunked some of the talk around ROI,...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Layoff, Social Media, Valleywag, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-09-16
The enterprise startup conundrum: Larry Dignan's article about enterprise startups is an excellent primer for those wanting to pitch Zack and I but there are other issues I'd like to surface. Especially that which talks to the Silicon Valley echo chamber. This week, Yammer took top honors at TC50. I have...; Tags: Silicon Valley, SAP AG, Twitter, ESME, Enterprise Developer, Operational Planning, Team Management, Roi/Tco, Business Operations, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-09-11
Silicon Valley's gender gap: I recently spoke with Judy Estrin, one of Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs, about her new book "Closing the Innovation Gap." But what about closing the gender gap? I asked her why there are so few, and now fewer--with Diane Greene out as CEO of VMware--women in senior...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Gender And Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Silicon Valley's Judy Estrin warns we are running out of innovation: I recently met with Judy Estrin, a former CTO at Cisco, and one of Silicon Valley's top serial entrepreneurs. Since the dotcom bubble burst she has been concerned that Silicon Valley has not been investing enough in startups pioneering innovative technologies. She warns that we are living...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Leadership, Research & Development, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-09-03
A peek into Silicon Valley and beyond . . .: I enjoy being a journalist and reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. Most of my reporting is done the traditional way, with a notepad and pencil. Increasingly journalists have to do more, carry a camera, do podcasts, run video. Software engineers have to...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, Journalist, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-08-26
Are we seeing a disturbing trend in "blackmail" innovation...?: I've been thinking about the acquisition of a Silicon Valley startup, Ribbit, by BT, the giant British telecoms firm. Ribbit started out in classic form as the vendor of disruptive telecom technologies. Ribbit declared itself "Silicon Valley's First Phone Company" - a...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Telecommunications Company, Ribbit, Telecom & Utilities, Leadership, Telecommunications, Telephony, Strategy, Management, Networking, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-08-04
Where are the high tech jobs? Try Huntsville.: In real estate, everyone knows what really matters: location, location, location. But could career choices be as simple? A new reports suggests that geography could indeed be IT job destiny. by Deb Perelman; Tags: Silicon Valley, Geography, Job, Huntsville, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-06-26
The machines for making TVs: Not everything gets made overseas. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos tours the Silicon Valley facilities of Applied Materials, where they make equipment for producing televisions and solar panels.; Tags: News, Michael Kanellos, solar, solar panels, TV's, Applied Materials, Silicon Valley, plasma, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment; Videos 2008-04-30
Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?: Excellent article by Jeff Nolan, an ex-VC, writing in SandHill.com on venture capital investments and locating the next big thing. Incrementalism and "The New New Thing" - With all the venture capital moving around in the Silicon Valley, where is the real innovation? He makes many good points...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Web, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Leadership, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Financing Startups, Internet, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Photos: How data centers are cooling down: Some Silicon Valley hotbeds of high-volume computing are learning to chill, one server at a time. by CNET News.com; Tags: Silicon Valley, Data Center, Photograph, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-04-01
Geek feast fatigue...and the key rule for startup success: This year started off much like the prior year ended: with a cornucopia of geek conferences, salons, and media roundtables. I went to a lot last year, and enjoyed most of them. I have been going to a lot this year and I am still enjoying them....; Tags: Silicon Valley, Sales Tools, Sales, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-02-28
Abuzz over Microsoft's Yahoo bid: On the streets of Silicon Valley Friday, everyone from software engineers to grandmas was analyzing Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi speaks with one alum of both Microsoft and Yahoo about why he favors the deal.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., News.com, Tools & Techniques, Management, microsoft, yahoo, kara tsuboi, internet, bill gates, silicon valley, bay area; Videos 2008-02-01
Will a consumer recession hurt Silicon Valley?: Yes. I've been writing about Silicon Valley turning into "Media Valley." Nikkei business magazine, Japan's top business magazine even featured my take on "Media Valley" earlier this year with a prominent interview. Many of Silicon Valley's biggest and fastest growing companies are media...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Google Inc., Advertisement, Google AdSense, Consumer Recession, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2007-11-29