Silicon Valley Startups

Take That, Silicon Valley!

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.13.2012

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Another win for Silicon Alley. Women are twice as likely to start new companies in New York than they are in Silicon Valley, America's largest startup...

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Let's Create Our Own Unique Silicon Britain

David Richards | Posted 04.12.2012

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Recently, the Chancellor George Osborne vowed that the UK would become the "technology centre of Europe" at the opening of the new Google Campus in the Silicon Roundabout area in London.

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Silicon Valley Now Has Its Own Airline

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.06.2012

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When David Eyerly earned a partial scholarship to attend a California flight school, he asked his older brother Wade for some advice. Pilot jobs were ...

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The Race To Become The Next Silicon Valley

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 03.27.2012

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It's often said that Silicon Valley is more than just a place -- it's a state of mind. As such, the entrepreneurial mecca, defined as the southern ...

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Disrupting the Dinosaurs

Jon Stein | Posted 05.17.2012

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How do you mix the agile nature of a start-up with the slow rhythm of a regulated industry? If you want to disrupt the dinosaurs, you have to be creative -- and patient.

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A Sense of Urgency

Tim Devane | Posted 05.12.2012

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Decision-making around a new company is thoughtful, creative and exhausting. But it doesn't need to take forever; in fact it shouldn't. If your idea is going to change the world, then make it change the world, now.

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Silicon Valley: Failing the Way to Better Education

Dr. Keith Devlin | Posted 05.05.2012

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If there is one thing Silicon Valley knows how to do, it is fail. We do it all the time, and that is the secret of our famed success.

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What Silicon Valley Executives Keep Getting Wrong About Education

Dr. Keith Devlin | Posted 04.26.2012

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Successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who clearly understand the importance of understanding the market and testing how effective their products are seem to leave those important instincts at the door when they comment on K-12 education.

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Japanese Entrepreneurs Aim For Silicon Valley

AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 04.04.2012

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TOKYO -- For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're dete...

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Some Bay Area Residents Are About To Get Very, Very Rich

AP | BROOKE DONALD | Posted 01.20.2012

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Everyone dreams of striking it rich – and what they would do with such a windfall. A new house? A fancy car? Maybe des...

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Does Being Weird Make You A Successful Entrepreneur?

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 10.26.2011

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There's a fine line, we know, between genius and insanity. The same might be said for entrepreneurial eccentricity. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg only ea...

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Silicon Valley Startups To Watch

businessinsider.com | Nick Saint | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the past few weeks, we've asked VCs, angel investors, entrepreneurs, and other tech journalists about their favorite up-and-coming Valley startup...

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