Silicon Valley

Finding Silicon Valley’s Heart of Entrepreneurship

Nick Kolakowski, 

February 6, 2015

Over the past several decades, Silicon Valley has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. But not all entrepreneurs are created equal: As suggested by a new study in …

In Silicon Valley, Some Giants Are Hiring

Don Willmott, 

January 16, 2015

What’s New This Quarter In Silicon Valley, everyone wants to be associated with the Next Big Thing. “In the Bay Area, I’m finding that SaaS and …

Silicon Valley Still Bubbly Despite Big Layoffs

Don Willmott, 

November 3, 2014

What’s New This Quarter A quick scan of the Valley finds it as frothy as ever, with constant bulletins about huge mergers and acquisitions drowning out …

IRS Wants Tech Workers to Pay Taxes on Those Free Meals

Mark Feffer, 

September 5, 2014

The vaunted free meals offered to employees by the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter are getting close attention from the Internal Revenue Service, which says …

US CTO Switches Gears to Recruit in Silicon Valley

Susan Hall, 

August 26, 2014

There’s a new recruiter coming to Silicon Valley. Federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park is leaving Washington, D.C., for the left coast, where he will be …

Why Silicon Valley’s ‘Attitude’ Isn’t Such a Bad Thing

Mark Feffer, 

August 11, 2014

In Silicon Valley they think differently, and if that leads to arrogance, so be it. At least that’s what Bloomberg Businessweek’s Joel Stein implies in his …

NSA Hints at Outreach to Silicon Valley Talent

Mark Feffer, 

August 8, 2014

The National Security Agency is worried that all of the controversies surrounding its, er, data-gathering activities is hurting its efforts to recruit technology talent, according to …

Samsung Plans Hiring for San Jose R&D Center

Mark Feffer, 

July 29, 2014

Samsung’s planning to do a lot of hiring in Silicon Valley as it prepares to open its new $300 million R&D Center in San Jose, by …

Silicon Valley Recruiters See Wide Demand for Tech Skills

Don Willmott, 

July 18, 2014

What’s New This Quarter What does the Silicon Valley workforce really look like? If Google, Yahoo and Facebook are indication, it’s very white and male. In …

Diversity’s Not So Hot in the Game Business, Either

Mark Feffer, 

June 30, 2014

Young and hip as it may be, the world of game development is as white and male as the rest of tech, according to a report …