This anti-aging brain trust is the most interesting startup in Silicon Valley Christina Farr, venturebeat.com In September, Google chief executive Larry Page announced his latest “moonshot,” a mysterious new venture to extend the human life span. We don’t know much yet about the initiative, dubbed Calico, but Page revealed in a blog post th… Related … Continue reading Calico is the most interesting startup in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is Hacking Your Food | Inc.com. Related articles Silicon Valley's answer to SXSW: Iggy Pop, Big Data, self-driving cars (bizjournals.com) 10 Silicon Valley businesses hit the Inc. 500 (bizjournals.com) Brazilian government launches Silicon Valley office (zdnet.com) Hey everyone, Jeff Bezos lives in Seattle and Amazon is not a 'Silicon Valley' company (geekwire.com) Leading … Continue reading Silicon Valley is Hacking Your Food | Inc.com
Disruption Lessons From Airbnb The Build Network staff, inc.com Your future competitors will likely supply what you do—but from cheaper, off-the-radar sources. There are backyard business terms, and there are—how shall we put it?—more elevated notions. Any kid with a lemonade stand grasps “supply”… Disruption Lessons From Airbnb http://flip.it/4k2ef http://flip.it/tU716 Related articles Disruption Lessons From … Continue reading Airbnb lessons on distruption
Ashlee Vance, businessweek.com (An earlier version of this story ran online.) Max Nanis’s website prominently features about two dozen head shots of the skinny, scruffy 22-year-old Southern Californian with his shirt off … RT @Techmeme: Silicon Valley Goes Hollywood: Top Coders Can Now Get Agents (@valleyhack / Businessweek) http://flip.it/8vMDb http://flip.it/mGvsQ http://flip.it/Xvjbf Silicon Valley Goes … Continue reading Silicon Valley Goes Hollywood: Top Coders Can Now Get Agents
Age of Context Draft Introduction Shel Israel, forbes.com [NOTE: I am writing a new book called Age of Context with Robert Scoble. We hope it will be ready at the end of September. This is a draft introduction. It will be changed several times before we publish the book and what we want the m… … Continue reading Age of context
The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate Apple, Google, Adobe and More Jamie Condliffe, gizmodo.com A court filing has just been made public which sheds light on the “no-hire” gentleman’s agreements that have pervaded the tech industry—and reveals how Steve Jobs threatened litigation to prevent companies from stealing his staff.Notably, former P… The No-Hire Emails That … Continue reading The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate
Farhad Manjoo, slate.com A few years ago, Google’s human resources department noticed a problem: A lot of women were leaving the company. Like the majority of Silicon Valley software firms, Google is staffed mostly by men, and executives have long made it a priority to… The Happiness Machine http://flip.it/mYVIV http://flip.it/sQE6T The Happiness Machine Related articles … Continue reading The Happiness Machine
Why 2013 Will Be a Big Year for NYC’s Tech Start-Ups! Alan McGlade, forbes.com New York City has a thriving start-up scene and now is firmly established as the number two innovation center behind Silicon Valley. The ramp in momentum can be felt across the city landscape from the mayor’s office where Michael… RT @flipboardtech: … Continue reading NYC emerging as a social tech startup powerhouse
bbc.co.ukHow New York’s new tech firms differ from Silicon Valley rivalsRT @BBCNewsUS: Is NYC’s Silicon Alley a credible rival to California’s Silicon Valley? What is bringing start-ups to the big city? http://flip.it/jeKDV http://flip.it/ZhrRtNew York start-ups' own flavourRelated articlesDubstarts jobs fair to link up start-ups with job-seekers (siliconrepublic.com)Immigration and America's high-tech industry (economist.com)A comprehensive List of … Continue reading New York start-ups’ own flavour
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Technology will replace 80% of what doctors do - Fortune Tech cnn.com Data-driven healthcare won’t replace physicians entirely, but it will help those receptive to technology perform their jobs better. By Vinod Khosla FORTUNE — Healthcare today is often really the “practice of medicine” rather than the… http://flip.it/t2nZy Related articles Vinod Khosla To Entrepreneurs: Venture … Continue reading Vinod Khosla says tech will replace 80% of what docs do
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net More than 100 biomedical and life science companies are clustered in Genome Valley, a research park in Hyderabad, India. (Via Joanne Manaster) Silicon Valley, meet Genome Valley Related articles The Other Silicon Valley That The Tech Industry Is Leaving Behind [Video] (techcrunch.com) Silicon Valley to boost … Continue reading Silicon Valley, meet Genome Valley
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