TEDxSF: The Challenge Of Healthcare For 7 Billion
'X' marks the spot for TEDxSF at the Mission Bay Conference Center.The TEDxSF events are among the best of the best TEDx regional events in the country. It's a tremendous amount of work for the...
View ArticleChris Anderson: "3D Printing Will Be Bigger Than The Web"
Chris Anderson has exited one of the top jobs in publishing - Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine - to pursue the life of an entrepreneur, making a big bet that 3D printers represent a massive new phase...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving - Lots Of Great Stories Coming Up...
I'm heading to Death Valley for a few days but I'm looking forward to some great stories when I get back. I have lots of interviews and research plus I want to delve more deeply into the question: Can...
View ArticleConsumer Web v Enterprise: Splitting Apart The VC Herd
The consumer web has a bright future, says Dave McClure (above).Dave McClure, the highly successful Silicon Valley Angel/Micro VC investor, published a passionate post about the prosperous future for...
View ArticleSF Startup Bets On Two-Wheel Electric "Cars"
Lit Motors founder Danny Kim leans into the C1 electric vehicle prototype, which runs 200 miles on just $1 of electric power.By Intel Free PressLit Motors plans to bring balance to urban commuters with...
View ArticleFake Press Releases Highlight Negative SEO Danger For Real Press Releases
SearchEngineLand has a very good, long look at the recent fake press release announcing Google's $400m acquisition of WiFi company ICOA.PRWeb distributed the press release and said it slipped through...
View ArticleInterview With Intel Employee #22 - Surviving 30 Years
Ted Jenkins (circled) was personally recruited by co-founders Gordon Moore and Andy Grove, and once managed Paul Otellini, Intel's current CEO. This photo is from 1969 when Intel had just 106 staff,...
View ArticleSupperKing - Enabling "Collaborative Consumption" Of Home Cooked Meals
Beverly Hills based SupperKing launched this week, offering friends and neighbors an easy way to invite each other to share home cooked meals, and share the costs.I met the founders recently in San...
View ArticleDating Adventures: An App That Tracks Singles To Within A Mile or Two
Helping single people discover each other while they are out and about is the goal of newly launched Android app "SinglesAroundMe."To get around what the company calls "Spooky GPS dating" the location...
View ArticleOtellini: New CEO Likely To Be Intel Insider
Ian King at Bloomberg, reports that when Intel CEO Paul Otellini retires in May, his replacement is likely to come from inside the world's largest chipmaker.Mr Otellini, speaking at a Sanford C....
View ArticleSilicon Valley Watcher Welcomes GE Software As A New Sponsor
GE Global Software Center HQ in San Ramon, CA.I'm pleased to announce GE Global Software as a sponsor of Silicon Valley Watcher. GE Software is a new division, headquartered in San Ramon. Its mission...
View ArticleClever Marketing Boosts .CO Domain Popularity
The .CO domain extension has become very popular and the company that handles the registrations was in San Francisco earlier this week promoting local businesses that use the extension at a party in a...
View ArticlePublic Relations In The Era Of Pageview Journalism
Ryan Holiday, writing for the New York Observer, has discovered something very important about the media industry today:The widespread belief is that the media has "reach." Trust me, they don't. Not...
View ArticleGeneral Electric Woos Silicon Valley - CEO Immelt Wants Help Building The...
Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE (center) shares the stage with a giant GE jet engine, at a recent debate with Marc Andreessen, right, moderated by Chris Anderson.General Electric has seen the future and it's...
View ArticleDiane Michlig Brings Silicon Valley's Most Innovative Speakers To TEDx San Jose
By Intel Free PressSilicon Valley is the epicenter of technology entrepreneurship, but Diane Michlig (above) looks for something more than just startup savvy -- she wants good stories. As executive...
View ArticleDelphix - SVW 2012 Startup of the Year - A Standout Company With Standout...
A stuffed squirrel sits on the wall behind Delphix founder and CEO Jedidiah Yeuh.I meet with huge numbers of companies every year but it's rare for me to come across a company that excites me as much...
View Article12 Ways To Bring Coal To Cyber Criminals During The Holiday Season
By Intel Free PressEvery year, crooks take advantage of the holiday season, using fake websites, emails and other tricks of their unsavory trade to steal your personal information. Here are some things...
View ArticleOnline Metrics And Bullshit...
William Blake's "Newton" measuring the world.Liz Gannes on AllThingsD, yesterday reported that pageviews, unique views, registered users, and many other forms of metrics used to define online...
View ArticleSolve Media's - Creative Happy Holidays Video
I love watching long lines of cascading dominos and Rube Goldberg type machines. Solve Media sent me their "All Humans, Happy Holidays" video with a great Rube Goldberg-like contraption that uses many...
View ArticleTufin: Rethinking The Enterprise Security Model
I recently spoke with Ruvi Kitow, CEO and co-founder of Tufin Technologies, which provides firewall policy management tools for very large companies. Tufin is interesting because it is rethinking the...
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