Silicon Valley
Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile Friday
Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported early Friday that the world’s largest software maker may be preparing to go straight to Internet pioneer Yahoo’s shareholders. An announcement was “likely” to come Friday, according to the report, though the newspaper said its sources cautioned that Microsoft may delay.
Chief Executive Steve [...]
LinkedIn Founder Has Golden Touch
Few Internet entrepreneurs practice what they preach as devoutly as LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman, whose business revolves around his belief that good fortune flows from good relationships.
Silicon Valley Seeing Effects Of Economic Downturn
The New York Times (4/9, Richtel, Stone) reports, “Housing prices in Silicon Valley remain defiantly high. New BMWs and Saabs cruise Highway 101. But for the first time there are signs that the current economic downturn is taking its toll on the country’s cradle of technology and innovation.” The Times continues, “Job growth has slowed, [...]
Google Faces Decline Of Entrepreneurial Energy
The Financial Times reports, “A handful of high-profile departures does not mean Google is facing a brain drain. But the company is starting to suffer something that could have an equally significant impact: a drain of some of the entrepreneurial energy that drove its early growth and on which its unique culture depends heavily.” While [...]
