Venture Capital

  • Cali Cleantech Investment, Jobs Leapfrog U.S.

  • Web Infrastructure And a Startup Funding Manifesto

  • An inconvenient truth about venture capital

    Al Gore aims to save the world as a partner at Kleiner-Perkins. But Manhattan Energy Projects don't grow on Silicon Valley trees
  • Should I stick with a failing business out of loyalty to my boss?

    I could jump ship, but it doesn't quite feel right.
  • World of Chinese Warcraft

    Where Chinese gamers go, the world may follow.
  • Death of a cheerleader

    Red Herring is gone, and so is the boom it chronicled. But the magazine's optimism wasn't misplaced -- it was right on target.
  • How to win the war: Osama.com!

    He's a venture capitalist of terror -- let's seduce him with a PowerPoint pitch, then squander all his moolah on Super Bowl ads!
  • Score: Men 97, Women 3

    Men entrepreneurs still receive almost all the venture capital. What will it take for women to catch up?
  • "The Leap"

    Tom Ashbrook's tale of self-doubt, poverty, marital discord and a $25 million jackpot is just the thing to inspire would-be entrepreneurs to take the start-up plunge.
  • Silicon Valley's pinup boys

    Venture capitalists and start-up founders slip into something comfortable for GQ.
  • Zen and the art of start-ups

    A Silicon Valley rebel gets spiritual about making money in "The Monk and the Riddle."
  • Can't buy Linux love

    The stumbles of a Kleiner Perkins-funded Linux start-up prove that money isn't everything in the world of free software.
  • Microsoft, Mahir and money, money, money

    A software superpower is declared a monopoly, free software rakes in billions and money makes the world go round: The year in tech.
  • See spot run

    Internet firms throwing big money at TV ad campaigns are making an elementary goof.
  • Adventures in Silicon Valley

    Hilarious and incisive, Michael Lewis' "The New New Thing" captures the elusive spirit of Silicon Valley.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Mary Frances Berry talks back, defending KPFA strategy; Cintra Wilson is "simplistic and condescending; differentiating between self-love and self-absorption.
  • The Hollywoodization of venture capital

    The business of funding tech companies has gone gaga for brand names and boffo deals. "Visionaries," though, may be out of luck.
  • Reading, writing, quarterly results

    In Silicon Valley, venture capital has become a required subject -- even for fourth graders.
  • Pot pol

    George W.'s Silicon Valley point man, Tim Draper, isn't quiet about legalizing marijuana.
  • Do you have what it takes?

    "Bootcamp for Startups" enlists plenty of entrepreneurs looking to be whipped into shape.
  • From beta to bona fide

    Google, a favorite search engine of the plugged-in crowd, uses its $25 million in venture funding to launch a site almost unchanged from the "test" version.
  • Fast track

    Elon Musk is poised to become Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing. What put him in the driver's seat?
  • The $4 billion warehouse

    Silicon Valley investment titans finance dreams of grandeur, knowing they get rich even if the new business isn't a huge success.
  • Self-combustion

    A veteran of the Internet's 'gold rush' years takes a hard look at 'Burn Rate.'

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