Venture Capital

  • Cali Cleantech Investment, Jobs Leapfrog U.S.

    By Josie Garthwaite January 27, 2009

  • Web Infrastructure And a Startup Funding Manifesto

    By Benjamin Black & Vijay Gill January 11, 2009

  • 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
    By Andrew Leonard November 12, 2007

  • Should I stick with a failing business out of loyalty to my boss?

    I could jump ship, but it doesn't quite feel right.
    By Cary Tennis January 16, 2007

  • World of Chinese Warcraft

    Where Chinese gamers go, the world may follow.
    By Andrew Leonard January 17, 2006

  • 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.
    By Om Malik April 16, 2003

  • 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!
    By John Newton November 12, 2001

  • Score: Men 97, Women 3

    Men entrepreneurs still receive almost all the venture capital. What will it take for women to catch up?
    By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski July 19, 2000

  • "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.
    By Janelle Brown May 9, 2000

  • Silicon Valley's pinup boys

    Venture capitalists and start-up founders slip into something comfortable for GQ.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 3, 2000

  • Zen and the art of start-ups

    A Silicon Valley rebel gets spiritual about making money in "The Monk and the Riddle."
    By Katharine Mieszkowski April 26, 2000

  • 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.
    By Andrew Leonard April 11, 2000

  • 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.
    By Janelle Brown, Mark Gimein, Andrew Leonard and Kaitlin Quistgaard December 15, 1999

  • See spot run

    Internet firms throwing big money at TV ad campaigns are making an elementary goof.
    By Scott Rosenberg December 3, 1999

  • Adventures in Silicon Valley

    Hilarious and incisive, Michael Lewis' "The New New Thing" captures the elusive spirit of Silicon Valley.
    By Mark Gimein October 22, 1999

  • 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.
    Letters to the Editor October 20, 1999

  • 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.
    By Mark Gimein October 15, 1999

  • Reading, writing, quarterly results

    In Silicon Valley, venture capital has become a required subject -- even for fourth graders.
    By Mark Gimein October 13, 1999

  • Pot pol

    George W.'s Silicon Valley point man, Tim Draper, isn't quiet about legalizing marijuana.
    By Mark Gimein October 13, 1999

  • Do you have what it takes?

    "Bootcamp for Startups" enlists plenty of entrepreneurs looking to be whipped into shape.
    By Scott Kirsner October 8, 1999

  • 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.
    By Janelle Brown September 23, 1999

  • Fast track

    Elon Musk is poised to become Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing. What put him in the driver's seat?
    By Mark Gimein August 17, 1999

  • 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.
    By Mark Gimein August 2, 1999

  • Self-combustion

    A veteran of the Internet's 'gold rush' years takes a hard look at 'Burn Rate.'
    By Alexander Cohen June 12, 1998
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