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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST By Josie Garthwaite Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/27/cali_cleantech_investment_jobs_leapfrog_us/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/clean_tech/2009/01/27/cali_cleantech_investment_jobs_leapfrog_us/index.html?source=rss By Benjamin Black & Vijay Gill Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/01/11/fail_fast_a_startup_funding_manifesto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/01/11/fail_fast_a_startup_funding_manifesto/index.html?source=rss By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/12/gore_kleiner_perkins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/12/gore_kleiner_perkins/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/16/capitalism_and_contradiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/16/capitalism_and_contradiction/index.html?source=rss I could jump ship, but it doesn't quite feel right. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/17/china_gaming/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/17/china_gaming/index.html?source=rss Where Chinese gamers go, the world may follow. By Om Malik Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/04/16/herring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/04/16/herring/index.html?source=rss 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 John Newton Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/12/venture_bin_laden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/12/venture_bin_laden/index.html?source=rss 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 Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/07/19/funding_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/07/19/funding_women/index.html?source=rss Men entrepreneurs still receive almost all the venture capital. What will it take for women to catch up? By Janelle Brown Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/05/09/the_leap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/05/09/the_leap/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/03/gq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/03/gq/index.html?source=rss Venture capitalists and start-up founders slip into something comfortable for GQ. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/04/26/monk_riddle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/04/26/monk_riddle/index.html?source=rss A Silicon Valley rebel gets spiritual about making money in "The Monk and the Riddle." By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/11/linuxcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/11/linuxcare/index.html?source=rss The stumbles of a Kleiner Perkins-funded Linux start-up prove that money isn't everything in the world of free software. By Janelle Brown, Mark Gimein, Andrew Leonard and Kaitlin Quistgaard Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/15/best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/15/best/index.html?source=rss A software superpower is declared a monopoly, free software rakes in billions and money makes the world go round: The year in tech. By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/12/03/tv_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/12/03/tv_ads/index.html?source=rss Internet firms throwing big money at TV ad campaigns are making an elementary goof. By Mark Gimein Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/10/22/new_new_thing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/10/22/new_new_thing/index.html?source=rss Hilarious and incisive, Michael Lewis' "The New New Thing" captures the elusive spirit of Silicon Valley. Letters to the Editor Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/20/kpfa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/20/kpfa/index.html?source=rss Mary Frances Berry talks back, defending KPFA strategy; Cintra Wilson is "simplistic and condescending; differentiating between self-love and self-absorption. By Mark Gimein Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/15/venture_capital/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/15/venture_capital/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/13/vc_class/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/13/vc_class/index.html?source=rss In Silicon Valley, venture capital has become a required subject -- even for fourth graders. By Mark Gimein Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/10/13/draper_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/10/13/draper_bush/index.html?source=rss George W.'s Silicon Valley point man, Tim Draper, isn't quiet about legalizing marijuana. By Scott Kirsner Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/08/bootcamp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/08/bootcamp/index.html?source=rss "Bootcamp for Startups" enlists plenty of entrepreneurs looking to be whipped into shape. By Janelle Brown Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/23/google/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/23/google/index.html?source=rss 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 Mark Gimein Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/17/elon_musk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/17/elon_musk/index.html?source=rss Elon Musk is poised to become Silicon Valley's Next Big Thing. What put him in the driver's seat? By Mark Gimein Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/02/webvan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/02/webvan/index.html?source=rss Silicon Valley investment titans finance dreams of grandeur, knowing they get rich even if the new business isn't a huge success. By Alexander Cohen Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:01:57 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1998/06/12/booksb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1998/06/12/booksb/index.html?source=rss A veteran of the Internet's 'gold rush' years takes a hard look at 'Burn Rate.'