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...stocks of nearly all Internet retailers look like piranha leftovers these days, so it's not surprising that Tuesday's news about Webvan didn't make much of a splash in Silicon Valley's blood-soaked waters. Still, the once-mighty online grocer deserves some kind of award: for most audacious attempt to keep its head above the snapping fish, perhaps. Or maybe the George Foreman award for not knowing when to quit...
...from Webvan, but the VCs are unlikely to open their doors again to a company that has already burned through $480 million; a dotcom that planned to serve 23 markets by now but is mired in just seven. Ironically, plenty of VCs are Webvan customers (San Francisco and Silicon Valley being one of the most lucrative arenas for a firm that delivers groceries to the horribly busy). But they're also a sanguine lot, and won't hesitate to avoid a bad investment even if it means making trips to Safeway again...
Modern tech funds--devoted to Silicon Valley--didn't spring up until the '80s, when tech was more than 10% of the S&P 500 market cap and on its way to 30% by 1999. (Today it is 19%.) Four of the five oldest post-1980 tech funds (see chart) have generated market-beating returns since inception. They have also consistently outperformed on a rolling five-year basis since the late '80s. For example, the oldest of the modern funds, Fidelity Select Technology, has whipped the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 in every five-year period since...
Glen explained that in addition to Stanford’s proximity to Silicon Valley and Oracle’s headquarters, a major asset lies in the strength of its interdisciplinary studies programs. Stanford broke ground...
...head against a brick wall repeatedly and remind it of the existence of the rule of law. He took on the role, and the official branding of bias that comes with it. The payoff will take a little longer. If Microsoft really has turned over a new leaf, Silicon Valley may one day build statues in his honor...