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...good news, experts say, is that the bias is beginning to fade. An increasing number of start-ups that may have previously shunned the "gray hairs" (anybody over 35 in Silicon Valley parlance) have learned that bringing in a high-level executive with a 15- or 20-year track record can be essential to getting the job done...
Having a grownup at the helm inspires confidence where it counts, notes Jason McCabe Calacanis, 29, founder of Silicon Alley Reporter. Calacanis is considering hiring an experienced fiftysomething consultant to be his COO. "Having senior executives makes investors, Wall Street, the public, employees and customers more secure about the company and the services you are providing," Calacanis says. "It can mean the difference between getting a $1 million contract and no contract at all." Says e-coach Bernard: "No one cares how cool you are if you can't meet payroll...
...such protests may be in vain. An article in yesterday's New York Times began with the phrase, "Underscoring Stanford University's deep relationship with Silicon Valley...
Other national reports have highlighted the 23-year Stanford teaching veteran's successful Silicon Valley business venture, MIPS Computer Systems. MIPS grew out of research begun at Stanford...
...mail message Monday night, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 called Hennessy "a leader in finding effective and appropriate ways for Stanford to interact and be integrated with the Silicon Valley corporate and industrial enterprises...