Word: silicones
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...learn about the world, a way to come out of his shell, a way to build his network of elite supporters. "One of the first things he did was ask me about my life," says John Roos, a Bradley fund raiser and partner at a powerful Silicon Valley law firm. "Who I was, what I thought was important. I was extremely surprised...
Marketing one's virtue has its limitations. It magnifies each compromise he makes: his opposition to taxing products on the Internet, a big hit with Silicon Valley; his reversal on clemency for Puerto Rican terrorists; his overtures to New York's black power broker, the Rev. Al Sharpton; his sudden support for ethanol subsidies (which he once called "highway robbery"). Then he insists he isn't just another vote-grubbing pol. "When you're a national candidate, you see things in a different context," he says. "I'm being upfront and direct about...
Money is tacky in Silicon Valley. Equity is always a better way to go. It shows you have faith in the future, belief in your partners and, most important, guts. So it makes sense that p.r. executives--who are as powerful in Silicon Valley as they are in Hollywood--demand stock in their clients' start-ups. But even stock may not be enough. Simone Otus, 39, co-founder of p.r. firm Blanc & Otus, takes on only companies that offer status. "We want to pitch the really hot companies to build our own brand value," she explains from her ancillary...
Given the summer off from tutoring duties, Orecklin, Ratnesar and Stein were sent packing. The three left TIME's New York City office for two weeks to report our cover story: the remarkable business revolution under way in California, where a second wave of entrepreneurs is colonizing Silicon Valley. Why there? Because no place on earth is better equipped to set new businesses into motion than the Valley. And as the Internet has become more developed, the Valley's original generation of techies has given way to M.B.A.s looking to launch their business plans online. Many of them schooled...
...making money by accident. While everyone else in the Valley is haunted by the phantom revenues they promised their VCs, Newmark is trying to find charities to fund. A 46-year-old ex-software engineer, he runs the online bulletin board Craigslist.org and if you're anyone in Silicon Valley, you use Craig's List. While headhunters and job fairs throw tons of resumes your way, a $45 posting on Craig's List gets you the real talent. And with 180 new listings each day, the site, which gives its profits to charity, has a lot of cash it needs...