Word: siliconing
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...Google Empire from its accidental inception on Stanford’s campus to its contemporary initiatives in genetic research. Through interviews, study, and a great many Google searches of his own, he relates the legend of two of the most successful computer-nerds to ever emerge from Silicon Valley, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.With Malseed’s help, Vise interviewed countless employees from Google’s CEO to its head chef, as well as teachers, family members, and Boy Scout leaders from the founders’ past. In short, Vise did his homework, and thanks...
...Certainly, Schwarzenegger will need all of his charm when he shifts the trip's focus from selling Californian products-think of all the Napa Valley wine that the Chinese could quaff!-to convincing China to combat the rampant piracy of Hollywood films and Silicon Valley software. On Thursday, the Governor will attend a premiere of the newest Harry Potter movie in Shanghai, although pirated copies of the film are already widely available in the city...
...Being a minority woman and a foreigner in corporate America is a "double whammy," says Shernaz Daver. Raised in Bombay and educated at Stanford and Harvard, the 41-year-old high-tech marketing consultant struggled against stereotypes to gain access to boardrooms and executive offices at some of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies, including Sun Microsystems and Motorola...
Some of that informality reveals the influence of Silicon Valley, where Zander spent more than 15 years at Sun Microsystems and then a private equity firm. He is trying to bring some of the Valley's spirit to the Chicago suburbs. He has challenged everyone--not just the mobile-phone designers--to come up with Motorola's next iconic product. Rau says his team was inspired by the Razr to develop the "zero-footprint base station," equipment for mobile-phone carriers that takes up less real estate than a standard cell-phone tower...
...said. “It is essential for Harvard Business School to have a presence in India.” Since the inception of the Global Initiative in 1996, HBS has opened research centers in Buenos Aires, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, as well as one in Silicon Valley, Calif. India, Asia’s third largest economy, has grown at an average rate of 6.8 percent since 1994. The nation has been noted for the rapid growth of its service sector, fueled by a young population in fields as diverse as software development, telemarketing, and tax preparation, according...