Could Silicon Valley’s Next Big Thing Really Be Beer?
“It’s sometimes said that Silicon Valley has given up on real innovation. Everyone is the hunt for the next Zynga. Nobody cares about solving big problems.” [Read more...]
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$1 Million Fundraising Effort Needed To ‘Reenergize’ Kepler’s Bookstore Into The Future
“Almost four months after Clark Kepler handed over ownership of his family’s namesake bookstore to a group of volunteers, the venerable Menlo Park institution [Read more...]
Social-Media Marketing Startup Vitrue Bought By Oracle
“Oracle snapped up Atlanta-based social-media-management company Vitrue for a reported $300 million as consolidation in the space picks up.” “Big [Read more...]
3,600 Jobs Added In South Bay – The Strongest Employment Gains For April In Entire State
“In a sign that the Silicon Valley economy continues to hum, the South Bay was California’s strongest region for employment creation during April, according to a [Read more...]
Bank of America Report Finds San Francisco Small Business Owners More Confident in Local Economy Than National Economy
“SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bank of America today released its inaugural Small Business Owner Report1, a semi-annual study exploring the concerns, [Read more...]
Small Business Contracting Bills OK’d As Part Of Defense Spending Bill
“Eight bills aimed at making it easier for small businesses to win federal contracts won approval Friday in the House of Representatives. But the legislation’s fate [Read more...]
San Jose Business Owner Raising Funds To Stop Rhino Poaching
“Minh Nguyen, 38, is charging ahead with a goal of helping save the rhino from extinction by collecting contributions and donating 100 percent of his own income this [Read more...]
San Francisco Tops List Of U.S. Cities With Most Socially Savvy Small Businesses (INFOGRAPHIC)
Radius, a San Francisco-based company, released a report that puts San Francisco at the top of a list of cities with the most socially savvy small businesses… [Read more...]
Obama Urges Congress To Act On Small Business “To-Do” List
“President [Read more...]
How Richmond Is Building An Economy On Co-ops
“With sky-high unemployment, Richmond, California, is not a place where traditional business models alone can dent poverty. The city has turned to co-ops in hopes that [Read more...]