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Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Welcome back, cubicles? Longtime Silicon Valley CEO says coronavirus could kill the open office

Nothing will be the same whenever corporate America goes back to the office, and one casualty could be the open office, said longtime tech chief executive Carol Bartz.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 24th, 2020

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Silicon Valley billionaires’ favorite nonprofit crumbles beneath mounting greed

A Silicon Valley money factory soared with the tech boom, but grew greedy and obsessed with winning until its en.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJun 28th, 2018

WeWork to go public via SPAC led by Sacramento Kings owner and Tibco founder Vivek Ranadive

WeWork has agreed to go public through a merger with a Menlo Park-based blank-check firm led by Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Vivek Ranadive that includes NBA great Shaquille O'Neal as an adviser. The deal isn’t expected to directly impact.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 10th, 2021

Khosla Ventures gets into the SPAC boom with plans to raise $1.2B in 3 IPOs

Another major Silicon Valley tech investor joins the record run of "blank check" IPOs. Menlo Park-based Khosla Ventures filed plans Friday to raise $1.2 billion for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that aim to take three yet-to-be-dete.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 13th, 2021

Tech entrepreneur gives $25M in cryptocurrency to alma mater

A tech entrepreneur and his wife have made a very Silicon Valley donation to his San Francisco alma mater _ $25 million, mostly in cryptocurrency. .....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralApr 6th, 2019

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Tech’s COVID-19 boom won’t last forever, but it’s not going to end just yet

Tech giants across nearly every sector are expected to report solid earnings gains in both the coming quarter and the rest of 2021, as the pandemic accelerated nearly everything, from e-commerce to virtual work to cloud computing......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 17th, 2021

My View: Why my tech startup left San Francisco for Arizona

In this guest column, the CEO of Moov Technologies Inc. reflects on the startup's early days in Silicon Valley, and why he made the recent decision to leave that hotbed of tech innovation behind and move his company's headquarters to Arizona......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 9th, 2021

: Global deal making soars to almost $700 billion so far this year

Tech deals and blank-check companies are fueling a surge in mergers and acquisitions.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 1st, 2021

Roundup: the top tech and startup funding rounds, M&As and investment activity for DFW in February

Check out which companies landed funding, which ones made acquisitions and who is made investments in the local tech and startup ecosystem in February......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 26th, 2021

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Some tech workers are leaving San Francisco. They won’t be missed

Many tech workers able to work from home have moved out of San Francisco, but are not going far. While San Francisco's economy could suffer temporarily, it's not the end of the City by the Bay, and is unlikely to spell its end as a tech epicenter......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 20th, 2021

Amazon, Facebook, other tech giants spent roughly $65 million to lobby Washington last year

The sizable sums foreshadow the political blitz that Silicon Valley is likely to mount in the face of fresh promises from President Biden and his new Democratic control in Congress that they plan to rein in the tech industry......»»

Category: topSource: washpostJan 22nd, 2021

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: After Capitol insurrection and fallout, it is time for new laws for social media

Last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has led to the biggest reckoning in the history of the internet, and will likely be a tipping point for new regulation of American social-media companies......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJan 16th, 2021

Silicon Valley tech leader Rabois buys Miami Beach mansion for $29M (Photos)

Keith Rabois, general partner of venture capital firm Founders Fund and a longtime executive at Silicon Valley technology firms, is moving to Miami Beach after purchasing a mansion for $28.94 million. Andre Radandt, the former CEO of beverage company Bo.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 21st, 2020

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Luckin Coffee scandal demonstrates how risky Chinese IPOs can be, but investors are not getting the message

Over the last few years, investors have been warned by shareholder advocates, a few short sellers, this column on MarketWa.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 12th, 2020

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Luckin Coffee shows how risky Chinese IPOs can be, but investors are just not listening

Over the last few years, investors have been warned by shareholder advocates, a few short sellers, this column on MarketWa.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 12th, 2020

In Silicon Valley, Elon Musk mobilizes a small army of tech elites behind reopening society

Musk, who has made faulty predictions and trafficked in misinformation on the coronavirus, took aim at society's shelter-in-place orders in a profanity-laced rant on Tesla's earnings call Wednesday......»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 30th, 2020

Philly startup raises $12.9M, led by prominent Silicon Valley VC firm

Philadelphia tech startup Fishtown Analytics raised a $12.9 million funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, one of the country's most well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Founded by alums of RJ Metrics and its spinout Stitch — tw.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 22nd, 2020

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: How not to kill your spouse and other tips for working from home from someone who hates it

As the U.S. goes into isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts on remote work are weighing in with tips and ideas to avoid going stir crazy and having the plot of “The Shining” become a reality at home......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 20th, 2020

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Tech supply chain is recovering from coronavirus, but beware a relapse

The tech supply chain has begun to recover from the effects of COVID-19 in China, but don’t expect an easy return to normal......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 11th, 2020

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: The 5G rollout is already behind, and coronavirus could slow it even more

Two seemingly different issues — the ongoing 5G network rollout and the coronavirus — are causing confusion and disappointment for many tech investors this earnings season so far and they are now becoming intertwined......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 21st, 2020