Remote work is equalizing tech startup pay across the country, with Silicon Valley and San Francisco as the benchmark, and Seattle as Exhibit A. That’s one insight from a recent… Read More
Techies are apparently leaving Silicon Valley. The pandemic has sparked what some describe as an “exodus” of tech companies, employees, and investors who are relocating to Austin, Miami, Reno, Madison,… Read More
“Silicon Valley” wrapped up six seasons on HBO on Sunday night with a series finale called “Exit Event” — and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates entered for a cameo appearance. Gates… Read More
For years, fast-growing tech companies have drawn criticism for housing crises that have swelled in Seattle, and the San Francisco Bay Area, alongside booming technology industries. Big tech companies are… Read More
The fake tech giants on “Silicon Valley” had plenty to say about the real ones Sunday night as the comedy returned to HBO for its sixth season. Pied Piper and… Read More
Editor’s Note: In this guest post, Tom Alberg, Madrona Venture Group managing director, reviews The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O’Mara; and VC: An American… Read More
REPORTING FROM OAKLAND: It was a regular break in the action during the first quarter of Tuesday’s NBA playoff game at Oracle Arena when a familiar voice — at least… Read More
The two most valuable companies in the world are tech corporations — do you know what they are? And do you know where they are headquartered? The answer may surprise… Read More
Bill Gates gets it. The Microsoft co-founder wants his friends in Silicon Valley to lighten up if they refuse to watch HBO’s “Silicon Valley” because they’re afraid it makes fun… Read More
Silicon Valley may be the startup capital of the world, but Seattle has a leg up when it comes what is arguably the most impactful technology of the future. The… Read More
Today’s featured stories Amazon criticized for ending warehouse bonuses and stock awards in shift to $15/hour wage Nintendo plans new Switch hardware for 2019 release, report says Silicon Valley VC… Read More
There’s something about Seattle tech startups and entrepreneurs that gets Rajeev Batra excited. His Silicon Valley investment firm, Mayfield, has backed fast-growing companies from the region including Outreach and Skilljar in recent years. But… Read More
Every so often New York makes me mad. No, it’s not the congestion or the people or the Yankees (though they truly are insufferable). It’s New York’s insatiable appetite to… Read More
As CEO of Redfin, Glenn Kelman keeps a close eye on housing trends and their consequences. He’s convinced that skyrocketing housing costs in thriving coastal cities will lead to a… Read More
A week after announcing plans for a historic redevelopment of its original Redmond, Wash., headquarters, Microsoft this morning unveiled plans to overhaul its 32-acre campus in Mountain View, Calif., saying… Read More
Looks like the guys at the Pied Piper offices have been watching the congressional hearings involving Facebook, Twitter and Google. And it’s all sparked Dinesh to share how scared he… Read More
Curl up in your bathrobe and hold that bong rip a few extra seconds for this news: T.J. Miller, the actor who portrays entrepreneurial tech doofus Erlich Bachman on “Silicon… Read More
It might be a rare thing to get your tech company referenced on “Saturday Night Live,” but on “Silicon Valley,” it’s pretty much a weekly occurrence. Sunday night on the HBO… Read More
For the past few years, I’ve been kicking around a theory that relates to the city that I love, this wonderful place that I’ve called home for more than two… Read More
It’s been 15 years since Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn, which was acquired by Microsoft last year to the tune of $26 billion. Hoffman now sits on Microsoft’s board and is counted… Read More
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman built a technology giant in Silicon Valley, but he has been spending more time in Seattle recently as a startup investor and Microsoft’s newest board member.… Read More
An inaugural quarterly report from Seattle-based online real estate company Redfin takes a look at the migration patterns of people across the United States based on their searches for homes… Read More
HBO’s “Silicon Valley” comedy series presents a California-centric view of how tech is done (and undone), but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Seattle-based Amazon Web Services came in for satirical… Read More
Seattleites who say Bay Area tech workers are invading their city have new data to back up that claim. In the last five years, the number of Silicon Valley workers… Read More
Seattle’s tech scene has long had a reputation as the less mature little sister of Silicon Valley. But the Valley’s popularity may be its undoing as people increasingly see the… Read More
In some ways, James Newell is a hometown Seattle boy. He was born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, just an hour’s ferry ride from downtown Seattle, and attended the University… Read More
Seattle-based wedding planning startup Joy began almost by accident, as a side project by then-Microsoft employees Vishal Joshi, Michael Bach and Adobe engineer Kaiwalya Kher, after creating an early version of their… Read More
There is a regionalization movement underway in the technology startup industry that has appropriately sparked controversy and strong opinions, most recently between Peter Thiel and Steve Case. Thiel argued that… Read More
When Corley Hughes left her position as a general manager for Microsoft to become Product Hunt’s COO, she went from one of more than 100,000 to one of four. Since she… Read More
If you want to track the ups and downs of the technology industry, follow the bouncing ball back to ping-pong tables in Silicon Valley. That’s the focus of a new… Read More