Liz Gannes in News on April 25 at 1:45 pm PT
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz say they want to improve venture capital’s image by committing to philanthropy.
Liz Gannes in News on April 18 at 2:00 am PT
There seems to be something in the water at Stanford University that’s making faculty members leave their more-than-perfectly-good jobs and go online.
Kara Swisher in News on April 6 at 10:14 am PT
KP partner decided to be the change she wants to see in the world.
Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 8:46 am PT
On some level of journalism, I guess anything
could happen.
But does that mean it should?
Some sensational stories in tech of late have led to some even more sensational reporting.
Kara Swisher in News on March 8, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Yesterday, the Obama administration dribbled out the news that it was going to nominate current Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next ambassador to China.
The move leaves open a post that could get a true turbocharge if it were filled by an exec from the fast-growing and innovative digital arena.
Here are BoomTown’s nominations.
Voices
Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 18, 2011 at 10:52 am PT
Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini is not one of the liberal tech leaders who helped President Barack Obama get elected. But he is nevertheless heeding the administration’s call.
John Paczkowski in News on February 18, 2011 at 9:05 am PT
The White House has posted a single photo from the Silicon Valley dinner President Obama attended last night. Beyond confirming the guest list that made the rounds Thursday, it’s largely unremarkable–save for one thing: the seating arrangement at the dining table.
John Paczkowski in News on February 17, 2011 at 1:07 pm PT
Oh to be a fly on the wall at this gathering….President Obama will dine with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and a handful of other top Silicon Valley executives at a private dinner, at the home of venture capitalist John Doerr.
Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2010 at 5:14 am PT
Star venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins paid $150 million for a stake in Twitter and all he
didn’t get was a board seat.
That’s due to another directorship he has at search giant Google.
Maybe Doerr will get one at Spotify or Groupon, where he could be investing next.
Kara Swisher in News on December 15, 2010 at 12:15 pm PT
Twitter has completed its latest round of funding–$200 million at a $3.7 billion valuation–with Kleiner Perkins as the lead investor.
The San Francisco microblogging service is also adding two new board members: Flipboard’s Mike McCue and former DoubleClick head David Rosenblatt.
