6 posts and columns on Silicon Alley

Tech Boom Hits New York Start-Ups

in News on May 26, 2011 at 4:03 pm PT

It’s official: The Internet gold rush is spreading east. A decade after the tech bubble burst and brought down Silicon Alley, investors are crowding back into New York’s start-up scene.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Take on Silicon Valley Wannabes

in News on November 5, 2009 at 8:12 am PT

Eric Schmidt is brimming with Bay Area pride. In the 33 years that the Google CEO has lived in the Bay Area, Schmidt says he has watched a long list of regions try–and fail–to create technology capitals of Silicon Valley’s scale.

Silicon Alley vs. Silicon Valley

in News on June 3, 2009 at 8:01 am PT

Silicon Valley may be the place to be for Internet startups, but New York is the birthplace of cool, an attribute that comes in handy for launching some tech companies.

Twitter App Investors Still Writing Checks: StockTwits Raises a Round

in Media on May 18, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Nope, Twitter still hasn’t trotted out a business model yet, and that may or may not be a problem for potential acquirers like Google or Microsoft. But it’s a nonissue for a growing number of start-ups hoping to succeed simply by positioning themselves in Twitter’s general vicinity. Today’s example: StockTwits, a day-trader-meets-Twitter site that just raised $800,000 from venture capital firm True Ventures.
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