New startups are born every day here in Startup Land. That’s why it’s so hard to keep track of all the rising stars. It used to be that if you knew a startup by name…
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Silicon Valley’s Second Most Famous Garage
If there is an epicenter for the folklore around people starting multi billion dollar companies out of their garage, Silicon Valley would surely be it. The garage where Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett founded the…
Stanford Memorial Church
Located at the center of Stanford University, the Stanford Memorial Church was built by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband Leland. Dedicated in 1903, the church was one of the earlier non-denominational churches…
David Carrico
There is nothing quite like watching your favorite band play live at an amazing concert venue or music festival. However, sometimes you just can’t get to the show – especially if it’s sold out. That’s…
Mavericks Invitational 2013 Opening Ceremony
It’s easy to lose track of time in Startup Land due to the fact that we only have two seasons: “warm” and “less warm”. However, we do have some obvious visual clues (leaves falling, colored…
Conferences
Conferences have become a way of life for companies in high growth industries. The faster the growth the more conferences there seem to be. Startups and big companies both love a good conference. Think about…
It’s O.K. To Be Takei
Actor George Takei (Commander Sulu from the television series Star Trek) was in Startup Land late last year visiting the current “batch” of companies at 500 Startups headquarters in Mountain View. Sadly, I missed the…
Creative In The Cloud
Adobe has been making waves throughout Startup Land (and the entire software industry) with the move from perpetual to subscription licensing for its core creative software titles. This week, the company released the first full…
Prism Backlash
As seen in Palo Alto. If I had to guess the political views of most engineers here in Startup Land, I would go with Libertarian.
Above Startup Land
The view of Startup Land as day turns to night. One of those lights is a billion dollar startup waiting to happen.
The Lucky Office
When it comes to turning a startup into a multi-billion dollar company, entrepreneurs know that success often requires great timing as well as some good, old fashioned luck. Unfortunately, luck doesn’t grow on trees or…
Over the Hills
One of the great things about living in Silicon Valley is how easy it is to get out of it when you want to. The Pacific coastline is 32 miles due West and is a…
Gordon Laing
I had a chance to catch up with Gordon Laing during his recent visit to Startup Land. Gordon is the founder and editor of the popular CameraLabs.com – a comprehensive photographic equipment review website that…
Super Hero Street Fair
If Captain America, Superman, Batman, and the X-men were to throw a party in San Francisco it would probably look a lot like the Super Hero Street Fair. Complete with climbing wall, multiple music stages,…
BFD – Part 4: K.Flay, St. John, Eligh & Amp Live
This is the fourth of four posts containing photos from the BFD music festival held on June 2nd, 2012 @ The Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Photos below are of K.Flay, St. John, and…
BFD – Part 3: Falling In Reverse, GROUPLOVE, Neon Trees
This is the third of four of posts containing photos from the BFD music festival held on June 2nd, 2012 @ The Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Photos below are of Falling in Reverse,…
BFD – Part 2: Jane’s Addiction & Cake
This is the second of four of posts containing photos from the BFD Music festival held on June 2nd, 2012 @ The Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Photos below are of Jane’s Addiction and…
BFD – Part 1: Garbage & Silversun Pickups
I’ll let you guess what BFD stands for, but rest assured, it’s an appropriate name for one of the biggest music festivals in Northern California. Held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, BFD takes…
Maker Faire
In some way, shape or form we all like to make things. Here in Startup Land, people are constantly designing cutting edge technology and creating new businesses. But in other parts of the country people…
Stanford Pow-wow
Every year the Native American community finds its way to the heart of Startup Land for a Pow-wow. No, I’m not talking about some big corporate meeting, I’m literally talking about a pow-wow where people…
How Weird Street Faire
Startup Land is sometimes described as a place where creative energy and entreprenurial ideas collide. After all, that’s why it’s home to thousands of startup companies trying to change the world in some way, shape…
Dream Machines
One of the things that makes Startup Land unique is its ability to continually create the latest new thing. In fact, you are bombarded with so many new things that it’s easy to forget about…
Robot Block Party
Robotics is all about serious research and hard core tech, right? Well, you might change your mind after watching a robot dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. That’s exactly what happened to me at this year’s…
Asha Stanford Holi – Festival Of Colours
It’s sometimes easy to forget about the seasons here in Startup Land because we only have two: nice and rainy. Luckily, this year I had a new fun way to remember that it’s Spring: Holi!…
A Super Happy Block Party
I went to block parties all the time while growing up in New York. A neighborhood would petition the city to block off the street, then invite everyone they knew to bring lots of food…
RightsCon 2011
Most people do not think of Silicon Valley as a battleground for human rights issues. That’s exactly what Access was hoping to change by organizing RightsCon— a conference that brought together Silicon Valley companies like…
Occupy San Mateo
The growing wave of anti Wall Street sentiment, fueled by the Occupy Wall St. movement, hit Silicon Valley on Friday as protesters gathered on a busy overpass of highway 92 in San Mateo.
Notes For Steve
In the days after his death, thousands of Silicon Valley residents made their way to the Apple retail store in Palo Alto, California to leave personal notes of remembrance mourning the loss of Steve Jobs….
Rest in Peace
Rest in peace Steve Jobs. You will be missed.
