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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…
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.
Rest in Peace
Rest in peace Steve Jobs. You will be missed.