The Palo Alto Daily is reporting (November, 2015) that a petition is being circulated in Palo Alto to re-name Jordan Junior High which is named after former Stanford University President, David Starr Jordan. Jordan was into the then early field…
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I recently went to hear Elizabeth Holmes in person speaking in Santa Clara. She’s Theranos’ founder and CEO and a media darling. I loved the focus and single mindedness that shined through her story of knowing since childhood there…
BEAM STORE, Palo Alto, California A couple walks by the storefront, does a double take and stands transfixed staring at what looks like a computer screen on legs having a conversation on the sidewalk with some people. Curious they…
I’m ready. Have Traveling Pepper and I will write to you. I will thank you, invite you, love you, want you, send good wishes, say hello and good-bye and anything in-between. Yes, that’s how much I like it. But it goes…
He followed me out of the coffee bar and said, “Excuse me, was that a Bitcoin transaction you just did?” Since he was behind me in line at Coupa Cafe, Palo Alto’s only retail place I know to use…
A Webby for Health Crap? Yep. Just because the info is online and the delivery system is not what you are used to doesn’t make it award worthy. Health Tap is mediocre. Don’t call it a game changer –…
Too Old 4 a #StartUp?(Venture Heads)’ https://t.co/LzBukwEotc #fundraising #funding #sandhillroad #pitch #pitching #entrepreneurs #capital — Silicon Valley Story (@theSVstory) April 7, 2015…
Diversity problem in Silicon Valley? Big time. I was going to write about something else but when I opened this email for a new meet-up: http://www.meetup.com/WHITE-STARTUP-INVESTORS-AND-FOUNDERS/ and my jaw dropped, and my brain went to the news today…
Disruption, change the world, make it a better place – these are phrases heard all the time in Silicon Valley. There are start ups everywhere – in my garage I have a palm ID biometric tech start…
This is a walk down Memory Lane. As the Varsity is about to rebirth as a co-sharing work and coffee bar, let us remember all the good things the building has given us, bookstore, yes, but especially the bar,…