3) Don’t discard old business models because they are old… Silicon Valley is home to the shiny new object syndrome and we often forget that old business models are referred to as old because they WORK. Entrepreneurship Facebook IPO Silicon Valley VC MORE >>

The explanation could be tied to the fact that the financial sector has sucked up so much talent that might have otherwise done something useful in Silicon Valley or in other entrepreneurial hubs. useful in Silicon Valley or in other entrepreneurial hubs." Wrong. The two trends are not disconnected. Just the opposite. MORE >>

Introduced before keynoting at Austin, Texas's Capital Factory Demo Day as "the most-connected person in Silicon Valley," Hoffman gave a really interesting talk about how he handles hiring at his company. Give early employees as much equity as you can - and reup them over time. Sponsor. don't know, but I wouldn't chance it.". MORE >>

and is home to a number of venture capital and private equity firms, including Benchmark Capital. Road home to many of the venture capitalists that provide startups with funding to grow. the top 40 office markets across the United States and Canada. Mary Ann Azevedo can be MORE >>

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. Here is what they found: Tech. Execs. Are Bullish. And listen up Washington - 83 percent of them plan to hire in the coming year. MORE >>