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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

Located in both San Francisco and San Jose (and soon to be Las Vegas), Citizen Space bills itself as simply, “a nicer place to work.” This coworking space is a pet-friendly hybrid of a social coffee shop and productive work place that’s affordable for independent workers. Citizen Space.

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Eastern European Champions & the 4 V’s of Big Data

Cracking the Code

One of the big data team collected and analyzed all the data of accidents on Route 101 linking San Francisco to San Jose. We have tried to define Big Data around a framework of four V’s that explain the essence of the concept: Volume, Variety, Velocity and Value: Volume : the first V is easy to grasp as it is about quantity.

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3 Tips for Starting a Business While Still in College

The Startup Magazine

Source: Flickr via The San Jose Library. Use social media to your advantage for marketing your business and finding new customers. If you already know what type of business you want to start, use this opportunity to turn your dream into a reality. Design a Website.

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Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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Founder Follies: “Startup: A Novel”

Austin Startup

Written by BuzzFeed Senior Culture Editor Doree Shafrir (pictured above), this book pulls apart the New York / Brooklyn entrepreneurial scene in the same bitter-sweet way that the HBO show “Silicon Valley” satirizes San Jose. Given the social media habits of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, this downward spiral isn’t likely to change soon.

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Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: StrongSalt

Austin Startup

What’s your favorite thing about being based in San Jose, Calif.? On a more personal level, I celebrate independence and the courage for a person to say what he wants in the age of social media and political correctness where people are afraid to say how they really feel as if by sugarcoating the words we fix the problems.