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Future Facebook Culture Change?
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Menlo Park
Recent Articles about Menlo Park
Job Seekers Look Beyond Wages
A recent survey finds flex hours and other perks have a big impact on recruiting. Read more
Recruiters Facing IT Shortage
For many businesses, good technology workers are getting harder to find, a survey finds. Read more
Telecommuting On the Rise
Most employers expect the number of remote workers to increase, a survey finds. Read more
Free Phone-Based Yellow Pages Search
March 20, 2007 -- Jingle Networks, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based directory assistance service, has added a new feature that allows users to ... Read more
Survey: E-Mail During Meetings a No-No
April 19, 2007 -- A majority of professionals admit to occasionally checking e-mails on their BlackBerries and other mobile devices durin... Read more
Employers Often Misread Job Applicants
It's not always easy finding a work environment that's the right fit, a new survey shows. Out of 300 administrative professionals surveyed, 46 perc... Read more
The Benefits of Telecommuting
Telecommuting is becoming more common among IT professionals compared to five years ago, new research shows. In a survey of 1,400 chief information... Read more
Survey: Workers Prefer Funny Bosses
Most working professionals think it's important to have a sense of humor around the office, a recent survey found. Among nearly 500 full and part-t... Read more
Workplaces More Competitive
Rivalries between co-workers are heating up, sparked by fears over job security, a survey finds. Read more
Advice for Science Start-ups
Dec. 5, 2006 -- The National Venture Capital Association will be co-hosting a workshop for life science start-ups in Menlo Park, Calif., ... Read more
Obesity Whets VC Appetites
VCs back businesses with a little junk in the trunk. Read more
Valley Guy
Guy Kawasaki tells you where to meet and what to eat in Silicon Valley. Read more
Travel Pointers in a Laptop
Software provides business travelers with digitized maps of 30 U.S. cities. Read more
Dressed For Success;
STILL WOOZY FROM BAD investments in electronics, venture capitalists expect to find relief in specialty retailing. "I'm besieged by calls from other... Read more
CEOs Gossip About the VCs
The 1,500 entrepreneurs who rank VCs at The Funded have expressed some very strong opinions. Inc. does not endorse these views but is happy to quote... Read more
Introducing VC 2.0
Even as many venture capitalists shy away from start-ups, a handful of dissidents from bigger investment houses have started new funds to fill the capital ga... Read more
Bill Porter: My Biggest Mistake
BILL PORTER Founder and chairman emeritus of E*Trade Group, in Menlo Park, Calif., and cofounder and chairman of International Securities Excha... Read more
Raises Are the New Black
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ... Read more
How Has Technology Changed the Way You Do Your Job?
Various businesspeople comment on their use of technology. Read more
More Recruiters Logging On
A survey finds employers are turning to social networking sites in the hunt for talent. Read more
Case Study #2: The Inventor's Best Friend
The Start-up: TechShop The Founder: Jim Newton Menlo Park, California The business proposition: A chai... Read more
Popular Perks
Chart showing the most common privileges granted to employees of small companies. Read more
Elevator Pitch: Take the Interview
This HR start-up makes it easy to screen job candidates. Can it raise $1.25 million? Read more
Comic Attitudes
Start-up chain of comic-book stores faces competition from established companies for increasingly sophisticated market. Read more
Tuesdays Tops With Employers
A new survey finds employees get the most done on the second day of the week. Read more
Finance: Elevator Pitch
PODO helps shoppers find sneakers and shampoo. Can it find $8 million? Read more
Steve Meginniss Helped Reinvent the Toothbrush. Can He Do the Same Thing for Wheels?
The Pitch: "Wheelchair users often get arm pain from pushing their chairs around all day. Our wheels turn wheelchairs into two-gear chair... Read more
Survey: Schools Matter in Hiring
When it comes to hiring decisions, entry-level job candidates with a degree from prestigious schools have an upper hand with most HR managers, a new surve... Read more
Jobseekers Vetted With Short Contracts
Employers say offering temporary work allows them to better evaluate job candidates. Read more
Employees Feeling Underappreciated
Many good workers feel underappreciated by their employers, even when they work hard and produce quality results, a recent survey found. Of more th... Read more
Global Workers Seek Etiquette Training
As more companies go global, workers say they could use lessons in cross-cultural relations. Read more
Five Ideas to Watch
Five Ideas to Watch, among them: a wildfire alarm and new dog tags Read more
Rewriting the Ending
The unfortunate demise and surprising rebirth of a very special business. Part 1 in a series. Read more
Job Applicants Doing Their Homework
Candidates are now more likely to research a company before a job interview, a survey finds. Read more
Employers Covering Tuition, Training
A survey finds most companies support workers' educational and professional development. Read more
Pint-size Computers
As of now, most portable computers are more deadweight than lightweight. Still, if you are looking for a complete business machine to go home to office, you ... Read more
Survey: Jobseekers Neglect to Say "Thank You"
Sending a handwritten thank-you note after an interview can give a potential employee an edge over other candidates, a new survey shows. In a surve... Read more
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