San Francisco Bay Area


CrushPad: Truly a Mashup

When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, I used to hear the same joke about wine making all the time. Did you hear about the person who made a...  Read more

Factoring in the Lifespan of Your Products

I've been thinking about the average lifespan of common items all morning. What set me off, you ask? Thank you for asking. It was this Read more

Comerica Bank Opens Six New Banking Centers

Comerica Bank (NYSE:CMA)  has announced the opening of six new banking centers in Arizona and California by year-end. The new centers will serve reta...  Read more

Riverbed Launches User Group Program

The move expands the company's customer community forum by providing year-round regional support.  Read more

Readers Review Their Favorite Tech Tools

How entrepreneurs boost their business with Yahoo! Answers and the Verizon Network Extender  Read more

IPO Basics: The Registration Statement

Registration statements have the following two principal parts: Part I is the prospectus, the legal offering or "selling" document. The "i...  Read more

Virtually Persuasive

On the Web, in-depth information is a powerful and persuasive sales tool. It also helps to overcome a major inhibitor of Internet commerce: a simple lack ...  Read more

Capital Gains

While Sacramento isn't as glamorous as its Left Coast siblings, California's capital is striving to create an exciting business culture -- and it's working.  Read more

Gimme Shelter

Forget the Holy Grail -- try finding office space in the Bay Area. Here's how Gazooba CEO Andrew Raskin cracked the San Francisco real estate market in six w...  Read more

Mail

None of Your Business Jeff Bedard, CEO of Crown Laboratories, has good intentions, but I believe his mandatory health-improvement policies are a...  Read more

Gimme Shelter

Forget the Holy Grail -- try finding office space in the Bay Area. Here's how Gazooba CEO Andrew Raskin cracked the San Francisco real estate market in six w...  Read more

Covad, IDT Offer Ethernet Wireless Services

The partnership will provide point-to-multipoint wireless technology at up to 20 megabytes per second.  Read more

Guard Your Exits!

With the job market slowly recovering, brace yourself for a tidal wave of employee turnover.  Read more

Readers' Questions: War. Who Is It Good For?

Absolutely nobody. But there are some things you can do to protect your business.  Read more

Still the Best Places to Do Business

A public-policy expert explains why some big cities are the best place for successful entrepreneurial commerce.  Read more

Are 500 Contacts Too Many?

Who's worthy of going in your contact database in Outlook, your cell phone, your social network, etc.? What should be the criteria so you don't end up with 5...  Read more

Angel Investor Directory

Finding the right angel investor could help you get your start-up off the ground. Angel-investor networks are a good place to start looking for funding. T...  Read more

Bill Niman’s Next Move

The natural-meat pioneer strikes back with a new company, BN Ranch -- and something to prove  Read more

The Sweet Smell of Excess

When big-shot Blockbuster alums came calling with plans to start a national chain of florist shops, little guys like John Partridge and Greg Royer thought th...  Read more

Yelp Lawsuit Alleges Extortion Tactics

Customer-review website Yelp's sales tactics included demanding $300 monthly payments in exchange for removing negative reviews, a class-action lawsuit alleg...  Read more

Help (Still) Wanted

It's never been tougher for companies to hire unskilled workers, and the shortage is going to get worse. Fortunately, some smart companies have figured out h...  Read more

Do-It-Yourself Job Creation

Profiles of entrepreneurs who are creating their own jobs and changing the face of business.  Read more

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