San Jose

Translating the Buzzwords

Advice on leasing office equipment a primer on basic leasing terminology.  Read more

The Case Of The Missing Metros

You're right: manufacturing is experiencing hot growth. But you're not quite right. It's happening in San Jose, not San Francisco. No offense to Frisco,...  Read more

Quote Of The Month;

At a recent venture capital conference in Phoenix, a group of chief executive officers challenged Roger V. Smith, president and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank...  Read more

Enticed To The Altar

Marrying season has arrived for small companies. Many of them are going to the altar with much larger corporations that have a substantial dowry to invest...  Read more

Trips to Hawaii, cash on the line, personal computers. You name it, you've got it -- if you're an engineer. And the newest way for companies to get this...  Read more

The Space Race

With office rents plunging, there's never been a better time to be a tenant.  Read more

Specialty Delivery

Information on various regional next-day delivery services.  Read more

Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100

Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit...  Read more

New Online-Sales Software

Feb. 20, 2007 -- BEA Systems, a San Jose, Calif.-based software company, announced Tuesday the release of a new e-commerce program design...  Read more

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Business Coaching Event Set for San Jose

May 2, 2007 -- UpLevel Strategies, a business coaching service for entrepreneurs, will host the Business Mastery Success Weekend in San J...  Read more

Storm Clouds Over Silicon Valley

As blind faith in the infallibility of high-tech companies falters, the era of unrestrained growth in the Valley may be over.  Read more

Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America

If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. F...  Read more

No Frills PR

PR firm founder suggests simplicity and directness in his field.  Read more

What's Next: The Next Next Big Thing

Were you thinking that the innovations of the Internet age are over?  Read more

The Idea Factories

Nonprofit incubators have been quietly nurturing fledgling companies since 1959. And they don't demand a huge ownership stake in your company.  Read more

How Can We Stand Out at a Big Trade Show?

Ken Hawk, CEO of $5 million 1-800-Batteries, in San Jose, Calif., did it by targeting customers off the trade show floor. Unable to wrangle a booth ...  Read more

The Best Boomer Businesses

A provider of mobile hearing aid centers and the developer of a handheld blood analyzer each won $10,000 in this year's Silicon Valley Boomer Business Pla...  Read more

A Rogues' Gallery Of California Swashbucklers

They were the high fliers of high tech: aggressive, creative, and supremely egotistical. The companies they founded made them rich and famous. But today, tho...  Read more

Homes Away from Home

A comparison of extended-stay hotels, geared to the business traveler.  Read more

Benchmark: Measuring Team Success

Some data showing how satisfied 400-plus companies are with the performance of their teams.  Read more

California, Massachusetts Leading Nanotech Market

California and Massachusetts are the nation's frontrunners in the emerging nanotechnology market, a study released this week shows. Among all metro...  Read more

Class Of '82: Crossing Over To Wall Street

1982 Issue Issue Latest price Amount rank Company Date price 10/6/83 raised ($ mil...  Read more

Hot Spots;

What are the fastest-growing retail markets around? New York? Houston? Phoenix? Surprise -- none of them even makes the top 10. The hottest retail mar...  Read more

T&E or Tuition?

The travel manager at a Bay Area technology company allegedly charged $90,000 in personal expenses to a corporate credit card, the San Francisco Chronicle...  Read more

The Next Silicon Valley? Part 1

Sometimes an article comes out that is so wrong headed, even delusional, that someone has to respond. In a recent piece posted on the Planetizen Read more

Direct Deposit at What Price?

More than three-quarters of business owners would switch to direct deposit for paychecks if there were no fees involved, according to a new survey. Read more

McDonald's Corp. launched the fast-food business with a limited menu and take-out-only service. Then menus became fatter, restaurants fancier, and prices...  Read more

Five Ideas to Watch

The perfect Valentine's Day gift; a weather watchdog; cool skis; and some heady news for trademark holders.  Read more

Does This Mess Belong to You?

Before blaming an outsourcing firm for all of your woes, take a look in the mirror. Entrepreneurs often create their own problems. Here are four of the most ...  Read more

HP, SCORE Host Small-Business Workshops

The Small Business Wellness Workshops offer information on disaster recovery planning.  Read more

The Spirit Of Independence; The Valley

"The man with a new idea is a crank -- until the idea succeeds." -- Mark Twain  Read more

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the October 1998 issue.  Read more

The Apple Tree

How Apple Computer contributed to the founding of more than 100 companies by its employees.  Read more

Reader Mail: June 2010

Virtual Reality The April cover story ["Read more

Letter from Silicon Valley: Nothing Ventured

Just how sorry is the sorry state of fund-raising among tech companies? Our intrepid reporter went to a venture-capital mixer to find out.  Read more

1.5 Billion Downloads Later

Apple's App Store is turning one today. Time flies when customers download 1.5 billion copies from the 65,000 choices now available at the Apple App store...  Read more