L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa outlines the city’s tech-focused future

December 15, 2012 10:09 AM Tim Lloyd
Tim Lloyd

Editor's Pick With about six months left before his term ends, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa looks to cement his legacy as the man who catalyzed the city's tech-and-venture-capital renaissance.

Dylan’s Desk: What it takes to compete with Silicon Valley

February 8, 2012 6:00 AM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

You don’t have to live in Palo Alto to become a software billionaire, though it can help.

For decades, people with ideas, programming talent, and the ambition to make their fortune as entrepreneurs have been moving to Silicon Valley, just …

Andreessen-Horowitz gives $1.5M to unlaunched recommendation app Wikets

September 27, 2011 6:15 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Wikets, a soon-to-be-released iPhone application that recommends places and products to friends, announced a $1.5 million seed round from Andreessen-Horowitz and Battery Ventures today. But will yet another recommendations product survive when reviews and opinions already litter the Internet?

I …