Valleywag guy Nick Douglas gone — Will Wired snag him?
We were wondering why Valleywag, the Silicon Valley gossip site some people hate and others love, wasn’t reading as witty as usual. We saw author Nick Douglas (pictured here) at Web 2.0 last week — suggesting he was back from vacation — but the site’s… Continue Reading
Silicon Valley & the Industry of Cool
Forbes’ Erika Brown has a good summary of how Silicon Valley has turned into a mini Hollywood.
She recounts the escapades of Russel Simmons and Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founders of Yelp, the local social site for reviews of bars and restaurants, who hold parties (see pic)… Continue Reading
San Francisco firm to buy Ford’s Land Rover?
A San Francisco private equity firm Citron Capital has made a bid to buy Ford’s Land Rover unit. We first heard this from a source, who said they’d confirmed it with someone in the upper ranks of Ford.
We’re seeing a general expansion of the Bay… Continue Reading