Three times over the past two years, school officials from Little Falls, Minn., have escaped the winter cold for two-day trips to Silicon Valley. Their destination: the headquarters of Apple (AAPL). In visits the officials described as ...

Today AccelerateTO brings together over 650 Canadian technology entrepreneurs with Canadian and Silicon Valley-based investors for a day of connection and celebration. The AccelerateTO 2011 agenda includes Entrepreneur Workshops, Investor Pitch Panel, and ...

Even before its Sunday broadcast, CNN's documentary looking at black entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley has taken a hammer to the cliche that when it comes to the next big thing, the valley is a meritocracy. And that's a good thing. Maybe you've ...

Greg Barrett can talk a blue streak about acid reflux, esophageal cancer, radio frequency ablation and Barrett's esophagus. OK, not a laugh a minute, but it's his job. He's a CEO in Silicon Valley where one of the toughest things to do is ...

For startups in Silicon Valley, little is more prized than an audience with Reid Hoffman. Entrepreneurs come for his money, attention, but most of all, his advice. Hoffman is a bit of a mystic "startup whisperer," according to a New York Times ...

The lingo of Silicon Valley, from "pet project" to "mogul" to "venture capital crowd" to "start up," isn't the kind of language one learns in a traditional Berlitz class. But a unique Stanford course teaches the tongue of tech to campus ...

Dennis M. Ritchie, who helped shape the modern digital era by creating software tools that power things that make Silicon Valley work, from search engines to smartphones, died in early October. Although his death came just a week after Steve Jobs and his ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire -11/09/11)- ServiceSource® (NASDAQ: SREV - News), the global leader in service revenue management and the title sponsor of the Fifth Annual Silicon Valley ServiceSource Challenge, the Bay Area's annual corporate ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- Silicon Valley is the place for technological innovation, which makes it attractive for 50 of this year's hottest innovators who are all in one place in search of the all-important venture capital. Ren Ng is one of the ...

With 9% unemployment continuing to make headlines throughout the country, the current job landscape shows few signs of improvement.  And while the rest of the nation wonders when the hemorrhaging will end, Silicon Valley is bucking this ...

Fred Swaniker has a plan for Africa that is as bold, vibrant and vast as the continent he intends to help turn into an economic powerhouse. It's not where he expected to end up when he made his way from his native Ghana to Silicon Valley in pursuit of a ...

Fred Swaniker has a plan for Africa that is as bold, vibrant and vast as the continent he intends to help turn into an economic powerhouse. It's not where he expected to end up when he made his way from his native Ghana to Silicon Valley in pursuit of a ...

Is Detroit the next Silicon Valley? That is the question CNN Money’s Poppy Harlow discussed in a recent report about how Detroit experienced an 82 percent increase in engineering jobs in the past year. The report – on CNN's “Your Money ...

Is Detroit the next Silicon Valley? That is the question CNN Money’s Poppy Harlow discussed in a recent report about how Detroit experienced an 82 percent increase in engineering jobs in the past year. The report – on CNN's “Your Money ...

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is getting less love from investors these days, following five straight disappointing quarters. And yet it's the darling of social-media users, who praise its networking gear and customer service. The company was one of Silicon Valley ...

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is getting less love from investors these days, following five straight disappointing quarters. And yet it's the darling of social-media users, who praise its networking gear and customer service. The company was one of Silicon Valley ...

CALABASAS, Calif. , May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Technical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC - News ) (NTS), a leading provider of engineering services, announced today that it has extensively expanded its Silicon Valley Operations through the recent ...

CALABASAS, Calif. , May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Technical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC - News ) (NTS), a leading provider of engineering services, announced today that it has extensively expanded its Silicon Valley Operations through the recent ...

Silicon Valley Bank on Wednesday named Mercy Forde technology and life science banker, and Nina Labatt to its venture capital and private equity services team. "We have an outstanding team that understands the unique financing needs of our venture capital ...

Silicon Valley Bank on Wednesday named Mercy Forde technology and life science banker, and Nina Labatt to its venture capital and private equity services team. "We have an outstanding team that understands the unique financing needs of our venture capital ...