We see this behavior a lot in Silicon Valley and other entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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"So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery, " Mr. Murdoch wrote.
Zynga, like a lot of other Silicon Valley startups going through hiring sprees, enticed new employees with reams of valuable stock options in exchange for grueling hours.
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Studies have shown that students who come from poorer communities like Death Valley have a lot to gain from attending a small school.
Mr. RAU: So that's put me into contact with a lot of people in the Valley and I consider that a really valuable experience.
That is one of the motivations that drives a lot of what happens in Silicon Valley.
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Despite the faith in the freemium business model of a lot of my colleagues in Silicon Valley, the math does not add up, and that is why I ultimately decided not to embrace the freemium business model when I founded my company four years ago.
And then we had those very dangerous flash floods in Toowoomba and into the Lockyer Valley that cost people a lot of -- a lot of lives were lost because there was no warning.
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Yes, Silicon Valley thrives because there are a lot of smart people who live and breathe innovation.
Perched in the private neighborhood of Southridge, the estate dominates a corner lot with sweeping views of the entire Coachella Valley.
An angel investor who has funded Zaarly, Yammer and SpaceX, Lee splits his time between Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, with a lot of traveling thrown in on the side.
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But what makes Silicon Valley special is the way in which a lot of different things are mixed together to make the sum greater than the parts.
Arnheim didn't like the noise-isolating earphones he received from Etymotic Research in February, which is one reason the Silicon Valley 100 didn't help sell a lot of the product.
For example, scientists investigate the hyper-dry environments found in Antarctica (but there is still a lot of water, compared with Mars) or Death Valley (dry enough, but much hotter than Mars).
So Lauckner spends a lot of time away from Detroit, especially in Silicon Valley and Israel, two hotbeds of innovation, looking for technology partners that can help GM get a leg up on the competition.
Sometime this morning, a car dealer in Petaluma, California, will hand Mr. Chalouhi the keys to his new Nissan Leaf, and the young Silicon Valley tech-exec will drive off the lot and into our collective auto future.
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Again, one of them -- I think somebody that stirred a lot of passion yesterday was somebody who works for a Silicon Valley company.
It took a bumper crop of Napa Valley visionaries to show the entire world that with a lot of passion, great land and a little science, great wines could come from all sorts of places.
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"He's a big character kid and had a lot of friendships, " Mitchell said in a video posted on Grand Valley State's website.
No organization has ever done that much that quickly in this space and a lot of the reason we were able to do it is because Silicon Valley got behind us with money, people took board seats, and advice.
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Intriguingly, before throwing in its lot with Chase, Hambrecht had flirted with Merrill Lynch, which also wants clout in Silicon Valley and has little overlap with Hambrecht's clients.
Visible below, in the valley, was a running track, a soccer pitch, and a giant dirt lot, where you could hear the shouts and screams of children at play.
We were lucky to start with some of the most talented engineers in Silicon Valley, and we were all proud of what we were working towards and spent a lot of time convincing other really talented people to join.
It seems unlikely that the new team at Sequoia Capital India will place a lot of bets on the kind of disruptive tech companies that the venture firm is known for in Silicon Valley.
For those old enough to remember, in the late 1990s Transmeta was the It company of Silicon Valley, working in stealth mode as it attracted venture capital, smart people, and a lot of buzz.
And Silicon Valley really is that hub for technology and so to be here and to network because a lot of the business that's being done here - it's who you know and who you get referred to.
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