Venture Capital Searches for Next Tik Tok
TXV Partners’ Marcus Stroud wants to fund companies serving GenZ
The newest place to sext? Google Docs
Bark’s Titania Jordan on all the places kids face bullying, sexting and predators
The Trade War from the Other Side
China Global TV’s Mark Niu explains how Chinese media regard the trade war
An Entrepreneur Discovers a Fertile Market
Future Family CEO Claire Tomkins creates a startup to help families startup.
Go Deltas! Wait, who are the Deltas?
San Francisco Deltas soccer team CEO Brian Helmick has an appeal for fans.
The ‘Bot Will See You Now
Fortune 500 companies are using automated text messages to screen job applicants. Mya CEO Eyal Grayevsky.
Robotic Baristas
CafeX creator Henry Hu insists he’s not trying to replace human workers with his coffee-making robot.
TIBCO and the Innovator’s Dilemma
How does an old (by Silicon Valley standards) company stay ahead of young startups? CEO Murray Rode
Finance for Normal People
Santa Clara University behavioral finance expert Meir Statman says go ahead and trade emotionally
Silicon Valley Looks East (Bay)
With rent prices rising, high tech moves across the bay. OSIsoft’s Jenny Linton.
The Post-November Silence of Sheryl Sandberg
Pando’s Sarah Lacy asks why the Facebook exec didn’t lean in.
Who ARE these guys? LeEco Part 1
A Chinese company comes out of nowhere to build cars, TV’s and phones. Head of LeEco R&D Rob Chandhok.
“Fire and Ice” LeEco Part 2
Chinese company LeEco makes a splash in Silicon Valley. Head of LeEco R&D Rob Chandhok.
Pot Incubator
Pot will soon be totally legal in California. Gateway Incubator founder Ben Larson on the business opportunities that presents.
Google Home vs. Amazon Echo
Futurist and Stringify CTO Dave Evans on the future of the Internet of Things
The Death of the Office Phone (and Maybe Emai
Craig Walker (Dialpad, Grand Central) on phones and email at work
Caterina Fake – web extra
The chairwoman of the board of Etsy discusses women in technology and female leadership
Hachette Job
Author Keith Raffel explains the peculiar fight between Amazon and book publisher Hachette
Po Bronson’s Finger Theory
Bronson (“Nudist on the Late Shift, Top Dog”) walks careful path defining gender traits and success.
The “Twitter Tax Break”
San Francisco lures big name companies into the Tenderloin by cutting payroll taxes. Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane.
Rebooting the Tech Museum
How do you exhibit innovation in the most innovative region in the world? Tech Museum president Tim Ritchie.