Voters in San Francisco approved a tax increase on the city’s largest businesses that would nearly double its budget for homeless services, a measure seen as an effort to hold wealthy technology companies accountable for exacerbating the local housing crisis.
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When Silicon Valley Forum informed me I was to be a recipient of its 21st visionary awards, I was in disbelief. I have long been a critic of the ways of Silicon Valley. Yet I am also a fan.
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Following completion of a $1.27 million third round of funding last month, Trill A.I., a fintech company, has relocated its Durham and San Francisco operations to new headquarters in Cary.
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The New York Times recently reported that Silicon Valley investors and business elites have declared Silicon Valley to be, well, dead. Is it? Opinions differ.
Read MoreFor years, the self-appointed leaders of Silicon Valley were young people — mostly men — with age-appropriate behavior. Their successes were cheered, and their sins were shrugged off as the cost of innovation.
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Vivek Wadhwa, the former entrepreneur turned academic and outspoken critic of most things Silicon Valley, is shocked that he is among the four latest tech leaders to be honored by the Silicon Valley Forum.
Read MoreChinese technology companies are now among the most valuable—and innovative—in the world. Here’s why.
Read MoreExitEvent’s Bill Bing interviews the fourth generation California VC
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