/tags/silicon-valley Silicon Valley en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 20:54:33 GMT /2019-04-02/silicon-valley-startup-aims-for-transparency-one-seed-price-at-a-time A Silicon Valley startup is pitting itself against major seed companies, alleging that those companies are price gouging in the Heartland. Farmers... Tue, 02 Apr 2019 20:54:33 GMT /2019-04-02/silicon-valley-startup-aims-for-transparency-one-seed-price-at-a-time Madelyn Beck /npr-news/2016-05-02/left-behind-in-the-mobile-revolution-intel-struggles-to-innovate As PC sales fall, the Silicon Valley giant is struggling to remake itself to keep up with cloud computing and mobile. Intel recently announced the layoff of 11 percent of its workforce. Mon, 02 May 2016 20:25:00 GMT /npr-news/2016-05-02/left-behind-in-the-mobile-revolution-intel-struggles-to-innovate NPR Staff /npr-news/2014-10-25/iranian-entrepreneurs-make-pitches-that-are-just-practice-for-now Young Iranians are brimming with ideas for tech startups. But extensive financial sanctions facing their country prevent them from entering the global marketplace. Sat, 25 Oct 2014 17:58:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-10-25/iranian-entrepreneurs-make-pitches-that-are-just-practice-for-now Deborah Amos /npr-news/2014-04-07/silicon-valley-buying-spree-a-tech-bubble-or-strategy-at-play Over the past few months, the country's biggest technology firms have spent billions buying startups like WhatsApp and Nest. That has analysts wondering if another tech bubble is about to burst. Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:40:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-04-07/silicon-valley-buying-spree-a-tech-bubble-or-strategy-at-play Steve Henn /2013-06-26/my-startup-has-30-days-to-live An anonymous, soon-to-be-failed entrepreneur just started a blog about his doomed company. Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:04:00 GMT /2013-06-26/my-startup-has-30-days-to-live Jacob Goldstein /npr-news/npr-news/2013-05-24/can-this-man-bring-silicon-valley-to-yangon A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day. Fri, 24 May 2013 06:53:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2013-05-24/can-this-man-bring-silicon-valley-to-yangon Robert Smith /npr-news/2012-04-28/profiled-by-the-tsa-theres-an-app-for-that Sikhs and other religious and minority groups often say they're unfairly singled out for additional screening. Now they hope to make their case with the help of a new mobile app. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:29:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-04-28/profiled-by-the-tsa-theres-an-app-for-that Tasnim Shamma /npr-news/2012-04-18/from-silicon-valley-a-new-approach-to-education Four major universities — Stanford, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan — are joining forces with a startup called Coursera to offer free online classes in more than three-dozen subjects. The professors involved hope this kind of online interaction transforms higher education. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:58:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-04-18/from-silicon-valley-a-new-approach-to-education Steve Henn /npr-news/2012-04-06/intel-legends-moore-and-grove-making-it-last In Silicon Valley, the spotlight is often on young entrepreneurs with fresh ideas that will change the world. But for decades, two titans of the tech world thrived in the fast-paced industry: legendary Intel executives Gordon Moore and Andy Grove. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:26:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-04-06/intel-legends-moore-and-grove-making-it-last Laura Sydell /npr-news/2012-04-05/americas-magnet-for-innovation-and-investments It's become a Silicon Valley ritual: a passionate entrepreneur asks a venture capitalist for money, promising technological innovation — and maybe a big financial return. But the area's tradition started just five decades ago, when the only certainty about high-tech was that it would be big someday. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:20:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-04-05/americas-magnet-for-innovation-and-investments Laura Sydell