Kleiner bets the farm
In the past decade Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has doled out $10 billion to its major investors, all of which are university endowments, philanthropic foundations, or public pension funds....
View ArticleShyp, a mobile shipping app, raises $50 million
In an increasingly Uber-dominated world, mobile apps that allows you to order a service on-demand are disrupting everything from transportation, to grocery shopping, to health. Shyp is aiming to take...
View ArticleBill Gates’ Clean Energy Plan Isn’t Ready for Primetime
Bill Gates generated a lot of buzz during the Paris climate conference by announcing a clean energy investing initiative that has the financial support of fellow billionaires like Facebook CEO Mark...
View ArticleDeath of Intel’s Andy Grove Felt Across Tech Industry
Andrew Grove, Intel’s legendary co-founder and former CEO, passed away on Monday at 79, Intel said. He was one of the business world's most revered leaders who helped to usher in today's era of...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Venture Capitalist Tom Perkins Dies
Tom Perkins, one of the founders of famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, died Thursday night at the age of 84. Perkins died of natural causes at his home in...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons from CEO Coach Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell, a legendary mentor and executive coach to many of Silicon Valley's luminaries, died in April. On stage at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, a few of his mentees paid tribute...
View ArticleWhy Southern Company and Bloom Energy Are Combining Fuel Cells and Batteries
One of the biggest utilities in the U.S. and a Silicon Valley tech company are combing the latest in energy technology to sell a system that can both generate and store electricity onsite at a...
View ArticleJohn Doerr On Why He Joined Bill Gates’ Billion Dollar Energy Fund
It’s been nearly a decade since famed investor John Doerr--overcome by his emotions --fought back tears while wrapping up his now famous TED talk on climate change. It was a call to action; to fix what...
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