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You can be a dick and be right

You can be a dick and be right

By Chris Yeh on January 29, 2014

Venture Capital legend Tom Perkins stirred up quite a bit of outrage with his letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal: http://on.wsj.com/1aGMGJy In this editorial (which Perkins presumably dashed off without showing it to any competent public relations professional), he criticizes what he perceives as a rise in unfair criticism of the wealthy.  […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged inequality, sanfrancisco, siliconvalley, tomperkins, wealth

Should entrepreneurs blog?

Should entrepreneurs blog?

By Chris Yeh on November 5, 2013

Keith Rabois touched off a mini-Twitter firestorm the other day when he posted a tweet saying, “I don’t know of a single successful CEO or entrepreneur who blogs regularly.”http://bit.ly/1b0gv4VSadly, as I often note, 140 characters isn’t enough for a …

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged blogging, hubspot, siliconvalley, twitter

Will Success Ruin Silicon Valley?

Will Success Ruin Silicon Valley?

By Chris Yeh on October 28, 2013

Everywhere one looks, Silicon Valley seems ascendant.  Tech companies like Apple and Google are among the world’s most valuable and admired, while tech titans like Larry and Sergey, and Mark and Sheryl are given the first-name-only treatment of offline celebrities. Silicon Valley has even stuck its nose into broader society, helped by the fact that […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Apple, diversity, google, siliconvalley, wealth

Stop Shooting The Messenger, Silicon Valley

Stop Shooting The Messenger, Silicon Valley

By Chris Yeh on October 11, 2013

On Sunday, I weighed in on the Twitter board controversy: My argument then was that there is a dangerous tendency on the part of Silicon Valley’s power players to think that those who have achieved less than they (read: everyone) don’t have the right to criticize them. Then I read an editorial by Pando Daily […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged argument, sarah lacy, sexism, siliconvalley, twitter, vivekwadhwa

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The Hidden Assumptions That Neuter Criticism in Silicon Valley

By Chris Yeh on October 7, 2013

The contretemps of the day comes courtesy of TechCrunch, where Professor Vivek Wadhwa has published a guest post addressing a Twitter debate he had with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo (now how’s that for meta?):http://tcrn.ch/GD0570The controversy began with…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged criticism, dickcostolo, sexism, siliconvalley, SocialMedia, twitter, vivekwadhwa | 1 Response

Carte Blanche and the Creativity of Constraint

Carte Blanche and the Creativity of Constraint

By Chris Yeh on September 26, 2013

As Los Angeles native, I can’t help but see parallels between my home town’s industry (movies) and my adopted home’s (startups).  Today’s parallel concerns the problem with having too much money. In Hollywood, studios love to work with successful directors.  When a director produces a critical and commercial smash, a studio or production company is […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Creativity, movies, siliconvalley

The Age of the Aging Entrepreneur

The Age of the Aging Entrepreneur

By Chris Yeh on July 15, 2013

I’ve often compared Silicon Valley to “Logan’s Run“–once your Lifeclock hits 30, the system encourages you to “renew”.  In the movie, this meant death…in Silicon Valley, it means becoming an angel investor or VC (no comment).  After all, this is a place where an investor can say with a straight face, “We love older entrepreneurs!  […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged aging, Entrepreneur, siliconvalley

Silicon Valley: The "Ultimate Meritocracy"

Silicon Valley: The "Ultimate Meritocracy"

By Chris Yeh on June 18, 2013

My fellow denizens of Silicon Valley are fond of referring to our happy little ecosystem as the ultimate meritocracy.  It’s definitely true that in comparison to the rigid and/or corrupt regimes that prevail in other industries and geographies, Silicon Valley is a meritocracy, but it is far from perfect. I often joke with the female/minority/over-30 […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged gender, race, siliconvalley, stats, VC

The rise of the bros, and the fall of the geeks

The rise of the bros, and the fall of the geeks

By Chris Yeh on April 25, 2013

One of my favorite movies when I was growing up was the 1984 classic, “Revenge of the Nerds.” If you haven’t watched it yet, take two hours to do so–yes, it’s available on Netflix: The movie really spoke to me–a guy so nerdy that the kids at my private school for gifted children nicknamed me […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged geeks, siliconvalley | 1 Response

Sexism in tech is like an onion--it has many layers and makes people cry

Sexism in tech is like an onion–it has many layers and makes people cry

By Chris Yeh on March 25, 2013

The big topic of discussion last week was the fallout from the PyCon conference.  At the conference, former Adria Richards, who, at the time, worked in developer relations for SendGrid, heard two conference attendees behind her making jokes about “forking” and “dongles” in the sort of juvenile way that often happens in the tech industry. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged culture, HackerNews, PlayHaven, sendgrid, sexism, siliconvalley, Westboro Baptist Church | 1 Response

Silicon Valley Has A Short Attention Span

Silicon Valley Has A Short Attention Span

By Chris Yeh on May 23, 2012

Sometimes people ask me why I’m always writing blog posts and speaking at events. “Simple,” I say. “Silicon Valley has a short attention span. If I don’t keep my name in front of people, they’ll forget who I am.” If they don’t believe me, I respond with what I like to call the Yahoo test. […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Branding, Mark Zuckerberg, Netscape, siliconvalley, yahoo | 1 Response

Speak Up, Silicon Valley

Speak Up, Silicon Valley

By Chris Yeh on April 16, 2012

I had an interesting experience at Mega Startup Weekend. I was lucky enough to be invited to help judge the startup pitches at the end of the weekend. It’s remarkable how much a dedicated team can accomplish in just 54 hours.But my most interesting e…

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged sexism, siliconvalley

Jeremy Lin, Women in VC, and the Bigotry of Pattern Matching

Jeremy Lin, Women in VC, and the Bigotry of Pattern Matching

By Chris Yeh on February 16, 2012

Jeremy Lin is the talk of the NBA. Sportswriters everywhere are busy cranking out column inches on what people have called the ultimate Cinderella story: The emergence of an Asian-American Harvard graduate, seemingly from nowhere, as one of the NBA’s …

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged gender, jeremylin, prejudice, race, siliconvalley

Silicon Valley > Boston (The Data)

Silicon Valley > Boston (The Data)

By Chris Yeh on March 5, 2011

I love Boston. I lived there for five of the best years of my life, when I was working at D. E. Shaw & Co., and then when I attended Harvard Business School. If anyone asks, I always tell them, “if Boston had the same weather and career opportunities for me as Silicon Valley, I’d […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged boston, Entrepreneurship, silicon valley, siliconvalley, startups, techcrunch, VC, vc funding, venture capital, Vivek Wadhwa

Silicon Valley Posers And The Inevitable Bust

Silicon Valley Posers And The Inevitable Bust

By Chris Yeh on January 27, 2011

This morning, my friend Erica Douglass wrote about why Silicon Valley is broken, and why she moved away:This conversation was a microcosm of the reason I left the Valley. No doubt, this guy had a good-looking website, and two co-founders who had sign…

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged Entrepreneurship, Gold Rush, posers, San Francisco Bay Area, silicon valley, siliconvalley, startups | 1 Response

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