Did you know that the “Facebook Ecosystem” of companies support about 53,000 jobs in the United States, 18 times more than Facebook itself? Or that the largest concentration of these firms is in the San Francisco Bay Area? In a front-page feature, Mike Swift of the San Jose Mercury News explores the startups that are … read more here
Articles Tagged: Silicon Valley
“Facebook’s Startup Spawn” – Payvment and Wildfire featured on San Jose Mercury News front page
May 9, 2012 by
Sparkpr honored as one of the “Best Places To Work in the Bay Area”
April 20, 2012 by
Sparkpr is no stranger to the “Best Places to Work in the Bay Area” award, having taken home a trophy for three years straight. But last night’s award ceremony was something special, as we cracked the “top 10″ and were listed as #7 in the “small business” category. No other public relations firm came close, … read more here
Sparkpr named one of the “Best Places to Work in the Bay Area” – Three years in a row!
March 14, 2012 by
Ask any Sparkster about working here and you are sure to hear something positive, but don’t just take our word for it! For the third year in a row, the San Francisco Business Times and the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal have named Sparkpr as one of the “Best Places to Work in the Bay … read more here
East London marked to rival Silicon Valley
January 28, 2011 by
Two years ago, “Silicon Roundabout” was nothing more than an in-joke used by those working in the cluster of tech start-ups that had sprung up around London’s Old Street landmark. But today the area is at the centre of a government initiative and a key part of the 2012 Olympic legacy. Silicon Roundabout was coined … read more here
Silicon Cape Initiative Plays Host to Mobile 2.0 Product Launch by Cell C
January 26, 2011 by
Last night, the Sparkpr Cape Town team attended the first Silicon Cape event for 2011. Founders of Silicon Cape, Vinny Lingham and Justin Stanford, are two South African high-tech entrepreneurs who observed that South Africa, and in particular the Cape, is in a similar position to where Silicon Valley was 15 years ago. This led … read more here
VC Outlook: DCM’s Dixon Doll Keeps A Close Eye On Washington
December 31, 2010 by
As 2010 comes to a close, we asked several venture capital investors to reflect on the past year and give us their outlook for 2011. Continuing our series is one of the veterans of the venture capital business, Dixon Doll, co-founder and general partner of Menlo Park, Calif.-based DCM. Doll, a longtime technology investor who last … read more here
