1. Executive chairman of Twitter Jack Dorsey rides the MUNI?! In some parts of the country, the rich and famous travel exclusively in fancy cars and private jets. But in Silicon Valley, even tech royalty can be found on public transportation. You’re lucky if you run into them–you might get their attention until you arrive at their destination.
@Jack rides public transit
Although Silicon Valley is not known for its public transportation, about 40,000 people on the Peninsula ride the Caltrain to work. You’d think there’d be all types of people on the train, but really it’s just a bunch of predictable commuters.
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Who are these blokes?
1. There’s the guy with the chrome messenger bag. Late in life he decided he’d be cool.
2. And the impossibly well-put-together Stanford grad who isn’t an engineer but likes startups and working with the guys, and was hired for her grooming and ability to speak in full sentences to the outside world. Who says a “useless” major isn’t worth something?
3. Then there’s the European newcomer. Better dressed than most, he’s knee-deep in CSS on a Macbook Air and jamming out to the latest Euro trance. (more…)
A recent Quora post discussed the many entrepreneurship groupies and hangers-on at Stanford, and their varying level of respectability (and creepiness).
The past few days have been big days for romance here in the Silicon Valley.
Almost immediately after the Facebook IPO, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg married his long-time girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. Sure, he may have waited until the day after the IPO in order to protect his money from California’s communal property law, but nobody can say the backyard ceremony wasn’t sweet and sentimental.
Hot off the heels of Zuck’s nuptials, there was yet another Facebook wedding; long-time employees Christina Holsberry and Paul Janzer tied the knot in front of several other Facebook-ers. Check out the list below for three more of Silicon Valley’s power couples.
1. David Goldberg and Sheryl Sandberg – SurveyMonkey + Facebook
Image from: IndiaTimes.com
This duo may give Zuck and his bride a run for their money. David is currently the CEO at SurveyMonkey, after working at high-level positions at Yahoo! and Benchmark Capital. Sheryl should need no introduction – she is the COO at Facebook and has been named of the 100 most influential people of 2012 by TIME magazine. The couple has been married for nine years. (more…)
Two current facebook employees who were both with the company pre-2006 got married on Saturday May 12, 2012 in San Francisco. Christina Holsberry is a UEX Manager and Paul Janzer is a PM. Both appear on the quora list of just seven early facebook employees who are still with the company. Talk about a power couple. Tons of facebook’ers were in attendance. Here are some photos from the wedding.
Photos by: denniskwanweddings.com
While Silicon Valley may be dominated by what many consider to be a veritable boys’ club, it is impossible to overlook that some of the industry’s biggest power players are women. Sheryl Sandberg and Marisa Mayer, at Facebook and Google, respectively, are A++ list celebrities in the tech world, and these other women are on the fast track to joining them.
1. Ruchi Sanghvi – Dropbox
Image from: Huffington Post
Born and raised in the industrial town of Pune, India, Ruchi Sanghvi has come a long way. Starting at Facebook in 2005, Ruchi was the social network’s first female engineer. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Ruchi worked full-time building the online behemoth that Facebook has become today. After leaving Facebook in 2010 to found a collaboration startup called Cove with her husband, Cove was quickly acquired by Dropbox with the intention of making great use of Ruchi’s renowned engineering talents.
Sorry, ladies: Mark Zuckerberg has changed his relationship status to “Married.” He wed his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan today, and posted this picture to (where else?) his Facebook Timeline.
As far as we can tell based on this picture, his wedding suit does NOT have a hoodie attached, but if he starts suffering from withdrawal, he can probably borrow Priscilla’s veil:
Also no word yet on how much the catering cost, but there were only about 100 guests at his home in Palo Alto, so Zuck probably hasn’t spent all of his IPO cash quite yet.
According to a source that talked to the AP, the Facebook CEO gave his new bride a “very simple ruby” ring.
Breakfast at Buck's: Tales from the Pancake Guy
The restaurant, a now-renowned VC hotspot for breakfast, brunch, and lunch, opened in 1991, and the attention started not long afterwards. In 1992, Bob Metcalfe (who was the CEO of and a columnist for InfoWorld Magazine) mentioned Buck’s in his popular tech column. In 1994, Jamis says, one TV crew showed up to interview him. By 1995, he estimates that 100 TV crews came to visit.
On stupid pitches and ideas
Some of the many entrepreneurs that filter through Jamis’ restaurant even try to pitch him, the self-proclaimed “pancake guy,” which he discourages. “You’re probably pitching the wrong person. But I listen to a lot of restaurant pitches.” (more…)
