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  1. Peter Thiel: Death Is A Problem That Can Be Solved

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Feb 9, 2012

    There are all these people who say that death is natural, it's just part of life, and I think that nothing can be further from the truth," says Thiel. Silicon Valley billionaires are pouring money into gene research and modifications,… Full Story »


  2. SpaceX Sets Satellite Launches

    Socal Tech &bull Feb 8, 2012

    Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies, the commercial rocket firm of Elon Musk, has set the schedule for two upcoming satellite launches, the company announced this morning. SpaceX said that it will launch two satellites for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat)… Full Story »

  3. The world needs more crazy billionaires

    CNN Money &bull Dec 15, 2011

    Paul Allen, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel....they're all dropping bushels of cash on things they think are cool that won't likely ever make money. Good for them. Full Story »


  4. Tech Bigwigs: New Law Would Make The U.S. Like "China, Malaysia, and Iran"

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Dec 14, 2011

    A group of bigshots in the tech industry, including Marc Andreessen , Sergey Brin , Jack Dorsey , and Arianna Huffington , say that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA ) would let the US government use censorship techniques "similar to those… Full Story »


  5. Paul Allen Wants To Build The Biggest Airplane Ever To Launch Satellites Into Space (MSFT)

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Dec 13, 2011

    Microsoft's co-founder, Paul Allen, is preparing to invest a ton of cash into a new spacecraft designed to launch satellites into space, WSJ reports. The cash will come from Allen's investment company, Vulcan. The project, dubbed "Stratolaunch," will use parts… Full Story »


  6. This Guy Is A Billionaire Thanks To The Internet, But He Thinks The Internet Is Overrated

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Nov 21, 2011

    That Big Round Ex-Yahoos Were Raising? Peter Thiel would often sweep the chess pieces off the board when he lost a game. Thiel, who is both Christian and gay, comes across as a stubborn contrarian whose refusal to accept conventional wisdom sometimes gets him in trouble - for… Full Story »

  7. How to change the world: advice from Facebook, the Kinect team, Elon Musk & Salman Khan,

    Venture Beat &bull Sep 19, 2011

    Don't you wish you could ask the legendary innovators behind these great ideas what it really takes to change the world with technology? We got the opportunity to do just that, and here's what we learned. Today, we're bringing you advice from four of the most influential tech teams and entrepreneurs in the world on how they managed to affect real change and how you can apply those lessons to your own life and work. At a recent Churchill Club ceremony in Silicon Valley, Facebook, Microsoft's Kinect team, Tesla founder Elon Musk… Full Story »

  8. Tesla CEO Elon Musk Had An Elaborate Burning Man Setup That Cost Thousands

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 6, 2011

    San Franciscans of a certain mindset are slowly returning from the week long Burning Man art festival that takes place in the Nevada desert a few hours away, and at least one of them will be reasonably well-rested: Tesla and… Full Story »


  9. Turntable.fm, Scott Cook, and Instagram Will Mix It Up At Disrupt SF

    TechCrunch &bull Aug 19, 2011

    Erick Schonfeld currently works at TechCrunch as Co-Editor. He joined in 2007 and is based in New York. Schonfeld oversees the editorial content of the site, selects and edits guest posts, helps to program the Disrupt conferences and CrunchUps, produces… Full Story »

  10. Meet The Billionaires Racing To Build The Next Spacecraft

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Aug 8, 2011

    After the shuttle Atlantis made its final flight this summer, NASA is shutting down the program responsible for 135 manned space flights since 1981. Now, NASA is turning to commercial companies to develop space-flight capabilities through its Commercial Crew Development program, which has doled out $320 million in funds since 2009. Here's a look at the top four contenders for developing the next spacecraft, how much funding they have received through the program, and how close they are to sending a crewed flight into orbit. Sierra Nevada Corporation, Richard Branson Milestones: Last year, Sierra Nevada Corporation built a… Full Story »


  11. Elon Musk, Dustin Moskovitz, And Eric Ries Are Ready To Shake Things Up At Disrupt SF

    TechCrunch &bull Aug 5, 2011

    Elin is the Community Manager for TechCrunch. Previously, she was a Community Manager at Slide and worked on one of their most successful products, SuperPoke! Pets. Originally from Huntington Beach, Elin attended California State University, Chico, where she studied Organizational… Full Story »

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  12. Somehow, The Massive Stature Of Elon Musk's Career Snuck Up On Us - But Wow

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Aug 3, 2011

    Elon Musk does not mess around. The brilliant South African was a multi-millionaire by the age of 28 and a successful two-time entrepreneur by the age of 30. Then he really started trying, deciding to solve the oil addiction, send… Full Story »

  13. Facebook Investor Wants Flying Cars, Not 140 Characters

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Jul 30, 2011

    Founders Fund , the VC firm whose highest-profile investment is Facebook , has published a manifesto of sorts, called " What Happened To The Future ?" The content will be familiar to anyone who's been following Founders Fund co-founder Peter Thiel : it complains that the rate of technological innovation… Full Story »


  14. Peter Thiel: Don't think of companies as statistics

    Vator News &bull Jul 21, 2011

    Peter Thiel, founder of Clarium Capital and Founders Fund, and famed early Facebook investor, just took the stage at the first-ever VentureShift and delivered one of his characteristically riveting keynote addresses--so riveting, in fact, that it almost made me forget how uncomfortable my chair is. Thiel started out by asking the question, "What does it mean to be contrarian?" We've had… Full Story »

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  15. Founders Fund: Other VCs Aren't Trying Hard Enough

    Yahoo Finance &bull Jun 24, 2011

    Founders was started by ex-PayPal executives Peter Thiel and Ken Howery in 2005, and boasts Napster founder and early Facebook investor Sean Parker as one of its managing partners. The firm claims to have a different philosophy than most VCs: it invests in companies that are trying to solve hard scientific or engineering problems. But this isn't just idealism: Founders believes that these types of companies are best poised to create and capitalize on new multibillion dollar markets and make 10x returns on their investments. Founders compares itself to the classic VC firms from the 1960s who invested in groundbreaking… Full Story »

  16. Founders Fund: Most VCs Are Investing All Wrong

    Yahoo Finance &bull Jun 24, 2011

    Founders was started by ex-PayPal executives Peter Thiel and Ken Howery in 2005, and boasts Napster founder and early Facebook investor Sean Parker as one of its managing partners. The firm claims to have a different philosophy than most VCs: it invests in companies that are trying to solve hard scientific or engineering problems. But this isn't just idealism: Founders believes that these types of companies are best poised to create and capitalize on new multibillion dollar markets and make 10x returns on their investments. Founders compares itself to the classic VC firms from the 1960s who invested in groundbreaking… Full Story »

  17. Connecting with angel investors isn't too hard

    Biz Journals &bull Jun 13, 2011

    When I compiled a list of 10 groups and people that were helping to further angel investing - along with a lot of help from people in that community - I could have made it 20, or even 50. Granted,… Full Story »

  18. Elon Musk Says Tesla Won't Be Sold, But Elon Musk Is Wrong

    Venture Beat &bull May 25, 2011

    In a sign of its continuing need for capital - and the good performance thus far of its stock - Tesla Motors said today it would sell 5.3 million more shares of common stock. At the same time, according to the announcement, Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to buy an additional 1.5 million shares of the company in a private placement. An entity called Blackstar… Full Story »

  19. SpaceX Eyes IPO

    Socal Tech &bull Apr 13, 2011

    Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the commercial rocket firm of technology mogul Elon Musk, is reportedly looking to add itself to the list of Southern California technology firms aiming at at IPO. According to Musk at a conference Tuesday, the firm is considering… Full Story »

  20. Stealth online payments startup Stripe draws backing from PayPal founders

    Venture Beat &bull Mar 29, 2011

    Stealth online payments startup Stripe has raised $2 million in a venture round from some all-star investors. Backers include PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, as well as Sequoia Capital, Andreesen Horowitz and SV Angel, according to TechCrunch. The… Full Story »

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