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The New York Times
The Silicon Valley Start-Up That Caused Wall Street Chaos
The New York Times
8 min read · 2021-01-30 · Robinhood pitched itself to investors as the antithesis of Wall Street. It didn’t say that it also entirely relies on Wall Street. This past week, the two realities collided.
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Silicon Valley Ruined Work Culture Everywhere
WIRED
6 min read · From 2020 · Why does every damn place—even old-school corporate offices—have to be fun and full of foosball?
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The Atlantic
Silicon Valley Abandons the Culture That Made It the Envy of the World
The Atlantic
6 min read · From 2020 · Once upon a time, in the notorious start-up cradle, small was beautiful.
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The New York Times
Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley
The New York Times
~16 min read · From 2018 · About a dozen venture capitalists recently took a bus tour through the Midwest, and a funny thing happened: They caught the heartland bug.
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The New York Times
MailChimp and the Un-Silicon Valley Way to Make It as a Start-Up
The New York Times
8 min read · From 2016 · No venture capital, no Bay Area presence, no crazy burn rate: MailChimp’s founders built the company slowly by anticipating customers’ needs and following their instincts.
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The Verge
Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering
The Verge
5 min read · From 2018 · How total data collection could reshape society.
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Reuters
How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe
Reuters
4 min read · 2021-08-11 · As Klarna's billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings, a feast of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his runaway success: the Swedish welfare state.
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The New Yorker
How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2016 · The absurdly deep research underlying HBO’s satire.
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O'Reilly Media
The End of Silicon Valley as We Know It?
O'Reilly Media
20+ min read · 2021-03-11 · Four ways the party may be coming to an end
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