"Your Outside Source for Silicon Valley News."

For the week of Tuesday, Oct 12th 1999
Back issues here!


Are the Redwoods earning their keep?

Amid booming economic times, a large group of
non-productive trees are selfishly hogging the Bay
Area's scarcest resource: Acres of land to fill with
tech companies. Someone call in Paul Bunyan!


Relax.. you're really rich and smart.
"In high school, all of my classmates think that money is the most important thing in life, but I know better.
Venture Capital, that is, *other* people's money, is. I was fortunate to learn this at an early age. You'll never catch me wasting my time in college: I'm rich!"

-Miko Mernandzo, 17 year old founder of lateboox.com,
a site that lets you report friends with late library books,
is now worth 3 million dollars.  


Halloween Treat! Read the super scary screenplay for
The Los Gatos Venture Capital Project


Old Fashioned Soap Box Derby invokes memories of yesteryear.


This Booming Economy Will Never End

More and more of us are striking it rich as billions of dollars
pour into the local economy, spurred on by growth from shaky
Internet companies that have never shown a profit. Will it ever end?
"No." say most.


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