News Archive.

By Eric Wesoff Today, in a blog post entitled, “All Our Patent Are Belong to You,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tore down the patent wall. He wrote: Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of…

By William Alden Stephen M. Case, the investor and co-founder of AOL, is taking an increasing interest in the food business. The Revolution Growth fund, which Mr. Case started with two former AOL colleagues, is…

By Sam Becker As consumers, it’s easy to become disillusioned by all of the negative press coverage pointed in the direction of major corporations. For every heartbreaking story of negligence or malicious profiteering, many others…

By Richard Proctor UrbanSitter: Best Consumer Application or Service Across the country, parents looking for trustworthy babysitters have been turning to San Francisco-based UrbanSitter for help. Similarly, babysitters looking for a central location to sell…

By Maria Shollenbarger Walk into the airy, industrial-chic space on Crosby Street that houses Maiyet, and you could be forgiven for assuming you had stumbled upon just another sleek womenswear and accessories boutique, of the…

Want an antidote to the grim news about climate change? Here are the business leaders, academics, regulators, and entrepreneurs doing the most to make our world smarter and more sustainable. Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL…

By Carolyn Said After a Yoruban priest blessed Yerdle’s new San Francisco office on Earth Day, he asked the assembled employees and friends of the tech startup to suggest words that came to mind. No one…

By Will Wade Technology is catching up with Thomas Edison’s electricity industry, eating away at the utility business model that hasn’t changed much in a century. Clean energy installation will almost triple to 290 gigawatts…

By Nancy Pfund As a venture capitalist, I spend much of my time on the unvarnished edge of capitalism. It’s a place where some level of failure is inevitable, survival of the fittest is an…

By Randy W. Stearns What happens when a social activist and a fashion-industry executive put their heads together in order to create social good? Maiyet, a New York-based luxury fashion brand working with local artisans in…

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By Don Dahler In 2013 there was a 47 percent jump in the number of home solar installations in the U.S., and by the end of the year more than 400,000 American homes had solar…