How important is AI in Silicon Valley? All delegation visitors in recent weeks quickly discovered that this technology is currently dominating discussions. The speed of development is enormous, and AI is the dominant topic in all company visits. And many … Continue reading Billboards Of Silicon Valley – Spring 2025
Bad, if you look at the figures. A few months ago, a study reported that the number of smartphone connections to telephone masts in the city center was only a third of the 2019 figure, putting San Francisco in last … Continue reading How is San Francisco Doing After the Pandemic?
In October, it will be ten years since I left big corporate after 15 years and started my own business. Even with all the ups and downs since then, it was the best decision I have made. And while many … Continue reading The Company Whisperer – Reflections After 10 Years of Self-Employment
If you read the headlines and analyses of German-language media, Silicon Valley is dying and the technology companies there are at the end of their rope. The carnage of mass layoffs that have rocked these companies since late last year … Continue reading Bad or Good? Layoffs at Silicon Valley Tech Firms
By the end of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic and before the first COVID vaccines were available, the news that Silicon Valley stalwarts like Oracle and Hewlett Packard, or younger ones like Palantir and Tesla, had moved their … Continue reading Silicon Valley: The Reports of my Death are Greatly Exaggerated.
I’ve actually been meaning to put a little less focus on Silicon Valley itself since changing my website, but occasionally something comes up that’s just too interesting. Facebook user Mark Hersch contrasts historical drawings of various cities from a bird’s … Continue reading San Francisco 1912 and 2021