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A biotech CEO who sold a company for $14 billion shares his best career advice

David Hung spent more than a decade in Silicon Valley while at the helm of a biotech company.Hung's the CEO of Axovant, a company that has a shot to launch the first new Alzheimer's drug in 15 years....

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Tech CEO on Silicon Valley: 'They're obsessed with all the things that I...

Basecamp CEO Jason Fried doesn't believe in working yourself to the bone.That's only one of the ways in which Fried, whose company builds a web-based project management tool, differs from some of the...

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Kombucha, climbing walls, free plane tickets for parents, and hard work — A...

The tech industry is famous for having some of the best internships around. From free food, to impressive monthly stipends, Silicon Valley is the place to be for college students hoping to get an...

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An employee uprising at a dysfunctional tech workplace has led to the exit of...

After an internal investigation into allegations of "sexism and a hostile work environment," as employees described it, the new CEO of LiveOps, Keith Leimbach, is out, Business Insider has confirmed....

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Silicon Valley is obsessed with these ultra-comfy, machine-washable shoes...

Tech workers in Silicon Valley are singing the praises of Allbirds, a startup in San Francisco that makes the "world's most comfortable shoes," according to investors, founders, and the company...

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The average age of employees at all the top tech companies, in one chart

Silicon Valley is known for its youth-obsessed culture. Back in 2007, Mark Zuckerberg said that "young people are just smarter." In recent years, older employees have faced layoffs, or not been hired...

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Go inside the Silicon Valley home that Yahoo's first CEO is selling for $19.4...

A beautiful home owned by former Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle has hit the market for $19.4 million.Koogle and his wife, Pam Scott, have owned the 12-acre property in Los Altos, California, since 2003, when...

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Ex-Google employees created a vending machine to replace corner stores — and...

A new startup founded by two ex-Google employees was met with Twitter's wrath, after an article reported that they intended to replace the traditional bodega with their technology. The backlash was so...

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Startup lending company SoFi says a critical report in The Times 'reflects a...

Social Finance has gone on the defensive following reports that problems within the internet financing company may go well beyond its cofounder, Mike Cagney.Cagney on Monday resigned as chairman and...

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I gave up Starbucks for a week and drank this high-fat, buttered coffee drink...

• Bulletproof Coffee, a "biohacking" wellness brand, is bringing a bottled version of buttered coffee to market.• The ready-to-drink product will roll out to over 400 Whole Foods stores nationwide this...

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These $500 high-fashion sneakers are the ultimate status symbol for top tech...

Members of the Silicon Valley elite are lacing up sneakers from a Parisian luxury fashion brand that cost more than most people's monthly grocery bill.High-fashion house Lanvin makes chunky, low-top...

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One of the biggest VCs in Silicon Valley is launching an experiment that will...

Y Combinator, the largest and most prestigious startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, has announced new details of its upcoming experiment to give Americans free money.YC will select 3,000 people...

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An 18-year-old entrepreneur has idea that could change the world — and she...

Sharon Lin is not your typical 18-year-old.A freshman at MIT, Lin helped develop an Android app while interning at the US State Department. She's this year's Youth Poet Laureate in New York City. And...

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Trump has started a brain drain back to India

In 2005, two years after Sameer Sahay arrived in the United States from India to pursue an MBA, he was thrilled when an Oregon health care company hired him and agreed to sponsor his green card. His...

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Google said it would build 10,000 units of desperately needed housing in...

Google seems to be as much a real-estate developer as a search engine these days.The tech giant wants to build a sprawling new campus in the North Bayshore area of Mountain View, a city in Silicon...

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You don't have to live in Silicon Valley to make it in tech — here are 7...

If you want a gig in tech, you don't need to pack up and move to Silicon Valley.Plenty of metro areas around the US are hiring a ton of applicants at the moment.Glassdoor released a study looking into...

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Inside the most expensive zip code in Silicon Valley, where tech moguls like...

From the looks of it, Atherton could be any ritzy suburb in America.But it isn't anywhere. Atherton is an idyllic town located on the San Francisco Peninsula, where even modest homes go for millions of...

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An early Tesla investor wants to offload his Silicon Valley mansion for $40...

Tesla wouldn't be the triumphant car maker it is today without Alan Salzman, a well-known venture capitalist who made an early bet on Elon Musk's startup before it had a product.Salzman owned about 9%...

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Silicon Valley's LSD habit is exploding, and now a 27-year old is offering...

Microdosing involves taking tiny, "sub-perceptual" doses of LSD or another psychedelic for 6-8 monthsPaul Austin is offering online consultations on how to do it for $127His website, The Third Wave,...

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This little-known Silicon Valley neighborhood is suddenly one of the hottest...

Lots of people working in Silicon Valley can't afford to buy a home there.As a housing shortage in the San Francisco Bay Area continues to drive prices sky-high, some homebuyers are turning their...

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