In a sense, YouTube is the classic Silicon Valley start-up.

The definitive smell inside a Silicon Valley start-up was of curry.

Twitter, the Silicon Valley start-up, declared it "very exciting that tweets are becoming part of history."

And it is that search for new ideas which defines the successful Silicon Valley start-up.

When the stock market began to lose air earlier this year, problems started to surface at a Silicon Valley start-up, says a sales executive who worked there.

The proposition: to head up a no-name Silicon Valley start-up that needed a chief executive.

The preferred organizational model, it seems, is the Silicon Valley start-up - informal, entrepreneurial and youthful.

JotSpot is a Silicon Valley start-up betting on the small-business market.

General Magic, a closely watched Silicon Valley start-up, will detail some of its strategy next month.

More than 60 companies, from Silicon Valley start-ups to industry giants like Microsoft, have announced that their option practices are under review.

In a sense, YouTube is the classic Silicon Valley start-up.

The definitive smell inside a Silicon Valley start-up was of curry.

Twitter, the Silicon Valley start-up, declared it "very exciting that tweets are becoming part of history."

And it is that search for new ideas which defines the successful Silicon Valley start-up.

When the stock market began to lose air earlier this year, problems started to surface at a Silicon Valley start-up, says a sales executive who worked there.

The proposition: to head up a no-name Silicon Valley start-up that needed a chief executive.

The preferred organizational model, it seems, is the Silicon Valley start-up - informal, entrepreneurial and youthful.

JotSpot is a Silicon Valley start-up betting on the small-business market.

General Magic, a closely watched Silicon Valley start-up, will detail some of its strategy next month.

More than 60 companies, from Silicon Valley start-ups to industry giants like Microsoft, have announced that their option practices are under review.