Nanosolar has developed technology that let's you "print" thin-film solar cells to produce much more cost-effective solar panels. This latest infusion of $20M will bring them up to a total of $420M of capital raised to date.
Source: SJBJ
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Nanosolar Adds $20M in Funding
Nanosolar is the latest of many San Jose greentech companies to get additional funding. This also means VC confidence is still strong in the greentech sector, where San Jose dominates.
Nanosolar has developed technology that let's you "print" thin-film solar cells to produce much more cost-effective solar panels. This latest infusion of $20M will bring them up to a total of $420M of capital raised to date.
Source: SJBJ
Nanosolar has developed technology that let's you "print" thin-film solar cells to produce much more cost-effective solar panels. This latest infusion of $20M will bring them up to a total of $420M of capital raised to date.
Source: SJBJ
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SJ Metblogs: Content Launches Print Era
Content Magazine has officially launched their print edition, and it looks fantastic. Matt from SJ Metblogs has already done a blog post about their launch event (below). I would highly encourage anyone reading this blog to subscribe to the magazine, and make sure to flip to page 18 for an interview featuring Metblogs and The San Jose Blog!
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from San Jose Metblogs
Content Magazine "Cultivator" Daniel Garcia at the print launch party.
After a successful Kickstarter campaign we reported on previously, San Jose’s local personality and fashion magazine Content has now printed its first issue. A launch party last night was attended by numerous recognizable local figures.
The printed magazine is dominated by interviews of local personalities somehow connected to the “Tech” theme of the issue, including politicians, artists, inventors, and even a blogger or two. I thought the most interesting story was an interview with Joel Slayton, director of the Zer01 art biennial. The interview covers Slayton’s history in art, starting at MIT, and future plans for Zer01. An interview with Slave Labor Graphics publisher Dan Vado brings together insights on the downtown San Jose business culture and the broader publishing business. Beyond those two interviews, there are 10 other stories filling out the issue.
The final few pages of the magazine switch over from interviews and profiles to fashion, with two multi-page photo spreads featuring dresses from The Usuals and men’s shirts from So What Industries. The photography is stylish, but some of the spreads don’t account for the fact that the binding of the magazine doesn’t let the pages lie open flat.
Content Magazine is attempting to finance their operations mainly through reader support rather than advertising. This keeps the “content” at the forefront and avoids the reader having to wade through ads to find the stories. A 6-issue annual subscription is now available for $42.
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from San Jose Metblogs
Content Magazine "Cultivator" Daniel Garcia at the print launch party.
After a successful Kickstarter campaign we reported on previously, San Jose’s local personality and fashion magazine Content has now printed its first issue. A launch party last night was attended by numerous recognizable local figures.
The printed magazine is dominated by interviews of local personalities somehow connected to the “Tech” theme of the issue, including politicians, artists, inventors, and even a blogger or two. I thought the most interesting story was an interview with Joel Slayton, director of the Zer01 art biennial. The interview covers Slayton’s history in art, starting at MIT, and future plans for Zer01. An interview with Slave Labor Graphics publisher Dan Vado brings together insights on the downtown San Jose business culture and the broader publishing business. Beyond those two interviews, there are 10 other stories filling out the issue.
The final few pages of the magazine switch over from interviews and profiles to fashion, with two multi-page photo spreads featuring dresses from The Usuals and men’s shirts from So What Industries. The photography is stylish, but some of the spreads don’t account for the fact that the binding of the magazine doesn’t let the pages lie open flat.
Content Magazine is attempting to finance their operations mainly through reader support rather than advertising. This keeps the “content” at the forefront and avoids the reader having to wade through ads to find the stories. A 6-issue annual subscription is now available for $42.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Aria Diagnostics Raises $52.7M
A San Jose company that does molecular diagnostics has just closed a huge Series C investment round of $52.7M. They are going to use the infusion of cash to develop prenatal tests that will determine whether or not unborn children have certain trisomies, such as one associated with Down syndrome.
It's also nice to see some companies outside of the greentech industry get funded in San Jose!
Source: SJBJ
It's also nice to see some companies outside of the greentech industry get funded in San Jose!
Source: SJBJ
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Will Johnson Open Studio
San Jose ceramicist Will Johnson will be a participant in The Art Of Living Black (TAOLB), the Bay Area’s longest running annual African American exhibition of its kind.
Johnson's Open Studio will be February 25th & 26th, March 3rd & 4th from 11am–5pm at the Black Bean Ceramic Art Center located at 561 Emory St., San Jose.
The TAOLB was co-founded by Jan Hart-Schuyers and Rae Louise Hayward. Both remarkable women have passed away but, their legacy lives on.
The driving force for Jan and Rae founding TAOLB was to present to the public artworks from artists of African descent, to show the richness and diversity of the artists and to give them exposure in the art world. Together they joined with the Richmond Art Center (RAC) in 1997, to have an annual exhibition for bay area African American Artists. The exhibition features emerging and established artists. The TAOLB Exhibition and Art Tour is a yearly event which is held at the RAC presented to the public between January and March. For more information, please visit www.taolb.net
San Jose's Steinberg Architects Selected for Gigantasaurous Project in China
This project is so massive I had to make up a word. China is building an 80 million square foot mixed-use project in Changsha and a San Jose firm will be responsible for designing it. That is not a typo, 80 million square feet. This would be the equivalent of 50 Santana Rows side by side or every building in Downtown San Jose 8 times over. 63 million square feet will be residential and the rest will be office/retail. Despite the scope, the 7,000 acre project will "only" cost $3 billion to develop.
Source: SJBJ
Source: SJBJ
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Saturday Stats: Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Tops $100,000
For the first time, Silicon Valley tech worker salaries are averaging over $100,000 per year. Those are just salaries, not even including bonuses or other benefits. This is 25% higher than the national average for the tech industry. From 2010 to 2011, tech salaries nationally grew at a rate of 2% while Silicon Valley salaries rose by a staggering 5.2%. Contractor rates in Silicon valley rose an astronomical 11% to $74/hr (the national average was 2% here as well). Given our shortage of qualified workers, this trend will likely continue for at least a couple more years.
Another nice stat... the average pay for ALL workers--not just tech--in the San Jose metro is $67,850. San Francisco is at $63,290.
Source: SJBJ
Friday, February 17, 2012
Pellet's Gouache Workshop
from Phantom Galleries
What's gouache? Where did it come from? Who paints with this stuff? Why use gouache, and not another paint whose name I can pronounce easier? What can I do with it, and how do I get started?
Answers to all this and more at Pellet's Intro to Gouache!
Saturday, February 18th, 2–4pm
$30 for workshop, materials included
For inquiries or to sign up: call 408-293-1200 or email roanvictor@thearsenalsj.com
The Arsenal
1202 The Alameda
San Jose
What's gouache? Where did it come from? Who paints with this stuff? Why use gouache, and not another paint whose name I can pronounce easier? What can I do with it, and how do I get started?
Answers to all this and more at Pellet's Intro to Gouache!
Saturday, February 18th, 2–4pm
$30 for workshop, materials included
For inquiries or to sign up: call 408-293-1200 or email roanvictor@thearsenalsj.com
The Arsenal
1202 The Alameda
San Jose
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