by Kyle Stone and Kevin Connor Our research project on the Bay Area’s ten largest corporations was fully funded on Spot.us in early October and has come to a close, but with it we’ve built a lasting resource that we hope will continue to pay dividends for watchdog efforts in California. We focused on identifying and …
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Google: The world’s search engine
I spent last week investigating Apple for our project Who’s Behind the Bay Area’s Top Ten Companies?, which we’ve posted as a pitch on Spot.us. Good thing I researched Apple — number eight on our list of the Bay Area’s top 10 companies — because I’ve spent this week probing Google and there are a …
Almost There! Only $115 to go on Bay Area Funding
After about six weeks of drawing interest, building new friendships, and researching our brains out, we’ve managed to collect 27 donations from organizations and individuals who are rallying behind the Bay Area Research Project. The result? We’re inspired, and working harder than ever to close the funding gap, and publish our final research. Why Donating …
Apple: Silicon Valley’s staple
Apple is next in our series on our latest project, Who’s Behind the Bay Area’s Most Powerful Companies?, which Kyle and Matthew have kicked off with posts on Chevron, McKesson, and Hewlett Packard. The project is being funded by our pitch on Spot.us. It’s no secret that Silicon Valley has a cutthroat employment cycle. Companies …
McKesson: Healthcare Giant, Network Hub
Last week Kyle wrote about some of the important names behind Chevron as part of our latest research project on LittleSis, which we’ve posted as a pitch on Spot.Us. We’re going to be blogging about our findings as we go, so we’ll hopefully produce a post about each of the ten companies we’re scrutinizing as …
Chevron: The Bay Area’s Biggest Company
Research for the “Who’s Behind the Bay Area’s Most Powerful Companies?” project is now in full swing. last week, I sifted through hundreds of Chevron-related press releases, financial documents, and executive board summaries in order to pull together the profiles highlighted below. Note: I have made a special effort to call attention to Chevron executives …