Ping pong table sales are falling then silicon valley clearly doomed

If ping-pong table sales are falling, then Silicon Valley is clearly ... » May 4, 2016 ...If you're a cool, hip tech company, you need a ping-pong table. The game has become ...Organizations like Startup Ping Pong and the San Francisco Ping- Pong League have popped up across Silicon Valley. In Australia, a ...If ping- pong table sales are falling, then Silicon Valley is clearly doomed... Qz.com

Ten things you don't know about the Earth - Bad Astronomy : Bad ... » Sep 8, 2008 ...Maybe you've heard this statement: if the Earth were shrunk down to the size of a billiard ball, it would actually be smoother than one. ....It takes the same amount of time to fall all the way through the Earth and back as it does to orbit it, if your orbit were right at the Earth's surface (orbits slow down as the... Blogs.discovermagazine.com

Is the Tech Bubble Popping? Ping Pong Offers an Answer - WSJ » May 3, 2016 ...Falling ping-pong table sales give a peek into the economics of Silicon Valley, where the right to play table tennis on the job is sacrosanct. ...Sales of tables rise and fall with the startups that love them ...They might have anticipated trouble more than a year ago had they noticed one key indicator. Until late... Wsj.com

Sad excuse for a man, too dumb to read, reduces airport worker to ... » Jun 8, 2017 ...The worker then bursts into tears, as a passenger can be heard asking the man: “ Are you happy now?” But the obnoxious customer then continues his bombardment: “Oh, are you having an emotional breakdown?” Since the passenger uploaded the footage, he has been slammed by users online. Nypost.com

Schooled | The New Yorker » May 19, 2014 ...At the start of Booker's career, Ed Nicoll had introduced him to a Silicon Valley venture capitalist named Marc Bodnick, who became an admirer. Bodnick ...The company's workspace had Ping-Pong tables, coolers stocked with Naked juice, and red-lettered motivational signs: “STAY FOCUSED AND KEEP... Newyorker.com

Ping-pong table sales are falling: Is the bubble about to burst in San ... » May 4, 2016 ...Table tennis is a popular part of the Silicon Valley tech culture, with programmers stepping away from their computers to blow off steam in heated matches. A table is a must-buy for any thriving tech start-up, and all the big hitters — Google, Facebook, Twitter — have many of them. In fact, some people view... Sfgate.com

our top 5 must haves for staying productive when we travel » Feb 5, 2016 ...As you probably know, January and February are two of the busiest months for travel in the meeting world. From plan of action meetings to sales kick offs, we're spending a lot of time on the road, and in the air, traveling across the country and across the globe. Remaining productive while in transit is... Debutgroup.com

Once-Flush Startups Struggle to Stay Alive as Investors Get Pickier ... » Apr 23, 2017 ...Its roughly 270 employees cleared out of the cavernous Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, leaving behind the ping-pong table and putting green. Beepi's rapid demise offers a glimpse into the changing fortunes of Silicon Valley startups , many of which have struggled to adjust since a two-year investment... Wsj.com

Silicon's Valley's Brutal Ageism | New Republic » Mar 23, 2014 ...In talking to dozens of people around Silicon Valley over the past eight months— engineers, entrepreneurs, moneymen, uncomfortably inquisitive cosmetic surgeons—I got the distinct sense that it's .....“We have a ping-pong table here,” says a mid-thirties co-founder of a well-funded start-up in New York. Newrepublic.com

The brutal ageism of tech: meet Silicon Valley's obsolete workforce » Mar 24, 2014 ...In talking to dozens of people around Silicon Valley over the past eight months – engineers, entrepreneurs, moneymen, uncomfortably inquisitive cosmetic surgeons – I got the distinct sense that it's .....“We have a ping-pong table here,” says a mid-thirties co-founder of a well-funded start-up in New York. Newstatesman.com