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Valley of the Boom – National Geographic Mini-Series
Episodes 3 and 6
Emmys.com
The Other Side of the Boom
With a mix of scripted and nonfiction, NatGeo’s Valley of the Boom turns the tech bubble inside out.
November 26, 2018
Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley
(As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
By Adam Fisher
Published in 2018
Front Page Coverage
San Jose Mercury News – Front Page
March 16, 2001:
Pink Slip Party hits the valley: Palo Alto recruiting event draws 1,050
San Jose Mercury News – Front Page
December 2, 2000:
Layoff Parties Draw a Crowd
The San Francisco Examiner – Front Page
August 8, 2000:
Where Parties are Made to be Crashed
San Jose Mercury News – Front Page
March 21, 2000:
Cover Story: Party Life.com
Syndicated in the SV Times, Business Times and Contra Costa Times
The Los Angeles Times – Front Page
December 25, 2000:
Cover Story: Dot-Com Parties Dry Up
sfGirl.com features in Books
Cheap Bastard’s Guide to San Francisco
By Karen Solomon
Published in 2007
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
By Tucker Max
Published in 2009
(Tucker was one of our iGuy’s and writes about it in his NYT bestseller!)
Innovation in Human Resource Management: Tooling Up for the Talent Wars
By Alec Reed
Book published in 2001
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Getty Images – sfGirl.com Pink Slip Parties
SF Weekly Award – Best of San Francisco Award
2001:
sfGirl.com Most Unlikely Social Event A Dot-Com Launch Party
Palo Alto Weekly
August 15, 2001:
The Party’s Over
San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times
May 9, 2001:
Pink-slip Partiers Starting to Sober up
Spiegel Online – Germany
April 30, 2001:
Money First, People Second
Desert News
April 30, 2001:
Dot.com Boom Gone Bust in San Francisco
Telegraph – UK
April 1, 2001:
From Laid Back to Laid Off
NewMonday.com – Denmark
March 29, 2001:
Pink Slip Party, feest voor ontslagen werknemers van internetbedrijven
New York Times
March 26, 2001:
As New Economy Cools, San Francisco Quivers
Financial Times
March 16, 2001:
Partygoers Scoff at Slowdown
National Post – Canada
March 15, 2001:
Silicon Valley workers pink slipped for first time at 30
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7, 2001:
Think Pink Slip: Layoff parties to come to Silicon Valley
San Jose Mercury News
February 23, 2001:
What a Difference a Year Makes
The Guardian – London
January 29, 2001:
Pink slip parties cure dot.com blues in San Francisco
San Francisco Business Times
January 26, 2001:
Industry Wrapups
The Guardian – London
January 25, 2001:
Partying in the Pink
Iconocast Newsletter
January 18, 2001:
The Jacobyte
BBC
January 15, 2001:
Sacked? Then party on!
Contra Costa Times
January 12, 2001:
A ‘job fair’ for dot-com displaced
Computer World
January 8, 2001:
Former Dot Com Workers Find Slow Start in New Year
Reuters
December 30, 2000:
New Economy Gets Old Ironic Twist Amid Tech Slide
SF Gate
December 11, 2000:
The Party’s Over Party On, San Francisco
CNET
December 7, 2000:
Dotcommers going from laid off to lounge lizard
Syndicated on Yahoo News
Forbes
November 29, 2000
Party Scene Fizzles With The Internet
The Industry Standard
November 28, 2000:
Tchotchkes on the Block
San Francisco Business Times
November 20, 2000:
Talk of the Town: End of Internet bubble fails to pop the Internet bauble
The Scotsman
August 16, 2000:
Net Gains
KTVU “Mornings on 2”
August 14, 2000:
Interviewed and profiled on “Mornings on 2”
Alta Vista: The Chill
August 1, 2000:
Crashing With ‘sfGirl’
Mademoiselle
August, 2000:
Meet the E-Divas! pg. 84
The San Francisco Bay Guardian
July 26, 2000:
Best of the Bay Award: Best Place to Find a Dot-Com Party
San Jose Mercury News
July 7, 2000:
Swing Shift
SOMA Magazine
July, 2000:
The Dot-Com Party
Vol 14.5 pg. 39
SFWeekly
May 17, 2000:
Best of San Francisco Award: Best Place to Drink for Free
SFWeekly
May 10, 2000:
Less Than Seven Zeroes: The dot-com party circuit’s dirty little secret
Industry Standard
May 1, 2000:
Party’s Over
Salon.com
April 25, 2000:
Dot-Com Party Madness
USA Today
April 20, 2000:
Leaving their Hearts and the Soul of a City
Salon.com
April 11, 2000:
Clueless in Gotham
The New York Times
April 10, 2000:
For Women in Silicon Valley, It Seems Like Strikeout.com
San Jose Mercury News
December 26, 2000:
Even Breakup Girl gets dumped
Entrepreneur Magazine
November 20, 2000:
Digital Divide?
You’ve heard about the mudslinging between the Valley and the Alley. Now hear the truth.
Wired
November 9, 2000:
On Crashing Parties at Comdex
Valleyjobs.com
August 19, 2000:
Survival of the Fittest: Job Security in the Internet World Industry
Standard
April 17, 2000:
Quoted
sfGirl.com Pink Slip Parties – Network News Coverage
6 News Midday
WCNC-TV CH 36 (NBC) Television Charlotte
03/16/2001 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Estimated Audience: 26,404
NBC 7/39 Today
KNSD-TV CH 39 (NBC) Television San Diego
03/16/2001 5:00 – 7:00 am
Estimated Audience: 24,888
Business Center
CNBC Cable National
03/15/2001 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Estimated Audience: 282,540
CBS 4 News At 5:30
WFOR-TV CH 4 (CBS) Television Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
03/15/2001 5:30 – 6:00 pm
Estimated Audience: 77,991
CNET Radio Early PM
CNET Radio Network National Radio National
03/15/2001 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Eyewitness News
KPIX-TV CH 5 (CBS) Television San Francisco
03/15/2001 5:00 – 7:00 am
Estimated Audience: 53,125
Your News This Morning
KMOV-TV CH 4 (CBS) Television St. Louis
03/15/2001 6:00 – 7:00 am
Estimated Audience: 52,816
Channel 5 Eyewitness News
KPIX-TV CH 5 (CBS) Television San Francisco
03/14/2001 11:00 – 11:30 pm
Estimated Audience: 126,490
The Ten O’Clock News
KTVU-TV CH 2 (FOX) Television San Francisco
03/14/2001 10:00 – 11:00 pm
Estimated Audience: 293,416
ABC 7 Morning News
KGO-TV CH 7 (ABC) Television San Francisco
03/14/2001 5:00 – 7:00 am
Estimated Audience: 50,127
Newsradio 780
WBBM-AM 780 (CBS) Local Radio Chicago
03/09/2001 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Estimated Audience: 59,600
Eyewitness News
KPIX-TV CH 5 (CBS) Television San Francisco
03/09/2001 5:00 – 7:00 am
Estimated Audience: 53,125
Channel 5 Eyewitness News
KPIX-TV CH 5 (CBS) Television San Francisco
03/08/2001 11:00 – 11:30 pm
Estimated Audience: 126,490
ABC 7 News At 11:00
KGO-TV CH 7 (ABC) Television San Francisco
03/08/2001 11:00 – 11:30 pm
Estimated Audience: 173,804
The Six O’Clock News
KTVU-TV CH 2 (FOX) Television San Francisco
03/08/2001 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Estimated Audience: 93,769