<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, david anderson]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, david anderson]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/davidanderson http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/davidanderson <![CDATA[How to burn through $800,000 of daddy's money on a blog network]]> DavidAnderson.JPGA source tells us San Francisco-based blog network Green Options Media will shutter by June, having burned through at least $800,000 in a little under two years. Blame cofounder David Anderson. This "arrogant wankhammer wantrepreneur," in the source's colorful description, funded the blog network with an early inheritance from his father, who now plans to pull the plug on the operation. Still clinging to hope, Anderson is said to be frantically trying to raise money as the blog network burns through $60,000 a month. Problem is: monthly pageviews across the entire 14-blog network have yet to pass 600,000. Update: David Anderson responds in the comments below.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377495&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Does your VC have a Democrat in his pocket?]]> BarackandHillary.jpgSenator Clinton polls higher than Senator Obama in Santa Clara County, 43 percent to 27 percent, a Clinton campaign staffer told the Wall Street Journal. But we know what really counts in Silicon Valley: money. And when it comes to raising cash, Barack Obama's winning over the tech crowd. He raised about $500,000 just last weekend at a breakfast in Atherton. Wondering who was there? Here's a list of known Silicon Valley supporters for each candidate.

Not many in the Silicon Valley money crowd support Hillary Clinton. The notable exception is John Doerr, who now counts former VP Al Gore as a colleague at Kleiner Perkins.

The list is lengthier for Barack Obama.

  • David Anderson, managing director, Sutter Hill Ventures
  • John Thompson, Symantec CEO
  • Gordon Eubanks, former Symantec CEO
  • Yahoo exec Brad Garlinghouse
  • Former California gubernatorial candidate, current Steve Jurvetson pal and Tesla Motors board member Steve Westly
  • John Roos, CEO of law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Google execs David Drummond and Marissa Mayer
  • Google.org director Larry Brilliant
  • YouTube founder Chad Hurley
  • VC Doug Hickey of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
  • VC Stewart Alsop of Alsop Louie
  • Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitielo
  • Sequoia Capital venture capitalist Michael Moritz
  • Craiglist founder Craig Newmark
  • Netscape and Ning founder Marc Andreessen (who also supports Mitt Romney)

(Photo by azrainman)

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