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Announcing the 2023 Lonergan SV150

A look back at 2022 in Silicon Valley

Susan Lonergan, April 17th, 2023

Lonergan Partners is pleased to bring you the Lonergan SV 150 – our annual ranking of the top public tech companies headquartered within fifty miles of the old HP Garage - to paint you a picture of 2022 tech sector results.

Get the Company Rankings on a PDF suitable for printing, or for detailed metrics on each company, download the

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The Gen Z Workforce: Rewards of Working Together IRL

A Gen Z Opinion

Tanya Mir, April 4th, 2023

As older members of Gen Z like myself enter the workforce, most of us are looking forward to working with our new colleagues side by side, in real office settings. We are the first workforce cohort who attended university during the pandemic. For us, that meant attending lectures virtually, a lack of community on campus, and job

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Signs of Spring in Silicon Valley

Mark Lonergan, February 21st, 2023

News coverage in the Silicon Valley validates the observation that we humans are hard-wired to give preference to negative information over the positive. That said, I see some real signs of recovery in our region – recovery based on real innovation and new technologies that promise to change our world. Three examples of these positive

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Where in the World is Tech Leadership Coming From?

Tanya Mir, February 14th, 2023

Part of my job as an executive recruiter in Silicon Valley is to find out what makes leaders tick. I often hear the most amazing stories about how business leaders came to the United States from some other part of the world seeking challenge and opportunity. This could describe my family – I am the daughter of an engineer who came to the US

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Venture Backed Companies Need Real Help in 2023

Mark Lonergan, January 24th, 2023

There is a lot of recent research about the number of board seats held by individual Venture Firm General Partners. It is true that the average GP has more than doubled the number of companies on whose boards they sit. Perhaps this practice is sustainable during prolonged market upswings, but the dilution of the GPs time and