(Note: Although we appreciate their contributions to these studies, companies with few employees are not listed because of anonymity and human subjects considerations.)

Adobe
Graphics software gurus.

Alliance Innovation Lab Silicon Valley
Reinventing mobility with people in mind

Apple
The original Other computer people.

Cisco Systems
The plumbers of the internet.

Communivercity San Jose
CommUniverCity San José brings together the City of San José, San José State University and the communities of Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace through service and learning.

Computer History Museum
Preserving the stories of the information age.

Facebook
Social networking pioneer.

Google
Making the internet useful.

Hewlett Packard
Pioneers of the Silicon Valley Way.

The Institute for the Future
Yes, not only friends and funders, but informants too.

Mozilla
Keeps the internet open.

New Museum of Los Gatos
Bringing Bay Area stories alive.

PARC
Facilitating breakthroughs.

Pinterest
A visual discovery company.

San Jose Mercury News
The newspaper of Silicon Valley.

SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
The National Lab that leads global physics research.

SonicRim
A co-creation consultancy.

The Tech Interactive
An interactive educational resource aimed at inspiring the tinkerer in all of us.

Tesla
The Power everything car

Career Action Center
A nonprofit professional career management service.