Category: Media Coverage
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Into Tomorrow Radio Show featuring the Chocolate Notebook
In December 2001 one of the the Silicon Valley Confection Company investors sent a Chocolate Notebook to the Into Tomorrow radio show. It got a great reaction! Press the play button above to hear the broadcast.
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The Alex Bennett Show featuring the Chocolate Notebook
In July 2001 co-creator Rich Yacco called into the Alex Bennett show on CNET Radio to let him know about the Chocolate Notebook. Press the play above below to hear the broadcast.
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The Chocolate Notebook Launch on Tech Now
Syndicated news magazine Tech Now reported this story about the Chocolate Notebook, a simulated computer featuring chocolate “chips” when it was introduced at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. The episode was broadcast on U.S. and international TV Stations the weekend of April 7, 2001. Reported by Scott Budman. Story includes Silicon…
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The Chocolate Notebook Launch KNTV Coverage
This video includes coverage throughout several newscasts on KNTV, Channel 11 when the Chocolate Notebook, a simulated computer featuring chocolate “chips” was introduced at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California. Reported by Scott Budman. KNTV staff includes Allen Denton, Terilyn Joe, John Farley and Scott McGrew. Story includes Silicon Valley Confection Company…
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CNET Radio story about the Chocolate Notebook
CNET Radio reporter Lisa Carton produced this story about the introduction of the Chocolate Notebook at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. The broadcast features comments by Silicon Valley Confection Company Chief Creative Officer Rich Yacco. Press the play button above to hear the broadcast.
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How Sweet It Is
San Jose Magazine May-June 2000, page 36, Laura Riley, Dining News “On The Tables” (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) Just in time for Mother’s Day, San Jose-based Silicon Valley Confection Company has launched a line of decadent chocolate truffles available at area shops and via the company’s website,…
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Golden Marketing Opportunities
From the Business Journal serving San Jose and Silicon Valley, December 17, 1999, Strategies, page 29 (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) Golden Marketing Opportunities Companies capitalize on Y2K, millennium publicity By Sarah Hazelwood, Business Journal staff writer. Not all Y2K news is bad news. When the Silicon Valley…
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Edible Bugs
Excerpt from “Latest Scoop” by Janice Wald Henderson, Chocolatier Magazine, November 1999, page 9. (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) Edible Bugs The only Y2K bugs I’m interested in are the ones I eat. No, my taste buds aren’t weird. I just have a fixation for the Year 2K…
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Devouring the Y2K Bug
From PR Week, August 2, 1999. (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) PR Week New Product Devouring the Y2K Bug By Aimee Grove Client: Knudsen’s Candy (Hayward, CA) and Silicon Valley Confection. PR Team: In-House and Attention Business Communications (Pleasanton, CA) Campaign: Y2K Chocolate Bug Debut. Time Frame: May…
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New Candy Creations
From CBS This Morning website, June 28, 1999. (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) Y2K BUG ($5) This milk chocolate candy bar shaped like a ladybug is from Silicon Valley Confection. It has raised Y2K letters on its back. The clever slogan for this candy is, “Eat it while…