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Company News

02.13.13

Riviera Founders’ Fitness Program Featured in WSJ

Managing Partners Michael Morell and Ali Behnam are always working hard—not only on behalf of Riviera’s clients and candidates, but also for themselves. When not tending…

Company News

02.7.13

Ali Behnam Addresses Demand for “Data Scientists” in PEHub

Big Data is being touted as the next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity. It’s widely accepted that leveraging the volumes of data collected electronically…

Insight

01.15.13

Ringing In the New Year: Recruiting Tips & Resolutions

Our recruiting experts are full of knowledge and insight, so in the spirit of the New Year, we share a few of their recruiting tips…

Insight

11.29.12

People—and Personal Relationships—Really Matter

“The hills have eyes,” as the saying goes, meaning that everyone knows everyone in Silicon Valley. At Riviera Partners, we realize that our success hinges…

Company News

11.7.12

Riviera Partners Named #22 Fastest-Growing Private Company by SF Business Times

Riviera Partners has been named to “The 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the San Francisco Bay Area” as published by The San Francisco Business Times. As…

Company News

09.25.12

The Lehman Hangover, 4 Years Later

Managing Partner Michael A. Morell had a conversation with Inc.com Senior Editor, Lindsay Blakely regarding the continued impact that the financial collapse of Lehman Brothers has had…

Insight

09.21.12

At a Premium: High-Touch, Focused Solution for Scaling Engineering Teams

You’ve raised your capital. You’ve passed proof of concept. And now you’re excitedly entering build mode. But, wait…you need a team of talented engineers to…

Company News

09.17.12

In-demand Apps Skills: It’s All Good

Managing Partner Ali Behnam recently had a conversation with tech blogger Susan Hall to discuss the changing dynamics affecting the infrastructure of today’s startups. As a veteran in…

Company News

08.21.12

Riviera Partners Named #1253 to the Inc. 500|5000 List

We are proud to announce that for the second year in a row, Riviera Partners has been named to the Inc. 500|5000 list. In 2011,…

Insight

07.10.12

Startup Market Snapshot: San Francisco vs. The Rest

Nothing comes easy when you are running a tech startup – whether it’s bringing your product to life, raising capital, finding talent, competing for market…

Insight

06.22.12

War for Talent is Real and Requires Innovation to Succeed

At the inaugural Talent42 conference last week, one thing was clear: the war for technical talent in today’s competitive market is real, requiring organizations to look at…

Company News

06.18.12

Pinterest, Palantir & harsh reality of SF real estate

Working behind the scenes on the front lines of the Silicon Valley tech boom, the Riviera team is quite familiar with the multi-faceted challenges that…

Insight

05.1.12

2012 Q1: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley

With a constant eye on the technical talent market, we have compiled our latest engineering salaries from Q1 data in 2012. As a measure of…

Company News

04.13.12

In Silicon Valley, designers emerge as rock stars

Riviera Partners’ Principal Dirk Cleveland was recently contacted by Gerry Shih at Reuters for some insight into the growing demand for talented User Interface/User Experience…

Insight

01.17.12

2011 Q3: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley

We took a look at the placement data that we gathered from the third quarter of 2011 and compared it to data we previously ran…

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