Many BoomTown readers have asked for more information and also about services for well-known Silicon Valley exec Mike Homer, who died earlier this week after a severe and unusual illness.
His funeral is today at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Raymond Catholic Church in Menlo Park.
A “Friends of Mike Homer” Facebook group page has also been created, with lots of great memories posted on its wall.
The full video from the Fight for Mike event, held a week ago in Palo Alto, Calif., for Mike Homer, is now up on YouTube and is embedded below.
Friends and colleagues of the well-known tech veteran came together to learn about his severe illness–he was recently diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
The hour-long event included speeches by [...]
Since my post Friday about the fight to find a cure for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has struck Silicon Valley veteran Mike Homer, many groups have written in, offering support.
They include: the CJD Alliance and the CJD Support Network in the United Kingdom; CJD Voice; and CJD Aware!. There are many other such groups, all using [...]
Last night, in an extraordinary gathering in Silicon Valley, friends and colleagues of Mike Homer came together to learn about his severe illness–the longtime tech veteran was recently diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
In an event organized by Homer and his wife, Kristina, as well as close friends and well-known industry players Bill Campbell and Ron Conway, [...]
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