Pui-Wing Tam has been writing hit pieces on the Valley for the better part of a decade. Take with a grain of salt. Here she is stalking Benioff all the way bac

Pui-Wing Tam has been writing hit pieces on the Valley for the better part of a decade. Take with a grain of salt. Here she is stalking Benioff all the way back in 2006: http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/ceo-calls-cops-on-wall-street-journal-reporter http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/ceo-calls-cops-on-wall-stree... She dug up dirt on HP and then got mad when they did the same to her: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116122600055097332.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116122600055097332.html Here she is with another hit piece: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119741476977621971.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119741476977621971.html And another: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204450804576625043573078086-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwMjExNDIyWj.html http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1000142405297020445080... And another: http://allthingsd.com/20120104/some-venture-funds-hit-pause-on-big-deals/ http://allthingsd.com/20120104/some-venture-funds-hit-pause-... And another: http://allthingsd.com/20121224/start-ups-adjust-to-webs-down-cycle/ http://allthingsd.com/20121224/start-ups-adjust-to-webs-down... Click those links, every one is about the same thing (startups failing, can't raise money, funds going bust, etc.). In general she likes to write downbeat pieces on the Valley. Just keep that in mind. I feel bad for Ignition, who probably thought they were going to be the heros of a Wall Street Journal story and turned out to be Pui-Wing's latest whipping boy ("take Ignition, for example"). Lesson for entrepreneurs: if you ever get an email from a reporter, google their name and read all their old stories. Don't just grant an interview. They can't do much if you don't play ball.