Sentences with phrase «tech sectors»

This isn't the first time a major name in the fin - tech sectors has blasted cryptocurrencies and this certainly won't be the last time.

Our goal was to identify lessons that leaders in other cities can use to support the growth of their own tech sectors.

The larger objective is to figure out how to help more startups succeed, and the outfit — which this year surveyed 10,000 founders with the help of partners like Crunchbase and Dealroom — produced some data that should perhaps concern those in the U.S. To wit, China looks positioned to overtake U.S. dominance when it comes to numerous tech sectors.

These 10 high tech sectors are targeted for growth.

The seaside city, home to fast - growing tech sectors such as cybersecurity, Big Data analytics, robotics and software development, saw notable increases in startup connectivity and capital, despite significant losses in startup culture and access to skilled tech talent.

Our online M&A database, supported by a team of IT market analysts, tracks 650 tech sectors and provides proprietary data including values for key emerging technology deals, giving clients more leverage in their valuation discussions.

Patricia invests in early - stage consumer and business service technology startups across a wide range of industries including the sharing economy, real estate and food tech sectors.

After undergoing a period of decline in the late 1900's, Pittsburgh has experienced a resurgence due to expansions into the healthcare and tech sectors.

Valuations have gotten high in certain tech sectors in the private markets only, but they have actually corrected themselves pretty quickly.

Tech sectors with strong links between China and the U.S., like semiconductors, are vulnerable to additional rounds of proposed tariffs.

In 2013, he voted with his party against comprehensive immigration reform, an issue that's critical to the growth of the agricultural and tech sectors.

Three of the four tech sectors VentureDeal tracks — alternative energy, biotech and Internet — rebounded from Q1» 09, with energy seeing the biggest gain, up 20 percent.

South Korean companies dominated 2012, asserting their superiority in the automotive and tech sectors, and reaping the rewards of decades of meticulous business development.

But in recent years a host of other, lesser - known companies (for now) have sprung up across various tech sectors.

So yes, it's encouraging to see an array of new companies from the consumer and tech sectors come to market — but the TSX is going to continue to be dominated by struggling resource stocks for some time to come.

In response to the decline in venture capital, several provincial governments have created their own funds, and universities are increasingly investing in research and development, particularly in the biotech and clean - tech sectors.

In light of the stock market's recent decline, investors seem increasingly to be giving the tech sector the cold shoulder, with stunning drops in value of once high - flying stocks, among them the micro-blogging site Twitter, whose stock is down more than 50 percent compared to September of 2014.

The real significance of the Google Patent Starter Program is instead more subtle, and should be seen against the backdrop of other moves Google is undertaking to change the economic incentives that have made patents such a problem for the tech sector in the first place.

A new report offers mostly good news about the province's high - tech sector, but pay still lags comparable regions elsewhere

And as we all know, the tech sector is looking pretty frothy these says, as company valuations have soared to astronomical heights.

The tech sector in general dominates the list, accounting for nearly half of the ranked companies.

Canada has become an unlikely hub for the development of e-commerce platforms, with market leader Shopify, big - brand focused Elastic Path and small storefront ShopLocket all coming out of this country's tech sector.

Shares of the tech giant are down 2.4 percent, while the S&P 500 is down 1 percent and the tech sector is up more than 3 percent this year.

Still, it's catching some off guard — particularly those who are bullish on the tech sector.

Today, her mission is to advance Canada's tech sector.

Canada's tech sector has made significant strides since the program began in 1997.

Imrie - Situnayake and his partners used to work in the tech sector, and they're trying to bring Silicon Valley rigour and data - driven analysis to insect farming.

But here — as elsewhere in a tech sector that's being driven by billions in less - than - discriminating venture capital dollars — revenue hasn't necessarily followed.

And a version of that is playing out in the stock market as the once invincible tech sector suddenly looks vulnerable.

Hype - laden social media startups are far from the only thing the tech sector has to offer.

To boot, new venture capital funds, growth initiatives and a decentralizing tech sector are providing grounds for optimism.

«If you look at the percentage of companies in the tech sector above their 200 - day moving average, it's actually some of the best breadth we see across sectors.»

The need could become even more pressing; a leaked draft of another executive order suggests major restrictions to America's H - 1B visa program, which helps bring highly skilled foreigners to the U.S. tech sector.

Mossavar - Rahmani: In our view, this concern about the tech sector and saying that this looks like the late»90s, 2000, is a bit misplaced, this type of concern.

Large companies attract talent to the city in which they're located, creating a better ecosystem for the local tech sector.

Since I'm writing for Data Sheet this week, and not CEO Daily, I should point out that all of this Change - the - World - Don't - Be-Evil stuff started in the tech sector — even if some players (looking at you, Facebook) have wandered astray.

One of the biggest hurdles to growing Canada's tech sector is attracting and retaining seasoned executives who know how to spur that growth.

Earlier today, the Ontario government announced that it is «partnering with Cisco Canada to launch the largest job - creating investment in the history of the province's tech sector.»

More importantly: Successful VC - backed tech sector IPOs have been few and far between.

This week, fresh from a tour of Israel's tech sector, I'm going to run through some of the highlights — as well as a lowlight or two — that I experienced.

It certainly seems like this is the beginning of the downturn in the private tech sector that VCs like Benchmark's Bill Gurley have been warning about for a year now.

More good news for Canada's tech sector: Toronto - based Wattpad, often described as the YouTube of eBooks, announced this morning that it has raised $ 46 million in Series C funding.

Trump's protectionist immigration policies would then cut into the tech sector's talent pool.

But whatever the appropriate amount of celebration, it's clear that the Canadian tech sector is in fine form — as Sebastian noted, the Toronto - Waterloo corridor has the highest concentration of startups in the world bar the Valley.

The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols of the riches created in the tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many of the employees operating within big tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.

Gates is certainly not alone in the entrepreneurial world — in fact, most successful entrepreneurs, especially in the tech sector, were only able to reach those heights after years of struggle and countless failed experiments.

Mark Mahaney, RBC Capital Markets, and Gene Munster, Loup Ventures founder, weigh in on the tech sector.

Robertson's economic vision places special emphasis on the clean - tech sector, part of his drive to make Vancouver the world's greenest city by 2020.

It's another strong IPO for the tech sector, following fellow cloud company Zuora's 43 percent opening jump and cloud storage provider Dropbox's 35 percent debut spike.

To ensure we're not left behind, Canada will have to reform the immigration system with the needs of the tech sector in mind.