From the mid to late - 1990s, technology company stocks in the Nasdaq stock index soared to incredible heights, making scores of investors and
technology company founders extremely wealthy.
We learned that there was almost no difference between men and women
technology company founders.
Not exact matches
The course helps
founders think of their
companies as a series of experiments aimed at locating the sweet spot where enabling
technology meets a receptive market.
Among
technology - focused investors, Glen Kacher,
founder and chief investment officer at Light Street Capital, announced a long position in online security
company Palo Alto Networks Inc, which he said has a 164 percent upside through 2020.
Zhang Yiming, the
founder of Junri Toutiao, said the app had «walked the wrong path» and the
company «did not realize that
technology must be guided by socialist core values.»
-- Michel Morvan,
founder and CEO of The CoSMo
Company, a provider of decision management
technology
Indeed, it's «a constant game of risk management,» says
founder Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, who also worked at Google but left in 2010 to launch Drawbridge, a
company that builds
technology to connect users» screens and devices without relying on their personal security information.
And yet, just eight years later, it seems Facebook may be turning into the very thing its
founder once rejected: a still important
technology company that's growing a bit long in the tooth and fighting to stay relevant by throwing stacks of money at whatever just might be the next big thing.
Wildly successful
technology companies like Airbnb or Pinterest, for example, wouldn't be where they are today without the creative minds of their non-tech
founders Brian Chesky (BFA in design) and Ben Silbermann (BA in political science).
Despite most the world's largest
technology companies harking from the U.S., Microsoft
founder and philanthropist Bill Gates highlighted the contribution made by the developing world in a speech Tuesday.
-- Zhifei Li,
founder and CEO of Mobvoi, a mobile voice search
company equipped with proprietary AI
technology including Chinese voice recognition, semantic analytics, and search
technology.
Founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta said the
company planned to use the new funding for continued geographic growth,
technology enhancements, and category expansion.
It's worth noting the team that brought the
company to this point are all still on board:
founder Michel Laberge is chief scientist (and will be recounting some of his adventures in fusion research at the upcoming TED conference in Vancouver in March); former CEO Doug Richardson is chief
technology officer, in charge of the research team; and former chairman Michael Brown remains a director.
Dell knew all of the
founders — James Davidson, David Roux, Glenn Hutchins, and Roger McNamee, whom he had first met in the late»80s, during his
company's IPO «road show» (at that time, McNamee was running T. Rowe Price's science and
technology fund).
That's more or less the conclusion of one of the field's true believers, Adam Ludwin, the articulate
founder of
technology company Chain.
The presentation also called out Mick McGuire, Marcato's
founder and head, for his «track record of losses in the boardroom,» citing his tenure on the boards of NCR, a consumer
technology company, and Borders, the now defunct bookstore.
In a vote today, the U.S. Senate passed a historic immigration reform bill whose provisions include a visa for foreign - born startup
founders and an increase in the number of visas available to highly skilled workers employed by
technology companies.
The startup's
founders are all business
technology veterans who previously worked at
companies like Cisco and data storage
company Veritas.
But its core user base often seems to be startup CEOs and the
founders of
technology companies, perhaps in part because of Williams» background.
-- Anil Jwalanna, Silicon Valley
technology entrepreneur and
founder and CEO of WittyParrot, a content management and delivery platform that helps
companies speak with one voice
Dell Technologies, run by Dell
founder and PC pioneer Michael Dell, is the result of the $ 67 billion merger between the two
companies in 2015, which created the largest privately held
technology company in the world.
To better measure the success of the
companies on Inc.'s 2017
Founders 10 list, EY studied median benchmarks for the biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and
technology sectors at the time of their IPOs and one, two, and three years later.
The number of women, African - Americans and Hispanics employed at
companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo lag far behind the U.S. work force as a whole; meanwhile, only 3 percent of venture funding is earmarked for female
founders, and
founders of color claim less than 1 percent, according to U.S. chief
technology officer Megan Smith.
About a quarter of the engineering and
technology companies started in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one key
founder who was an immigrant.
In a statement, Amazon
founder and CEO Jeff Bezos alluded to further investment beyond e-commerce, saying that the 100,000 new jobs will help the
company «open new fulfillment centers, and continue to invent in areas like cloud
technology, machine learning, and advanced logistics.»
We try to incorporate fit, fabric and function into the brand, says Tom Patterson, Tommy John
founder and CEO, discussing how advance
technology has allowed his
company to produce lightweight, comfortable men's underwear.
Hackers could pose a threat come November elections, said Mark Graff,
founder of cybersecurity
company Tellagraff and the former chief information security officer for Nasdaq, during his keynote speech at the New York Institute of
Technology's Annual Cybersecurity Conference last week.
«People want to know where things are in relation to them when they're not at their desks,» says Michael Nova,
founder and CEO of Kiyon, a La Jolla, California,
company that has developed wireless network
technology designed to overcome the spotty coverage of conventional wireless networks inside buildings.
Jonathan Jackson,
founder of Dimagi Dimagi is a
technology company that helps organizations deliver health care to urban and rural communities around the world by designing health - information systems and mobile
technologies.
Indeed, Atlanta now has 11 innovation centers, where startups and enterprise
companies can connect and engage, as well as conferences like Venture Atlanta and SuperNova South, where investors,
founders and corporations can come together to network and be the first to see the newest, hottest
technologies.
According to Chris Treadaway,
founder and CEO of Polygraph Media, a Facebook marketing
technology and services
company:
But earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published two scathing articles that questioned the accuracy of the privately held
company's
technology and the candor of its
founder.
The
founder of Sysdig, Loris Degioanni, will continue to guide the
company vision and product strategy in his new role as chief
technology officer (CTO).
About one - fourth of the engineering and
technology companies started in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one key
founder who was an immigrant, according to the Kauffman Foundation, a research group that advocates for entrepreneurial policy.
Aereo's
founder, Chet Kanojia, says the decision confirmed the fact that his
company's
technology not only works, but is legal.
Today I met with a fashion
technology start - up
founder and another start - up
company.
Recent news that Skype is now in litigation with a
company controlled by those
founders over key Skype
technology only complicates the picture further.
Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-
Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist; Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca,
Founder / Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-
Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani,
Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co -
Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc; Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co -
Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya,
Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics; Former VP of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-
Founder, OneProject; Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debby Sterling,
Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co -
Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston, Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-
Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius,
Founder / CEO, Vida Health; Board of Directors, Seagate
Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP of Product, Slack Max Ventilla,
Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co -
Founder / Partner Uprising; Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales,
Founder of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC; Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker,
Founder / CEO, Walker &
Company Brands, Inc.;
Founder / Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..
PS — LAUNCH Festival Sydney has 1,500
founders coming for free for two days on June 19 and 20 and will feature three startup competitions: one for new
companies (under a year old), one for crypto startups and one for frontier
technologies (i.e.,
technologies that are not mainstream yet, like robotics, AI and new food
technologies).
Steve has extensive experience investing in
founder - owned software and
technology - enabled services
companies with specific experience in financial services, education, and supply chain markets.
Mr. Hoffman was selected to serve on our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as one of our
founders and as one of our largest stockholders, as well as his extensive experience with
technology companies.
The Hotels Network
Founder and CEO Juanjo Rodríguez commented: «The
company started as we identified a big gap between the quality of
technology used by the large online players and that of hotels themselves, so we wanted to create a product to bridge that gap.
Andrew Reid is the
Founder, President and CPO of Vision Critical, a Vancouver - based
technology company that specializes in customer communities for brands and organizations worldwide.
SAN FRANCISCO — Marc Benioff, the
founder and chief executive of Salesforce.com, showed up onstage on Wednesday afternoon at his biggest customer event of the year to talk up his business
technology company's products and strategy.
Today's infographic celebrates some of the most successful women in
technology and business, while also highlighting workforce composition, female
founders, and how
companies can prioritize retention of women.
In a survey of 212
technology - oriented entrepreneurs, Wasserman explored the factors that led
company founders to either stay the course or step aside and let a professional CEO take over.
Drawing from decades of experience with cutting edge
technologies, both as a
founder and an operator, Beyda looks to invest in startups and later - stage
companies solving real problems with cutting - edge
technology.
«We launched Growth Street Partners to provide early growth capital to
founders of vertically focused, rapidly growing B2B SaaS and
technology - enabled services
companies.
The Startup Factory Runs an intensive three month program customized for early stage startup
companies, providing $ 50,000 in seed capital, hands - on mentorship and access to a network of angels, startup
founders and
technology experts
Serial entrepreneur with Silicon Valley start - up chops, Susan sits on the boards of a number of
technology companies and is a
founder of two industry associations.