Before the call with Tony, I was a little skeptical about the value of customer personas, because I was already familiar with their use in
the technology startup industry.
Not exact matches
(Scotiabank did, however, start a «digital factory» in 2015, which professed to partner with fintech
startups to develop new
technologies, and gifted the University of Toronto with $ 1.75 million to study «disruptive
technologies,» while several big - bank CEOs acknowledged that AI needed to be harnessed within the
industry at a recent conference.)
When you work in the communications or
technology industry, it's hard not to be connected to the hit HBO series Silicon Valley, which is about the growth of a fictional data - compression
startup called Pied Piper.
As fashion becomes more reliant on content marketing,
startups focused on sophisticated analytics, 3D printing and other emerging
technologies come to the
industry's forefront.
It's among a host of new
startups developing
technology for the oil and gas
industry, which finds itself desperate for innovation in this era of low commodity prices.
Canada's tech
industry is plagued with problems, not the least of which is a tendency for our
startups to sell early or license their
technology to foreign - based, usually American companies.
Advertising
technology is a growing
industry, full of exciting changes and new opportunities for
startups.
Educators have opened classroom doors to new learning possibilities via a program that connects
industry with students in a competition to create their own
technology startup.
KPMG recently conducted its annual survey of 800 global
technology industry leaders, from
startups to Fortune 500.
Lad acknowledged that some
startups are struggling to raise money, reversing years of relatively easy money in the
technology industry.
Technology is evolving all the time, and
startup founders have to move quickly to position themselves as
industry leaders.
Open Innovations and the associated Skolkovo Innovation Center, a massive high tech research campus and home for
startups and
industry just outside of Moscow proper, was developed with the help of Russia's Medvedev, who has taken on the development of Russia's
technology and innovation economies as something of a pet project.
The sprawling Skolkovo Innovation Center is still working to construct and fill its space with
startups and
industry partners (which include names like Boeing and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology).
I went to the University of Oregon to study business and computer information
technology, right before joining my first
startup in the video game
industry.
In the
technology industry, that term has come to mean any
startup that is valued at more than $ 1 billion — see Fortune «s soon - to - be-updated Unicorn List — and Vice fits that description.
Lateral, high - speed learning is a critical skill for digital
startups right now, especially as
technology keeps quickly leaping from applications in one
industry to the next and across markets.
Today the
technology industry is crowded with billion - dollar
startups.
Silicon Valley, which debuted in 2014, centers around a young
startup, Pied Piper, and its quest to build a powerful
technology to compress files while navigating the typical challenges of the tech
industry.
A Boom with a View is a column about
startups and the
technology industry, written by Erin Griffith.
But Evans, who has spent 20 years in the
technology industry and has one
startup and multiple software development jobs already behind her, is primarily excited about using $ GUAP to illustrate the power of black consumers.
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..
uBeam, a high - profile
startup backed by some of Silicon Valley's most prominent investors, has become a tech -
industry sensation because of the wireless charging
technology it claims to have in its labs.
Founded in 2015 by Aniket Deb along with Ankit Tomar and Sachin Agrawal, all Indian Institute of
Technology alumni, the
startup currently deals in products such as boxes, containers, pouches and bags, targeting
industries such as food & hospitality, FMCG, retail & wholesale and e-commerce.
Wth
technology addressing skin microbial therapeutics, fertility science, chronic disease alleviation, post traumatic stress disorder treatments, and services for the biopharmaceutical and clinical research
industries; the
startups selected by Illumina will have access to the company's genomics and sequencing expertise, business coaching, lab and office space and an infusion of capital.
The
technology industry relies heavily on these workers to bring talent and perspectives that enable
startups to compete in the global marketplace and win.
Atlanta leads the market in groundbreaking wireless
technology through a core of established
industry giants and an explosive
startup scene, including disruptive
technologies such as the Internet of Things.
Prime - Our general
technology or «Prime» stream includes
startups in an array of
industries with deep - science and
technology innovations.
In addition to human resources, they also have land, existing
industries that can be partners or consultants for
startups in the same areas, and agricultural sites that can be used for trials of agro-tech
technologies.»
Newport Beach, Calif — Red Herring today announced its Top 100 North America award winners in recognition of the leading private companies from the region, celebrating these
startups» innovations and
technologies across their respective
industries.
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.
Vertical is a Waterloo - based
startup developing vision - based intelligence
technology for the commercial drone
industry.
Companies seeking to participate in the IDEABOOST community and programs should be growth - oriented Canadian
startups that are building
technology platforms, products and brands for the media and entertainment
industry.
With a personal desire and eye for design and innovation, Shaul has focused his entrepreneurial energy into the emerging
technology industry by founding various innovative
startups and
startup incubators around the U.S. Initiating efforts include being co-founder of OfficePort, a co-working business center with two locations in Kansas City and one in Chicago.
There are other cities that have focused on replacing disappearing
industries such as steel or autos with
technology, but they have big research universities or hospitals that naturally feed students and
startups, Lang said.
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I've turned geeky executives into
technology gods, helped tiny
startups build mad street cred in their
industry and in one crazy run placed over 50 guest posts for a client in a six month period.
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 Debbie 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..
A Taiwanese
startup is aiming to use the blockchain
technology as it attempts to transform the travel and animal husbandry
industries.
There are all kinds of efforts in this direction — Govt supported Institute based
technology incubators, Private business incubators started by
industry veterans and
startup accelerators supported by companies and VC funds.
OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, has partnered with Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), Reliance
Industries (NSE: Reliance) and Yissum
Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to operate an «innovation technology incubator» that will support the growth of early stage startups in
Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to operate an «innovation
technology incubator» that will support the growth of early stage startups in
technology incubator» that will support the growth of early stage
startups in Jerusalem.
Companies and
startups from a wide variety of
industries including autonomous, automotive
technologies, water - tech, UAV, safe - city, social, mobile, cyber security, IoT, healthcare, smart - city, energy and security, amongst others.
As a part of this program, we work closely with corporate innovation teams to bring new
technology, products, and services to life through
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industry accelerators.
Cryptocurrency is becoming embroiled in many
industries and while blockchain
technology has been attributed to efforts looking to increase ad vendor transparency, a
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The investments are in early - stage businesses in the
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After receiving over 1,000 entries across five continents, Vendedy, a social enterprise start - up that is digitizing the street vending
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