Sentences with phrase «valley filling]»

In 2011 Vidyard, the Kitchener - based video marketing platform Litt co-founded the previous year, was enrolled in Silicon Valley startup incubator Y - Combinator.

The proportion of Indian - founded startups in Silicon Valley startups had increased from 7 % to 15.5 %, even though Indians make up just 6 % of the Valley's working population.

These two metros are in and around Silicon Valley, considered the center of the tech world.

As an Indian - born immigrant and tech entrepreneur myself, I have first - hand experience of some modes of thinking that, frankly, shocked me and rocked my belief in the Valley's story of its own openness.

I came to the U.S. in 1980 and observed the evolution of the Valley's leadership first - hand while founding two technology companies.

Here's the biggest lesson the Valley can learn from this: What happens in the dark will always come out in the light.

Girls Who Code founder and CEO Reshma Saujani shares what she has learned about disrupting power in politics and Silicon Valley.

As you look across the robotics landscape, there are a number of notable names that may come to mind, from the «cute» robots that consumer electronics companies roll out for the holidays to the big acquisitions being made by Silicon Valley companies, including Google.

The scale and speed at play in China's VC scene have prompted «bubble» accusations in Silicon Valley and New York, Tung said.

Outside of Silicon Valley the relative cost to operate is low, but you still need top talent and at a startup time is your enemy.

Soylent quickly gained a cult following with the Silicon Valley set, which was impressed with the company's emphasis on efficiency and collaboration.

Virtual money represents «the new Internet counterculture,» he said, and the movement stands in contrast to today's Silicon Valley establishment: old fogies like Alphabet, Facebook, et al. (I have yet to debrief with the evening's moderator, Fortune's Adam Lashinsky, who was not hot on Bitcoin last I checked.)

Beyond Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley, these are the places you'll find financial and other support for your business ideas.

I spent some time last month in Silicon Valley and one of the things I was told constantly is that Canada has brilliant engineering talent.

Andreeseen Horowitz and Accel Partners are the latest Silicon Valley funds to back space ventures, with the former investing in satellite start - up Astranis and the latter funding World View.

The Indian networking organizations learned the rules of engagement of Silicon Valley and mastered these.

The new contender for Silicon Valley North has displaced Waterloo, Ont., as the country's innovation hub, playing host to some of the biggest names in Canada's booming technology sector.

Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, has been described as Africa's Silicon Valley.

After attending Silicon Valley's Y Combinator program and raising financing from Canadian and Silicon Valley investors, Burgess and Ahmad are focusing on scaling up their products and growing sales on both sides of the border.

On April 27th, he is launching a campaign for Synergist to raise money for the company using their own platform, an industry - first for a socially driven company.Jared has also worked for 2 Silicon Valley start - ups and is currently writing a book about other inspiring young entrepreneurs and innovators.

Silicon Valley is hiring doctors.

Don't let the shiny allure of the valley blind you.

«The Theranos story is an important lesson for Silicon Valley,» Jina Choi, director of the SEC's San Francisco Regional Office, said in a statement.

One of a handful of women to be a general partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Barr uses her influence to bolster emerging Canadian tech firms.

Even as Silicon Valley is being exposed for its dark sides — everything from its diversity shortcomings, to its focus on money, to scandals around sexual harassment, ageism and the cost of living — it's provided a playbook for growth and innovation for the rest of the world.

When I look at the innovation that has come out of Silicon Valley, a lot of it has gone into B - to - C [business to consumers].

In Silicon Valley, the drop was even more precipitous — the percentage of immigrant - founded start - ups declined from 52.4 % to 43.9 % — a 16 % change.

As the Valley evolved and grew, it started attracting the best and brightest from all over the world.

Silicon Valley - based Impossible Foods is taking its plant - based «Impossible Burger» to the shores of Hong Kong.

Space tourism company World View just got a Silicon Valley - boost toward its goal of sending humans to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.

When Beata Tolley and her husband, Chris, launched their Okanagan Valley, B.C. winery in 2004, their focus was the product.

Thanks to companies like Apple, Google, Cisco, and Tesla, Silicon Valley is nearly a $ 3 billion neighborhood today.

Price blazed a trail among the khaki - and - fleece - clad Valley tech titans and investor types with his «high - low» style — your finest Oxford shirt and jacket and sleekest shoes, finished off with some good old - fashioned blue jeans.

Three Western locales previously considered vacation destinations are now alternatives to Silicon Valley life at a much more affordable price.

While Silicon Valley, New York and Boston's entrepreneurial ecosystem get the most media attention, these hubs don't make sense for all companies.

The idea came out of Singularity University, an elite, 10 - week graduate studies program in Silicon Valley in which participants devise solutions to global issues.

We found that the Southeast and the Ohio Valley, where most of the coal is burned, would capture the lion's share of these benefits.

It's a new book by Andrew Keen, a deep thinker on Silicon Valley culture, that proposes reconstructing our whole approach to the Internet by putting humans back at the center of our technology.

One of the stories that bothered Thiel most, Silicon Valley insiders say, was the one that outed him publicly as being gay in 2007.

Related: Starting Up Outside of Silicon Valley May Be Tough, But It Lays the Groundwork for Generations of Entrepreneurs

Ann Marie Gill of Cascade Valley Designs appeared on the Small Businesses Do It Better Show, episode 2 (watch the show on Ovaleye.tv) on Mobile and Email Marketing for Small Businesses.

Lin later became Zappos» first COO, CFO, and chairman, and left in 2010 to join the prestigious Silicon Valley venture - capital firm Sequoia Capital.

As many of the entrepreneurs and executives in Silicon Valley have found out, a simple fasting practice can optimize mental performance without costing a dime.

Sampat also co-founded KurbKarma, was named a «San Francisco Business Times 40 under 40 ″ honoree, as well as one of «50 Women in Tech Dominating Silicon Valley» in 2015.

Then you read that 60 percent of women in Silicon Valley tech say they've been the subject of unwanted sexual advances, and that half of those advances came from their boss.

It's a surprising progression for a brand that was originally seen as «the end of food» for the tech - obsessed Silicon Valley crowd.

The Valley Stream, New York - based business launched in 1994 after founder Jack Lo experienced discomfort using a conventional mouse.

«I think Silicon Valley is understanding that with building these platforms comes the responsibility to make sure that those platforms are being used for good.»

«Obviously, the Valley has a huge pool of talent, and you can share a latte with the best - known VCs in the neighbourhood Starbucks,» he says.

Indeed, bankruptcy is almost a rite of passage in Silicon Valley.