Tag: silicon valley
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CEO Expedia assume UBER com missão de resgate
Dara Khosrowshahi: a contratação pode custar até 160 milhões dólares ao Uber (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) O iraniano naturalizado americano Dara Khosrowshahi, presidente do site de viagens Expedia, foi escolhido como novo presidente do aplicativo de transportes Uber nesta segunda-feira. A informação é extraoficial, e espera-se que o Uber oficialize a escolha ainda hoje. Em um…
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Brasileiras levam startup para o Vale do Silício e contam como é
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Camilla Lopes e Melissa Gava, fundadoras da Mediação Online (Foto/Divulgação) São Paulo – Levar a sua empresa para o Vale do Silício – a meca das startups – é o sonho de dez entre dez empreendedores que atuam com inovação. E foi o que as empreendedoras Melissa Gava e Camilla Lopes fizeram em julho deste…
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Silicon Valley “innovation” truth
Silicon Valley is a place that prides itself on innovation. Yet, somehow in the Valley’s pursuit of shiny new tech, it has decided that being “innovative” is the same thing as being “totally original.” Copying another startup’s idea is seen as an inferior, unoriginal get-rich quick play. Acknowledging that you used a competitor’s idea is unheard of. Take…
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Tap Into The 7 Secrets Of Silicon Valley’s Innovation Culture
Today, companies can create a culture of value creation, no matter where they’re based, Soren Kaplan writes. Here’s how. BY SOREN KAPLAN Silicon Valley isn’t just a spot on a map. It’s a brand–a global symbol of enduring innovation. Mark Zuckerberg moved Facebook from his Harvard dorm room to Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs grew up…
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The Google uproar shows that Silicon Valley isn’t a center of innovation, but behind the times
Michael Hiltzik The talk of Silicon Valley just now is a document critical of Google’s workplace diversity programs, written by a now-fired software engineer named James Damore and virally circulated online. Entitled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” the memo accuses Google of political bias aimed at “shaming into silence” employees wishing to challenge “ideas … too…
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Taiwan’s digital nation plan
Taiwan’s ICT industry is expected to grow 3.96 percent in 2017 on the back of rising demand for high-tech devices from end-users. Realizing the need for digital transformation, Taiwan has recently launched its 8-years Digital Nation Plan, dubbed DIGI+, to develop its high-tech economy and propel digitalization among companies. eGov Innovation speaks with Mr. Francis Liang,…
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Fintechs: the market it’s changing…
Total global funding to fintechs doubles over Q1’17 to US$8.4 billion; Fintech investment in Singapore increases despite continued decline in deal volume. Total global fintech investment more than doubled quarter over quarter in Q2’17 to hit US $8.4 billion, up from US$3.6 billion in Q1’17, according to the KPMG Pulse of Fintech report.* According to…
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The rise of “deep-tech” is boosting Paris’s startup scene
Less misérable The capital now leads Europe for the number of venture-capital funding rounds EUROPE will never create a hub of tech firms and investors to rival Silicon Valley, many experts on entrepreneurship concur. Its markets are still fragmented along national lines, flows of capital into the region are limited and because of lingering,…
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It’s time to broaden our definition of innovation
To grow our economy, we need to stop unicorn hunting, and reset why innovation matters. We must give “innovation” back its broader meaning. Today, many people think of innovation only as the creation of a new commercial product suffused with advanced technology. This narrow view of innovation describes the software services created for consumers by Silicon Valley, proposals to mine the moon or efforts to create genetically modified bacteria that will trap greenhouse gasses and…
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Duas brasileiras levantam US$ 30 milhões no Vale do Silício para ajudar startups
É interessante ver o movimento: 89% dos players de Venture Capital são homens, de acordo com a National Venture Capital Association / Dow Jones VentureSource A Babel Ventures é uma empresa de Venture Capital do Vale do Silício, fundada pelas brasileiras Bárbara Kunde Minuzzi e Daniela Arruda, que está levantando US$ 30 milhões para…
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