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Autonomous Cars: Driving towards a Better Future

The Startup Magazine

It is now a common sight to see driverless cars undergoing testing on roads in Silicon Valley. In fact, all major computer tech companies are involved in automotive software engineering. . Companies working in automotive software engineering are trying to answer the many questions around self-driving cars.

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. We opportunistically invest in other geographies across the country as well.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Vancouver has a situated tech market with a direct line to Silicon Valley. Calgary employers found software developer and engineer as the most in demand. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca of all business.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. As a result we have a large number of locally employed engineers with video experience that will fuel the next boom of the Internet (Americans watch 5.3 ”). .”).

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

You’ve seen this with companies like StackOverflow and Github in software engineering or Behance in visual design. GrabCAD continues to grow like a weed with over 70,000 mechanical engineers who have downloaded CAD models from the community over 1.2 Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

Running a startup in New York or Silicon Valley is very expensive, so no wonder that recently, there has been an explosion of new locations starting to see growth in tech startups. Thomas is a software engineer at an app development agency and a fan of everything IT, mobile and tech-related.

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Troubled media sharing startup Color Labs said to be acquired by Apple

The Next Web

Or its software engineering team could be the target, if Apple was impressed by their work. Many became skeptical over Color’s introduction to the scene when it was announced that investors like Bain Capital Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and Sequoia Capital had poured in millions of dollars to this unproven company.