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Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator’s first graduates head to Silicon Valley

The Next Web

The accelerator, which counts Amazon CTO Werner Vogels among its startup mentors , will be showcasing its first batch of startups (see list below) in Silicon Valley on the 20th of September, followed by a panel discussion about “The Future of the European Startup Community” Sounds riveting!

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The New Order of Silicon Valley: Forget the Silicon Part

Diego Basch

Here are the trends I see in Silicon Valley today: The “Silicon” part of the name no longer applies. These days they generally do not invest in technology per se, even. They use commodity hardware, and reuse as much software as they can. Why be in Silicon Valley at all?

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My Advice To Entrepreneurs: Consider Canada For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

For aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s hard to resist the allure of Silicon Valley. The access to some of the world’s brightest minds in technology, the proximity to some of the industry’s most influential brands, and the vast networking opportunities in both start-up and investor communities is hard to ignore. While the U.S.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

New emerging technologies have been the key catalyst for in-demand jobs. Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. Vancouver has a situated tech market with a direct line to Silicon Valley. developed the Ojibway People and Language App.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. from catching up with Silicon Valley and New York as a stronger startup region. Drupal works at all levels of software development. Also lot’s of fake, wanna be CTOs here. (So

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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. The financial pain of unplanned delays.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley.

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