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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. I went to college during the bust. And when I graduated, it was booming again.

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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. I went to college during the bust. And when I graduated, it was booming again.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

As IT talent becomes scares in many technology hubs like London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and many other big cities, the employers are left with no other option than looking for talent elsewhere in the world. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

In Silicon Valley, it’s amazing how accessible mentors areβ€”but for Brazilian startups, it’s really difficult to gain insight from top-level experts who have the experience to solve well-known problems. The government should also send Brazilian executives, engineers, and entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley, not just academic students.

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Strategy Roundtable: Convert Potential Competitors to Partners

ReadWriteStart

First up today was Antonio Lucena de Faria with ActionFlow from Portugal. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. At today's roundtable we saw three very nice businesses, each with pilot customers, and each working on real problems. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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