Tag: History

Loic Souetre - MS&E 238 Stanford University

The Rise Of Venture Capital

by on July 28, 2017 2:27 am
Venture Capital is so familiar in the startup world that we tend to forget how it emerged. Its thriving success in the technology industry is all over most startup blogs. Company X has raised $10M to invest in growth; fund Y raised $1B to invest in healthcare and company Z did an IPO. On the… Read more The Rise Of Venture Capital

Silicon Valley – How Success Built Success in the Technology Hub

by on July 14, 2017 10:15 am
Silicon Valley hasn’t always been a software hub, but started to grow as the mainframe era of IT rose. Russia launched Sputnik 1 in 1957 and America lost the space race and were more ready than ever to fund the resources to beat them. NASA was established in 1958, and one of the three research… Read more Silicon Valley – How Success Built Success in the Technology Hub