An Innovation Mindset: Silicon Valley’s Biggest Export

Silicon Valley’s Innovation Mindset is getting exported at an exponential rate.

The Silicon Valley Engineers Who Get Paid Millions To Do Nothing

It’s a well-known secret in Silicon Valley: Big tech companies employ “resters and vesters”; employees who collect full pay and stock without having to do much — or any — actual work.

3 Practical Steps to Increase Gender Diversity at Your Company

theBoardlist has launched in Canada. It’s a talent platform that engages the tech community to increase gender diversity on boards.

Ecosystem Spinoffs: New Tech Hubs Form Outside the City Limits

Urban tech hubs have followed the trend of San Francisco: As success skyrockets, so too does the cost of living. In British Columbia, New York, California and beyond, startups are taking advantage of the connected digital age by finding new places to set up HQ.

Need a Silicon Valley Champion? Meet Joanne Fedeyko

“I help people build trusted networks in the Valley,” says Fedeyko, who is now CEO of Connection Silicon Valley. “Whether you’re a startup, corporate, or someone in-between, think of me as your innovation partner who will help you navigate the Valley ecosystem.”

IBM Hub To Support Canadian Tech Job Retention

IBM Innovation space will offer mentoring as well as technical capacity and infrastructure.

Tsinghua Beats MIT, Harvard in Startup Ecosystem Funding

‘China’s MIT’ ahead of Harvard and UCLA among the world’s top schools for surrounding tech ecosystem investment.

VC Funding Doesn’t Reflect Talent in Toronto and KW: Minister

While Silicon Valley snaps up Ontario engineering graduates, little money is coming the other way.

Where to After Peak Silicon Valley?

According to a report by the Silicon Valley Competitiveness and Innovation Project, for the first time since 2011, net domestic migration in Silicon Valley was negative.

Global Startup Cultures: Looking Beyond Silicon Valley

Ballooning costs make Silicon Valley more a suffocating than an energizing force. If you had the whole world, where would you place your startup?

Global Startup Cultures – North America

Survey Shows Harassment Still a Factor for Women in Tech

A total of 63 percent of people surveyed on Twitter say they have seen harassment in their workplace.

VC Funding and the Culture that Rewards Failure

‘Fail fast, fail often’ is a mantra of tech startups but VCs may need to rethink this approach to reduce their losses

A Brief History of Hacking

There’s a direct correlation between the way open-source software permeated business and the developer culture we have today. Professor Gabriella Coleman and technology journalist Clive Thompson weigh in.

Cultural Fluency in Tech Startups

The skills that individuals bring to tech startups add up to nothing if the personalities don’t jibe with startup culture.

Startup Culture Means More than Free Snacks

Forget the free snacks, games room and in-house masseuse. What attracts top talent to tech startups is an environment that will allow for unconventional approaches to problem solving.

Artificial Intelligence Funding Latest Silicon Valley Gold Rush

After five years, Silicon Valley might be becoming less frivolous following a funding shift away from social media to deep learning.

Recode Co-Founder Calls Out Silicon Valley Indifference to Social Issues

Silicon Valley startups make billions solving problems for the richest segments of the population while ignoring social and economic problems affecting everyone else. This cycle threatens the future of the city these startups call home, says Recode’s Kara Swisher.

Toronto Culture Best Worldwide for Female Entrepreneurs

While ranking first for female-friendly tech cultures, Toronto took sixth in the world overall for women in tech, according to the Dell Women Entrepreneur Cities Index.

Tech’s Gender Problem Means Money Lost

Female entrepreneurs generate 20 percent greater revenue than their male counterparts, while receiving 50 percent less VC funding.