Do Europe's Startups Think Deeper than Silicon Valley's? For Europe’s start-ups, Silicon Valley still calls. By Kim Hjelmgaard, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — “Go West,” young technology company. That sentiment, with its compass-point directive, is both a rallying cry and a death knell in Europe’s war to assert the credentials of its homespun technology entrepreneurs. Divided by geography, language, regulation and, in some cases, just old-fashioned cultural prejudice, the region has struggled to shed fully its image as a place where men and women with ideas are born, but where they do not necessarily stay, prosper or secure funding. And that’s despite some global-headline-grabbing deals recently for some of the Old World’s most innovative and promising young companies. Evidence that this unofficial tradition of European entrepreneurs leaving for the U.S. in order to make good on their business models is, at the very least, undergoing a period of critical self-examination.
A view of downtown San Jose, Calif., the self-proclaimed capital of Silicon Valley. In May, for example, Microsoft Corp. Start-Up: the book » Content and summary. The content in pdf (english version) Le contenu en pdf (version française) Is the world of start-ups misunderstood? This economic phenomenon of major importance, which appeared fifty years ago in Silicon Valley near San Francisco, seems to face scepticism and even suspicion. It may still suffer from the consequences of the excesses of the Internet bubble in the late nineties. However Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Yahoo and Google were all start-ups and they prove that the emergence of start-ups is not mere speculation. Neither is it limited to these famous success stories. The book tells the exceptional story of start-ups which have created, in Silicon Valley, a true ecosystem. For this reason, it should be read by a large public, not only by specialists of innovation or by high-tech entrepreneurs, but also by anyone puzzled by the thrilling world of start-ups.
Chapter 1: the Google saga. Chapter 8: few success stories in Europe. More… What is said about Start-Up “I was sad it was over. Venture capital. In addition to angel investing and other seed funding options, venture capital is attractive for new companies with limited operating history that are too small to raise capital in the public markets and have not reached the point where they are able to secure a bank loan or complete a debt offering. In exchange for the high risk that venture capitalists assume by investing in smaller and less mature companies, venture capitalists usually get significant control over company decisions, in addition to a significant portion of the company's ownership (and consequently value).
Venture capital is also associated with job creation (accounting for 2% of US GDP),[2] the knowledge economy, and used as a proxy measure of innovation within an economic sector or geography. Every year, there are nearly 2 million businesses created in the USA, and 600–800 get venture capital funding. History[edit] Origins of modern private equity[edit] J.H. Early venture capital and the growth of Silicon Valley[edit] Silicon Valley. An aerial view of Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a nickname for the South Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States.
The region occupies roughly the same area as the Santa Clara Valley where it is centered, including San Jose and surrounding towns, where most of the companies are located. It is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations, as well as thousands of small startups.[1] The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all high-tech businesses in the area, and is now generally used as a metonym for the American high-technology sector.
Origin of the term[edit] The term Silicon Valley was coined by Ralph Vaerst, a successful Central California entrepreneur. Demographics[edit] Depending on what geographic regions are included in the meaning of the term, the population of Silicon Valley is between 3.5 million and 4 million. History[edit] A timeline of the Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley News - Archive 3 - High Tech Trends, News & Events - Silicon Valley to Internet Valley: archive #3 High Tech World Wide Trends, News & Events Chinese and Indian Entrepreneurs Are Eating America's Lunch By BY VIVEK WADHWA Watch out, Silicon Valley: China and India aren't just graduating bad engineers and stealing intellectual property anymore. They're fostering innovations that will shake the world... India has built a $73 billion-per-year information technology service business and has been offering IT services of steadily increasing sophistication.
Its engineering R&D industry is now a $10 billion business9 -- a three-fold increase in four years. It develops sophisticated products for Western firms in the aerospace and automotive industries, and in telecommunications, semiconductors, consumer electronics, and medical devices. 21st century, hi-tech India: the smartest country on the planet. Europe Is Searching For Its Silicon Valley. Chile: South America's Silicon Valley? Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Edge? Israeli High Tech ...