Advertisements as Revenue. Business Strategies. Everything You Wanted to Know About 3D Printing But Were Too Afraid to Ask. The Tech Innovators Series is supported by Lenovo. Lenovo does not just manufacture technology. They make Do machines — super-powered creation engines designed to help the people who do, do more, do better, do in brand new ways. 3D printing is a mind-blowing process, but you might be surprised to learn that it's not a new technology.
It was developed in the late '80s and has been used extensively for prototyping. What's new is that the technology is no longer reserved for big companies — in recent years, it has finally made the jump to the mainstream consumer market. In 2007, some higher-ups at Philips Electronics had a hunch that people would be interested in being more involved in the products they buy. Weijmarshausen created a business plan for the first round of seed funding, built a prototype that was ready by February 2008, and launched Shapeways.com in July 2008. How It Works You might be confused about the term "printing. " What Can Be Printed? To Print or Not To Print? How Much Do Tech Companies Make Per Employee? As the U.S. limps back from recession, the tech industry has been hailed as a boon for growth and job creation. But upon closer inspection of multi-billion dollar valuations and scrappy startups on their way to profitability, you might notice that the revenues these companies command are wildly disproportionate to the number of people they employ.
Facebook, which some have valued at $100 billion after filing for an IPO last week, employs a mere 3,000 people. Compare that with General Motors, which raised the biggest IPO in history in 2010. Its estimated market cap at the time of this writing is only $41.4 billion, and they employ a whopping 202,000 workers to create that value. This should come as no surprise. It takes a lot more people to build a car than to build an app. We thought it might be interesting to parse all these billions in relation to the actual people who work for these companies. Are you surprised to see the results? Charts courtesy of Statista.com. 8 Tech Jobs Companies Want to Fill Right Now. Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment.
The YEC provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a business's development and growth. As the possibilities of the Internet continue to increase, tech startups will soon be searching for people well-versed in new information technology specializations. For those who want to beat the competition to these hot job openings, develop a solid expertise in a sector of IT — now. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs to predict the IT skills tech startups will be looking to hire throughout the coming year. 1.
Having a great idea is not enough to succeed in this competitive market. . - Andrew Saladino, Just Bath Vanities. 2. . - Arjun Arora, ReTargeter. 3. . - Matt Cheuvront, Proof Branding. 4. Tech startups will be looking to hire more dev-ops specialists. 5.
Grooveshark. Netflix and Competitors. Mozilla. RIM. IBM. Sony. Consumer Electronics. Infographic: Most Disruptive Companies in Tech - ReadWriteCloud. Focus has pulled together an infographic on the most disruptive companies in tech. It should come as little surprise that many of the innovations are cloud-powered, or cloud-dependent. Consider the iPad, for instance. Apple's the clear leader in the tablet market, and eating away at the traditional computing market. Apple owns more than 68% of the tablet market, and is replacing laptops, e-readers and handheld games. What's that got to do with cloud? Plenty. Focus also highlights Netflix.
Finally, there's music service Pandora.
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