Silicon Valley

jobs' adopted parents Mrs. Hill- one of Stevens 4th grade teachers that helped him succeed Chapter 2 Woz- At a Hewlett-Packard Explores club jobs saw his first desktop computer pg 55 Semiconductors were built and that's why Santa Clara valley was known as Silicon Valley pg 59…

says, “The American Dream exists all across the country, from the small businesses in every town to the energy entrepreneurs that have created so many jobs and driven down oil and gas prices. The dream can be found in the high-tech start-ups of Silicon Valley, as well as the new manufacturers of the Rust Belt” (Mitchell, Daniel). The American Dream is alive but not in the same form that it used to be; there are millions of people in the U.S. each of them has a different dream. In this day and…

Bruni’s article is mainly about present high schoolers being stressed out and not getting the amount of sleep they should be. He uses personal experience to compare the teenagers of today to the teenagers of his day. Society should be more worried about teens getting enough sleep, rather than too much. Teenagers these days are not only sleep deprived, but pressured to be perfect. This pressure can lead to stress, anxiety, and possibly even suicide. He also notes kids should have “the wiggle room…

The Principal Agency Theory Besley and Brigham (2006) stated that principal agency relationship occurs when the owner engages an agent to perform a service on his/her behalf. The principal delegates decision making authority to the agent. In VC financing, the principal-agent relationship do exist between the VC investor and the entrepreneur. Gatsi (2012) asserts that such delegation comes with problems such as goal differences and information asymmetry. The agent, (the portfolio company owners)…

experience and KSAs needed to fulfill this goal. They rely on these aspects heavily since they view experiences and KSAs as an indicator of future performance. Intuit targets locations that have the most concentration of software engineers, such as the Silicon Valley and other areas that are adjacent to their existing offices.…

whole European car industry, as well as the markets. Luckily, the new technologies are arising and there is one American auto company that is ahead of any other. I am talking about Tesla Motors. The American company, with its headquarters in Silicon Valley, is an example of futuristic research thanks to their electrical cars. Electric cars are the future of the auto industry, and in this sense, Tesla is more powerful that its competitors in Europe. This might also be the consequence of their…

Concrete evidence floats to the surface; a hope emerges from cloud of despair. Yet, the evidence is meaningless and hope gets electrocuted by the ionic discharge from clouds. Edward Snowden leaked information about the mass surveillance by NSA on 2013. Two years later the surveillance still continues and Snowden is a refugee in Russia. Billions of emails, messages, searches ,VOIP etc still get scrutinized by NSA today. Every Second NSA selects 100 Gigabyte of data for review. “If you want to…

Don’t flush the toilet Almost most American shower, ever wonder where does all the water that’s being used come from? When will it run out, and be no more sanitary water to keep clean? San Diego desire to establish the indirect potable reuse would help the misfortune of the drought. Indirect potable reuse; allows the sanitation for toilet waters to be transferred into the homes. The idea hold one condition inquiring the cleaned supply is sent for further treatment. With this intention to…

The five Dysfunctions of a Team The Five Dysfunctions of a Team was written by Patrick Lencioni an American writer, speaker and consultant on Business Management. Through this book, Lencioni reveals the fundamentals of teamwork by rooting out workplace related issues in the corporate world. The book is written following through five stages; at each of the stages readers are able to identify the numerous issues and barriers a team needs to overcome to survive. The five Dysfunctions of a team is…

Instead of remaining in Silicon Valley and tumbling into the same rhythm as his peers, Musk took his business to Los Angeles, California. The conservative wisdom at the time said to take a break and wait for the next big thing to arrive in due time. Musk denied the logic by spending one hundred million dollars on SpaceX (Vance 21). In 2002 his vision launched with the objective of his newly established company: “To create a true space-faring civilization.” The idea of traveling from other…