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In the last two years, Business Insider has documented big problems in Utah tech. Now, Melia Russell and Rosalie Chan dive deep into accusations of sexual harassment against one of the founders of the local VC industry: https://lnkd.in/gAjVdXfz If you have a story about working in Silicon Slopes, we'd love to hear from you - including off the record (just between us). Earlier BI stories, for those interested in Silicon Slopes: - Years of chaos at Entrata under founder Dave Bateman. My story: https://lnkd.in/geFe7w6C - Domo's Josh James stepped down after being accused of sexual assault. He wasn't charged and returned to the company. https://lnkd.in/gyFS7mxi - Challenges for local women in tech: https://lnkd.in/g29hwM-v We've also written extensively about funding rounds, smart founders, prescient investors, and other highlights of Silicon Slopes. We'd love to keep spotlighting the incredible talent and ideas coming out of Utah.

South Florida has the potential to become the next big American tech hub. If only it could address these six challenges. I outline them here in my latest Substack >>

I've just got an information about market value of our company, and It revealed, it's already over 0,5M$! Without any additional investments from angels or VC. We've reached it out by cooperation with our partners. It's really good achievement for the company, which doesn't have financial turnover from an activity yet. This fact proves: 1) the gaming industry is really attractive for different big companies with trusted reputation; 2) the gaming industry is a good area to find and cooperate with each other; 3) our team builds really exclusive, important and perspective product! 4) the most important things to start successfully are the good organised team, who loves what it makes, and partners who support you, who see your perspectives. It is, because we together bake Cyberyal, we've already achieved it, and we can do much more! 🤠 I've got a lot of useless criticism from "experts" towards our company, what we are doing wrong, that our company is not interesting to anyone, is not needed, the idea sucks🫣 And despite the criticism we continued the development, despite we weren't not selected by the #YC, we found out solutions to work without any additional investments and it's much more important for me, then others speak. Fortunately, in addition to my knowledges and education (which isn't enough), I'm surrounded by true experts, who help to make right deeds and decisions. #google #xsolla #kaspersky

Meet Emmanuel Kweyu who says that there is a plethora of online and physical communities filled with tech enthusiasts. He encourages one to match their interests and interact, network, and learn from one another. 'Tech is an ever-changing and ever-evolving landscape with loads of new opportunities to explore and challenges to face but once one is equipped with knowledge and guidance from people who have been in the industry then the journey is far less daunting' Explore more 👉https://lnkd.in/dU_xbHtf

WHAT: GP Dinner #186 | Technology Will Not Save Us WHERE:  Jeremy's Loft, 54 Washburn Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 WHEN: Tuesday, February 4th, 6:00 to 9:00pm ---------- GOOD PEOPLE, We have our speaker for our 186th GP Dinner.  This is our first ticketed community dinner of 2025. OUR SPEAKER: Our friend Sheila Warren founded NGOsource, a civic tech product, has been an executive and general counsel at Tech Soup, then served as Deputy Global Head at the World Economic Forum and most recently is the CEO of The Crypto Council for Innovation. She began her career as a deeply techno-skeptical lawyer, eventually transitioning to a techno-optimist. For some time, she believed that decentralized tools online would be "distributive by design," returning wealth and power to everyday people. Today, based on over a decade of being on the inside, she has a far more nuanced and complex assessment of the terrain of AI and other pioneering and exponential technologies. If technology will not save us from our excesses, from processes that are destabilizing our world, what should we do? If not better tools, what can we collectively do to manifest our brightest future? How do we constructively engage with, learn and teach our children to use technology responsibly, with all of its promise and pitfalls? Tonight we'll discuss how to be savvy futurists, how to wade into both disruption and promise, and how each of us can become good neighbors, citizens, parents and business people in light of recent developments.

War is an expensive venture with little profits accruing from it. It is now old fashioned to engage in interstate war knowing that in modern times, true wealth of states lies in human capital and technological innovation and not material wealth. In the past, regions like California thrived on physical assets like gold mines, but today’s prosperity comes from Silicon Valley tech industry and Hollywood’s creative output. If you attack Silicon Valley, you will not find silicon mines, the real treasures of Silicon Valley are locked inside the heads of smart google engineers, elite programmers and gladiatorial innovators. Similarly, in Hollywood they are locked inside the heads of creative script writers, witty producers and special effects wizards. Before you mount attack with thousands of troops, they are on their way to Japan or Germany. The aggressor would have strived in vain. The true wealth of a nation now lies in its people, their skills and capacity to generate ideas and technologies that drive economic growth.

Welcome to a space for curiosity and discovery. Looking back, I’ve always been happiest when diving into something new—whether it was cracking open a PSP with a Pandora battery, flashing CyanogenMod on my Android to stay ahead of the curve, or hanging out on XDA Developers. Maybe you’ve always dreamed of a PSP Go that was also a phone, or perhaps you’re just curious about tech. Keeping up with the latest and coolest has always been my thing. I want to share that enthusiasm here. This page is where I’ll post what grabs my attention—emerging tech trends, groundbreaking companies, or the interesting reads I stumble across late at night. It’s all about sharing things worth knowing. No hype, no fuss—just a place to explore ideas and share what’s interesting. If you’re into tech, innovation, and discovering what’s next, you’re in the right place. Let’s get started.

All Tech Is Human is all about bringing people together. That's something we need more of these days. If you want to see community in action, stop on by our Responsible Tech Mixer this Thursday in Manhattan. There you will witness 200 people from a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives coming together for two main reasons: 1. To tackle thorny tech & society issues, such as reducing harms online, considering the impact of emerging technologies, and ways to better align our tech future with the public interest. 2. To build community. Complex problems require diverse participation and collective understanding and action. Trying to do this alone is both foolish and, well, lonely. We need the ability to "find the others," and All Tech Is Human is Responsible Tech's bat signal. Thursday's gathering will also feature a fireside chat between Greg Epstein and Julia Angwin. Greg is the author of the Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation. I've had the opportunity to speak with Greg over the last few years about what we're building at All Tech Is Human, so you'll see All Tech Is Human featured in the book. The premise speaks to me because it is wrongheaded to look towards technology to solve our current dilemmas. It's time we looked towards one another. #AllTechIsHuman #ResponsibleTech #TechAgnostic

We want to bring tech communities together, it’s really that simple. We want to show high quality community stuff, less about quantity. Ever since I made the announcement on Monday for Vancouver Tech Week, we have had 16 tech communities apply to be a part of it. That gives us 16 events from AI, dev, design, product, and whatnot. I think in a thriving ecosystem you need the community to come together. Vancouver tech communities are already in silos. A tech week like this is a small effort to break down barriers and create connections within the different tech communities. So if you want to take part, RSVP: https://lu.ma/vtwv0

If you’re in Newcastle on 17th June, come and listen to Sage’s CTO Aaron Harris give a keynote about how AI is changing the way we work and the transformation it can bring. 👇Register below 👇 #TechNExt24 #AI #Data #Skills #Tech