Infographic: Power of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship
I love this Infographic of the Silicon Valley ranking of cities for entrepreneurship!!!
The top 5 scores were:
- Menlo Park,
- Mountain View,
- Palo Alto,
- Sunnyvale,
- Redwood City
Did you see that there is a geographic dominance of Northern California? The top 4 Silicon Valley cities in the MIT rankings possess 20 times the average start-up quality as California's median city!!!! WOW!
Honor and Thanks to all those who served
A very special thank you to all Veterans who are currently serving our country, who have served, and who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. You are not forgotten and your sacrifices are appreciated. A special call out to my Uncle Johnny, who served in WW II and was recognized for his service in D Day. I wish you were still with us!
Our freedoms come at a high cost and we can never rest assuming that our freedoms will always be present, so it's fitting that there is a day to say thank you to those who voluntarily serve and put themselves in harms way so that we can enjoy our freedom.
Unconscious Bias?! What is it and what do you do?
Today we hosted an incredible call about Unconscious Bias. Everyone has them ... based on your history, experiences, and context. Take this test -- it is a real eye opener! https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
What is UnConscious Bias?
A personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment (Merriam-Webster)
Unconscious biases influence our judgment and decision-making, and because we are not aware of them, can be detrimental in certain circumstances such as what information to prioritize in decision-making, who to hire, promote, and reward, and where to allocate precious resources.
Why do we have these biases?
We work in everyday between the automatic pilot and thoughtful, reflective moments. Most of us are on that automatic pilot most of the day -- driving to work, the feeling when wearing shoes, breathing, etc but when we pause and do the slow thinking, we think about the facts and the basis of our decisions. When you are in System 1 -- intuitive -- you make assumptions you don't even know about!
Understand the Ladder of Influence:
We have a lot of filters that we need to be aware of. I love this ladder from Chris on how much data we process automatically. Alot of our conclusions are based on assumptions, based on a selective set of data.
What do you do? Unconscious Bias:
- Be willing to examine your own assumptions and experiences.
- If you feel uncomfortable, say so.
- Be willing to practice inquiry if you suspect unconscious bias in action: seek to understand.
- Start from the assumption of good intentions.
TieCon Explodes for IBM Cloud!
I love attending the TieCon conferece every year. It is the world's largest Enterpreneur Conference with over 4300 attendees, 35% women, and this year 20% women speakers.
The TieCon 50 are the top 50 Entrepreneurs who this year each received up to $120K of the IBM Cloud! The results for these chosen few are amazing .. with over the past years over 114 successful exits!
They focused on 8 tracks:
- Internet of Things
- Data Economy
- Cloud & Security
- Healthcare
- Entrepreneurship
- Oil and Gas
- Online Education
- Youth
I wanted to share many of the great moments from our Global Entrepreneurs!
Kick Sim:
GT Systems - a TieCon Power 50 Entrepreneur!
Airosense:
And the interest in the IBM Cloud was a long long line! Thanks to all the entrepreneurs for your interest! We will do our best to help you be successful!
