السبت، 31 أكتوبر 2015

Marco Rubio campaign contributions and donations

marco Rubio cumulative donations received for Republican party nominee"

"donations received from Republican party to Marco Rubio"


Marco Rubio first rose to elective office in 2000 and holds an elected position to this day. Rubio has served as an elected official for a total of 15 years and counting, which is exactly the average for 2016 presidential candidates. Of of  1st November he has raised $47,713,472

LG Nexus 5X vs Huawei Nexus 6P Comparison



globally every 8 smartphones bought are powered by Android ,as iOS growth declines



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According to IDC, the smartphone OS during Q2,2015  was  led by Android who remains the  undisputed number 1  with a marketshare of 83% ,and  leads by a huge  margin as compared to its nearest competitor at 14%. 

The number 2 is Apple's iOS with 14%, followed by windows phone with 2.6%


"Android vs iOS marketshare comparison"


Likewise the next  chart ( above this) shows marketshare of smartphone OS as of Q2,2014,during which  Android had 76% marketshare .Meanwhile  iOS smartphone OS  looked strong at that point with almost 20% marketshare However its growth fizzled down  and as the first chart shows.

Ben Carson and Marco Rubio gained highest twitter followers during 3rd Republican debate:




Ben Carson and Marco Rubio  gained the highest twitter followers followed by Donald Trump.
The volume of of Tweets during the third Republican debate .

الجمعة، 30 أكتوبر 2015

Start Up Focus :The making and funding of Spotify

" Start up Inc : Making of spotify"


CEO and Co-Founder of Spotify Daniel Ek became a multimillionaire at age 23 when he sold an online advertising company in his native Sweden in 2006.

Not many know that it was a rejection  from Google which made " Daniel what he has achieved today As a 16 year old he was turned away when he applied for a job at Google. This, daniel says was a start of a journey and a turning point  " when he undertook a resolution' of not letting age interfere with his knowledge and subsequently gave birth to an idea, which he has since never looked back 

The idea behind Spotify was " the opportunity" it gave to  the sputtering music industry to create an alternative to music-piracy services such as Napster. Spotify gives a cut of the revenue to record labels and music publishers, which in turn pay out their artists and songwriters at varying rates.

The major labels – Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group, Sony Corp.’s Sony Music Entertainment and Access Industries’ Warner Music Group – also own about 15%of the company, collectively. Spotify reported in November that its 2013 revenue was €747 million ($842 million) and it lost €57.8 million ($65 million).


 Spotify revenue model is based on a bait that " offers a limited, free version of its service", hoping users will eventually subscribe. The company counts 15 million subscribers to its $9.99 premium plan, and about 45 million active users of its free, ad-supported version – by far the biggest global user base of any subscription music offering


List of VC firms invested in Spotify

List of  VC  Funding and Equity Investments in Spotify; As of 2015 137 VC funding firms have a stake in the company 




top 10 european consumer internet start ups valued above a billion USD by VC firms






' start ups above a billion dollars in valuation in Europe"

13 European  consumer Internet start ups  are valued between 1billion to 10billion USD



  1. The number one consumer Internet brand  is SPOTIFY  with a valuation of $8.5billion  
  2. GLOBAL FASHION GROUP  ranks 2nd and is valued at $3.4 billion 
  3. DELIVERY HERO  ranks 3rd and is valued at $3.1 billion

 "start ups above a billion dollars in valuation in Europe"

What are the worlds biggest internet companies across each nation



Google is USA, and the worlds biggest  internet company valued at $410billion






Tencent  is China's biggest  internet company valued at $154billion



 Mxit  is South Africa's biggest  internet company valued at $48billion




Naver is South Korea's biggest Internet Company with a valuation of $27billion






 Yandex is Russia's biggest  internet company valued at $14billion


The Biggest Internet Company in Britain  is Asos valued at 13billion USD






The Biggest Internet Company in Israel  Checkpoint, valued at 13billion USD





The Biggest Internet Company in Germany  is Rocket Internet ,valued at 6.8billion USD




The Biggest Internet Company in Argentina is Mercadolibre which is valued at $6.3billion


The above chart  published by economist magazine shows the top  consumer Internet companies across each nations .The data  depicts the  valuations of internet companies across the top 10 nations reflect the valuation  across the top 10 nations. 

Of the 50 countries they examined, 30 have at least one internet company worth more than $1 billion. The internet firms  outside America and China are still relatively small: Google’s market capitalization, for instance, is bigger than the value of the top internet firms in all other 48 countries combined. And worryingly for Europe, of the top five countries with firms with the highest valuations, none is European—but three are Asian.

Healthcare start ups unicorns with over a billion dollar valuations




"healthcare start ups with over billion dollar valuations"

Healthcare Start ups with over a Billion dollars valutions. 

The list is lead by Theranos. Theranos proposes to provide medical information at a very low cost. The company was founded by Elizabeth Holmes who was a student at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. The company is valued at $9billion with 3 rounds of funding which is  worth $400million. Their valuation to funding is 22.5 : 1

No 2 is Stemcentrix which is valued at $5billion, and has been funded to the tune of  $250million
Founded in 2008 by Bian Slingerland who is also a co-founder.Stemcentrx is one of a few companies looking to treat cancers by killing cancer stem cells, or cells thought to initiate tumor.

Ranked no 3 in valuation is Moderna with $3 billion, with investment of $675 million and was founded in 2010 by CEO: Stéphane Bancel.  The company's funding to valuation is 4 : 1
The company has enticed investors with technology that promises to expand the market for biotech drugs with new kinds of medicines called messenger RNA therapeutics that can trigger cells to produce almost any protein

الخميس، 29 أكتوبر 2015

VC funding and Equity Investors behind Airbnb : 10 facts

These are the top 10 facts behind funding of Airbnb

Airbnb based out of California  is as on  October 2015 valued at   $25.5b  with   a total equity funding of  $2.3b , with a valuation-to-funding ratio of : 11.1 to 1. So far it has  been funded a total of 8 rounds

Airbnb was founded in 2008 by its  CEO & Co Founder : Brian Chesky

Competitors: HomeAway, Orbitz, Diamond Resorts, Wimdu

List of  Investors/VC fund Houses
  1. Andreessen Horowitz,
  2. Axel Springer, 
  3. Baillie Gifford, 
  4. China Broadband Capital, 
  5. DST Group,
  6.  Dragoneer Investment,
  7.  ENIAC Ventures, 
  8. Fidelity Investments,
  9. Founders Fund,
  10. General Atlantic, 
  11. General Catalyst Partners, 
  12. GGV Capital, 
  13. Greylock Partners,
  14.  Hillhouse Capital Group,
  15.  Horizon Ventures,
  16.  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, 
  17. Sequoia Capital, 
  18. Temasek Holdings, 
  19. Tiger Global Management, 
  20. TPG Growth, T. Rowe Price, 
  21. Wellington Management,
  22. Y Combinator, 
  23. Youniversity Ventures

Lists of 36 US software start ups ,with a valuation of $1 billion and above

US Start ups based on cloud that are among the are the top 10 biggest software start ups with highest valuation




the complete list  of US based software start ups with equity and VC funding that are worth more a billion USD .Among the top 3 are PALANTIR and DROPBOX

As of October 2015:PALANTIR
Latest valuation:$20.0b (October 2015)
Total equity funding:$1.6b
Valuation-to-funding: 12.8 to 1



As of October 2015: DROPBOX
Latest valuation:$10.0b (January 2014)
Total equity funding:$607m
Valuation-to-funding: 16.5 to 1

:mobile broadband subscriptions vs fastest mobile broadband speeds



mobile broadband subscribers vs speeds"

comparison of nations :Mobile broadband penetration vs mobile broadband speeds


In terms of mobile broadband penetration Europe and America tops mobile broadband subscriptions, followed by CIS nations, Asia pacific and  Middle east. The Europeans amd Americas have an average of 75-77% mobile broadband penetration

In terms of mobile broadband speeds, Akamai's latest report  confirms that  UK now has an average mobile connection speed of 20.4Mbps, a huge 28 percent increase on the previous quarter. The average UK speed is twice that of second-placed Denmark, which has a 10Mbps average, while other leading nations such as Germany (5.7Mbps), the US (4Mbps) and even South Korea (8.8Mbps) lag some way behind.
The UK can also boast that more than 95 percent of all mobile connections are over 4Mbps, which is twice as fast as the 2Mbps stipulated by the last government as the basic speed needed for fixed broadband services.

GoPro releases its first images shot from its new quadcopter drone


Infographic: GoPro Is Growing at Breakneck Speed | Statista
via Statista

In April 2014, GoPro was listed by Adweek as one of the "Top 10 Best Brand Channels on YouTube" based on a combination of views, shares, comments and overall engagement

 while early this year there were rumors about GoPro  making a quadcopter drone, but few details have since been shared about the project. However today that was confirmed as GoPro had just uploaded the first footage from the drone to its YouTube channel .GoPro ( former  Woodman Labs, Inc), is an American manufacturer of action cameras, often used in extreme-action videography.

The quadcopter drone "video grab were remarkably smooth, and the video also claims that the footage was not stabilized in post, but this could just be a result of careful filming.

In about 13 months since GoPro’s IPO , it is  currently trading at around $60 per share (up 150 percent from its IPO price of $24) and reported another great quarter this week, with the company posting a $35 million profit on revenue of $420 million.

Mobile Payment company Square gets a scare before its IPO

These are the top 10 highest paid jobs
Infographic: The Numbers Behind Square's Payment Business | Statista
via Statista

Jack Dorsey’s challenge to raise money for his mobile payment business just make harder.

Squares q3,2015 loss (third-quarter )was $53.9 million — the largest quarterly loss since at least the fourth quarter of 2013, which is the furthest back the company disclosed Monday in its amended regulatory filing to go public.

Square 's Q3 financials showed a $53.9 million net loss on $332.2 million in revenue. Those figures represent slower revenue growth and faster loss growth than in the year-earlier period However Square rides on a business model that seems to be Robust as it enables merchants to process card payments on smartphones and tablets, offering both the hardware and the software necessary to do so. In 2014, the company processed payments worth $23.8 billion, generating revenue of $850 million.

Apple's shrinking Ipad business vs stunning Iphone success

The study of 2 contrasting products from Apple stable : iphone vs iPad


Apple's growth comparison: iPhone vs iPad "

" iPad vs iPhone  sales"
The Ipad continues to bleed as the IPhone continue to ride on unprecedented growth. From a peak of 25 million Ipads  in December 2014.

Ipad shipments  has slumped to 9.9 million last quarter, down 20% year-over-year. However it still managed to do about $4.3 billion this quarter , but whats disappointing, is that this was the first time  that Apple shipped fewer than 10 million iPad's in a quarter since the June 2011 quarter.

 In contrast the story of iPhone is something remarkable.The very fact that iPhone manages to sell upgraded versions year after year, without a  radical change in its product is remarkable. This quarter iPhone made up 63% of  overall Apple revenue ,selling more than 48 million  iPhone's a 22% YoY growth

The biggest growth for Apple came from China, as sales grew  99% year-over-year,mainly due to the early launch of the iPhone there this year.

Apple wows wall street, delivers a stunning 22% growth and 51billion USD in revenue

Apple earnings call :Video charts showing the top 5 takeaways


 

 Apple Wows wall street

s Apple surpassed al expectations and investors grew richer, as its 2014, q4 expectations was the best in the last 11 quarters notching a record $51.5 billion in revenue,representing 22% year-over-year growth,selling 48million iphones.However amidst spectacular increase in the number of iphones sold ,The iPad remains a question mark for Apple. Shipments declined to 9.9 million last quarter, edown 20% year-over-year These 5 charts summarise Apple's earning season

comparing 10 years trailing stock market returns : Apple vs Walmart

These are the stock market returns had you invested in these stocks for last 10 years jobs
Hod much you would have earned as an investor if you had invested $100 in Apple and Walmart
 Apple would have give you almost 10 time returns if you held the stock for 10 years ,$10 would  have been approx $110 in 2015. In 2014 had you cashed out , your money would have grown 12 times

Walmart would have given you 9 times the returns had you cashed out in 2014, In 2015 right now Walmart shares would have given you 7 times on what you had invested.$10 would have grown to $70 right now

Apple's iphone juggernaut rolls on, contributing 63% of its $234 billion revenue


Apple delivers Yet another Blockbuster Quarter
1)Apple stunned Wall street as it continued to show robust earnings quarter after quarter as it exceeded expectations in Q4, as its net income totaled $11.12 billion, up from $8.47 billion in the year-ago period with profits rising 31%. Not only that Apple also managed to increase

2)It also managed to increase the  iPhone’s average selling price during the quarter to $670, compared with $662 last quarter, at a time when smartphone prices  have seen crashing over the last 6 months.

3)Apple's gross margin was 39% compared to 38% in the year-ago quarter.Gross margin is a closely watched measure of profitability. It sold 48.04 million iPhones in its fiscal fourth quarter. Once again the iPhone was instrumental in Apples success which accounted 63% of revenue in this quarter

4)Fiscal 2015 was Apple’s most successful year ever, with revenue growing 28% to nearly $234 billion.In 2014, during the  quarter Apple sold a record 74.46 million iPhones.

5)The biggest news was that Apple was growing at the expense of Google's android.Apple's CEO announced that 30% of consumers who bought an iPhone replaced a smartphone running Google Inc.'s Android operating system during the quarter. He said this is the highest rate of Android "switchers" that Apple has ever measured. This is the first time " Android has seen" such a switch to iOS OS according to Apple

6)International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue. Apple said its quarterly profit rose 31%, sparked by strong demand for iPhones in China.Sales to Greater China, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, rose 99% to $12.5 billion.

You would also like to read :Why iphone and ipads cannot be manufactured in US

الأربعاء، 28 أكتوبر 2015

start ups by US states and industry




"start up in US by states"

The Chart shows Decline in start ups in US


" which state in US has the highest start ups"

 Growth in "start ups" by US states and Industry .Only the  Fintech industry recorded a  growth in start ups by over 5%. While services, wholesale, manufacturing and transportation and logistics recorded negative growth rates

top 20 global billion dollar ecommerce start ups by valuation

These are the top 20 global ecommerce start ups

Billion dollar ecommerce start ups h
"VC invested billion dollar ecommerce start ups"

" biggest ecommerce start ups by valuation"

source : WSJ

list of ecommerce start ups with valution above  1billion USD

The billion dollar ecommerce start ups is led by Indian Start up Flipkart which is valued at 15billion USD.The chinese group company Meituan  ranks second with a valuation of 7billion USD which is a group-buying website specializing in localized consumer services. Snapdeal another indian ecommerce start up  ranks third with a valuation of 5billion USD

Luxemberg based Global Fashion online ranks 4th, valued at $3.4billion. Chinese based online  apparel brand VANCL ranks 5th and is valued at $3billion.

Fanatics, based out of jacksonville, Florida is an online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise ( which was acquired by Kynetic ranks 6th and is valued at $3billion

Highest Paid CEO's compared with their 1 year shareholder return to investors

These are the top 10 highest paid Chief Executive Officers

" shareholding return by highest paid CEOs
CEO compensation vs shareholder return

Top 10 CEO compensation ranked by Shareholder Returns


While compensation levels of CEO's have skyrocketed.. so have the attrition rate . The average stay of Fortune 500 CEO's have today come down to an average of less than 3 years compared to 5 years a decade ago. This chart published by Wall Street Journal compares the compensation of top 10 executives versus the shareholder return in the last one year.

Only 4 companies  General Electric ,Liberty Global , Aetna and Estee Launder managed to deliver a whooping more than 100% return , with GE and Liberty global delivering 250% shareholder return

Oracle's Larry Ellison and  Iger Roberts of Walt Disney have their shareholders a negative return of -18% and -8%

Timeline of Facebook Features: Infographic



FACEBOOK FEATURES TIMELINE
" Facebook features timelines and evolution

Evolution of Facebook Features: 2008 to 2015

الثلاثاء، 27 أكتوبر 2015

asian start up companies with over $1billion valuation : top 15 list

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" asian only billion dollar unicorns"

These are the top 15 start up companies in Asia which has been valued above a billion USD.


" asian biggest start ups over a billion dollar valuation"


How UBER is eating its competitors for breakfast lunch and dinner :

This is how  cab aggregator "UBER" is marching ahead in the market

Uber is having yellow, green and yes service cabs and taxis for breakfast lunch and dinner. The chart from WSJ shows how " Uber has begun to disrupt this model
" How under has started disrupting local economy"


"Uber market share around the world"



Uber Now is present across  63 countries across the world, out of which according to a Wall Street Journal post says that “an average 46 percent of all total paid car rides were through Uber” in major markets across the U.S. That’s a steep rise from a mere 15 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Meanwhile, the percentage of rides in taxis, limos and shuttles fell from 85 percent to 53 percent over the same period.


Looking back " the  challenge which local mom and pop cab services "it seems is a grand old throwback to " newspaper vs internet days.. when the newspaper  industry never really accepted the " fact that " new media can supplant them and make them" irrelevant. As web continued to dominate  and penetrate new markets, gaining volume.... Consumers had already moved on from newspapers to news portals, specific niches ( tabloids) or online magazine subscription. And by the time the newspaper industry read the riot act... it was too late . and no little to be done anyways..The market had changed


Uber is now available in 58 countries and 300 cities worldwide, and recent estimates place its value in the region of $50bn. All of which rather leaves its competition with two choices… Adapt, or die.”

¿Por qué las mujeres no desarrollan software?

Este contenido fue publicado originalmente para el portal MujeresDigitales.org

Esta es una de las preguntas más comunes alrededor del tema de la brecha entre las mujeres y la tecnología. Según el libro Little Miss Geek, en el rol de consumidoras las mujeres somos un 40%. Este número no es una sorpresa, es algo que se esperaba con la popularización de la tecnología en los ambientes cotidianos; sin embargo, también se esperaba que, en consecuencia, el número de mujeres que se dedica a crear se incrementara con este escenario, pero la realidad es otra.

Esta misma publicación habla de cómo en países como Inglaterra los porcentajes de participación de las mujeres en creación de tecnología continúan disminuyendo. Entre 2001 y 2011, la vinculación de mujeres a trabajos en tecnología disminuyó de 22% a 17%. En el ámbito mundial, las mujeres solo representamos el 25% de la fuerza de trabajo en este campo.

En el ejercicio de conocer las razones de por qué las mujeres no desarrollan software, muchas veces se recurre a mujeres que sí lo hacen, y aunque este tipo de opiniones otorga luces al respecto, también es claro que estas mujeres pueden llegar a negar que existe la brecha o que existen más obstáculos para las mujeres, porque ellas ya los han superado y se han asegurado una posición cómoda dentro del ámbito tecnológico, han construido imágenes rudas de sí mismas y corazas protectoras que en ocasiones obstaculizan la visión propia acerca del problema e incluso en ocasiones, las lleva a apartarse de las acciones que pueden hacer que las cosas cambien, pues aún en su día a día siguen luchando por lograr ser respetadas y sobrevivir en este campo.

Una actividad reciente realizada por Mujeres Digitales en compañía de la argentina Lila Pagola, activista del software libre, y mujeres de Antioquia profesionales en el campo del software, permitió analizar y descubrir ideas que reafirman los escenarios planteados por estudios y análisis sobre la brecha de uso efectivo de las TIC entre hombres y mujeres.

  • Las mujeres que trabajan en tecnología aprenden a mostrarse como personas de carácter fuerte para poder desempeñarse en su campo y ser respetadas.
  • Las mujeres deben realizar más o mejor trabajo que los hombres para poder ser respetadas.
  • El entorno demuestra que no se cree que una mujer sea capaz de desempeñarse correctamente en tareas que demanden mucho conocimiento técnico. Generalmente se sugiere a las mujeres dedicarse a tareas menos complicadas.
  • Aunque la mayoría de mujeres son plenamente conscientes de los obstáculos que han afrontado y describen con claridad como los han resuelto, son pocas las que se sienten en capacidad de pasar al plano colectivo para ayudar a otras mujeres a superarlos más fácilmente.


Una de las reflexiones que resaltó Lila Pagola fue como en efecto, las mujeres quienes participan en tecnología son de carácter fuerte. Los escenarios actuales en los cuales las mujeres participan como creadoras de tecnología las lleva a actuar constantemente en una posición defensiva para demostrar realmente quiénes son, y lo cierto es que pensar en las siguientes generaciones e invitarlas a participar de esto no parece generar demasiado entusiasmo. 

Muchas condiciones están dadas, son difíciles de cambiar y son escenarios que necesitan ser intervenidos de diferentes maneras, sin embargo, ¿Qué puede hacerse para que el futuro sea diferente? Descubrirlo es actualmente el reto de muchos iniciativas a nivel mundial y nacional, entre ellas Mujeres DigitalesCodies ColombiaWomen Who CodeGirls Develop IT,Women In TechnologyWomen In EngineeringBlack Girls CodeGirls In Tech, entre otras.

Abordando nuevamente la pregunta inicial ¿Por qué cada vez hay menos niñas interesadas en dedicarse a crear tecnología? Es claro y evidente que, aunque se comparten muchas causas entre generaciones, las épocas son necesariamente diferentes, y temas como la confianza en el manejo de la tecnología (su uso y apropiación) ha dejado de ser una barrera en las nuevas generaciones, y si es así ¿Por qué el panorama no cambia?

Un par de ideas son destacables y es muy importante entenderlas: el estereotipo geek/nerd y la idea de que "las mujeres no están hechas para la tecnología".

Los estereotipos de género son un tema difícil de afrontar. Hoy en día las chicas se enfrentan a uno nuevo y es la idea de que quienes se dedican a programar, a quienes se les llama típicamente geek (excéntricos y apasionados por algún tema en particular) o nerd (estudiosos), son personas descuidadas en apariencia, aisladas y que solo se dedican a los libros y a las computadoras. En un mundo donde las interacciones sociales representan tanto, este tipo de imágenes no hace sentir identificadas a las jóvenes con algo que desean ser. Este estereotipo proviene en mayor parte de las películas y series de televisión, donde la apariencia y comportamientos de programadores, hackers y demás, no son socialmente deseables, a pesar de ser casi siempre personas brillantes.

Hace algunos días en redes sociales, un hashtag movió al mundo #ILookLikeAnEngineer (#MeVeoComoIngeniera).


Isis Wenger, la ingeniera que aparece en esta campaña de marketing, enfrentó varias críticas en redes sociales, entre las cuales se destacaba el hecho de que no era ni remotamente posible que ella fuera ingeniera pues no parecía una. Isis escribió la historia en su blog y los usuarios de las redes se volcaron a su favor usando el hashtag antes mencionado. Mujeres ingenieras de todo el mundo pusieron en redes fotografías de sí mismas en las cuales rompían el estereotipo de ser geek y nerd, para mostrar cómo lucían ellas siendo ingenieras. La situación llevó al movimiento de grandes empresas y medios de comunicación digitales que decidieron promover esta idea en contra de tener que lucir con de una manera particular para ser brillante.

Lo que en realidad ocurre en la percepción de las chicas tiene que ver con algo más de fondo relacionado con la autoestima, tema en el que el marketing y los medios hacen tanto énfasis, que terminan por tergiversar la imagen que cada una tiene de sí misma, pero además tiene que ver con la confianza que les otorga su formación y crianza, aquello que les transmiten sobre cómo deben verse, cómo deben comportarse, qué deben ser, o qué son capaces de hacer. Más allá de que una chica supere la idea del estereotipo geek, debe entender que sin importar cómo luce puede ser una profesional exitosa.

Hay otro que tema resulta una barrera, pues logra situarse en la mente de las chicas y se da en ámbitos familiares y educativos, y es el lograr convencerlas de que "las mujeres no están hechas para la tecnología" y que "no es cosas de niñas". Frases como esas descalifican y cambian la idea personal de lo que sienten las niñas que pueden llegar a ser.
Las mujeres están hechas para la tecnología y lo están aún más las nuevas generaciones, pero depende de padres, madres y también de maestras y maestros, hacerlas sentir bienvenidas y eliminar de su imaginación la idea de que están hechas solo para jugar con cocinitas, maquillaje y muñecasEstán allí para crear y descubrir cómo funciona todo a su alrededor, están allí para ser parte de la transformación del mundo.

Al hablar puntualmente de la creación de software es necesario decir que "programar tiene que ver más con la capacidad de descomponer y resolver problemas que con los algoritmos". Tiene que ver con entender las necesidades de alguien y ayudarle a resolverlas, más que con la creación de una pieza de software, y si entendemos cómo las mujeres tienen la capacidad de conectarse con las necesidades de otros, entendemos también todo el potencial que hay en ellas para rehacer y recrear la manera como las necesidades asociadas a la tecnología se resuelven en la cotidianidad.

Actualmente el software es escrito en mayoría por hombres y en consecuencia aplicaciones de todo tipo tienen su visión y manera de hacer las cosas. Cambiar este panorama es una cuestión de participar en ello y otorgarle nuestra propia visión. Como las leyes se escribieron un día por hombres y determinaron inequidad en derechos para las mujeres al no ser tenidas en cuenta, la tecnología es algo que cambia el mundo de manera constante y otra vez son los hombres quienes están escribiendo la historia.

Algunas estrategias propuestas en el artículo de Allison MasterLos estereotipos de género en los salones de clase, plantean ideas compartidas por muchos y que podrían ser exitosas, entre ellas temas como el cambio en los ambientes físicos que son poco acogedores, la creación de ambientes seguros donde participantes e instructoras sean solo mujeres, la visibilización de mujeres que puedan ser modelos de rol para las chicas, los cambios en las narrativas de los medios por mensajes incluyentes y las mejoras en las perspectivas salariales para que estas sean equitativas. Puntos en los que además de necesitar intereses institucionales de diferentes partes del ecosistema, se requiere también de la participación de profesionales interesadas en cambiar el escenario.

Este artículo es un llamado a las mujeres que hacen parte del ámbito de la tecnología y el desarrollo de software, un llamado a solidarizarse con otras mujeres e invitarlas a ser partícipes, reconocer que es necesario transformar la realidad actual y hacer que otras que se sientan bienvenidas y entusiasmadas con la idea de ser parte y que desde quienes son, pueden lograr hacer todo lo que se propongan.

European tech start ups with the highest valuations

These are the top 10 European start ups with highest valuation


" european start ups with highest valuations"







Spotify
, Global Fashion group and Delivery hero are among the top 3 European start ups with the highest valuation.


Spotify is valued at $8.5billion with a total equity funding of $1.0billion,
The global fashion group is valued at $3.5billlion with a equity of $1.5billion.
Delivery Hero ranks number 3 most valued start up with 3.1billion USD  having been funded to the extent of 1.3billion USD