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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO

Tech salaries are on the rise thanks to a demand for talent across nearly every industry. between 2021 and 2022, reaching an average tech salary of $111,348 per year, according to the 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report. But you don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to earn a high-tech salary. Salaries increased 2.3% Tampa, Fla.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. Flyover Tech ) have played a significant role in this shift. the free YC Startup School courses).

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

TechCrunch

One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” In fact, the firm believes that Texas is going to be the second-largest tech ecosystem in the U.S. Keri Findley, founder of Tacora.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Austin is also home to secondary offices of many of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook and SpaceX. And the numbers are there to back it up.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The answer can be found in the theory of economic rents, and in particular, in the kinds of rents that are collected by companies during different stages of the technology business cycle. Then the cycle begins again with a new class of competitors, who are forced to explore new, disruptive technologies that reset the entire market.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

Indeed, Amsterdam’s logistical and social connectedness is ranked number one in DHL’s Global Connectedness Index. based tech founders are welcomed with open arms. Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion. The nation’s proximity to the U.K.,

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ChatGPT, Author of The Quixote

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Ted Chiang wrote a thoughtful piece for the New Yorker called ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web that opens with the analogy of a photocopier making a slight error due to the way it compresses the digital image. It’s also relevant as Big Tech is known for its extractive and colonialist practices. And that’s according to OpenAI !

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