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Skip to main content How a Brilliant Platform Engineer Saved Twilio From ‘Absolute Disaster’ Our infrastructure was slow and prone to failure. Half our engineers quit. That’s when I called in a former Marine to turn our systems around. Jeff Lawson Expert Contributor Co-founder and CEO of Silicon Valley-based Twilio, one of the world’s fastest growing technology companies; author of Expert Contributor Co-founder and CEO of Silicon Valley-based Twilio, one of the world’s fastest gro...

Share on In 2011, noted serial entrepreneur of Silicon Valley, Eric Riles, first launched the book The Lean Startup. The book is now a bible of sorts for global entrepreneurs looking to startup. Ten years on, authors Chiara Spina, Arnaldo Camuffo, and Alfonso Gambardella believe this method can be made better.  Writing for the Harvard Business Review, the authors explain that the lean method calls for startups to learn about customers’ problems and needs, get their feedback, and build an MVP...

Application Deadline: March 29th 2021 Refactory gives you an intensive introduction to tech. You will learn both the technical and non-technical skills required to meet the demands of a tech industry that competes globally. The technical modules are designed together with ICT companies and follows industry standards and best practice methods. Our Catalyst Course is a 3-month program that covers everything from Javascript and Git, to project management, system security and leadership. Refactory...

February 18, 2021 Bret Larsen of eVisit: “If you only do what you can, you’ll never be more than you are” The best advice I’ve received is, “if you only do what you can, you’ll never be more than you are.” I’ve had to learn to be comfortable with discomfort by placing myself in unfavorable situations. It helps you confront your vulnerabilities and weaknesses. As a part of our series about business leaders who are shaking […] The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from man...

RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: Industry 4.0 (also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution) was formalized by the World Economic Forum in 2016. Industry 4.0 uses automation and data exchange in processes and technologies that include IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), cloud computing, and AI (artificial intelligence) for implementation. Corporations worldwide, including railroads and their partners in the transportation supply chain, are at the beginning of their journey for establishin...

In a world where almost every person has a smartphone, mobile applications have become something very trivial. Today, it’s hard to imagine a person who

Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring, and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California. Menlo Park-based Structural Capital among other institutions that also joined in the strategic round totaling $35 million. IMV...

Defense Department/Lisa Ferdinando The Pentagon is heavily reliant on software, using it to perform day-to-day business operations and employing complex weapons systems on the battlefield. But new and emerging challenges, demanded that the Defense Department become significantly more agile and responsive in its ability to leverage software. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment since August 2017, recounts the transformation she overs...

Innovation Hubs OK Catalyst Programs Honored by U.S. Small Business Administration January 14, 2021 The U.S. Small Business Administration is recognizing the Oklahoma Catalyst Programs (OK Catalyst), based at the University of Oklahoma’s Tom Love Innovation Hub (I-Hub), and Executive Director Tom Wavering with two prestigious 2020 Tibbetts Awards. OU is the first university in the nation to receive two Tibbetts Awards in the same year. The Tibbetts Awards are presented annually to small busin...