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Avenues for shorties to be starting tech startups and being accountants and lawyers. we got to tell them that ascending in society is dope. >> im real happy right now this is a start, bro. i havent seen this until today. the old heads and young heads have never really sat down in this manner where we really chopping it up. the cameras are here but i believe in my heart each and one of us can reach somebody and teach somebody and save somebody. you feel what im saying? this is that moment. the im...

>> we dont know anybody like that in the media. that never happens in the media. go ahead, ali. >> there are about 110 unicorns in the u.s. tech startups worth $1 billion. of those 110, 50% of them have at least one nonamerican-born founder. so -- >> your point? >> somebody elses babies are really good for something that we consider very american. that is entrepreneurship. >> by the way, the problem with the french is they dont have a name for entrepreneurship. remember "w"? >> were going to hit...

Silicon valley springs to mind, obviously. at this stage, what we know, those headlines, song says hes going to be directing $50 billion of that $150 million into the u.s. a lot of money looks like for tech startups. alison as you know, startups and tech companies dont ememplploy lot of people. a four-year investment. >> donald trump campaigned on bringing jobs here to the u.s. if anything, this looks like a good photo op for him. andrew stevens, thanks so much. here at home, that fire in oakl...

Know, george. that is what donald trump is claiming that without his election success that softbank wouldnt have made this $50 billion investment to create 50,000 jobs in the u.s. what we do know the money is coming from a $100 million investment fund which is call the soft said bank vision fund. this was actually announced back in october before the election, obviously. now that fund is being set up with $25 billion. thats whats being roared, $25 billion of softbank money. $45 billion interesti...

U.s. is actually been announced in october. whether its because of donald trump we cant say. what we can say, though, this fund was set up to invest around the world in tech companies and tech startups. and would you have to say if youre looking around the world for technology startups, technology investments, you have to go to the united states. youve got silicon valley there. youve got the home of so many incredible tech companies. so it may well have been planned in that direction before that...

Deal? >> at this stage, alison, no, theres not. we have to take the president-elects word for it. he did not independently say that he had said that to trump. so we dont just know at this stage. if you take a step back and look at this deal that $50 billion is going to come, according to some peeking to "the wall street journal," from an ininvestment fund which is being set up by softbank. that was announced back in october before the election. its a $100 billion fund, which will invest in tech ...

Technovation challenge. it had to address a problem in their community. heres a look at the the fill. >> only 7% of tech startups are led by women. >> and i feel like i have looked everywhere and thats a problem and if this app could solve it -- >> this is the next social media button. ♪ >> we are sophomores and all 15 years old. >> join us to save our environment. >> we want to make it perfect. >> an actual problem to solve it. like that is a really good feeling. >> girl power.

Ucla has a 10 week paid internship if focuses on immigration reform and healthcare access. unlimited paid pay vation time. an employees dream. it is becoming a reality for one of the largest companies. fox business is here to explain. joe? >> can you image taking a month off from work just because you want to? the unlimited kay vation policies used to be for 20 something billionaires and tech startups. general electric is offering almost half of the employees a policy that has no limits on the...

Than the one 15 years ago. jon hilsenrath fox news contributor and reporter for "wall street journal." we got past the tech bubble boom bust. are due for another one? >> what is happening in silicon valley is much different than what happened 15 years ago. there is a lot of money going into tech startups but happening in venture capital firms which are private companies. theyre not public companies. were not seeing extreme valuations in nasdaq stocks which investors typically buy that we saw 15 ...

Australia. >> at night we would go and sneak in and build our car at night and then go to sleep for a little while and then go to class. >> now she faces her toughest challenge. try to turn government agencies more into tech startups. >> you set a goal way out there, but you start, whats a problem in the world worth solving whats a technology that sounds a lot like science fiction but it just might work. >> megan smith says american women are actually going backwards in technology. more women go...