silicon valley
Startup company mecca
A term used informally or generically for any region known as a hub of technology and innovation, modeled on the original.
Various places have styled themselves as a silicon valley or been compared to one: Austin is becoming a silicon valley of the South.
The phrase evokes startup culture, venture capital, and tech industry concentration. (Capitalized Silicon Valley is the specific region in California.)
- startupNew business enterprise
- techDigital sector, abbreviated
- innovationCreating something original
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
Google · Apple · Facebook · disruption · unicorn · coding · billion · stock options · pitch · garage · garage startup · Stanford · computer science · hustle · IPO · founder · programmer · California
- West CoastCalifornia, Sierra Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Mojave Desert
- economic regionseconomic zones, industrial zones, trade zones, rust belt, corn belt
silicon valleyold guard
Conservative faction within organization
brick and mortar · ivory tower · tradition · bureaucracy · government bureaucracy