tech companies
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- Silicon ValleyBay Area tech corridor
- innovationCreating something original
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
venture capital · coding · apps · gadgets · data · cloud · servers · engineers · founders · IPO · unicorn · software · hardware · platforms · scalability · pivot · incubator · hackers
- tech industrysoftware, computers, semiconductors, hardware, Amazon
- competitive organizationssports teams, corporations, political parties, sports leagues, airlines
- manufacturersautomakers, furniture makers, shoe makers, instrument makers, soap makers
- Tech InnovatorsThomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Alan Turing
- fast-growingkudzu, wildfire, tumors, cancer, viruses
- Silicon ValleySilicon Valley, San Jose, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Mountain View
industry sector
tech companiesheavy industry
Capital-intensive manufacturing sector
mining companies · smokestack industries · traditional industries · steel mills · textile mills
organizational structure
tech companiesgovernment agencies
State-run administrative bodies
family businesses · sole proprietorships · nonprofit organizations · public sector · civil service