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North Texas's Silicon Prairie refers to north Dallas and Dallas and Fort Worth's northern suburbs, all part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.It is named for the high concentration of semiconductor manufacturing, telecommunications, and other information technology related companies in the area.
Silicon Valley: Originating in Stanford University (Palo Alto and Menlo Park), and spreading south towards San Jose, California, and suburbs.San Francisco and nearby areas including Berkeley and Oakland are technically not part of Silicon Valley but have seen growth in industries such as web development since the 90s and venture capital.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen (born 1969/1970) is an American [2] educator [3] and author. [4]She is the founder and president of the Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation, a private operating foundation that describes itself as a philanthropic "innovation lab", [5] and founded the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), a venture philanthropy fund. [6]
A private foundation is a tax-exempt organization that does not rely on broad public support and generally claims to serve humanitarian purposes. [1] [2] [3]Unlike a charitable foundation, a private foundation does not generally solicit funds from the public or have the legal requirements and reporting responsibilities of a registered non-profit or charitable foundation. [4]
The Telecom Corridor is a technology business center in Richardson, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, which contains over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters) of office space and accounts for over 130,000 jobs. [1]
Until 1969, the term private foundation was not defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code.Since then, every U.S. charity that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code as tax-exempt is a "private foundation" unless it demonstrates to the IRS that it falls into another category such as public charity.
Plug and Play Tech Center (PNP) is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It focuses on deploying capital to early-stage technology companies. According to CB Insights from 2020 to 2022, it was the most active startup accelerator in the world with an average deal count of 929 per year, followed by Y Combinator ...
In 2012, Andrea founded the crowdfunding site Piggybackr.The site is devoted to helping young students raise money for causes and school projects. Andrea was inspired to start Piggybackr when she helped her younger sister at age 11, raise $370 for rainforest preservation by selling bracelets on-line.