Some of the biggest challenges startups face have to do with issues at the policy level and mentality of the general public, says Tina Jabeen, the Senior Consultant for the iDEA project. She is also the Deputy Project Director for ICT Innovation, acting essentially as the investment advisor for the
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CHINA CLOSING GAP WITH SILICON VALLEY
China’s war for technology talent is intensifying. Tens of thousands of people are being hired to shore up cybersecurity, help censor online content, and try to make China No.1 in the application of artificial intelligence (AI), as capital pours into both start-ups and more mature businesses at a time
‘I DREAM OF DEMOCRATISING TECHNOLOGY IN BANGLADESH – WHERE EVERY CITIZEN HAS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY’
Sonia Bashir Kabir needs no introduction. Although often reduced to just a ‘woman’ role model, which she is, her illustrious career can certainly be an example to follow for both men and women in the tech business or any other business in any profession. With her past experiences of heading Microsoft’s
SILICON VALLEY IS HOT ON A NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY
Why ‘garage venture’ can’t flourish in Dhaka?
Information Technology (IT) companies, especially the startups in Bangladesh has an idealized picture of the ‘Silicon Valley’ in where a company can be started from nothing by anyone in a garage. This idealized picture is sketched based on the ideas that tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Google, Harley Davidson, HP, Mattel,
