{"id":205,"date":"2013-01-09T14:46:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/?p=205"},"modified":"2017-12-07T10:39:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T16:39:50","slug":"silicon-valley-trip-the-home-of-tech-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/silicon-valley-trip-the-home-of-tech-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley Trip, the Home of Tech StartUps"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;I wanted to go on the Silicon Valley Trip because I wanted to be an entrepreneur one day.&#8221; \u00a0Landon Gray (&#8217;15), Computer Science.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This last Fall several of our students, along with students from the College of Business Administration took a trip to Silicon Valley to meet with leaders of different Tech startups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/2013\/01\/09\/silicon-valley-trip-the-home-of-tech-startups\/silicon-valley-2012-014\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-214 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-014-490x326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-014-490x326.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-014-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-014-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-128-490x326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Inigral\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/www.inigral.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inigral<\/a>: an organization that uses social networking to improve enrollment and retention at colleges and universities<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Circa\" href=\"http:\/\/cir.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Circa<\/a>: a news app that keeps users up-to-date by adding details to pre-existing stories as they unfold<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.svb.com\/\">Silicon Valley Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Corona Labs\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/www.coronalabs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corona Labs<\/a>: a company that allows individuals to create apps without having to wade through the technical language of coding<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lanica\" href=\"http:\/\/lanica.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lanica<\/a>: an equally impressive app-creating company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-223 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-104-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-104-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-104-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sitc\/files\/2013\/01\/Silicon-Valley-2012-104-490x326.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out this video about the trip:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U6RL-q9zBG0\">ACU Students Visit Silicon Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I wanted to go on the Silicon Valley Trip because I wanted to be an entrepreneur one day.&#8221; \u00a0Landon Gray (&#8217;15), Computer Science. &nbsp; This last Fall several of our students, along with students from the College of Business Administration took a trip to Silicon Valley to meet with leaders of different Tech startups. 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