by Shonika Proctor
SANTIAGO - The Silicon Valley Virtual Tour kicks off September 6 at 3:00 p.m. in a live broadcast across auditoriums of top universities throughout Latin America.
Participants may join the seminars by completing a simple registration form at www.nettod.cl. The inaugural speaker for the Silicon Valley Virtual Tour will be Eric Ly, co-founder of the popular business and professional networking site, Linked In. And the theme he will be presenting is “How to convert your high impact idea into a billion dollar company.“
Founded in May 2004, LinkedIn grows at approximately one new member per second. It currently has more than 120 million registered users. LinkedIn filed for an initial public offering in January 2011 and traded its first shares on May 19, 2011, under the NYSE symbol “LNKD. The company is currently valued at US$1.575 billion. LinkedIn did revenues of US$121 million (Q2 2011) and has approximately 1,000 employees worldwide. It is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA.
In his role at LinkedIn, Ly served as Chief Technology Officer and managed desktop products. His most recent venture is Presdo.com which is an online tool that lets you use your social networks to create valuable relationships through face-to-face and real-time interactions.
Co-created by Chilean start up Nettod and Silicon Valley based, The Wald Group, the Silicon Valley Virtual Tour is a cycle of online seminars featuring iconic thought leaders, engineers, entrepreneurs and investors knowledgeable on the culture of doing business in Silicon Valley, USA. The seminars will be live broadcast in the auditoriums of top universities throughout Latin America. Entrepreneurship and innovation fueled organizations in Chile such as First Tuesday, Start Up Chile and ACTI are also participating partners. The presenting sponsors for the event are Mestra and Cuponatic.
For questions, to register or to become a supporting partner, please visit nettod.cl.
Reposted with permission from ilovechile.cl.
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