Day 4 Silicon Valley

Google, Boxfish, and Criteo; another interesting busy day. At Google we walked to the campus and attempted to get a tour. I was disappointed in Google with no tour and everything falling through. I was surprised they didn’t offer anything, not even access to their store. I think they should do walk in tours that start every hour or half hour, it could be a good source of income for them. Security was very tight and it just didn’t seem welcoming.  Instead we just walked around their campus seeing lots og Google bikes.VMware is still the best company we visited in my opinion (on the first day). I actually got a call today from them with options for the future. It only takes one contact to get you started and set you up for the future. After Google and lunch we went to Boxfish, a small startup company. They started with voice recognition software, then selling ringtones. Now they analyze data for advertisements for tv, Netflix (their largest customer), and Hulu. They actually had opportunities to be sold out, but declined any offers because there company was still too small. Then we went to another startup called Criteo. Interesting enough, Curry alum now works there! It was especially interesting to her story because we all could relate to her better than anyone we met. Criteo is also a data analytics but for different avenues as Boxfish. They put ads on social media for companies such as Macy’s and charge per clicks or percentage of sales. Finally we all had a nice group dinner at Trellis including Curry alum. This was a great way to bond with everybody and I very feel that we all are getting so much closer than day 1 at Logan airport.