Silicon Alley and the idea of New York City as a dot-com center. In 1997, over 200 members and leaders of Silicon Alley joined NYC entrepreneurs, Andrew Rasiej and Cecilia Pagkalinawan to help wire Washington Irving High School to the Internet. This response and the Department of Education's growing need for technology integration marked the birth of Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education (MOUSE), an organization that today serves tens of thousands of underserved youth in schools in five states and over 20 countries. The rapid growth of internet companies during the 1990s, known as the Dot-com bubble, came to a
Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Fest is the name for a conference featuring both startup and Hollywood entertainment companies, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Silicon Beach Fest was the "first time that local incubators, accelerators, digital media shops, and investors city-wide have gathered together to examine the burgeoning tech scene in L.A." The term "Silicon Beach" has been popularly used by the media when referring to LA's growing startup and tech scene. Many of the panels and workshops at the conference feature speakers from media companies and startups who are innovating in digital and entrepreneurial activity, and reflect