{"id":70455,"date":"2016-03-04T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T13:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/fintech\/?page_id=70455"},"modified":"2019-05-02T04:20:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T04:20:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.go-associates.com\/index.php\/about-us-2-2\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;container&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1475593650063{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\">What We Do<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We advise companies in Silicon Valley, U.S. and Europe. Most are entering turbulent markets with new products. For over 18 years we\u2019ve worked through product cycles, interviewed top executives, and developed high level experience and contacts.<\/p>\n<p>Through a combination of development and writing assignments, we have industry insights and trusted technical and management contacts around the world.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\">We Help Big Companies and Start-ups Alike<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Howard has worked and managed at Apple, British Telecom, Informix (now IBM), NXP, and Sun Microsystems where he created their first Media Lab. He is an accomplished quick-study and rapidly applies new knowledge to emerging product spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Services cover four specific business strategies (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.go-associates.com\/index.php\/services-2\/\">Services<\/a>)&#8211;each aimed at helping clients thrive and grow in digital product development.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1556046815563{margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Our Experience, Insights, and Network<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Howard and Go Associates&#8217; in-depth sector knowledge come from working in the trenches on product cycles in Silicon Valley and covering technology developments around the world.\u00a0Our reputation is based on innovation that helps you succeed in today&#8217;s marketplace. In the course of advanced technology roles, research interviews and articles, Howard has met with a who&#8217;s who of digital innovation including:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Founders of Akami (Tom Leighton), Apple (Steve Jobs), Siebel Systems (Tom Siebel), Broadcast.com (Mark Cuban), Microsoft (Bill Gates), Sun Microsystems (Scott McNealy) and executive leadership from ABC-Disney, Accenture, Amazon, BBC, CNN, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Google, ABC-Disney, Huffington Post, IBM, SlingBox,\u00a0Wired Magazine and others.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"highlighted link-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.go-associates.com\/index.php\/our-experts-2\/\">Learn more about our experts<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;inner-right-sidebar&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;72628&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1556770840788{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.go-associates.com\/index.php\/our-experts-2\/\"><strong>Howard Greenfield<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPrincipal[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; type=&#8221;normal&#8221; thickness=&#8221;1&#8243; up=&#8221;&#8221; down=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1554232315435{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<a class=\"highlighted link-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.go-associates.com\/index.php\/services-2\/\">Read more about our services<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; type=&#8221;full_page_width_inner_container&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1475594236169{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;section-quote&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;72182&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1555976059928{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1475592256906{background-color: #ffef00 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552786441819{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>\u201cThere&#8217;s a common misconception that Silicon Valley is the accelerator of the world. 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