Nobel Prize-winning physicist William Shockley practically invented Silicon Valley, turning California into the technological hotbed of innovation it is today.

Currently, I am based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and run a insurance technology firm .

Its all about technology being used to create a free market where only a regulated market existed before.  

The fact is, Dallas is incredibly diversified, and the single largest sector is actually technology.  

There are services springing up this year that allow investors to use SaaS technology to transform their existing site to their own site with their own branding.  

- Paying web developers extra money to build the pages you really want - As new technology comes out you need to rebuild or pay another web guy to get your website "up with the times" (mobile was the latest biggie.

At one point in my day job we acquired some technology from a company based there and hired two of their employees.

After a couple of trips to Office Max to buy ink to print yet another offer, I realized that in my first deal ( I am looking for my second one now) the Realtor was really in tune with technology.

I don't do GADGETS.Companies are always trying to get brokers and agents to buy into the latest do-dads making them think it will make them rich or greatly increase business etc.I keep things basic and transact deals and rinse and repeat.The more complex you make things the more money goes out to other people and the less comes back to you.A new agent goes to the NAR convention and gets all excited about technology and buys a bunch of stuff with the little funds they have to start.

This technology, like others, won't be perfect.