start—ups and, in this room alone, there are 3,500 desks and 30 incubators. it really is a place for ideas to thrive. landing yourself a space here doesn't come easily. it involves a stringent selection process where founders are generally expected to be working on the product full—time, have a prototype or something to show, and already have some users. there's even a green tech meetup happening here in the midst of the open offices of investors and big tech companies. so for apps that want to find their place on the app store, well, google is over there, apple's over there, so there's help close at hand. and five years in, a1% of the founders based here are female —