Forbes Column 2009: Barriers To Innovation
Here’s Zero-In this week, reflecting on what barriers to innovation need to be removed for us to have a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. Read my new Forbes column, Barriers To Innovation.
Obama Slams Wall Street Bonuses
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
Obama has slammed Wall Street bonuses. Thank goodness.
SmartPhones Driving At ATT, VZ
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
This week, the US Telecom industry’s leading providers, AT&T and Verizon, reported their results. Let’s take a closer look as these carriers’ performances are a telling indication of the health of the industry in the wake of the tough economic conditions.
EMC Cautious
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
EMC, the $23.4 billion storage technology company, announced their Q4 earnings yesterday. Revenues for the quarter came in at $4.02 billion, growing 5% over the year, with non-GAAP EPS of $0.32. The current quarter ended EMC’s run of 21 consecutive quarters of double-digit revenue growth.
Deal Radar 2009: The Rubicon Project
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
The Rubicon Project was born as a solution to one of the largest problems publishers face today: monetizing ad space. Approximately 80% of this space goes unsold across a fast-growing number of global ad networks. The company’s mission is to automate the $65 billion global online advertising industry with the goal of making advertising an effortless [...]
PBX as SaaS: RingCentral CEO Vlad Shmunis (Part 2)
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
SM: Tell me about your first job at Corporate Data Science. VS: It was in the very early days before Windows and before DOS, back in 1981. I was a Unix systems engineer. They were trying to come up with an Operating System.
PBX as SaaS: RingCentral CEO Vlad Shmunis (Part 1)
Wed, Jan 28, 2009
Vlad is the CEO and founder of RingCentral, which provides VoIP, hosted PBX, voicemail, fax and Internet call waiting services through platforms such as RingCentral.com, Pagoo.com and Buzme.com. Prior to RingCentral he was the founder and CEO of Ring Zero, a provider of desktop voice and fax communication software for the OEM market. He graduated [...]
Yahoo! Looks Forward With Bartz
Wed, Jan 28, 2009
Eight days since Carol Bartz became the CEO of Yahoo! and already she needed to defend the company’s lackluster Q4 results, which were in stark contrast to its competitor Google’s impressive performance.
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