As we prepare for the launch on Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume Two): Bootstrapping Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction on June 1, I am moderating a panel this Thursday for the MIT Club of Northern California called The Art and Science of Bootstrapping. Panelists include Sridhar Vembu, Michelle Munson, Beatrice Tarka, and Paul Kocher. Please come, and introduce [...]
Deal Radar returns to social gaming with Outspark, a casual games publisher that has developed a virtual playground where online gaming and portals merge to create a new market called 3P, in which a company must be a games Publisher, operate a Portal and own and operate a Platform. Outspark.com is a “freemium” games portal combining [...]
Amidst doom and gloom elsewhere, the wireless chipmakers are looking relatively robust. Yesterday, Qualcomm, the leading semiconductor company with annual revenue of $11.14 billion, reported strong sales in the second quarter that beat estimates mainly due to strong demand in China. However, it also reported a loss due to legal costs. Last week, Broadcom and Texas [...]
SM: You were about to take Seagate Software public in 1998. What happened next? TC: I made either the dumbest or smartest move ever.
Almost 15 years after the advent of the Internet browser in the mainstream market, it is interesting to see how the major eCommerce companies have progressed. Each pioneers in their original niches, are today starting to step on others toes. Amazon’s logical progression will inevitably lead them into Netflix’ territory. They are already squarely in [...]
SM: With all the companies you merged, what types of people made it through those mergers? TC: They were the ones who could get to the table and arm wrestle over the issues. They could then go for a beer after and have some fun. They didn’t take themselves too seriously, and they understood that [...]
Here is a summary of the posts from this past week, in case you missed them.
By Guest Author Dr. Shailendra Vyakarnam [The second part of the series discusses what effective entrepreneurship education is and how it can help people move out of poverty.] Why Entrepreneurship Education Is Important to Strengthen Social Inclusion The most fundamental reason for thinking about entrepreneurship at the grass roots is to find sustainable solutions to overcoming [...]
