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- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
entrepreneur interview
Turning Around LeapFrog: CEO Jeff Katz (Part 11)
SM: Let’s say in 5 years you are cleaned up and you have achieved a level of credibility and stability and market power to do interesting things. How do you see yourself leveraging that brand. What are the top three things you would do? JK: I think the main thing we want to do first
Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 12)
SM: In terms of where you are today, and from a business / financial point of view, what is your strategy? BH: For us, the near term is focused on scaling. The opportunity is big. Every time I say that, I end up doing an acquisition. We clearly do them and we have them in
Turning Around LeapFrog: CEO Jeff Katz (Part 10)
SM: Do you work with foundations? JK: We do. We do not have what I call a structured program with any one foundation. What we have done in the past, in fact annually we do something with one or more foundations. SM: Given the strength is in the reading area, and Bill Gates is spending
Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 11)
SM: If some entrepreneur came up with an application which uses video conference as a delivery mechanism, would you invest in them? BH: Generally speaking, no we do not. I am not going to say never. However, we would rather partner. We have our R&D in India. We have a small team, and it has
Turning Around LeapFrog: CEO Jeff Katz (Part 9)
SM: In the next 10 years, do you see LeapFrog morphing into more of an online company as opposed to a toy company? JK: I think we will be more of a content company, and by that virtue, I think we will be more online. SM: At some level these chips may not be necessary.
Turning Around LeapFrog: CEO Jeff Katz (Part 8)
SM: Does this include the kids chatting with each other? JK: At launch we will not do that, and we are targeting that age range where today it is delicate. We have another product that is an expansion of our gaming line, where we are getting old enough kids that we will be able to
Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 9)
SM: Yes, i remember, even in the 2001 timeframe the Polycom equipment was not that great. The pictures were horrible often. BH: If you run it on IP, it runs pretty darn good. However, 90% of the installations were on ISDN at that time. The technology shift to IP changes it all. Plus, we have
Turning Around LeapFrog: CEO Jeff Katz (Part 7)
SM: Even the kids are very connected these days. JK: I was fond of saying that for whatever reasons the memo of the Internet did not make it to the company in 1999. They had that failed effort and the management team was disenchanted. We had to get our products connected so that notion of
