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It’s IPO’clock, European Time
By Jörg Überla, Guest Author The successful IPO of social networking platform XING on Frankfurt stock exchange last December was like a big bang. Why? First and foremost, it was the first real Web 2.0 IPO in Germany (and among the first worldwide), which proved that the market is open towards new ideas. Secondly, backed
Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 12)
Jerry now discusses the future of Finisar, given the altered landscape. JDSU just bought Picolight, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical pluggable transceivers for $125 Million. Infinera, which integrates optical and electronic functions in its proprietary InP-based photonic ICs, intends to raise $150 million through an IPO filed on February 26, 2007. The number
Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 11)
After undertaking significant changes, cost cutting and other strategic moves, Finisar has emerged as a company poised for increased market growth. SM: And your stock went from under a dollar to quite a bit higher now? JR: Our stock is quite volatile, and always has been. It went from less than a dollar to, I
Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 10)
More on the strategic decisions and cost-cutting measures taken. SM: How did you do that? Did you change materials, did you negotiate your supply contracts? I mean 70% of material costs is a lot of material costs to shave. JR: The way we did it was we bought a laser fab in Fremont to make
It’s A “Dry” Cold… (Part 2)
By Calvin McElroy, Guest Author [Second part of Cal’s review of the Canadian Venture Finance scene]
It’s A “Dry” Cold… (Part 1)
by Calvin McElroy, Guest Author [Cal writes a funny and informative piece on the Canadian Venture Capital industry. The good news: Entrepreneurship in Canada is alive and well.]
Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 9)
Essential to the turnaround of Finisar were decisions which were much different than those being made by competitors, and different than prevailing popular trends. Ultimately, these decisions were also the right ones for Finisar’s survival. SM: And there were lots of process innovations along the way? JR: Exactly. So sharing all of that with a
Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 8)
After confronting the realities of the new market, difficult decisions needed to be made. Here the “engineer” in Jerry proves very helpful as he tackles the issue, at least in some ways, as an engineering problem. Cutting costs and establishing new operating procedures required far reaching changes. Also, I find it impressive that Jerry did
