Seven Tech Stocks For Long-Term Hold

One of the best ways to make money in the stock market is to identify high caliber companies early on in their history, and hold on to them through the long term (I mean years, not quarters). I particularly like companies that have large market forces driving them. In some cases, these may not be

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Forbes Column 08: How Chip Toolmakers Can Survive

My Forbes column on the Cadence-Mentor deal is here: How Chip Toolmakers Can Survive. It’s a controversial piece that challenges the semiconductor companies to do their part. Have a look, and feel free to discuss, either here or at Forbes. A comprehensive discussion has also emerged with the my previous post, Cadence Takes a Page

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Forbes Column 08: How To Heat Up Solar

Here’s my new Forbes column, How To Heat Up Solar, addresses what it would take to get solar energy to account for a meaningful portion of the global energy needs.

Vision India 2020: Gangotri

My Forbes column, Hydro-Alchemy, begins: “Alchemy refers to a medieval science that turns metals into gold. As our planet depletes natural resources at a frantic pace, one brand of alchemy that will become critical to humanity’s survival is technology that turns sea water into drinking water.”

Forbes Column 08: Mobile Microfinance

My new Forbes column, Mobile Microfinance discusses how startups are trying to use the cell phone to bring banking to the under-banked.

Forbes Column 08: How Technology Can Save Retailers

My new Forbes column How Technology Can Save Retailers gets into online brand engagement, focus groups, inventory planning.

Forbes Column 08: A Technological Fix For Education

Here’s my new Forbes Column, A Technological Fix For Education, profiling HotChalk. You may have read the interview I did with Ed Fields, HotChalk’s CEO. Another recommended reading piece while on this topic is Lucid.

Forbes Column 08: How Amazon Could Change Publishing

Amazon is the 800-pound gorilla in book retail. What if they also became the publisher, and cut out all the middle-men? Read my new Forbes column, How Amazon Could Change Publishing.