Feb 18 Roundtable Recording

If you were not able to attend this morning’s roundtable, here is the recording:

Web 3.0 – Where Are We?

It has been a while since I wrote my first post on Web 3.0. In fact, the date on Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS) is February 14, 2007. I later wrote Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web, and a whole set of analysis pieces examining various companies/sectors and their Web 3.0 strategy,

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More Strategy Roundtables For Entrepreneurs

Here are some more Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs to discuss their business issues with me. During this 60-minute session, entrepreneurs are invited to pitch me their ideas in a 3-minute presentation. I will review the material in real-time and provide feedback on each pitch, as well as address specific strategy questions from the entrepreneur.

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Financial Crisis & Short-Selling

I am not an expert on financial markets. To the extent I write about stocks and markets, I stick to what I know and understand: technology, products, business, and strategy. However, I have often wondered what good does short-selling bring about as a financial tool.

Forbes Column 08: Bootstrapping, Montana Style

We have just started publishing The Montana Mogul, an interview with RightNow CEO Greg Gianforte, who has bootstrapped an over $100-million-a-year public company headquartered in Bozeman, Montana.

Top 10 Web Entrepreneur Interviews

I have done numerous interviews with entrepreneurs on this forum. Here’s a list of 10 Web entrepreneur interviews that I think have the most interesting strategy discussions on how each of them are building their companies:

Vision India 2020: Bioscope

Professor Raj Reddy at Carnegie Mellon University first urged me to look at micro-franchise as a vehicle for economic development. Today, micro-finance has become a world-renowned phenomenon, especially with Dr. Yunus’ Nobel Prize two years back. [You can read my interview with Raj here.]

Infineon: Wireless Business

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author We recently evaluated Infineon’s industrial and automotive business and its wireline communications business. Let’s now take a quick look at its wireless communications business, which has been in the news for the past year due to the company’s presence in the iPhone.