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HOT TOPICS
- 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
valuation
Web 3.0 & News Corp (Part 4)
Acquisition Targets Over the years, News Corp. has been acquiring businesses that would help it close the gaps in its portfolio. The MySpace acquisition helped it to leapfrog in the social networking space and with the recent acquisition of Dow Jones it will emerge as a leading player in the financial news and information space.
Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 1)
In this second interview series with Eric Benhamou, we discuss his involvement with Palm. If you haven’t already, do read the first interview series for context [here]. As you know, Palm is in the midst of a great deal of change at the moment. However, it is an important company that established the PDA category,
Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 16)
With Palm successfully launched, and the merger with USR stabilized, Eric was now at the end of his tenure as CEO of 3Com. Here is details his final decisions, and reflects back on some mistakes. SM: In our next series, I would love to examine Palm. Finishing up with the 3Com story, however, the USR
Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 15)
Finally, poised for success, 3Com did spin off Palm as a separate company. SM: I think you find that a lot with folks who are entrepreneurial by nature – they like to be in charge of their creations. I know you ultimately did spin off Palm as a separate company, when did that happen? EB:
Building the Electronic Arts of Casual Gaming: PlayFirst CEO John Welch (Part 9)
SM: Describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? JW: The first hire was the toughest. We raised $5 million on a PowerPoint deck and the promise that we knew the industry better than anyone. But then weeks went by and we couldn’t seem to find the right people to
Israel Internet Bubble?
By Daniel Cohen, Guest Author Last week was the Marker‘s Internet event, and although I wasn’t there (Guy wrote about it in my blog), I did hear a lot about it from my partners and from other friends. The feedback was strong and clear – we are in a bubble. There are too many entrepreneurs,
Geni: Addictive, Yes, BUT $100 Million Valuation?
George Zachary just invested $10 Million in Geni at a $100 Million valuation. Geni has already received a lot of coverage, so instead of reiterating its basics, let me just point you to a few: Venturebeat, NextNet, Techcrunch . It’s certainly not first to market. Acc. to Venturebeat, “Geni is the latest in a long
Concept Arbitrage: Web 3.0 & Enterprise 3.0
Last summer, I wrote a Concept Arbitrage series focusing on the Indian market. The market has moved, and Consumer Internet and Mobile Value Added Services, which were turning hot then, are much too hot now. Valuations are very high. Much too high. At this rate, I dread to think how long it would take to
