Forbes Column 2009: Tech M&A Heats Up

There’s been a lot of acquisition activity lately. Who’ll be scooped up next? Read more in Tech M&A Heats Up.

Sept 15 2009 Positioning Roundtable on Cisco Telepresence: Recording (Part 4)

Simulating The Brain: Baynote CEO Jack Jia (Part 2)

SM: The infighting at Interwoven was visible from the outside?

JJ: Completely. After the first time we did not get funding because of infighting, we brought in one of the investors to help resolve the issues, and that investor quickly became part of the infighting. He became the acting CEO, but Peng had a lot of issues with him. >>>

Sept 15 2009 Positioning Roundtable on Cisco Telepresence: Recording (Part 3)

Sept 15 2009 Positioning Roundtable on Cisco Telepresence: Recording (Part 2)

Sept 15 2009 Positioning Roundtable on Cisco Telepresence: Recording (Part 1)

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Converting Experiences Into Roadmaps

From Alice Krause’s review of Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Marketby Sramana Mitra on her News On Women blog:

“Positioning is a great conversation between Sramana and a number of entrepreneurial executives who take the time to share stories of how they got started as well as how they are ‘positioning’ their current ventures. >>>

Simulating The Brain: Baynote CEO Jack Jia (Part 1)

Jack Jia is a co-founder and CEO of Baynote. For eight years, he was SVP and CTO of Interwoven Inc. with executive responsibilities in engineering, products, marketing, strategy, and vision. Jack led operating systems and applications development at SGI, Sun Microsystems, Stratus, and NASA for over a decade. He is a board advisor for Santa Clara University and the president of HYSTA, a non-profit organization for promoting entrepreneurship.

SM: Jack, take us back to where your story begins. Where are you from?

JJ: I came from China when I was 24. I went to college in Beijing to the point of getting my master’s degree. >>>