ST-Ericsson (Part 2): Diverse Offering

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala

Following yesterday’s introduction to ST-Ericsson as a company to be watched, today we take a look at its portfolio and consider some growth prospects. >>>

Forbes Column 2009: New Ways To Mentor Entrepreneurs

Zero In this week talks about yet another aspect of grooming next generation talent. Read New Ways To Mentor Entrepreneurs.

I would love to hear ideas from the audience on other kinds of mentoring models that you have seen, and are working well. And also, those of you who have attended prior roundtables – I would love to hear from you on your progress and challenges. Please use the comments section here to discuss if you like.

Getting To Plan B: Randy Komisar, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins (Part 2)

SM: Let’s get your basic concepts together. I saw four key concepts in your book; the concepts of analog, antilog, dashboard, and leaps of faith.

RK: The way I think about the entrepreneurial or innovation process is from a “what’s the problem I am trying to solve” standpoint. In my business, I look for the biggest problem I can because in large part the fidelity with which I can actually attack a problem is quite low. >>>

ST-Ericsson (Part 1): A New Force in Wireless Semiconductors

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala

ST-Ericsson plans to be a major force in the wireless semiconductor IC space, and I believe that it has the wherewithal to become one. Over the next few posts, we will take a look at some recent developments at the company. >>>

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Positioning & Bootstrapping for Entrepreneurs

Some early reviews have been posted on Amazon of “Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market” by Sramana Mitra. I encourage you to post a review there as well. Here are the reviews: >>>

Getting To Plan B: Randy Komisar, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins (Part 1)

Randy Komisar is a co-founder of Claris Corporation, served as CEO for LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics, and acted as a “virtual CEO” for such companies as WebTV and GlobalGiving. Prior to that, he served as CFO of GO Corporation and senior counsel for Apple Computer, following a private practice in technology law.

Randy holds a BA in Economics from Brown University and a JD from Harvard Law School. He is a lecturer on entrepreneurship at Stanford University and author of the best-selling book “The Monk and the Riddle”. He is the co-author of a forthcoming book on managing innovation, “Getting to Plan B”, which is where we start our discussion.

SM: Randy, why this book, why now? Why “Getting to Plan B”?

RK: This is actually a book I did not think I would write. I am not somebody who likes to read “how to” books in the business genre. My first book, “The Monk and the Riddle”, was more of a memoir and a philosophy book. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: ChalkPad Technologies

We continue our series on Indian companies in the education sector. The company featured today, ChalkPad Technologies, is a provider of education enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to schools, colleges and universities. It is also a consultancy on how to leverage IT in an educational setting. >>>

A Public University’s Online Journey: Hunt Lambert of CSU (Part 7)

SM: Is online education a trend that is emerging across all states in the US?

HL: I would say that every state has tried or is trying to do this. One thing that makes our story interesting is that right now, every other state entity that has tried to do this has failed in one form or another. >>>