BLOG STARTUPS, VENTURE AND THE TECH BUSINESS
Posts Tagged ‘Markets’
November 24 2009
by Scott Johnson
Is the EU actually right about something?
> Update on 11/30. I spoke to several of my companies, and learned that MySQL from Sun is not something they can’t live without. They would prefer Oracle didn’t own it, but the premise that Oracle will harm startups as an owner of MySQL is not true. The argument that Sun/MySQL is the preferred vendor ...
June 1 2009
by Todd Hixon
The vital role of entrepreneurs and tech in the US economy
In this season when we hasten to bail out weak entities that are sinking, we need to keep in mind where the strength in our economy comes from. Trade patterns reveal competitive strength and weakness. While US trade balance overall is negative, the tech industry is the sector that shines.
The following analysis, from The Economist using ...
May 13 2009
by Scott Johnson
The downturn feels different this time
Tonight is the MIT 100K finals. So I thought I would muse on why I feel so much better today than I did in the aftermath of the last downturn.
The 2001-2004 VC nuclear winter was brutal. Valuations fell so far so fast – it was like being on a bullet train that suddenly stopped. The ...
May 13 2009
by Scott Johnson
EU Competition Committee – Time for another tea party
I suspect that, at the heart of Intel’s terrible offense of paying for buying decisions in their favor, are a bunch of folks they hired on the ground in Europe who know that the best way to get something decided in your favor in a timely way in the EU is to pay an expediting ...
May 10 2009
by Todd Hixon
Mapping the Cleantech Opportunity: TLH notes from the Nantucket conference
Panelists:Nick d’Arbeloff, moderator (Pres of NE Clean Energy Council)Bill Davis, Ze-genMike Clary, CEO GMZ energyJim Matheson, FlagshipDavid Prend, RockportHemant Taneja, Catalyst – 3 teams at GC: clean energy, IT, and consumer/mediaPrend:
5 sectors of clean tech: generation, resource efficiency, green buildings, advanced materials, transportation (admittedly, this covers a lot of ground including things that have no ...
