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Wired
April 2001 |
The Disposable Corporation Tech startups' life cycles get even shorter. As the pace of innovation increases, the useful life span of a given new product or service often decreases - and so does that of the company that makes it. Startups are still good business, but fewer will be built to last... |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
Hibbard & Green |
It Feels Like 1998 All Over Again Are we or are we not in an Internet bubble? Signs of it in Silicon Valley are rising, but whether that's cause for concern is a matter of fierce debate. Concerns about a second bubble aren't baseless. Clearly, valuations of startups are rising. |
Fast Company
July 2005
David Lidsky |
Flipped to Last An essay from 2000, "Built to Flip," presages the current trend in entrepreneurialship: Many tech entrepreneurs today don't embrace built to last as a worthwhile goal. The goal is to innovate, and that's more easily achieved at a smaller company. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Farhad Manjoo |
To Sell or Not to Sell: Silicon Valley Acquisitions Market Heats Up That is the question in Silicon Valley as the acquisitions market heats up. And with it, another head scratcher: Are acquisitions good for anyone? |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2012
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Can VCs Be Bred? Meet The New Generation In Silicon Valley's Draper Dynasty Over the course of a half-century, the Draper family has carved out a name (and a fortune) in a place where breeding and ancestry are thought to be irrelevant. Now it's time for the debut of the youngest generation. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2010
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SF and Silicon Valley: Drop the Incrementalism and Invest in True Innovation For venture capitalists, this means backing ideas that may be more long-term (sometimes beyond the typical 3-5 year time horizon) and risky, supporting business models that may (at first) be unclear. |
Fast Company
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Weird Ideas That Work Do you need a fresh start on creativity? Stanford professor Robert Sutton is a unique voice with an urgent message about how to generate and capitalize on new ideas... |
InternetNews
November 1, 2007
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Cisco Seeks Next Billion-Dollar Idea The Cisco I-Prize is a global competition the company said is designed to help it find the next billion-dollar opportunity. The main requirement is that teams must use Cisco's collaboration technologies to develop their projects. |
Popular Mechanics
September 22, 2008
Deborah Gage |
Analysts: Clean-Tech Startups Face Hurdles in Economic Scramble As the economy contracts and everybody cuts spending, the companies that power Silicon Valley -- the startups, venture capitalists, banks and big producers of technology -- are bound to be affected. |
InternetNews
October 7, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
VC Earmarks $200M For Indian IT Startups Draper Fisher Jurvetson bets that the country has more to offer than outsourcing. Other VCs are also taking interest on entrepreneurship in India. |
CFO
November 1, 2009
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"The Worst Is Behind Us." Networking giant Cisco Systems is emerging from the recession with a new focus on the future. An interview with CFO Frank Calderoni. |
