This is going to be a slightly different type of post, one where you tell us what you think. In the last handful of years, there are certainly many brands that have fallen from their golden positions. Some fell much harder than others. To name a few that come to mind:
The SDForum Awards marked the launch of my first book: “In My Humble Opinion - Notes From A Silicon Valley Watcher.” Here is Susan Lucas-Conwell, CEO of SDForum, (and its heart and soul) introducing my book!
A collection of satellites called Iridium became a symbol in the 1990s of over-ambitious engineering, and later a turnaround story. Now the network may also be linked to the imaginative financial engineering going on around patents. Read the rest of this entry »
Forbes India has a profile of financial services distribution firm NetAmbit, which has raised VC funding from Bessemer Ventures and more recently, Helion Ventures.NetAmbit is the undisputed leader in India at cold-calling anyone and selling them financial products. It is 5-6 times bigger than its nearest competitor in the space, says Tarun Chugh, executive vice-president and head of sales and
Pandora’s founder Tim Westergren spoke with Digits about privacy, advertising and the rise of mobile computing. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple stores wont be selling the iPhone 4 until Thursday morning, but lines were already forming Wednesday with people who werent able to pre-order a phone in time to receive one on launch day. Read the rest of this entry »
Hi It’s Ken Chandler. Some of you may recognize the name from Vera’s farewell post. Well, that’s me she’s talking about
I am sure most of you do not know me yet but I hope to change that.
I have worked on military aircraft for almost 3 decades both as a U.S. Marine and as a civilian. [...]
I’m looking forward to the SDForum Visionary Awards on Thursday evening.
This year’s winners will be joining past awards winners that include: John Chambers, Vint Cerf, Jim Clark, Judy Estrin, Bill Gates, Reed Hastings, Vinod Khosla, Michael Moritz and Walt Mossberg.
Edited excerpts from the Press Release:Mayfield India Fund has made an investment of Rs 40 crores in higher education firm Centum Learning Ltd, a Bharti Group firm. Mayfield’s Vikram Godse would be joining Centum’s board of directors.Centum has set up more than 130 vocational education centres in 90 cities across India. It has now launched another initiative - Centum U - Institute of Management