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When Did the Sun Set?

When Did the Sun Set?

By Dave Michels on December 21, 2011

The story of Sun Microsystems is a great one. It has great characters (McNealy), great battles (open vs. proprietary, David vs. Goliath), incredible vision (the dawn of the dot.com), drama (the bust of the dot.com), and tragedy (the Oracle acquisition). Oh yeah, one of the best of tech logos. Well, the drama continues. Oracle reports […]

Posted in Business, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged economy, Oracle, sun, tech

Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

By Mark Suster on August 10, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. Why is that? Who knows. But probably because as a group we travel a lot. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one. Rewind. When […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged economy, startups, stock market, Tech Market Analysis, valuations, vc funding, VC Industry, venture capital

Come On Silicon Valley, We Can Provide a Better Rx for Jobs!

Come On Silicon Valley, We Can Provide a Better Rx for Jobs!

By Bob Warfield on August 4, 2011

Fortune magazine has an article running that Techmemed about some advice Barrack Obama is getting about jobs from Silicon Valley Heavyweights like Kleiner VC John Doerr and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.  They’re all about Education and Immigration Visa Reform as the path to creating jobs, along with plugs along the way for their own ventures.  Here […]

Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Your POV | Tagged Big Government, economy, education, employment, job creation, job market, obama, politics, silicon valley

US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

By Mark Suster on August 30, 2010

This post was originally published in a shorter (more sensible) format in the Wall Street Journal online.  If you’re short on time click on the WSJ link and read  the 990 word version there.  Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. One year ago […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged economy, Entrepreneurship, Startup Advice, Tech Market Analysis

The Sponge Bob Economy

The Sponge Bob Economy

By Guest Authors on August 30, 2010

If you’ve been reading along with the defrag blog for any period of time, you’ve probably figured out that I like to have a macro-economic view inform how I approach things. For over a year now, I’ve been pounding on the theme of a “productivity boom” as an economic meta-theme — one that was driven […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged conferences, defragcon, economy, Uncategorized

E2.0, Productivity and Joblessness

E2.0, Productivity and Joblessness

By Guest Authors on July 19, 2010

In the months leading up to last year’s Defrag, I began to blog about what I called “the productivity boom .” By that I meant this broad phase that we’re in, whereby we’ll see productivity in the enterprise make better than normal gains. The boom has a couple of pieces: 1. the advent of cloud […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged boom, collaboration, conferences, defragcon, e20, economy, employment, enterprise 2.0, jobless recovery, productivity | 2 Responses

Use Social Networking to find your next job and love it

Use Social Networking to find your next job and love it

By Dan Morrill on January 11, 2010

“Your job security no longer lies in having a job; it lies in knowing how to work the job market”. – @susanireland The attached file is Using social networking to find your next job and love it is meant to help people find their next job. This PDF is all about using Linkedin and other […]

Posted in General | Tagged economy, education, employment, fun, job hunting, Labour economics, linkedin, Participation, Social network service, unemployment, web 2.0

Wrapping up Defrag by looking ahead

Wrapping up Defrag by looking ahead

By Guest Authors on December 17, 2009

Inspired by recent theories around the nature of the time-space continuum, specifically that the past crystallizes out of the future, I thought I’d “wrap-up” Defrag by trying to look ahead to 2010 — and the in process of doing so offer up some “what I learned” thoughts. I’d be remiss if I didn’t begin by […]

Posted in General | Tagged conferences, defragcon, e20, economy, enterprise 2.0, service platform

Accenture Survey Identifies Companies’ Innovation Improvement Opportunities

Accenture Survey Identifies Companies’ Innovation Improvement Opportunities

By Hutch Carpenter on November 13, 2009

Accenture released a survey of 630 executives at large U.S. and U.K. companies, Innovation: a Priority for Growth in the Aftermath of the Downturn. The report discusses enterprises’ view toward innovation during the Great Recession. This information in general is useful for anyone following the field. Just as interesting are the nuances that come out […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged accenture, collaboration, downturn, e20, economy, enterprise 2.0, executive survey, innovation, recession

U, V, W and Informational Dark Matter

U, V, W and Informational Dark Matter

By Guest Authors on August 24, 2009

Nouriel Roubini, affectionately nick-named “Dr. Doom” for his predictions regarding our recent financial meltdown, has a new op-ed piece out that spells out the risk of a “double dip” recession. It’s worth the read, whether you’re into macro-economics or not, as it very quickly spells out the risks of what has been a pretty rosy […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged double dip recovery, economy, heisenberg, informational dark matter, recession, recovery, roubini, uncertainty

What’s the Influence of the Current Economic Crisis on American Culture

What’s the Influence of the Current Economic Crisis on American Culture

By Dan Morrill on July 15, 2009

Image by Lone_f via Flickr Andy Sack who is one of the more interesting VC people in Seattle got asked the question “What has been the influence/impact of the current economic crisis on American Culture”. In all this is a very good question to ask just about anyone as we have seen our friends and […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged american culture, economy, Health care, project management, recession, Reserve currency, Russia, seattle

Webinar – How to Use Cloud Computing to Weather an Economic Storm

By Ben Kepes on March 25, 2009

I took part recently in a webinar hosted by DataStay looking at (as the title would suggest) how cloud computing can help businesses to survive the difficult financial times we’re experiencing. Most of what was said was pitched for an audience that is new to the concept of, and benefits to be derived from, cloud […]

Posted in Enterprise, Strategy | Tagged cloud computing, datastay, economy, macro, micro

Some Small Players Beating the Odds

By Ben Kepes on February 18, 2009

Most readers will be aware that I live on a small(ish) lump of rock in the South Pacific. This remoteness from all things Valley-ish (and this remoteness, it must be said, from all things) gives me a somewhat one-eyed perspective. I’m always careful to not over push the New Zealand thing – my personal blog […]

Posted in General, Small business | Tagged aptimize, economy, enfinit, litmos, New Zealand | 1 Response

Recession Is Good For Cloud Computing – Microsoft Agrees

Recession Is Good For Cloud Computing – Microsoft Agrees

By Krishnan Subramanian on February 12, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife When the whole world was gloomy with onset of current recession, we (the members of cloud computing community) are happy about it in a way. Every single cloud computing evangelist will tell you that recession is good for cloud computing. The reason is obvious CapEx is converted into OpEX […]

Posted in Enterprise, Small business, Strategy | Tagged capex, cloud computing, Economics, economy, microsoft, opex, recession, saas | 6 Responses

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