Tech’s Top Venture Investors (2001)
The engine of innovation still hums, despite a wretched year that saw several hundred startups go bust and upwards of 700,000 tech jobs disappear. Proof of that comes straight from the source: the members of our second annual Midas List, the elite 100 venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, lawyers, bankers and recruiters who nurture and steer the tech economy.
Content: Online Resource | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
There’s Still Too Much Venture Investing
A somewhat topical piece on VC but offers an interesting historical perspective on VC spending levels and associated returns.
Content: Article | Author: Penelope Patsuris | Source: Forbes | Subject: Venture Capital
The Panic Spreads
You can no longer safely shrug off Japan’s economic crisis. It just might drag the world into a depression.
Content: Article | Author: Benjamin Fulford | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Economics, International – Asia
The Downside to the Upside
Venture Capitalists Always Find Something To Complain About
Content: Article | Author: Howard Anderson | Source: Forbes | Subject: Venture Capital
Television Advertising and Alcohol
Charities 2001
Donating to charities shouldn’t be risky. But whether you’re donating $50 or millions, it’s important to make sure the money will be well-spent. Below you’ll find the complete data from Forbes’ annual survey of 200 charities. The list reveals which charities are raising funds most efficiently and which charities are stumbling with your money. It also includes the highest salaried position of each organization. A … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Nonprofit, Social Responsibility (ESG) | Industry: Investing
The Best M.B.A. For The Buck
Is a business school degree worth the considerable investment of your time and money? Forbes’ rankings show which schools–elite, regional and international–offer the best return on your investment.
Content: Article | Source: Forbes | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
A Call for Help
“‘The U.S. [cell phone] industry is a freak of nature, an artificial creation with more competitors than the economic reality justifies,’ argues Scott Ford, president of Arkansas-based Alltel, the largest regional cell phone company. ‘It’s the biggest issue facing the industry. We are rapidly moving from wealth creation to wealth destruction.’ What’s needed is a wrenching, top-to-bottom consolidation – and it is coming soon, thanks … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Scott Woolley | Source: Forbes | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Telecommunications
Mad as Hell
How are the cell carriers ever going to run a decent business with so many customers so irate?
Content: Article | Author: Neil Weinberg | Source: Forbes | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Telecommunications
Semiconductor Market 2001
The end of Germany AG
Stephen Davis of Davis Global Advisors expects the most dramatic changes in corporate governance in the next few years to take place in Germany. The Schröder government’s elimination of corporate capital gains taxes, effective next January will, he predicts, encourage companies to unwind their cross-shareholdings.
Content: Article | Author: Nigel Holloway | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Corporate Governance, International
Adam Clayton Powell
A man’s respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
Content: Quotation | Source: Forbes | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
Niels Bohr
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Content: Quotation | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Expertise, Knowledge
Was That Auditor’s Opinion Really Independent?
Take a close look at some audit disasters, and you may agree with the SEC’s outgoing chairman, Arthur Levitt: Accounting work and consulting work really shouldn’t be under the same roof.
Content: Article | Author: Elizabeth MacDonald | Source: Forbes | Subject: Accounting
Two-Way Wireless Pager Market
Sharing Power
Linking thousands of PCs was a neat way to hunt for space aliens. Now it’s a serious business tool.
Content: Article | Author: Bruce Upbin | Source: Forbes | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis
Control Geeks
Websites bombard us with billions of banner ads. Avid surfers want to dodge the deluge. Arm both sides with shrewd software and you have the makings of a nasty little war.
Content: Article | Author: Erika Brown | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Advertising, Trends / Analysis
Trick Of The Light
This article takes a look at the underlying technology (in layman’s terms) driving the semiconductor industry. Very enlightening. Also discusses Moore’s Law.
Content: Article | Author: Daniel Fisher | Source: Forbes | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Online Learning Market Forecast
Should Lawyers Partner With CPAs?
Article discusses the American Bar Association’s opposition to any change in the rule of ethics that says lawyers can’t practice in partnership with nonlawyers, such as accountants.
Content: Article | Author: James D. Zirin | Source: Forbes | Subject: Legal | Industry: Law