What could be cooler than this? What ’til you check out AltosXplorer…. I’m referring to it as the “liger of the real estate market.” From our press release: AltosXplorer is the first rich internet application that enables users to: Instantly query the vast Altos Research real estate database: Altos publishes hundreds of useful statistics covering… [Read more…]
June 5, 2008
About a year ago, I explored Google’s investment per employee during their growth phase, noting that the Google’s employee retention might suffer in the long term as a result of simple mathematics. As Google continues to grow its revenue and employee numbers, maintaining the investment rate per employee to pay for its innovation and development… [Read more…]
May 13, 2008
Attending local Silicon Valley events always seems to provide great fodder for articles and conceptual gymnastics – I attended an SVASE event last week – “Startup Founders – New Kids on the Block” – where Eric Marcoullier, Founder & CEO of Gnip, served as one of the panelist. Eric developed MyBlogLog (I’m a member) which… [Read more…]
May 6, 2008
I came across an interesting article on TechCrunch that provides a straight-forward guideline to the categories of work visas available for foreigners seeking entrance to the US, especially those seeking employment in Silicon Valley’s technology sector. One of visa categories is the E2 visa – this visa is designed to permit entrance to the US… [Read more…]
May 2, 2008
Now the results from the 2008 University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition: Grand PrizeCarnegie Mellon University – Dynamics“Dynamics has invented a low-cost paper-thin, flexible computer. The platform technology is piloting as a security card solution. A proven credit card solution eliminates $22.5 billion of fraud annually by changing a portion of your credit… [Read more…]
April 8, 2008
Supporters of America’s H1B visa system argue that firms such as Microsoft and Google (both opposed to the existing system) should simply send these jobs overseas by expanding their current operations in places like China and India. The problem with this argument is that it does not follow economic logic. There are several economic factors… [Read more…]
April 6, 2008
Recently, the H1B visa issue has received significant media coverage. In the Wall Street Journal, Miriam Jordan wrote about this issue on March 31 and Shikha Dalmia wrote an editorial in Saturday’s edition. As Milton Friedman free-marketeer, I share Bill Gates’ viewpoint (detailed in his testimony last year to the US Congress) that the current… [Read more…]
April 4, 2008
Recent word is that Microsoft has no plans to raise its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! Inc. $44.6 billion got me wondering how this matched up to Yahoo’s value based on its balance sheet. I found one item to be particularly interesting – “goodwill” – which seems to be indicative of Yahoo! Inc.’s problems, and… [Read more…]
March 23, 2008
If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, the “Ideas” page on the Sequoia Capital website is an outstanding resource. It’s rare (very rare) that a start-up can submit a business plan without any prior contacts and meetings with a venture capital firm and receive financing. But, this page is an outstanding primer of the themes and ideas… [Read more…]
February 19, 2008
The Industry Standard is back in the publishing business again. For those of you, okay, for those of us, that feel compelled to be right all the time, they have their “Predictions Board.” Put your money where your mouth is – wager $100,000 in Standard Dollars on predictions in the tech industry. If there’s competition… [Read more…]
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