Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

Jessica Alba Takes On New Role: Internet Entrepreneur | CNBC.com

#business #in #consulting #jessicaalba #tech According to Julia Boorstin 2012, “Jessica Alba’s not just a movie and TV star – now she’s also an Internet entrepreneur, testing out her new role at the Montgomery Tech Conference where she pitched her business model to investors and the other 190 startups here. She co-founded The Honest Company, [...]

Entrepreneurial hotbeds: A Mix of Science and Luck | Reuters

According to Deborah L. Cohen 2011, “Nick Cronin moved to Chicago from Milwaukee to stack the entrepreneurial deck in his favor, hoping to leverage the city’s improving climate for emerging ventures. ”There is more excitement about startups, which means more events, more willing mentors, more media coverage and more overall buzz,” said the founder of ExpertBids, [...]

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Video: Creating Information at Lightspeed: Yuri Milner | Reuters

According to Reuters 2011, “Today we create information in two days that’s comparable to all the information created from the dawn of civilization. What will happen in 10 years? One of the biggest investors in the internet sector tells us.” View more > http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/09/23/creating-information-at-lightspeed-yuri?videoId=221869136&videoChannel=6 (This video runs for +14 mins)

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The Advent of The Global Brain | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters

According to Chrystia Freeland 2011, “Get ready for the global brain. That was the grand finale of a presentation on the next generation of the Internet I heard last week from Yuri Milner. G-8 leaders had a preview of Milner’s predictions a few months earlier, when he was among the technology savants invited to brief [...]

Alibaba's Ma Says He's Not The Reason For Bartz's Departure | Reuters

#tech #consulting According to Melanie Lee 2011, “China’s Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma said on Saturday he was not the reason for the departure of Yahoo Inc’s chief executive. Yahoo, which owns about 40 percent of Alibaba Group, fired its chief executive Carol Bartz on Wednesday ending a tumultuous tenure that saw the relationship between [...]

Internap Not For Sale, Bets On Data Center Growth | Reuters

#tech #consulting According to Rachana Khanzode 2011, “Internap Network Services Corp, a provider of services that help improve Internet connectivity, is not up for sale at a time when a wave of consolidation is sweeping through the fast-growing telecom networking industry.” Read More > http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/09/us-internap-idUSTRE78878I20110909

Jobs Made Apple Great By Ignoring Profit | The Great Debate

According to Clayton Christensen and James Allworth 2011, “The opinions expressed are their own. Steve Jobs retires as the CEO of Apple with a reputation that will place him amongst the pantheon of history’s great global business leaders. Many people have written about what makes Jobs and Apple special, but I think they’re missing what [...]

8 Underrated (and Undervalued) IT Skills | Global Knowledge

According to Kenny Doyle of PCWeek and Assoc. Editor at ZDNet 2011 reports “8 Underrated (and Undervalued) IT Skills – As technology advances, the need for new skills in IT continues to emerge. Wireless management, social media networking, search engine optimization (SEO), and mobile application development represent just a few of the technology-related skills that [...]

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