When times get tough, investors need to answer a few key questions: which industries are most attractive for investment? What deal structures are investors choosing? Where are sellers’ expectations?
In this podcast, although there was some consensus around the prediction that deal flow in the U.S. will drop below the impressive levels it has achieved in recent years, the expert voices of a panel discussion tackling “Opportunities and priorities in a sluggish economy” hold true to their panel title, expressing optimism at the opportunities that present in a down market.
From manufacturing to distribution and even food processing, all kinds of industries are facing tough decisions about how to continue in the current economic climate. That means opportunities for investors, and that’s just in the U.S. Abroad, particularly in Asia, there’s still a healthier climate for deals. About deals in Asia, Peter Berger, managing director at SAC Private Capital, says, “That’s where the dealflow is”
So, what’s going to happen? If we’re in the “eye of the storm,” as CCMP Capital Managing Director Jonathan Lynch says, then “it’s going to get worse.” But with an “inexhaustible supply of bad management,” even the so-called good times keep turnaround investors like Raquel Palmer at KPS ...
This year’s Spring IDF, in Shanghai, brought the global community of Intel developers to one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, to discuss one of the most rapidly-changing technologies, and the incredible impact that all of that change is bound to have. Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager ...
Some quick highlights in this weeks Connectcast include reflections about James Levoy Sorenson’s legacy includes inventing disposal surgical masks and an entire legacy of medical innovations. A quick discussion around Venture Debt options and when they should be considered - Innoventures a new company, UVEF tackles social ...
What would your response be to this scenario: you’re watching television and you forget that it’s being distributed to you on the Internet. Who won? TV or the Web? James McQuivey covers television and media technologies for Forrester Research. He spoke with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the current state of ...
In this week’s ConnectCast we cover the Utah Tech Council’s Hall of Fame event where Paul Otellini Intel CEO keynoted and Bernard Daines, Father of Gigabit Ethernet and James LeVoy Sorenson, Medical Device Pioneer, where inducted. In addition, John Huntsman Sr donated over $25 Million to ...
The Alley Cat Revue at Rue 13 is on the vanguard of fine Burlesque entertainment in the Mid-west. I spoke to the lovely and talented Lola Van Ella about the history of the current state of the “neo-burlesque” movement.
Also this is my 200th episode of Lo-Fi Saint Louis, thanks ...
In what Intel called the “first ever software keynote address,” Intel Vice President and General Manager of the Software and Solutions Group Renee James kicked off Day 3 of the Fall IDF in San Francisco.
James, who manages the global network of teams that interact with all of the software companies ...
NEA’s Managing Partner Kittu Kolluri is an engineer turned entrepreneur turned investor. I met with Kittu at NEA’s Sand Hill Road Office in Menlo Park to find out how he made this transistion from being an engineer to an investor.
Kittu started his engineering career at SGI, and ...
Rohit Agarwal is the founder and CEO of techTribe Networks, a software company that enables current and future professionals to connect with others to enhance their careers.
Rohit recently co-authored a book along with Patricia Brown, titled, How Innovators Connect.
“How Innovators Connect” is an attempt to showcase innovation ...
James Au worked at the embedded reporter in Second Life, the virtual world where users build everything you interact with. I sit down with James for a beer on a Saturday afternoon recently and here’s our conversation. This is the fourth part where we talk about a tax revolt ...
James Au worked at the embedded reporter in Second Life, the virtual world where users build everything you interact with. I sit down with James for a beer on a Saturday afternoon recently and here’s our conversation. This is the third part where we talk about avatar controls, poseballs, ...
James Au worked at the embedded reporter in Second Life, the virtual world where users build everything you interact with. I sit down with James for a beer on a Saturday afternoon recently and here’s our conversation. This is the second part where we discuss cool places to visit ...
James Au worked at the embedded reporter in Second Life, the virtual world where users build everything you interact with. I sit down with James for a beer on a Saturday afternoon recently and here’s our conversation. This is the first part where we talk about his book, who ...
James Governor talks with Sun’s Jeet Kaul on escaping the shackles of success. Avoiding suite dreams and stack-silos by fostering a participatory, inclusive, multi-language, open developer ecosystem at Sun. Java, open source, the Web, ruby, and container frameworks like OSGi.
Silicon Valley is buzzing, but not just because of software and hardware investments. The new boom is in green energy technologies. James Horn is an investment manager for Noventi, one of the many Venture Capitalist firms excited about the energy field. The boom is fantastic news for new energy technology ...
Have you seen Shahrukh Khan hand over Tag Heuer watches to contestants in Kaun Banega Crorepathi? or the fabulous Aston Martin DBS car that James Bond drives in Casino Royale? That is smart in-film product placement.
But how much value does the advertiser get and how much should the film or ...
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, James Richardson, senior vice president at Cisco discusses how Cisco is helping enterprise CIOs prepare for the Web 2.0 world. He also sheds some light on Services Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) and its value for the Enterprise and the role virtualization plays in the Web 2.0 world.
My thanks to Sherry Boshert for fitting me into her busy schedule of speaking engagements, and meeting me for lunch to talk about her new book. Author of Plug-In Hybrids, The Cars That Will Re-Charge America, Sherry is known as Miss Plug-In for her tireless efforts on behalf ...
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and chairman of Expedia Inc., and Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman of the New York Times Company, hold forth on how the media landscape is changing in the Web 2.0 ...
Video montage of the Vloggies party in San Francisco. Includes intro by PodTech CEO, John Furrier and interviews with Jerry Zucker - Director/Producer, Airplane!, Naked Gun, Ghost; Kevin Rose - founder, Digg.com, Revision3; Tom Foremski - founder, Silicon Valley Watcher; Dina Kaplan - winner,
It’s not a matter of if we’ll be watching movies downloaded on our home theater systems, it’s a matter of when. James Ackerman, CEO of the film producer and distributor Clickstar, points to the convergence of faster chips, media friendly operating systems, broadband adoption, better screens, and access to content. ...
In Part 4 of this podcast from the Sun Microsystems Session on the best Java innovations, Sun VP James Gosling held a race-track demo and awards ceremony for the winners of a slot car racing challenge. Contestants had to write code to power their cars. The grand finale was a ... In this short podcast I’d like to thank all of the people who have downloaded and listened to PodTech.net’s infoTalk and News programs. Since the beginning, over six months ago, we’ve posted over 250 podcasts. I’d also like to thank all the guests who have been on PodTech. ...LA Film Fest: Clickstar Forging Online Path to Film Distribution
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