Many of us dream of going big. It was just announced that Oracle is buying Sun for $7.4 billion. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice to sell off your company for a few BILLION dollars? We keep seeing news blurb after news blurb about companies recording record profits (Exxon Mobile anyone?) or being bought for billions [...]
Entries Tagged as 'emerging markets'
Think Small And Go Big
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, Mergers/Acquisitions, Revenue Models, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
Tags: angel funding·Apple·entrepreneurs·Exxon Mobile·Facebook·funding·Mac·Microsoft·new business·new solutions·new ventures·Oracle·successful business·Sun·venture capital·Yahoo
Start That New Business Now!
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Other, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
What better time than the present to start your new company? Seriously…why not?
“It’s too hard to start one.”
No it’s not. There are companies out there that handle all the work for you and help you choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or LLC.
“It’s too expensive.”
No it’s not. You can do all the paperwork [...]
Tags: business ideas·entrepreneurs·financial independence·new business·start-up
Is Apple Sneaking Into The Gaming Market?
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Gadgets, Hardware, Technology, emerging markets, mobile phones
Gamers tend to fall into two categories…PC gamers and console gamers. For the PC, it’s basically just that…games on the PC. Yes, there are games available for the Mac but serious gamers shun the Mac as a gaming platform. On the console side we’re all familiar with the battles between the Microsoft’s XBox, Sony’s Playstation, [...]
Tags: Apple·console gaming·DS Lite·emerging markets·gaming·handheld gaming·iPhone·Playstation·PSP·Wii·XBox
Old Technologies Still Sticking Around
August 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Gadgets, Inventions, Inventions, Technology, Websites, emerging markets, mobile phones
Even as new technologies continue to flood the marketplace signaling death for older technologies, some older technologies simply refuse to die. I was reminded of this recently as I read a release touting IBM Lotus would be available on mobile phones. Wow. And here I was thinking Lotus was going to die a slow death…continuing [...]
Tags: cold fusion·IBM Lotus·mobile·new technologies·obsolete technologies·Old technologies
Wishing the U.S. Patent Office Wasn’t So Slow
August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Inventions, Inventions, Legislation, Other, Other, Rant, Rant, Technology, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
We’ve heard over and over again how painfully slow the U.S. Patent Office is. I was reminded again today as I was copied on an email to a patent attorney regarding an application we sent in THREE YEARS AGO. What the hell? This wasn’t even a very complex product that we are dealing with here. [...]
Tags: competitive advantage·Inventions·losing competitive advantage·patent·Patent Office·patent reform·USPTO
New Revenue Models For Big Oil?
July 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Other, Revenue Models, emerging markets
Will the big oil companies change their revenue models? This is a question that popped into my head as I saw a commercial for a petroleum company (it may have been Exxon…I don’t really watch enough TV to see commercials enough to remember who does what) talking about their commitment to finding new energy sources [...]
Tags: alternate energy·big oil·bio-diesel·hybrid cars·new revenue models·oil profits
Sprint, Clearwire WiMax Deal Is On!
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Technology, Wireless, emerging markets
It finally happened! Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced the $14.55 billion WiMax deal. Sprint will own 51% of the company (called Clearwire) with Clearwire owning 27% and investors 22%. Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks are all pumping $3.2 billion into the deal. Trilogy Equity Partners will also invest in the [...]
Tags: Comcast·Google·Intel·Sprint Clearwire WiMax·Sprint Nextel Clearwire deal·Time Warner·WiMax
Green Is Trendy And Gaining Traction
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, business ideas, emerging markets
Being “green” isn’t what it used to be. I remember back in the day when it was only the crunchy hippies that cared enough about the environment to actually do anything about it. Then there were a few select pockets of people here and there that did their part to reduce waste and try to [...]
Tags: going green·green for business·green is trendy·new business·new markets·new trends·smart car
