Forbes Column 08: The Coming Convergence

My new Forbes column, The Coming Convergence, was published this morning. It makes a journey into the Jobsian mind to explore the thinking that may have prompted the P.A. Semi acquisition.

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Marvell: Mobile Strategy and Outlook

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In the last two parts of this series, we looked at Marvell’s position and strategy in the wireless connectivity solutions market. These solutions serve another important purpose – to make Marvell’s cellular and handheld products competitive and complete. In this part, we will take a look at whether Marvell can

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Mashing Together A Job Search Engine: SimplyHired CEO Gautam Godhwani (Part 4)

SM: When did you return to the US? GG: I returned in the middle of 2001. My brother and I wanted to take on another project, but there was a distinct sense that we did not want to do another Internet startup or anything technology related. We started looking into all kinds of other projects.

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Amazon Toying with Vertical Integration

Amazon.com (AMZN) has been pursuing growth at all costs. Their recently announced Q1 2008 results are witness to that drive. They reported the quarter’s revenue at $4.13 billion, meeting analyst expectations and reporting a 37% increase over the previous year. Their earnings for the quarter at $0.34 were marginally higher than the market’s expectation of

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Apple’s Dramatic Risks and Ambitions

News from Apple is often big news. Apple released its second quarter results yesterday. Revenue was $7.51 billion, down 22% q-o-q and up 42% y-o-y driven by strong demand for Macs and the ever-popular iPhone. Net income was $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share, up 36% y-o-y. International sales, which were 44% of the

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Mashing Together A Job Search Engine: SimplyHired CEO Gautam Godhwani (Part 3)

SM: Your work at AtWeb concluded in 2000. What came next? GG: At that time I really had a sense that I wanted to do something else. For me personally, and for a lot of the folks who had experienced the run-up of the internet, there was confusion about what to do at that time.

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Apple’s Component Strategy Shifts

Apple just bought a 150-person chip company, P. A. Semi, to get its own low-power microprocessor design capabilities in-house.

Mashing Together A Job Search Engine: SimplyHired CEO Gautam Godhwani (Part 2)

SM: Did you raise money to start this venture? GG: We did, but we did it backwards. We poured in our life savings to start the company. We worked out of our house for 9 or 10 months and got the company to be profitable while taking minimal or no salaries.