Saturday, June 28
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By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author
We recently evaluated Infineon’s industrial and automotive business and its wireline communications business. Let’s now take a quick look at its wireless communications business, which has been in the news for the past year due to the company’s presence in the iPhone. Read the full article »
Friday, June 27
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SM: I always like it when a pioneering company takes a new approach with a solid business model already in place.
SA: I will tell you something about Glam’s history we have not talked about before. Most startups come to a decision point in the first two or three years after launch, where the original vision needs to be focused to survive. Typically, once they have used most or all of their venture capital, they try to find and solidify their business model. They then have to either re-start or focus. This is what I call the “startup wiggle” to find the business model “nugget”. Read the full article »
Friday, June 27
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Accenture (ACN) reported their Q3 earnings yesterday, and they don’t seem to be finding current economic conditions a challenge. Read the full article »
Friday, June 27
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As much as I love to travel for pleasure, adventure and discovery, I profoundly hate business travel. Especially gratuitous travel that requires a long trip for just one meeting …
here’s my new column, Kill the Business Trip.
Friday, June 27
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By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author
We have, so far in this series, reviewed Infineon’s financials, Qimonda and the industrial and automotive businesses. As we continue to dissect Infineon in our valuation analysis, we will now take a look at its wireline business. Read the full article »
Thursday, June 26
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SM: Glam was a pioneering startup. How did you assemble your management team?
SA: Our seven key founders are all serial entrepreneurs and pioneers in Silicon Valley and Internet Technology. Read the full article »
Thursday, June 26
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Revver is a video sharing site that hosts user generated content. It was founded by Steven Starr, Ian Clarke and Oliver Luckett in 2004 and went live in 2005. Clarke and Luckett left the company in a management shakeup in 2006. Read the full article »
Thursday, June 26
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Continuing my coverage of the ATE industry, in this post I discuss Teradyne, the leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment. Teradyne (TER) is a global leader in electronics testing and inspection solutions and is the world’s largest supplier of semiconductor test equipment for logic, RF, analog, power, mixed-signal, and memory technologies. Read the full article »