Silicon Valley pioneer Andy Grove ponders the issue. The former CEO of Intel would like to keep more manufacturing and jobs in the US. His words bring up a lively discussion, where some agree, others disagree.
So many specialists, analysts and just plain smart people say that this is the right time for companies to prepare for future upturn. There are knowledgeable people to be hired at a reasonable cost, office rentals are cheaper and there is more time in hand to prepare for future projects. These are difficult times especially [...]
Normally this time of year we prepare for Black Friday queues to find bargains for Christmas presents. Shops have traditionally dropped the prices for the day after Thanksgiving to kick off holiday shopping season. I’ve been there only once, at six o’clock in the morning to enter Best Buy store at 7:30 just to be [...]
Dow Jones index is not all the world, says Silicon Valley hi-tech guru, ex-Apple executive, entrepreneur, angel investor, the guy who has done and seen it all. We agree with him, no more crying but action! Kawasaki is sharing his provocative insights and common sense practices for succeeding during the Commonwealth Club event Nov 17 [...]
And if you don’t know what is Oulu, maybe it’s time to google it. Icemen cometh and Tomorrow’s Wireless World (hopefully) expands. Craig Barrett is also coming. This cooperation between two (mobile) technology centers might bear beaux fruits in the future.
Half of engineering students are now foreigners, who don’t get automatically a work permit in the US. Many go reluctantly, others happily back home. But they might be needed here as the new president-elect Barack Obama would like this country to double basic research, and might be willing to keep the door open for those [...]
I almost lost hope this country would prove to be worth all the cliches, like the land of promise or the place where everything good is possible. Now we have at least hope.
Does this help to decide to whom cast the vote? Synovate has analyzed how the two candidates in this year’s US presidential election have built their personal brands. You can agree or disagree with this kind of analysis – when you choose domestic and foreign company you know which one will be chosen – but [...]
because it prevents you to think clear when recession news reign. It is funny how people think that some companies have grown big and important overnight. And if they don’t, they are considered failures. Every (in a long-term) successful company has been working hard years and years. Innovative companies also face very strong opposition from [...]
It was 1976 when a spoke with the local veterinarian over mobile phone. He wanted to check the details of his ad in local newspaper where I was editor. The paper was not San Jose Mercury News and the location was not Silicon Valley but a very small township in a small country which is [...]