So there’s a new “next big thing” happening in the high tech world–that’s feels very, very familiar. In fact, it seems a lot like “déjà vu all over again”, to quote one of my all time favorite philosophers–Yogi Berra. I’m talking about the Web 2.0 phenomenon. The question I present is–what’s the difference between Web […]
Flattening of the Growth Curve
In every company’s history, there comes a time (or two or three or four times!) when your momentum slows and the sales curve begins to flatten. A period of flat or declining tech company growth can be one of the most trying and frustrating times for software and hardware company managers. No, I don’t believe […]
Layoffs and Bureaucracy
I’ve been reading the stories on the major layoff at HP this last week, and it really struck a nerve. HP announced this week that they are going to reduce their workforce by 14,500 people over the next 18 months. It was no big shock, since HP has been paring down their employment levels, and […]
Do High Tech Acquisitions Make Sense?
I was reading a while back about one of the many proposed tech acquisitions happening at any given time, a merger between two well known technology companies. Two very major technology companies, one making a comeback from bankruptcy and the other mired in a long slump, with several years of negative predictions about their business […]
