Comment & Analysis
Selling IPR: the background
With the need for additional funding, it's time for some quantitative easing of our own. My company has decided to put some of our intellectual property rights (IPR) patent portfolios up for sale.
Balancing austerity
Stephen Chandler, managing partner at venture fund Notion Capital, explains his view on balancing austerity and investment in the face of slower growth.
Steve Jobs and Apple's future
Leave it to Apple to construct the most fitting online tribute to their founder Steve Jobs.
Miliband wants to be Santa
'He knows if you've been bad or good, So be good for goodness sake!’ – it's official, Ed Miliband’s outright attack on private equity shows he wants to be Santa Claus.
Investor Allstars: the winners
In a tough year for most of the venture capital industry, achieving a good exit, or multiple successful exits, was the measure of success at last night's Investor Allstars Awards.
Something wonderful
In Arthur C Clarke's 2010, there is a scene where Dave Bowman reappears and says 'something wonderful' is going to happen. The world needs such a moment.
Investor Allstars: the shortlist
It's that time of year again, awards time. One of the the best evenings of the year, though, is the Investor Allstars Awards.
Wol Kolade: End of the tunnel
It is difficult to be optimistic in the face of the government's austerity measures, plummeting consumer confidence and the ongoing debt woes surrounding the EU and the US.But there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Openness and transparency
All good democratic governments should pursue two main goals – openness and transparency. But should the financial services sector follow suit?
Handing over
Steve Jobs’ resignation as chief executive of Apple raises a number of points, most notably, what role should an inspirational leader have in a company they no longer lead?
'What business are we in?'
It was Theodore Levitt, the Harvard Business School professor, who urged all companies to ask the question, ‘What business are you really in?' Hewlett Packard must have asked itself the same question.
A new lesson in IP
Google’s multibillion-dollar buy of Motorola Mobility should teach all businesses a valuable lesson – know the value of your intellectual property.
Tech businesses in 2011 v 2001
Notion Capital co-founder Jos White
A decade on from the dot com bust, Notion Capital's Jos White says the big difference has been that the current generation of internet companies not only have huge user-bases, they also know how to create revenue.
High time for the high street?
GrowthBusiness blogger Wol Kolade says the government’s sentiment to fix the high street is laudable but there is nothing new about the decline of the high street as a centre for the community.
Changing tack
We all know that from time to time that a market in which we are very strong has its problems, and this can in some cases seriously undermine one’s business.
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