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Technopreneurial spirit key to creating value
News Singapore sees need to cultivate technopreneurship among students as global IT industry remains relatively resilient despite economic climate, say educators.
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, e-mail, knowledge, entrepreneur, industry, information technology, entrepreneurial
Serving Asia's mass affluent
Insight newsmaker The CEO of a Singapore-based software house Protege talks about understanding Asia's unique banking needs and surviving amid global pressures.
Tags: Software, Investments, Asia, Fund Manager, software company, recession, financial, bank, entrepreneur, revenue
How to finance a green-tech revolution
News Venture-backed tech companies create lots of buzz, but many companies that create green jobs rely on different--and troubled--funding sources.
Tags: Green IT, Business, Investment, Manufacturing, Investor, Renewable Energy, Government, financing, venture capital, CEO
Former MySQL CEO Mickos joins Benchmark
News Open source database company's one-time chief executive is now entrepreneur in residence at a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Marten Mickos, Open Source, E-mail, MySQL, Benchmark Capital, entrepreneur, software, CEO, Business Strategies & Functions
US entrepreneur: Internet video progress 'disappointing'
News Little has happened in 10 years, U.S. cable network owner Mark Cuban said, in part because YouTube focused on ubiquity over monetization.
Tags: Web 2.0, Video, Internet advertising, Google Inc., cable network, Internet Video, Cable, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., monetization
Xandros to swallow Linspire
News The company that once raised Microsoft's ire with its Linux-based Lindows operating system is being purchased by another of the smaller Linux players.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Xandros, Linux Company, operating system, Linspire, software, Redmond, open-source company, Linux Distribution
Where have all the bosses gone?
Blogs I've had dreams of opening my own cafe or bistro...cum music store...cum music school. But, I soon gave up that dream wh...
Facebook Connect branches out
News Aiming to make its universal-log-in product more ubiquitous, company announces a three-step integration wizard and a translation tool to automatically convert a site to a Facebook user's native language.
Tags: Web 2.0, entrepreneur, network, U.S., Hitwise, social Web, crowdsourcing, Connect Wizard, Social Networking, MySpace
Keeping the faith in Silicon Valley
News Spirits are high and ideas are flowing in the cubicles of one startup incubator, Plug and Play Tech Center.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Venture capital, PayPal, Start-up, Palo Alto, Real Estate, Recruiting, Investor, Facebook, recession
Facebook: We've got 300M users, and making money
News Company achieved a cash-flow positive status for the first time last quarter, a blog post by CEO Mark Zuckerberg read.
Tags: Web 2.0, Conference, Bloomberg L.P., Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, entrepreneur, blog, Web 2.0
IBM bets on Brazilian innovation
News Big Blue's new initiative to stimulate development of Brazil's nascent tech industry is the latest sign of the country's rising power.
Tags: Hardware, Consumer Technology, IBM Corp., India, Training, Innovation, venture capital, entrepreneur, China, private equity
Call for bolder U.S. innovation policy
News Academics and tech industry representatives discuss potential federal reforms, saying it's time to bring together powerful constituencies who would benefit from new policies.
Tags: Green IT, Investments, Business plans, E-waste, Conference, Innovation Policy, Innovation, Department of Energy, University of California, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Al Gore backs environmental top-level domain
News Al Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, are supporting a group applying for the top-level domain .eco.
Tags: Domain names, Domain, ICANN, Al Gore, entrepreneur, partnership, Internet, Web Site, alliance, Web
Competition among online shops intensifies
News E-commerce landscape gets more crowded as transactions grow and increasing number of entrepreneurs set up online stores, says PayPal.
Tags: E-commerce, E-business, PayPal, eBay Inc., Online Payment, Portal, Sales, e-mail, payment, online store
Silicon Valley star readies new venture capital firm
News Company of Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape Communications, has attracted lots of interest, and US$300 million. Can he deliver with his innovative approach?
Tags: Investor relations, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Web sites, Business Strategies & Functions, Public relations, Marc Andreessen, Investor, venture capital, social networking
