Last year's Internet Summit was full of boasting and banquets. This year's gathering of tech's brightest stars featured mea culpas and buffets. A field report on the past, present, and future of the Internet economy.READ»
After pulling down millions in boardrooms, a number of former CEOs are
spending gobs to get into government: Carly Fiorina from HP spent $5.5
million on the California Senate primary, Meg Whitman from eBay is
making a $119 million ...READ»
What's happening this month: Shiny new airport terminals in London and Beijing take off; why baseball's first pitch is in Tokyo; and Austin's South by Southwest by the numbers.READ»
Thanks for inviting me to BlogJam, heath. As I geared up for the main topic: innovative leadership, I began to think about the nature of leadership and innovation. I thought thought it'd be interesting to start a collaborative roll ...READ»
While you were sleeping--and Meg and Carly were toasting their respective victories with something fizzy and intoxicating--the rest of the world was busy at work. Here's what's been going on overnight.1. It's sanction time at the ...READ»
Happy Birthday, Carly Fiorina! We’d ask you what your birthday wish is, but you’ve already made it abundantly clear; you’ve got your eye on Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat in 2010, and why not? You’ve certainly got the ...READ»
We tested 8 campaign ads from 4 key election contests with more than 500 voters using technology to capture their moment-by-moment reactions. The ads were all about positions on the jobs and the economy, and the results were surprising.READ»
With Governor Schwarzenegger's approval ratings plummeting and a budget crisis looming, Californians are already looking for their next gubernatorial savior--and Silicon Valley is stocking the till.
The Valley used to be the ...READ»
So says CEO Meg Whitman was its failure to move into Japan as quickly as it should. Sounds like a first mover advantage issue yet again. Speaking at the University of Toronto's Business Design conference last Friday, Whitman ...READ»
A recent gathering of top business leaders at Harvard Business school shows a strong shift toward greater corporate transparency and responisbility on a number of fronts.READ»
This afternoon eBay made it official: Meg Whitman's stepping down, and John Donahoe's stepping up. No surprise, of course. When Whitman brought in Donahoe in 2005 to run marketplaces, which generate about 70 percent of the company's ...READ»
The world's most successful Internet company is based on two pillars of growth: the global spread of Internet-style capitalism and confidence in the basic goodness of the people who do business on the site. Both ideas came under attack on September 11.READ»
In the business world, headlines have been resounding with the news that PayPal's president is leaving Ebay. The announcement has led to a stock drop, as well as speculation about what it means for Meg Whitman's eventual succession. ...READ»
The controversial mayor of San Francisco wants to upgrade to the governor's mansion. Would you hire this pretty face to run the world's eighth-largest economy?READ»
If the volume of business on eBay is any indication, then the old saw "one man's trash is another man's treasure" seems to have global resonance. Among the many fascinating tidbits in last night's CNBC special on the company was this ...READ»
