Share This Story  |   Comments (0)

Rapid consolidation in several high-tech sectors such as software is creating a kind of headhunter's dilemma. Recruiters are finding that lots of executives relieved of their duties after a merger or acquisition are willing to go work for a startup, but their large company skills don't always translate to an entrepreneurial environment. During a panel Wednesday at the IBF Venture Capital...

Continue Reading

---

Share This Story  |   Comments (0)

What's the best way for a young company to grow its business overseas? Very conservatively, say many venture capitalists who have experience chasing international business and warn that the promise of limitless growth opportunities in India and China is not always all it's cracked up to be. The IBF Venture Capital Investing Conference kicked off Wednesday in San Francisco with an optimistic-sounding panel on...

Continue Reading

---

Share This Story  |   Comments (0)

The atmosphere grew a little tense Wednesday at the IBF Venture Capital Investing Conference when a panel discussion on next-generation wireless technologies returned repeatedly to one single technology, Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Partners from various venture funds including the venture arms of Nokia Oyj and Qualcomm Inc. seemed to cite the iPhone as the breakthrough that would fix all the industry's most vexing challenges, from developing an effective way to...

Continue Reading

---