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Globalization and the world economy

Globalization and the world economy

Sep 20, 2006
in Economy, Globalization

I remember 2 years ago the brouhaha over globalization and how every startup needed to adapt or it would die.  I truly am a fervent believer in globalization and how offshoring some development work can make a ton of sense from a cost and time advantage (24×7).  As I look across our portfolio, what is [...]

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What commoditization means for IT spending

Oct 27, 2004
in Economy

The numbers are coming out, and it is clear we are moving to a low growth environment for corporate IT spending in terms of dollars spent. Companies spent too much in the 90s and are being cautious about how they spend their hard-earned cash. Total cash and savings for companies in the S&P 500 have [...]

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Tapping the Chinese marketplace

Feb 10, 2004
in Economy, Entrepreneurship

While tapping the growth of the Chinese market sounds like a good idea, a fellow VC who just got back from a trip to Beijing and Shanghai says he completely understands why his companies are not getting any real traction in that market. Besides the highly politicized nature of business, there is a pervasive “catch [...]

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Reading the tea leaves-correlation between employment growth and IT capital spending

Reading the tea leaves-correlation between employment growth and IT capital spending

Jan 24, 2004
in Economy

As you know, I like to stay abreast of the economy and IT spending, searching for leading indicators of how the markets and my companies may perform in the future. It is clear that given the current market, people are quite excited about the prospects of IT spending growth in 2004. Given that backdrop, I [...]

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The Economy and IT Spending

Nov 25, 2003
in Economy

It looks like the economy in Q3 grew even faster than we initially thought, 8.2% annual rate versus 7.2%. It was not too long ago that the Department of Commerce released numbers showing 7.2% annualized GDP growth for Q3. If you take a closer look, “equipment and software” spending was at a 15.4% annualized rate. [...]

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Chuck Prince, CEO of Citigroup

Nov 16, 2003
in Economy, Globalization

I was at the TIE Tri-State annual event in New York yesterday and participated on a venture capital panel helping young companies refine their pitches and business strategies. There were some interesting software and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)companies that presented. On the BPO side, it was quite fascinating to hear about the types of services [...]

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China’s real effect on our economy

Oct 27, 2003
in Economy

It is easy to blame China for our domestic problems. The argument from Bush and the US Goverment is that because China is keeping the Yuan artificially low against the dollar, the US is losing jobs and running a huge trade deficit. The US Government is asking the Chinese to float its currency against the [...]

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