Our investments in technology companies are more a result of valuation than strong future growth prospects.
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Nevertheless, it is not a bad idea to invest in technology companies that are going after government customers.
Investors in South Korea ditched shares in technology companies, as well as cyclical plays such as steel companies and shipbuilders.
The transaction also included a formidable list of organizations representing Autonomy, starting with Qatalyst Partners, an investment bank headed by Frank Quattrone specializing in technology companies.
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Certainly, financial assets in general are over-priced, especially those, such as shares in technology companies, that are seen as a source of future growth and profits.
However a few enterprising folks have found homes in technology companies, not as shills for tech products, but as a way to return quality to areas that the firm is focused on.
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He was an investor in technology companies and start-ups before he started TechCrunch, and his extensive knowledge of, and involvement with Silicon Valley is one of the very things that has made TechCrunch a must-read site.
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It is the signature company for a new era, in which technology companies are, quite remarkably, becoming ordinary.
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In 2012 technology companies dominated the IPO market, accounting for 24% of deals.
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While international companies have the edge in technology, local companies can make products more cheaply than the Chinese factories of the international companies.
It may also be that journalists, many of whom are not trained in technology, lack the understanding to explain enterprise technology companies in a way that will appeal to the general public.
Researchers at the Kauffman Foundation released a study late last year showing that from 2006 to 2012, one in four engineering and technology companies started in the U.S. had at least one foreign-born founder in Silicon Valley it was almost half of new companies.
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Companies will be disintermediated, will see the erosion of their market share as new entrants muscle in, and technology companies will threaten the position of incumbents in more and more industries, threatening profitability.
The city has invested heavily in trying to attract more technology companies, in part to offset stagnant job growth in more traditional local industries such as finance and law.
But they also said that China is catching up fast in other areas of civil and military aviation technology, thanks in large part to technology transferred by foreign aerospace companies in Chinese joint ventures.
In her practice as a recruiter and digital strategist, Meghan has placed hundreds of individuals with clients ranging from Fortune 500s to the most innovative software start-up companies in the world and emerging companies in the social technology and media marketplace.
Since that time, Shani has managed to scale his fortune through founding, investing in and selling technology companies.
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During the 1990s, there was a boom in corporate technology spending as companies upgraded their computing infrastructures to compete in e-business.
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He also spoke more generally about investing in Israeli high technology companies.
In fact, technology companies are coming up with innovations that knock my socks off (not that I make a habit of wearing socks but you catch my drift).
Mr. Salem said Providence has significant investments in wireless-technology companies.
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There were the usual worries about a gap in capital for technology companies - plenty at the start, then very little when they wanted to make the leap into the big league.
Speaking at a panel discussion at the festival Monday morning, Motion Picture Association of America Chairman Chris Dodd blamed the movie industry's problems in part on technology companies' ability to lobby the public directly.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly examining whether disclosure rules for privately held firms need to be rewritten in the wake of recent deals giving investors access to stakes in internet and technology companies.
But it is a clear sign of the growing frustration in Congress over the tug-of-war between supporting U.S. technology companies in politically charged countries and America's long support of human rights abroad.
The firm uses a foundation- and endowment-like approach to portfolio construction, investing primarily in early-stage technology companies, with some allocation to life sciences as well as early and growth investments in India and China.
The sixth annual survey, based on more than 500 responses collected between Nov. 30 and Dec. 9 about equally split between venture-capital professionals and CEOs of venture-backed companies in the U.S.- also outlines a growing optimism gap between technology companies and those in the medical and clean-technology sectors.
Mills may hold positions in companies discussed in this column and may provide technology assessment services for firms that have interests in the companies.
While Apple has aggressively sought out and incorporated in its products technology from other firms or sources, Japanese companies have traditionally looked in-house for new technology and jealously guarded such development.
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