cnbc.com - 12/24/2008
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Ray Lane's got a bone to pick with Detroit and Washington: quit your whining, partner up with innovators here in Silicon Valley, and consumers, investors, auto industry workers, politicians, executives and America will be better off for it. I spent some time talking to Lane, formerly the ...
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Memo to Silicon Valley VCs: Get Off Your High Horse
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology —
... Washington Wants To Create Jobs, It Should Get Out Of The Way In Silicon Valley.
Really? Are we talking about the Silicon Valley of 25 years ago or the Silicon Valley of today? I hope not today, because pretending that Silicon Valley today leads anything is akin to saying that US carmakers lead their global peers in market share. They used to, now they don’t; they simply don’t.
Something must be in the air.
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... Silicon Valley can help Detroit? Kleiner’s Lane thinks so – Kleiner Perkins partner Ray Lane, says Fisker, the electric vehicle company he has backed will make 500,000 vehicles for between $200 million or $300 million. “I don’t need a billion dollars,” he says, arguing that Detroit’s Big 3 should outsource their innovation to companies like Fisker. ...
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