online.wsj.com - 12/21/2008
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MICHAEL S. MALONE Even as economic losses and unemployment levels mount, America's most effective engine for wealth and job creation is being dangerously -- perhaps fatally -- compromised. For more than 30 years the entrepreneurship-venture capital-IPO cycle centered in Silicon Valley has ...
techdirt.com - 12/24/2008
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techdirt.com —
It's already quite clear that Sarbanes-Oxley has done
very little to actually prevent fraud of any kind,...
but it has been a tremendous burden , especially on smaller, innovative companies that help grow the economy and create new jobs. It's basically ...
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If Washington Wants To Create Jobs, It Should Get Out Of ...
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New Reality: Silicon Valley Wealth Machine - The Rebooting Meritocracy
Furrier.org - John Furrier's Personal Blog —
... Update: The Wall Street Journal has a great perspective on how regulation is hurting entrepreneurship. Add the lack of research mentioned above and the opinion is complete. ...
Too Much Cash Bad for Internet and Enterprise Innovation?
SmoothSpan Blog —
... approach. Our methods are more about milking companies that have peaked. This is certainly a lucrative business (Oracle doesn’t do badly at all!), but I’m not sure it is as successful as what we see outside Tech. The closest thing we have to it so far seems to be Cisco in terms of its ability to keep acquired franchises relatively vital and growing. Does anyone know of other great examples in the Tech Industry?
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The Foundry —
... higher priority than liberal trade. The prospects for widening the opportunities for international commerce look grim.
Since this is a global recession, the danger of an upsurge in protectionist sentiment is not confined to the US. The consequences of that would be all the more threatening against a background of already shrinking output and trade flows. American leadership on the issue has never been more important.
Michael Malone for leaner regulations in The Wall Street Journal:
From the beginning of this decade, the process of ...
New Reality: Silicon Valley Wealth Machine - The Rebooting Meritocracy
Broadband Developments —
... The Wall Street Journal has a great perspective on how regulation is hurting entrepreneurship. Add the lack of research mentioned here (below) and the opinion is complete. ...
Killing Silicon Valley
Matt Mullenweg —
... Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley, an editorial from the Wall Street Journal. The main thing the article misses is that while the economics of startups are currently distorted doing a startup is still one of the best ways to change the world, for your work to have an impact far beyond the walls of a single company. I’ve seen some killer startups recently, my only hope is that they have enough runway to make it to the execution of their idea. ...
If Washington Wants To Create Jobs, It Should Get Out Of The Way In Silicon Valley
Techdirt —
... , especially on smaller, innovative companies that help grow the economy and create new jobs. It's basically become a huge tax on tapping into public financial markets for growth. Michael S. Malone is now making the argument that if the incoming presidential administration is serious about creating jobs, it's time to roll back SarbOx and other accounting rules that have acted more for theatrical purposes rather than any legitimate reason. Basically, all they've done is create new reporting requirements that do little to nothing to either prevent fraud or clarify ...
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