Posted by HT on May 17th, 2008 in
Entrepreneurship Starting Keynote: Elon Musk, Chairman of Tesla Motors, Solar City & Space-X w Mike Malone
(Refer to the earlier post on Space-X and X-Foundation)
Forecasts: By 2030,
- Solar Powered
- Pure electric vehicles the dominant one
- Man on Mars
Lessons:
For large item purchases (e.g. Tesla Roadster), have a “lockout” period to maintain branding and make sure people don’t start selling your item on eBay
Innovators’ Dilemma again – Tesla took the market space that Toyota and Detroit manufacturers won’t be moved to jump into the area
2nd Keynote: Sustaining Entrepreneurship in Biotech and Its Global Impact – John C. Martin, PhD, President and CEO, Gilead Sciences
- Biotech lies at the intersection of life sciences and technology: Health focused companies that capitalize on the increase in scientific understanding of biology and genetics
HL: “Don’t be boring. Make Biotech as sexy as Tesla motors”
Healthcare Challenges and Opportunities:
- Globalization makes disease travel faster
- IP in developing world to attract investors
AIDS Developing World Challenges:
- More than 30 million infected
- 4.1 million new infections per year
- Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa: 47
- Without AIDS, life expectancy would be 62
Tags: Cleantech, Corporate Strategy
Posted by HT on May 8th, 2008 in
Entrepreneurship Sue Decker, President, Yahoo Inc.
Yahoo Strategies
Integrated Search and Display strategies
Yahoo as a Open Platform?
Acquisition of Right Media and Blue Lithium
Display (Page View advertising)
SearchMonkey… mmm…
Yahoo! Buzz: Ecosystem of Users, Publishers, and Advertisers à Digg style voting
Yahoo Monetizing that?? Finally making profits??
Of everything that could be asked, first question is about customer care… and interface of the yahoo email… haha =)
Discussions and Stories about Yahoo the past 2 weeks
Weren’t planning to sell
Board felt that Yahoo! Is in the midst of transformation since December due to development costs, so Microsoft came at the exact right time
Sue was at Berkshire Hathaway on Board meeting, shook Bill Gates’s hand
Pace of Acquisition of Yahoo!
Yahoo! Will continue to acquire things that can integrate into their systems
Not integrating Overture faster causing Google to move faster in Search
Open Social
Yahoo! Will support open social, with a broader approach, with $$ for developers to develop on Yahoo! Instead of on Google
Macroeconomic Environment on Yahoo!’s movements
Ad is 500billion size
Ad is cyclical with economy, especially in traditional
Online ads can figure cost of customer acquisition, so less reduced compared to traditional ads
Alienating User Groups with Voting
Homepage is not automatic, so Buzz doesn’t change the main site immediately. The main editors will make sure quality is there.
Dynamic content serving
Google outsourcing question
Panama and Google only about 20% difference in earnings
Is it worth it to use Google to close it, and use Google, or continue to build
Video Ad Monetization
Video Ads on static content page
Yahoo’s acquisition of Zimbra à EmailInsights from content will provide relevance and allow others to want the experience
Tags: Corporate Strategy, ETL, Yahoo