I think I was subscriber number 293 – certainly somewhere under one thousand. That got me the privilege of sharing a Dim Sum meal in Boston’s Chinatown with the curly haired, lightening talking, quick-fire questioning editor of what was then known as PE Week Wire. In...
I field calls from GPs and CEOs all the time. Invariably they are doing a deal, whether investment or acquisition, and need either verification that the technology and/or markets targeted are real or a product exists and someone wishes to buy it in the future. Less...
Is 2011 a Wasteland or Playground? It seems my industry colleagues have continued to be wrongly optimistic about their personal income against a backdrop of continued and decided lack of confidence in the economy and their national governments. That appears to be the...
The Semaphore Confidence Survey respondents are truly prescient. If America had only listened to our results last year it would have saved the American people over a Billion dollars in advertisements and political machinations in the just concluded presidential...
Spring has finally made an appearance to New England after a long winter. Hot summer days spent languishing at the beach; margaritas by the pool or skimming on the lake in a new boat are moving their way to the front of everyone’s minds. No one thinks of stifling days...
Results of Annual Semaphore PE Industry Confidence Survey It’s all about the cash. Reversing a trend, my industry colleagues seem to have the wind at their backs when it comes to their personal income and business expectations – this despite a decided lack of...
