Our partner and colleague Jon Klein of The Topline Strategy Group explores one very public example. Earlier last month, Watson, a computer built by IBM, faced off against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two greatest Jeopardy players of all time and trounced them. Or...
Blog 2 of 3 in the Due Diligence Often Discovers Discrepancies series. As I said in my previous Watson blog earlier this week, Watson, a computer built by IBM, faced off against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two greatest Jeopardy players of all time and trounced...
Blog 3 of 3 in the Due Diligence Often Discovers Discrepancies series I expect that there are many folks out there who will challenge our analysis. I’ve anticipated some of the objections and have addressed what I think are the three major ones below. 1....
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...
Next week, Apple will announce its first earnings since Steve Jobs stepped down from his role as CEO of Apple on January 15, 2011 due to health reasons. So far, the market has taken a wait and see attitude as to what it means for the company. After a relentless rise...
Cris Miller is getting ready to move on to the next chapter of his life – retirement. Before he leaves behind Technology Diligence, difficult markets, anxious GPs and the usual headaches of deal making (and breaking) to discover new art galleries, photography...
