Internet regulation: building consumer trust?
Today’s FT article by Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone, highlights the importance of regulation for all the players in the on-line ecosystem – those building the pipes …
Rise of social media means that successful converged services must appeal to early adopters
Today saw the launch of the sixth Olswang Convergence Survey: ‘Does it add up’. I may now be able to see rather more of the authors, …
LinkedIn announces first social media IPO of 2011: dot.com hype or sustainable business model?
It is a sign of the changing times that I learnt about LinkedIn’s IPO through twitter last night, and that LinkedIn itself blogged about it. Seasoned …
Financial technology, cloud, mobile data and social networking will drive deals and valuation multiples in technology sector
As a new blogger, site statistics are a source of endless fascination. They are however useful – my post on TMT valuation multiples seems to …
Valuation multiples up in TMT sector: trade buyers are back for 2011
I get a regular selection of recent corporate finance deal activity summaries in my email. Last week, I got one from Regent. Their view was …
And the killer application for 2011 is …
I’m very excited to have had my first re-tweet, so today’s post develops the thought further. The retweet was of an economist article which, in …