Topic: Business
Many of the current attributes of Web 2.0 were first exposed in work done on Wall Street. Bill Janeway and Peter Blook, two Wall Street veterans, discuss some of the changes that have taken place over the last three decades in the investment banking and trading industries, like the shift from sales to use of proprietary information, the reduction of latency, and collaboration of ideas. The ideas in this discussion should give insight to anyone looking to the future of Web 2.0.
Mike Liebhold has a dream -- a dream of a decentralized mobile web consisting of a mesh of distributed ad hoc networks. Realizing this dream could unleash a wave of creativity and new services, but there are powerful business imperatives holding it back. Is there a way out of this dilemma? Mike thinks there could be, and there are some compelling real world precedents that show how it can be done.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Karen Boezi, partner at Thomas McNerney & Partners, about what makes neurotech such an attractive investment.
Since data is the raw material of the information economy, it is increasingly important that it is properly controlled by organizations. Data governance is a quality control discipline for assessing, managing, using, improving, monitoring, maintaining, and protecting organizational information. Steven Adler, Program Director of IBM Data Governance, joins Phil and Scott to discuss the increasingly important issue.
Phil Windley regularly holds CTO meetings where IT professionals discuss current events in technology. In this show he talks with four individuals who work in and write about computing. The group reviews the current status of Twitter, whether companies are using blogging in useful ways, and other similar topics.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Jigsaw's CEO, Jim Fowler, about keeping an online, global directory with millions of business contacts up to date.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with InterMune's CEO, Daniel Welch, about bringing their innovative therapies for Hepatitis C and Osteoporosis to market.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn takes a look at the state of BioTech in the world's largest BioTech cluster - the San Francisco bay area - together with BayBIO's Matt Gardner.
Technical skill is just one piece of the open source consulting puzzle. Business skills are also crucial. Will Glass-Husain puts it all together in this popular tutorial on running a successful software consultancy. Combining business philosophy with practical tips and case studies, he highlights principles of customer service, time management, sales and pricing to help guide aspiring consultants manage their own business.
When the marginal cost of producing something tends to zero, the smart thing to do is to treat it as zero and get ahead of the competition: give it away for free in order to sell something else. You can build whole businesses around giving stuff away for free. Chris Anderson, Editor in Chief of Wired magazine and author of "The Long Tail", puts his money where his mouth is. He's giving away the audio version of his new book, "Free: the Economics of Giving Stuff Away". In this talk he shares some ground-breaking ideas about making his next book almost free.
