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Drivers for Software Innovation

By Ann Winblad - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Winblad argues that, contrary to popular rumor, there has been a steady flow of activity in venture capital over the last two years. The software sector is still the big leader, though biotech is catching up. Though she doesn't discuss outsourcing, Winblad emphasizes that a company must consider where they can get the best intellectual capital. Today, company strategy starts global. She also discusses the trends in the software market including: open source material, Moore's Law (storage is free) and Metcalf's Law, and mergers and acquisitions.

Course Index

  1. Introduction to Hummer Winblad and Mobius Venture Capital
  2. Drivers for Software Innovation
  3. How Consumer Markets and Enterprise Markets Drive the Software Industry
  4. 2004: Start of an Era of Optimism
  5. Trends in Seed and Series A Investing
  6. Hummer Winblad's and Softbank's Recent Investments
  7. VC Words of Wisdom for Entrepreneurs
  8. Keep Testing Your Core Assumptions
  9. Outsourcing Software Development to Asia
  10. Customers are Key
  11. The Economic Context in 2004
  12. The Java Standard (and Competing Technology Standards)
  13. The Threat of Linux to Microsoft
  14. Are Technologies Ahead of Their Time?