Forum
In case you missed it, here is my Forum appearance today. We talk about tech layoffs and the impact on Silicon Valley. Listen for the angry call and email I get mid-way through...sorry folks! No offense meant!
I've been doing a lot of radio and TV lately, but Forum is one of my favorites. I love having an hour to dive into a subject and the callers and emails are always intelligent.
One knit I didn't get to pick with Carl Guardino: He mentioned Palm as an exception to short term thinking on Wall Street. Yeah, well, it wasn't just executive fortitude. It's a lot easier when you get $425 million from a private equity firm. We wouldn't be seeing the Pre without that deal. Still, I'm happy for a case of private equity spurring technology innovation, not just financial engineering. And, if I haven't made this clear yet, I WANT A PRE NOW!
Another shocker: How many calls and emails were in support sending people with H-1B visas home. Really? I thought Silicon Valley was past that kind of xenophobia. That was sort of disappointing.
Comments
You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.
The comments to this entry are closed.
New Book
An unforgettable portrait of the emerging world's entrepreneurial dynamos Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky is the story about that top 1% of people who do more to change their worlds through greed and ambition than politicians, NGOs and nonprofits ever can. This new breed of self-starter is taking local turmoil and turning it into opportunities, making millions, creating thousands of jobs and changing the face of modern entrepreneurship at the same time. To tell this story, Lacy spent forty weeks traveling through Asia, South America and Africa hunting down the most impressive up-and-comers the developed world has never heard of....yet.
Buy it from these sellers
Sarah Lacy is an award-winning reporter who has covered high-growth entrepreneurship for fifteen years. Based in Silicon Valley where she's a senior editor at TechCrunch, Lacy travels the world looking for great entrepreneurs.
Updates
Sarah's Latest on TechCrunch
On the Blog
- Africa
- Argentina
- Blogkeeping
- Books
- Brazil
- Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky
- China
- Food and Drink
- India
- Indonesia
- International Travel Tips
- Israel
- Media
- Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good
- Silicon Valley
- Singapore
- TechCrunch
- the always controversial sarah lacy
- Travel
- venture capital
Hate to be pedantic (but I'm English!) but it's nits and not knits that get picked
Posted by: Y and proud | January 28, 2009 at 12:39 AM
gah! i knew it! i asked my husband is it "nit" or "knit"? and neither of us knew...thanks y
Posted by: sarah lacy | January 28, 2009 at 07:53 AM
So it wasn't just the one caller who wanted everyone booted off the continent, you also received emails in support of that concept. Most people will come to that knee jerk reaction. Same people who think you should only buy American, then can't tell you where anything came from that they own.
I was a bit shocked at the one guy on the "panel" who was looking for federal funding for Silicone Valley. It sounded too much like begging at that particular moment.
Posted by: Mike Dowden | January 28, 2009 at 08:38 AM
oh i know! what was shocking was how prevalent it was. i guess i live in a bubble within a bubble. even during yahoo layoffs i NEVER heard that.
Posted by: sarah lacy | January 28, 2009 at 09:16 AM