4 posts and columns on cash burn

Palm: Pssst. Wanna Buy 1.15 Million Smartphones?

in Mobile on March 19, 2010 at 2:33 pm PT

Palm shipped 960,000 smartphones during its third quarter–23 percent more than in the previous quarter. Too bad the company sold fewer than half of them, because now, on top of all its other woes, Palm is developing an inventory problem, a nasty one, too.

The Case for the Fat Start-Up

in News on March 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT

Much has been written and said about the current economic downturn and the resulting lessons on how to run high-technology companies. Quite famously, Sequoia Capital, the premier venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, held a mandatory all-CEO meeting in fall 2008 during which it advised them to “Cut spending. Cut fat. Preserve capital.”

Insert Motorola "GONR" Joke Here

in News on December 9, 2008 at 2:29 pm PT

If Motorola were a Greek tragedy, we’d be at that point in the narrative where the company is just about to blind itself out of grief–with a pair of RAZRs, of course. Two reports issued today show an already grim scenario for Motorola growing markedly worse.

Insert Motorola “GONR” Joke Here

in News on December 9, 2008 at 2:29 pm PT

If Motorola were a Greek tragedy, we’d be at that point in the narrative where the company is just about to blind itself out of grief–with a pair of RAZRs, of course. Two reports issued today show an already grim scenario for Motorola growing markedly worse.