In this week’s Digital Dish, BusinessWeek reporters Steve Baker, Heather Green, Catherine Holahan and Spencer Ante discuss the merits of News Corp’s dalliance with Yahoo! and how the Internet is helping to change the art of presidential campaigning.
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"a fascinating recent biography" ... whose story is "a reminder that our regulatory system, by its nature focused on avoiding risk, has a hard time dealing with investment firms whose mission is to take risks." -- L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal, 08/11/09
A "satisfying biography of Georges F. Doriot, the transplanted Frenchman who is often called the father of V.C." ... "plentiful testimonials illuminate A.R.D.’s winning combination of scientific ability (M.I.T.), managerial talent (Harvard Business School) and adroit impresario (Doriot)" -- New York Times, 6/01/08
"Richly researched" and "studded with inside details" Ante "traces the origins of the investment world that gave us semiconductors, videogames and personal computers..." -- the Wall Street Journal , 5/22/08
"A fine portrait" of Doriot, who "used this study of new products, new ideas, new developments and new questions of research as the key to improving American business practices." ... Doriot was "the very emblem of civility and honor" who "stood above all for principle in business." -- Robert Lenzner, Forbes, 5/16/08
"This book will appeal to anyone interested in the origins of venture capital, why its centre of gravity moved from the Boston area to the west coast, or what it takes to succeed as a VC investor. . . . the tale of Doriot’s life is also a timely testament to the courage and determination of an investment pioneer.” -- The Financial Times , 4/17/08
"Georges Doriot is the forgotten grandfather of the modern venture capital industry. His Boston firm, American Research and Development, or ARD, helped lay the foundation for the Route 128 technology cluster. . . . Doriot also played a role in shifting the focus of the US economy, from one that regarded big conglomerates like US Steel as its pillars to one that now lionizes nimble, fast-growing start-up companies like Google." -- The Boston Globe , 4/06/08
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