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13-0399 JBM Journal Special Issue Vol 19.Indd
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld 59 Steve Jobs’ Immortal Quest and the Heroic Persona Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld Yale University October 2011 was a month of historic milestones for Apple. At the end of the prior month, on Tuesday, September 27, Apple sent media invitations for a press event to be held October 4, 2011 at 10:00 am at the Cupertino Headquarters for a major announcement. Several prominent industry analysts proclaimed with hopeful optimism that the firm would announce the return of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Sadly, Steve Jobs did not appear for what turned out to be a product announcement of the iPhone 4S. In fact, Jobs had stepped down as CEO on January 17, 2011, a year and a half after returning from medical leave. He stated that Tim Cook, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, would run day-to-day operations as he had previously done during Jobs’ 2009 medical leave. The analysts’ wishful thinking had some basis in more than cult like denial of Steve Jobs’ mortality. In fact, despite that medical leave, Jobs had returned for the iPad 2 launch on March 2 and the iCloud introduction on June 6. The analysts were among many constituents around the world who were to be tragically disappointed. Jobs actually had resigned as CEO on August 22, 2011 saying, “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come” (Isaacson, 2011). Six weeks later, a day after the new iPhone press conference, he died (Isaacson, 2011). -
Liquid Audio, Inc. LQID 56 $ 25 -$ 48.4
Tornado Report, December 31, 2002 Patrick Lannigan - Lannigan and Associates - 905-305-8004 [email protected] Tornado Report. All prices as of market close Tuesday, December 31, 2002 Figures do not account for debt, which is usually not a concern for all but the very largest software and hardware companies (e.g. Lucent, Nortel, IBM, CA, etc.) Cash (as it is tallied here) = Cash + Securities. ( Warning: Cash + Securities data can lag earnings data - by many weeks!) MC = Market Capitalization ttm = Trailing Twelve Months Companies are in order of --> TR = Tornado Ratio = (MC - CASH) / Revenue For more information on the TR (Tornado Ratio) go to: http://www.lannigan.org/tornado_report.htm Company Symbol MC MC-Cash MC/Rev. TR Cash Rev. EPS P/E Price Shares (mill.) (mill) (ttm) (mill.) (ttm) (ttm) (mill.) Liquid Audio, Inc. LQID$ 56 -$ 25 48.4 -21.81$ 81 $ 1 -$0.75 n/a$ 2.5 22.8 Clarus CLRS$ 88 -$ 15 22.4 -3.68$ 103 $ 4 -$1.09 n/a$ 5.6 15.7 BackWeb Technologies Ltd. BWEB$ 9 -$ 19 1.0 -2.03$ 28 $ 9 -$0.73 n/a$ 0.2 39.8 Blue Martini Software BLUE$ 30 -$ 41 0.9 -1.23$ 71 $ 34 -$5.75 n/a$ 2.9 10.4 FirePond, Inc. FIRE$ 9 -$ 20 0.4 -0.93$ 29 $ 22 -$5.38 n/a$ 2.5 3.7 Keynote KEYN$ 220 -$ 19 5.8 -0.51$ 239 $ 38 -$2.23 n/a$ 7.7 28.5 Commerce One CMRC$ 80 -$ 68 0.6 -0.48$ 148 $ 142 -$17.61 n/a$ 2.8 29.2 Centra Software CTRA$ 26 -$ 14 0.7 -0.40$ 40 $ 35 -$0.64 n/a$ 1.0 26.0 Liberate Technologies LBRT$ 122 -$ 27 1.7 -0.37$ 149 $ 73 -$2.70 n/a$ 1.1 107.6 Rogue Wave Software RWAV$ 18 -$ 10 0.4 -0.23$ 28 $ 43 -$0.68 n/a$ 1.8 10.2 Pivotal Corporation PVTL$ 18 -$ 12 0.3 -0.19$ 30 $ 66 -$3.42 n/a$ 0.7 25.3 Vignette Corporation VIGN$ 306 -$ 29 1.8 -0.18$ 335 $ 167 -$4.33 n/a$ 1.2 250.6 Docent DCNT$ 41 -$ 4 1.5 -0.14$ 45 $ 28 -$2.53 n/a$ 2.9 14.3 Safeguard Scientifics SFE$ 162 -$ 164 0.1 -0.10$ 326 $ 1,650 -$1.37 n/a$ 1.4 119.4 Selectica, Inc. -
NASD Notice to Members 99-46
Executive Summary $250, and two or more Market NASD Effective July 1, 1999, the maximum Ma k e r s . Small Order Execution SystemSM (S O E S SM ) order sizes for 336 Nasdaq In accordance with Rule 4710, Nas- Notice to National Market® (NNM) securities daq periodically reviews the maxi- will be revised in accordance with mum SOES order size applicable to National Association of Securities each NNM security to determine if Members Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Rule 4710(g). the trading characteristics of the issue have changed so as to warrant For more information, please contact an adjustment. Such a review was 99-46 ® Na s d a q Market Operations at conducted using data as of March (203) 378-0284. 31, 1999, pursuant to the aforemen- Maximum SOES Order tioned standards. The maximum Sizes Set To Change SOES order-size changes called for Description by this review are being implemented July 1, 1999 Under Rule 4710, the maximum with three exceptions. SOES order size for an NNM security is 1,000, 500, or 200 shares, • First, issues were not permitted to depending on the trading characteris- move more than one size level. For Suggested Routing tics of the security. The Nasdaq example, if an issue was previously ® Senior Management Workstation II (NWII) indicates the categorized in the 1,000-share maximum SOES order size for each level, it would not be permitted to Ad v e r t i s i n g NNM security. The indicator “NM10,” move to the 200-share level, even if Continuing Education “NM5,” or “NM2” displayed in NWII the formula calculated that such a corresponds to a maximum SOES move was warranted. -
Amazon.Com, Inc. Securities Litigation 01-CV-00358-Consolidated
Case 2:01-cv-00358-RSL Document 30 Filed 10/05/01 Page 1 of 215 1 THE HONORABLE ROBERT S. LASNIK 2 3 4 5 6 vi 7 øA1.S Al OUT 8 9 UNITE STAThS15iSTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 10 AT SEATTLE 11 MAXiNE MARCUS, et al., On Behalf of Master File No. C-01-0358-L Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, CLASS ACTION 12 Plaintiffs, CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT FOR 13 VS. VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES 14 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AMAZON COM, INC., JEFFREY P. BEZOS, 15 WARREN C. JENSON, JOSEPH GALLI, JR., THOMAS A. ALBERG, L. JOHN DOERR, 16 MARK J BRITTO, JOEL R. SPIEGEL, SCOTT D. COOK, JOY D. COVEY, 17 'RICHARD L. DALZELL, JOHN D. RISHER, KAVITARK R. SHRIRAM, PATRICIA Q. 18 STONESIFER, JIMMY WRIGHT, ICELYN J. BRANNON, MARY E. ENGSTROM, 19 KLEJNER PERKINS CAUF1ELD & BYERS, MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER, 20 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, MARY MEEKER, JAMIE KIGGEN and USE BUYER, 21 Defendants. 22 In re AMAZON.COM, INC. SECURITIES 23 LITIGATION 24 This Document Relates To: 25 ALL ACTIONS 26 11111111 II 1111111111 11111 III III liii 1111111111111 111111 Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Le955 600 West Broadway, Suite 18 0 111111 11111 11111 liii III III 11111 11111111 San Diego, CA 92191 CV 01-00358 #00000030 TeIephone 619/231-058 Fax: 619/2j.23 Case 2:01-cv-00358-RSL Document 30 Filed 10/05/01 Page 2 of 215 TA L TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page 3 4 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW I 5 JURISDICTION AND VENUE .............................36 6 THE PARTIES ........................... -
John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
006-019 11/30/99 2:31 PM Page 6 Chapter1 Execution Is Everything: John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers The writer Wallace Stegner spent a lifetime trying to correct the popular myth of the rugged individualist who settled the American West. He demonstrated how this arid land actually was—and could only be—settled by people who cooperated and worked together. As American CEOs have become celebrated heroes, the same correction is needed in the popular myth of the lone entrepreneur and visionary. Developing something new and sustainable in the harsh and unforgiving environ- ment of business requires the collaborative effort of many peo- ple. The hard work of making visions real takes teamwork. John Doerr has seen this truth while observing and contribut- ing to the visions of Silicon Valley for nearly 20 years. Silicon Valley venture capitalists like Doerr are a unique and powerful force behind visions that have a chance to be- come real. They provide funds to start new companies and they help recruit and nurture the teams who run them. A venture capitalist’s office is often the site of the earliest criti- cal test for people with a vision, especially one based on new 6 006-019 11/30/99 2:31 PM Page 7 Execution Is Everything➤ 7 technology. If they communicate their vision effectively, they can get the funding they need faster and at a better price, and they’ll have a useful ally to help open other doors. If they don’t, they’ll find it much harder to get started. -
Report on the Privacy Policies and Practices of Health Web Sites
Preliminary eHealth Ethics Summit Release Privacy Report on the Privacy Policies and Practices of Health Web Sites Sponsored by California HealthCare Foundation Conducted by Janlori Goldman and Zoe Hudson Health Privacy Project, Georgetown University and Richard M. Smith January 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary . 3 Introduction . 7 Methodology . 11 Findings: Privacy Policies . 15 Findings: Privacy Practices . 25 Conclusions and Next Steps . 39 Appendices Appendix A Summary of Web site charts Appendix B www.altavista.com Appendix C www.cansearch.org Appendix D www.cvs.com Appendix E www.drkoop.com Appendix F www.drugstore.com Appendix G www.excite.com Appendix H www.healthcentral.com Appendix I http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu Appendix J www.intelihealth.com Appendix K www.ivillage.com Appendix L www.mayohealth.org Appendix M www.mediconsult.com Appendix N www.medscape.com Appendix O www.mhnet.org Appendix P www.mothernature.com Appendix Q www.oncolink.com Appendix R www.onhealth.com Appendix S www.planetrx.com Appendix T www.thebody.com Appendix U www.webmd.com Appendix V www.yahoo.com © 2000 California HealthCare Foundation. © 2000 California HealthCare Foundation. Privacy Report on the Privacy Policies and Practices of Health 3 Web Sites EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Consumer health care on the Internet has moved beyond its infancy and childhood, firmly into an awkward adolescence. While it is increasing in reach, scope, capacity, and independence, it is not mature enough to be predictable and reliable. Although health Web sites now provide a wide range of clinical and diagnostic information; opportunities to purchase products and services; interactions among consumers, patients, and health care professionals; and the capability to build a personalized health record, they have not matured enough to guarantee the quality of the information, protect consumers from product fraud or inappropriate prescribing, or guarantee the privacy of individuals’ information. -
Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine KLEINER PERKINS FUNDED AOL, AMAZON, SUN, AN
Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine KLEINER PERKINS FUNDED AOL, AMAZON, SUN, AN... Page 1 of 8 The Internet home of: SYMBOL LOOK-UP Ent HOME NEWS MARKETS TECHNOLOGY JOBS & ECONOMY PERSONAL FINANCE AUTOS REAL ESTAT Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine Top Stories Stock rally picks u KLEINER PERKINS FUNDED AOL, AMAZON, Will Sun shine ag SUN, AND NETSCAPE. HERE'S HOW TECH'S Apple alumni wan MOST POWERFUL FINANCIERS WORK, PLUS 5 stocks we love THE SECRETS THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO U.S. unveils toug KNOW. By Melanie Warner Reporter Associate Jane Hodges October 26, 1998 (FORTUNE Magazine) – For more than three years, Scott Kauffman fended off phone calls from recruiters. This was in the mid-1990s, when Kauffman was known as one of the few executives in the media business who could make sense of this new thing called the World Wide Web. Non-tech companies wanted him as their Internet guru. Media conglomerates wanted him to help figure out how the hell to turn old media into new media. Kauffman, the vice president of online services at CompuServe, wasn't interested. Then one day came a different kind of call. Kauffman remembers it this way: "This guy on the phone sounded like a radio announcer, and it was like his voice was coming through the fog. He said he'd been hired by Kleiner Perkins to recruit me as CEO of one of their companies." Kauffman hung up, turned to his wife, and announced, "Honey, this is it. That was Kleiner Perkins." For people looking to hit it big in the exploding world of high tech, More from FORTUNE the name Kleiner Perkins can have that effect. -
(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.405,753 B2 Eyalet Al
US009.405753B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.405,753 B2 Eyalet al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 2, 2016 (54) DYNAMIC RATINGS-BASED STREAMING (56) References Cited MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Applicant: George Aposporos, Rockville, MD (US) (71) 4,739,567 A 4, 1988 Cardin 4,788,675 A 11/1988 Jones et al. (72) Inventors: Aviv Eyal, New York, NY (US); George 4,870,579 A 9/1989 Hey Aposporos, Rockville, MD (US) 4,996,642 A 2/1991 Hey (73) Assignee: George Aposporos, Rockville, MD (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 EP O649 121 A2 4f1995 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. EP O649 121 A3 8, 1995 (21) Appl. No.: 14/935,780 (Continued) (22) Filed: Nov. 9, 2015 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data U.S. Appl. No. 09/696,333, filed Oct. 24, 2000, Eyalet al. US 2016/OO63OO2A1 Mar. 3, 2016 (Continued) Related U.S. Application Data Primary Examiner — Krisna Lim (63) Continuation of application No. 14/327,789, filed on (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Jason H. Vick; Sheridan Jul. 10, 2014, which is a continuation of application Ross, PC No. 13/355,867, filed on Jan. 23, 2012, now Pat. No. 8.782,194, which is a continuation of application No. (57) ABSTRACT (Continued) A method is provided for playing back media from a network. (51) Int. C. The method includes receiving a search criteria from a net G06F 15/16 (2006.01) work enabled device. -
SBA Office of Business Development 2010 Report to Congress
Office of Business Development 2010 Report to Congress Karen Mills Administrator U.S. Small Business Administration Joseph Jordan Associate Administrator Office of Government Contracting and Business Development CONTENTS Page Executive Summary 7 Program Initiatives 8 Net Worth of Newly Certified Program Participants 9 Benefits and Costs of the 8(a) Program to the Economy 13 Evaluation of Firms that Exited the Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program (8(a) Business Development Program)1 15 Compilation of Fiscal Year 2009 Program Participants 17 Total Value of Contracts and Options Awarded During Fiscal Year 2009 18 Requested Resources and Program Authorities 19 LIST OF TABLES Table I: Total Personal Net Worth 10 Table II: Total Adjusted Personal Net Worth 12 Table III: Status of Participants that Completed Their Program Term 16 Table IV: Contract and Modifications Dollars Expressed as a Percentage of Firms’ 18 Total Revenue in Each of the Nine Years of Program Participation APPENDICES A. Value of 8(a) Contracts and Modifications by Standard Industrial Classification System 21 B. Value of 8(a) Contracts and Modifications to Program Participants by Region and State 22 C. 7(a) Loans to Program Participants 23 D. 504 Loans to Program Participants 24 1 Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Program herein referenced as the 8(a) Business Development Program. 2 3 This is the report on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program as required by the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988 [15 U.S.C.§636(j)16(A) & (B)] and section 7(j)(16) (A)of the Small Business Act requires the following: (16) (A) The Administrator shall develop and implement a process for the systematic collection of data on the operations of the Program established pursuant to paragraph (10). -
Reynolds Opportunity Fund
REYNOLDS FUNDS Dear Fellow Shareholders: November 3, 1999 We app re c i a te your continued confidence in the Reynolds Funds and would like to welcome our many new share- holders. The Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund was ranked #1 among Growth and Income Funds by Lipper Inc. for the five years ended September 30, 1999. The Web Site for the Reynolds Funds is www.reynoldsfunds.com. We are pleased to introduce a new investment option, the Reynolds Fund. This Fund is No-Load and is now available for investment. I am the portfolio manager of this Fund in addition to continuing to manage the four other No-Load Reynolds Funds. The Reynolds Fund is a general stock fund and is intended to be a core i nvestment holding. The Fund may own common stocks of all types and sizes and will mainly invest in common stocks of U. S. headquart e red companies. While the Fund will ge n e ra l ly invest in “grow t h companies”, it may also invest in “value stocks”. The Reynolds Blue Chip Growth and Op p o r tunity Funds had strong app re c i a tion for the twelve months ended September 30, 1999: October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999 +48.6% +60.0% Reynolds Reynolds Blue Chip Opportunity Growth Fund Fund The Blue Chip and Opportunity Funds also The Blue Chip and Opportunity Funds also had strong appreciation for the three years ended had strong ap p re c i ation for the five ye a rs ended September 30, 1999: September 30, 1999: Average Annual Total Returns Average Annual Total Returns October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1999 October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1999 +35.5% +30.8% +31.8% +28.2% Reynolds Reynolds Reynolds Reynolds Blue Chip Opportunity Blue Chip Opportunity Growth Fund Fund Growth Fund Fund – 1 – The Blue Chip Fund has received many awards for its recent performance including: (1) America Online – Featured on Sage Online - September 8, 1999. -
IN the COMPANY of OWNERS 0465007007 FM.Qxd 10/25/02 11:36 AM Page Ii 0465007007 FM.Qxd 10/25/02 11:36 AM Page Iii
0465007007_FM.qxd 10/25/02 11:36 AM Page i IN THE COMPANY OF OWNERS 0465007007_FM.qxd 10/25/02 11:36 AM Page ii 0465007007_FM.qxd 10/25/02 11:36 AM Page iii IN THE COMPANY OF OWNERS The Truth about Stock Options (and Why Every Employee Should Have Them) JOSEPH BLASI, DOUGLAS KRUSE, AND AARON BERNSTEIN A Member of the Perseus Books Group 0465007007_FM.qxd 10/25/02 11:36 AM Page iv Copyright © 2003 by Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse, and Aaron Bernstein Published by Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permis- sion except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books, Basic Books, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016–8810. Designed by Lisa Kreinbrink Set in 11.5-point Berkeley Book by the Perseus Books Group Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blasi, Joseph. In the company of owners: the truth about stock options (and why every employee should have them) / Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse, and Aaron Bernstein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-465-00700-7 (alk. paper) 1.Employee ownership—United States. 2. Employee stock options— United States. 3. Employee Motivation—United States. 4. Chief Executive Officers—Salaries, etc.—United States. I. Bernstein, Aaron, 1955– . IV. Title. HD5660.U5 B5 2002 338.6–DC21 2002013468 03 04 05 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0465007007_FM.qxd 10/25/02 11:36 AM Page v To Dr. -
Mp3
<d.w.o> mp3 book: Table of Contents <david.weekly.org> January 4 2002 mp3 book Table of Contents Table of Contents auf deutsch en español {en français} Chapter 0: Introduction <d.w.o> ● What's In This Book about ● Who This Book Is For ● How To Read This Book books Chapter 1: The Hype code codecs ● What Is Internet Audio and Why Do People Use It? mp3 book ● Some Thoughts on the New Economy ● A Brief History of Internet Audio news ❍ Bell Labs, 1957 - Computer Music Is Born pictures ❍ Compression in Movies & Radio - MP3 is Invented! poems ❍ The Net Circa 1996: RealAudio, MIDI, and .AU projects ● The MP3 Explosion updates ❍ 1996 - The Release ❍ 1997 - The Early Adopters writings ❍ 1998 - The Explosion video ❍ sidebar - The MP3 Summit get my updates ❍ 1999 - Commercial Acceptance ● Why Did It Happen? ❍ Hardware ❍ Open Source -> Free, Convenient Software ❍ Standards ❍ Memes: Idea Viruses ● Conclusion page source http://david.weekly.org/mp3book/toc.php3 (1 of 6) [1/4/2002 10:53:06 AM] <d.w.o> mp3 book: Table of Contents Chapter 2: The Guts of Music Technology ● Digital Audio Basics ● Understanding Fourier ● The Biology of Hearing ● Psychoacoustic Masking ❍ Normal Masking ❍ Tone Masking ❍ Noise Masking ● Critical Bands and Prioritization ● Fixed-Point Quantization ● Conclusion Chapter 3: Modern Audio Codecs ● MPEG Evolves ❍ MP2 ❍ MP3 ❍ AAC / MPEG-4 ● Other Internet Audio Codecs ❍ AC-3 / Dolbynet ❍ RealAudio G2 ❍ VQF ❍ QDesign Music Codec 2 ❍ EPAC ● Summary Chapter 4: The New Pipeline: The New Way To Produce, Distribute, and Listen to Music ● Digital