John Warnock, who co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Charles Geschke and was the company's CEO until 2000 and CTO until retiring in 2001, died on August 19 at age 82
he was 82 Jim Harrington / Mercury News : Adobe co-founder John Warnock, a giant in the tech world, dies at 82 International Business Times : Who Was John Warnock; Co-Founder Of Adobe Passes Away At 8...
IBM SVP and Director of Research Darío Gil says the company will stop pursuing numeric patent leadership and focus instead on open innovation and collaboration
For 29 years straight, IBM has led the United States in minting patents, at its peak filing over 10,000 US patent applications … Tweets: @trengriffin , @ibmnews , and @rossmauri Tweets: Tren Griffin /...
CB Insights: Vision Fund 2 made just one investment in August 2022 and one in September 2022, as SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son rethinks his strategy
Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia : Tweets: @nikkeiasia and @trengriffin Tweets: @nikkeiasia : FREE TO READ | BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT #SoftBank CEO #MasayoshiSon appears conflicted about what his company should...
SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 made just one investment in August 2022 and one in September 2022, according to CB Insights, as Masayoshi Son rethinks his strategy
The Vision Fund revolutionized startup investing. So why is Masayoshi Son rethinking his strategy? Tweets: @nikkeiasia and @trengriffin Tweets: @nikkeiasia : FREE TO READ | BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT #SoftBa...
After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving vehicle startups, little progress has been made as companies take shortcuts and losses continue to mount
The first car woke Jennifer King at 2 a.m. with a loud, high‑pitched hum. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn't the weird part. Tweets: @trippmickle , @trengriffin , @joelwebersho...
A look at the state of the VC industry: from over-paying in the face of absurd valuations, to big bets on decentralized “Web 3.0” apps, cybersecurity, and more
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table : Tweets: @ediggs , @michaelandma , @eghosao , @ljungman , @trengriffin , and @kevinweil Tweets: Eze Vidra / @ediggs : The changing venture landscape by @msuster...
Stratechery's Ben Thompson announces a service called Passport to let creators manage their subscriptions and communicate with subscribers
Seven years ago, when I initially launched the paid Daily Update, there weren't really any tools designed for independent subscription businesses … Tweets: @sarthakgh , @stratechery , @caseynewton , @...
Gumroad's CEO on the company's first 10 years, competitors like Patreon and Substack, the rise of the creator economy, and how app store “taxes” stifle growth
Danny Konstantinovic / The Business of Business : Tweets: @trengriffin , @thebizofbiz , @efeng , @griffingranberg , @benedictevans , and @benedictevans . Thanks: @smalera Tweets: Tren Griffin / @tren...
Profile of Tom Alberg, an early investor in Amazon, the founder of Madrona Venture Group, and a key figure in shaping the Pacific Northwest's tech economy
It was the mid 1990s, and Tom Alberg had a decision to make. — Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and was looking for investors for his nascent virtual bookstore. Tweets: @jasonkilar , @bgurley , @st...
Profile of Tom Alberg, an early investor in Amazon, the founder of Madrona Venture Group, and a key figure in shaping the Pacific Northwest's tech economy
It was the mid 1990s, and Tom Alberg had a decision to make. — Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and was looking for investors for his nascent virtual bookstore. Tweets: @trengriffin and @stevessing...