Nesmith's Notes

Entries for February, 2004

2004 IT Spending Trends

Feb.22, 2004 in Economy, Technology

IT investment trends for 2004 via a few key articles.
CIOs Still Have A Cautious Outlook For 2004 IT Budgets
Forrester Business Technographics
November 7, 2003
Outlook for 2004 App Budgets: Conservative Growth
Forrester Business Technographics
December 1, 2003
Tech Resurrection Will Be Accompanied by Significant Structural Change, According to IDC Predictions 2004
09 Dec 2003
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Gartner Sees IT [...]

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Productivity Improvements Come in Many Shapes

Feb.18, 2004 in Economy, Management

and on the whole they are all a good thing. The NY Times had an interesting article in the most recent Week in Review, titled The Bright Side of Sending Jobs Overseas. The article takes a hard look at the current political rhetoric around the transfer of jobs outside the US and throws [...]

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NVCA Model Financing Documents

Feb.11, 2004 in Management, Venture capital

The National Venture Capital Association has prepared this set of model legal documents:
Term Sheet
Stock Purchase Agreement
Certificate of Incorporation
Investor Rights Agreement
Voting Agreement
Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement
Management Rights Letter
Model Opinion Letter
Model Indemnification Agreement
According to the site, “the model documents aim to:
reflect industry norms
be fair, biased toward neither the VC nor the entrepreneur, consistent with industry [...]

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David Galbraith’s weblog aggregator wishlist

Feb.02, 2004 in Publishing

My aggregator top ten wishlist items:
1. Search
2. Ability to pick a selection of blogs from a limited list of categories, not too many – prob like Google news.
3. Ability to do scoped search within these categories.
4. ‘More like this’ recommendations.
5. ‘People who linked to this blog’ button beneath selections.
6. ‘People this blog links to’ button [...]

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