MIT Enterprise Forum discusses pros, cons of AI
Regional business leaders explored artificial intelligence and its possible impacts on society and businesses at the latest event held by the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Speakers said that while machines are decades or centuries away from developing consciousness, machines have the power to refine education, car driving and other things that humans Read More →
Dubroff: Why Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn might be out of sync
Just one year ago, LinkedIn made history on the Central Coast when it created the region’s first unicorn, buying Lynda.com for $1.5 billion. Now LinkedIn is selling itself to Microsoft for $26 billion, or an estimated 79 times operating earnings, in what Bloomberg and the New York Times DealBook column describe as one of the Read More →
Microsoft buying Lynda.com parent LinkedIn for $26 billion
Lynda.com parent LinkedIn is being acquired by Microsoft for $26 billion. LinkedIn bought the Carpinteria-based web tutorial service Lynda.com just over a year ago for $1.5 billion. Lynda.com still has about 350 employees at its office at 6410 Via Real in Carpinteria. Microsoft’s acquisition of professional social network LinkedIn is one of the largest technology Read More →
Cal Poly hackathon trains entrepreneurs
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Panel gives IPO advice at MIT Enterprise Forum
Regional entrepreneurs packed the latest MIT Enterprise Forum of the Coast on March 16 to hear advice about initial public offerings. Lise Buyer, principal of Portola Valley-based Class V Group, served as the keynote speaker. Also on the panel were AppFolio Chief Financial Officer Ida Kane, Inogen CFO Ali Bauerlein and Rincon Venture Partners Managing Read More →
Internet of Things lights up CES
By David Newton LAS VEGAS — Another year at the Consumer Electronics Show and more records fell. Attendance topped 173,000 — including 50,000 from outside the U.S. — with 3,800 exhibitors covering 2.5 million square feet. But this year did not have any truly impressive, jaw-dropping product-tech debuts and felt very much like the last Read More →
