Posted on January 31st, 2007 by David Politis
Last Friday, Kevin Rollins was in Beijing, China giving a speech at Peking University; today Rollins “resigned” abruptly as chief executive of Dell Inc.
In a one-page news release distributed at 4:29 p.m. (EST) today, Dell announced that Michael Dell was assuming the duties of CEO “effective immediately.” The release further stated the Mr. Dell would [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2007 by David Politis
Salt Lake City-based ContentWatch announced yesterday afternoon that it has acquired Net Nanny from San Francisco-based LookSmart (NASDAQ: LOOK).
Historically perceived as a market (if not a technology) leader in the Internet filtration/parental controls marketplace, Net Nanny has become something of an orphaned/abandoned product within LookSmart as management has decided to focus the company on the [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2007 by David Politis
Early this morning, University Venture Fund announced that it has tapped 10 MBA students from the Wharton School to assist the UVF in running its $18 million private equity fund.
Founded in 2001 at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business as an entrepreneurial tool for UofU students, the UVF went on to raise [...]
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