Vinita Gupta- Vinita Gupta is a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and was the first Indian-American woman to take her company public. Since retiring, she has propelled herself through her journalism, mentoring women entrepreneurs and playing competitive bridge at the highest levels. She has won several National titles in bridge. Outperforming is a pursuit…Difficult, but can be […]
Vinita Gupta- Vinita Gupta is a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and was the first Indian-American woman to take her company public. Since retiring, she has propelled herself through her journalism, mentoring women entrepreneurs and playing competitive bridge at the highest levels. She has won several National titles in bridge. Our turn to make a move … […]
I have not been able to conclude whether Elizabeth Holmes’ trial should change Silicon Valley or is it an opportunity to tell Silicon Valley’s story and what makes it tick. I hope it is the latter.
Last Monday I got up at 5 a.m. to get a seat in the courtroom where Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of Theranos was on the stand in her own defense. Reporters and curious Siliconeers had come in droves to see history in the making.
Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger have delivered investment returns of 20% per year over the past 55 years while the S&P 500 has returned an average of 10.9% annually.
A few weeks ago we memorialized the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks when foreign terrorists tried to destroy our political and economic system. On Jan. 6, 2021, our domestic terrorists attacked the Capitol to overthrow the election results. The attack threatened the very foundation of our democracy — the peaceful transition of power. It is our constitutional right to demand fair elections, but when protests are violent, they are criminal.
In 1975 a slick, well-dressed man eased himself through our front door. He was selling the Encyclopedia Britannica door to door. The price for 32 volumes was “just” $1400!
On October 1, the new fiscal year for the federal government begins. Some deep thinking and debate are underway in Congress, to approve the proposed budget by that deadline. Under former President Trump and now under President Biden, Congress authorized $6 trillion for COVID-19 relief, recovery, and expenses associated with vaccine and vaccination.
With a combined market cap in the trillions, cryptocurrencies are a force to be reckoned with. Public confidence in crypto waxes and wanes on a daily basis, as reflected in the volatility of the price. Cryptocurrencies are the ingenuity of technology. They are a new form of currency, but also a payment system, like credit cards. The users of cryptocurrency — stored in their digital wallets — can trade goods and services with it.
India is struggling. The country’s COVID-19 rate is reported to be a horrifying 30%.
