In a rare departure from Teutonic efficiency, NOAH sees the German-speaking ecosystem of internet ventures, investors, and corporates all ‘up sticks’ and visit London for what is regarded by some as the leading internet conference in Europe these days. Over 1700 guests attended this year. Aside from the somewhat surreal experience of it feeling like you are in Berlin when you are actually in the capital of the UK - much of NOAH is really impressive...
Tuesday 14th October 2014 marked Spectrum’s first eCommerce Leadership Dinner hosted in partnership with corporate finance firm Ardent Advisors. An exclusive mix of CEOs, chairmen and investors from the European eCommerce community made for an animated, round table dinner discussion. Key themes dominating the thinking of today’s eCommerce executive leadership emerged from the evening’s discussion:
What do a Braille printer made out of Lego and a drone that helps farmers monitor crops have to do with chipmaking? The Economist examines how fear of being displaced by startups is turning firms into venture capitalists.
The separation of Hewlett-Packard into two $50 billion-plus companies over the coming year will be a test case in how corporate spinoffs can be orchestrated.
Never has techland felt the influence of activist investors so acutely, with a Who’s Who of hedge fund luminaries transforming the investing landscape.
The Harvard Business Review (HBR) has declared Jeff Bezos, of Amazon.com, as the world’s best performing CEO. In drawing up its 2014 list of the world’s best performing chief executives, Harvard Business Review examined such metrics as industry-adjusted shareholder returns, country-adjusted shareholder returns, and increase in market capitalization over a chief executive’s tenure.