John Gapper - Author at VCCircle

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10 February, 2012

Don't Put Venture Capital At Risk

Who wouldn’t want to be a venture capitalist right now? Investment bankers may be reviled and private equity executives hammered ......

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30 January, 2012

Outlook Looks Less Bleak From Alpine Retreat

It might have been the Alpine air, but some of the chief executives and business people in Davos came to ......

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08 December, 2011

Let Rating Agencies Have Their Say

Despite the criticism that rating agencies have endured in the past three years – much of it justified – someone ......

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29 September, 2011

The Best Way To Tackle The Big Four

Michel Barnier has shocked the Big Four accounting firms. The European Union internal market commissioner wants to ban them from ......

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23 September, 2011

Innovators Don't Ignore Customers

According to the business textbooks, Reed Hastings is a visionary and innovator. But thousands of his customers, and many of ......

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25 August, 2011

HP Should Have Avoided A Big Bang

When a chief executive unveils a new strategy to shareholders after nine months in the job, they hope for warm ......

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14 July, 2011

News Corp Is All About The Family

Rupert Murdoch is not strictly the founder of News Corp – it started life as News Limited, the owner of ......

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07 July, 2011

Fleet Street Is Not Above The Law

Having been jailed in 2007 for hacking phones on behalf of the News of the World, Glenn Mulcaire this week ......

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24 June, 2011

The Price Of Wall Street's Black Box

JPMorgan Chase this week became the second Wall Street bank after Goldman Sachs to face a large fine and a ......

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09 June, 2011

Groupon Is At A Loss To Justify Itself

Andrew Mason, the co-founder and chief executive of Groupon, is an amusing frontman. “Life is too short to be a ......