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VentureBeat, Anthony Ha: Now, using a methodology he has developed for predicting unemployment numbers, Fisher said he’s gearing up to start his next company. Unemployment numbers are about to drop, the economy is about to pick up, and entrepreneurs need to get going if they want to ride the next wave, he said — otherwise they won’t be acquisition-ready before the next crash. In fact, Fisher said the best time to start a company was probably last year, when things bottomed out. (That was also when Fisher invested in Linksify, a contact management startup founded by his chief financial officer at Bharosa.) Continue reading…

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The opening highlight of the event will be a “Court Vision” of the global economy by Jon B. Fisher, serial entrepreneur, economics commentator and business professor, timely as tech companies in the Silicon Valley begin to drive innovation forward, as evidenced by leading tech indicators. Fisher has been perpetually accurate in his unemployment projections, despite the proclamation by government officials that “no one has gotten this right.” According to Fisher, “The tech companies representing the Silicon Valley chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute at this event are leading the recovery. If they can get it right, Washington can get the policy response right.”

March 12, 2010 7:30am-6pm
Event webpage: http://www.nirisv.org/events/moreinfo.asp?event=113

more details:
Full line-up of exciting speakers, including Barton, Fisher, an impressive line-up of corporate executives, traders, and brokers, and experienced IROs.

See seminar sponsors during our Vendor Showcase: Ipreo, Bowne, Broadridge, Brunswick, BusinessWire, Computershare-Georgeson, Creative Strategy Group, Laurel Hill Advisory Group, Marketwire, Meet the Street, Merrill Corp., NASDAQ OMS, NYSE Euronext, Shareholder.com, Thomson Reuters

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Marquette University was the first to see my unemployment thesis findings (April, 2008) and thanks to Dave Voell for remembering and congratulations on his new start-up GoBuzz!

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I’m scheduled to open the National Investor Relations conference in Silicon Valley next week in which I will confirm national unemployment is going to 8% in 2010 even if the government has to repave every road in the U.S. three times.

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Hi, SE Book here on behalf of Jon Fisher (this is his email so you may reply directly) who will be speaking at the annual RSA security conference tomorrow at Moscone Convention Center on Monday (1^st).  Jon will be encouraging entrepreneurs to retain 51% equity control in acquisitions of not more than $50M.  Pursue “5150” says Jon or risk involuntary commitment by your financiers.

The best location for interviews is Moscone north hall e room 134 after 12pm.

Jon is ex-CEO Bharosa (Oracle) and ex-CEO AutoReach (AutoNation:AN) as well as the author of Strategic Entrepreneurism about designing start-ups for acquisition.

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Innovation Sandbox Update
Posted by paula_belikove on Feb 24, 2010 12:06:31 PM

…We have also added a Successful Entrepreneur Panel featuring Jon Fisher, serial entrepreneur and founder of Bharosa (sold to Oracle in 2007); Jasvir Gill, CEO of AlertEnterprise and winner of last year’s Most Innovative Company at RSA Conference 2009; Ken Hunt, founder and CEO of Vasco; and Jim Wiese, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Tablus, sold to RSA, The Security Division of EMC in 2007.

And finally the crowning event – ten companies will compete for the title of “Most Innovative Company at RSA Conference 2010”. From virtual network security and intrusion protection to a single platform detection platform, this year’s Innovation Sandbox Showdown is going to be exciting!

The companies from A-Z are:

*Altor Networks
*Catbird
*Envision Security
*Hackticks
*HyTrust
*KikuSema GmbH
*Navajo Systems
*RavenWhite
*Silver Tail Systems
*Whitebox Security

Check our Innovation Sandbox web page for more details on each company.

…All in all, a day (March 1, SF) that starts at 1:00 and ends at 5:45, Innovation Sandbox promises to be a lot of fun.

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Jon Fisher on the Entrepreneur’s 5150:

Section 5150 is a section of the California Code which allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder. A similar process should be examined should entrepreneurs suffer too much dilution by seeking too rich an acquisition. We must control at least 51% of our company at exit and we must plan on being acquired for not more than $50M (5150). If things wildly exceed expectations we can say no thanks to a sale but almost always we can’t do better than 5150 as a function ofvalue AND time.

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Section 5150 is a section of the California Code which allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder. A similar process should be examined should entrepreneurs suffer too much dilution by seeking too rich an acquisition. We must control at least 51% of our company at exit and we must plan on being acquired for not more than $50M (5150). If things wildly exceed expectations we can say no thanks to a sale but almost always we can’t do better than 5150 as a function of value AND time.

Read more at Jon Fisher’s Blog

Innovation Sandbox Update
Posted by paula_belikove on Feb 24, 2010 12:06:31 PM

…We have also added a Successful Entrepreneur Panel featuring Jon Fisher, serial entrepreneur and founder of Bharosa (sold to Oracle in 2007); Jasvir Gill, CEO of AlertEnterprise and winner of last year’s Most Innovative Company at RSA Conference 2009; Ken Hunt, founder and CEO of Vasco; and Jim Wiese, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Tablus, sold to RSA, The Security Division of EMC in 2007.

And finally the crowning event – ten companies will compete for the title of “Most Innovative Company at RSA Conference 2010”. From virtual network security and intrusion protection to a single platform detection platform, this year’s Innovation Sandbox Showdown is going to be exciting!

The companies from A-Z are:

*Altor Networks
*Catbird
*Envision Security
*Hackticks
*HyTrust
*KikuSema GmbH
*Navajo Systems
*RavenWhite
*Silver Tail Systems
*Whitebox Security

Check our Innovation Sandbox web page for more details on each company.

…All in all, a day (March 1, SF) that starts at 1:00 and ends at 5:45, Innovation Sandbox promises to be a lot of fun.

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Brokaw argued the Greatest Generation fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the right thing to do. When they came back they rebuilt America into a superpower. The boomers found that their music, most notably rock and roll was another expression of their generational identity. We, Generation X, saw the inception of the home computer and the Internet. What happens to generation Y and Z, with a 35% real unemployment rate, after the real correction of web 2.0 companies and the interests that backed them?

The administration can do something and do something quickly. President Obama’s campaign proposal to offer zero capital-gains tax to founders/original investors when companies are sold may fuel unprecedented start-up merger activity if executed not unlike the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (exempting most home sales from capital-gains taxes) fueled the housing bubble.

Capital gains remained below 7% from 1913 to 1921. The Revenue Act of 1921 moved to 12.5%. The tax then increased with the 1969 and 1976 tax reform acts, only to be reduced in 1978. The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 lowered it.

The cutting of capital gains taxes has proven to benefit the economy when tried in the past on multiple occasions.

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My contribution to Moe Abdou’s Elevate program

Most Important Idea

Instead of trying to become the one dominant company in my market, I want to be the one company that a larger and more dominant company wants to acquire. Identify the companies that I believe would most benefit from acquiring my company. Of course, I can never control what another company does, but by understanding which company may acquire me and what their own needs may be, I can steer my company in their direction as an acquisition target.

Most Important Question

How do I build a repeatable business that is ready for acquisition? How many customers must I add and what must I learn about the process of attracting and fulfilling them to prove I can profitably add unlimited customers as well as profitably serve the largest and most technologically discerning customers?

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For those following my “inverse correlation of housing starts and unemployment in times of severe recession” thesis —from the WSJ today: Housing Starts Rise to Highest Level in Six Months.

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