Roger McNamee
Roger McNamee
Roger McNameeis an American businessman, investor, venture capitalist and musician. He is the founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Prior to co-founding the firm, McNamee co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and headed the T. Rowe Price Science and Technology Fund...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth2 May 1956
CountryUnited States of America
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What's great about this deal is the right piece of CompuServe found good homes at decent prices. No one seems to have overpaid for anything.
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People think nothing of owning a stock for minutes at a time. The velocity of trading is staggering and completely unprecedented.
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Earnings right now is as good as you could possibly imagine. I mean, the economy is strong, the technology economy in particular is strong. I think what we have seen, though, is a phase shift on Wall Street and, frankly, investors are looking for reasons to sell.
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Could I live without it? Yes. Would I do as well without it? Absolutely not. It allows me to balance work and home.
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Microsoft didn't get to $8 billion in revenues and $7 billion in cash because they fell asleep at the switch.
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Motorola to me in some ways is a very disappointing company. I'm moderately optimistic about the stock here but I don't see the value here that I would like to see to be an aggressive buyer.
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Motorola to me in some ways is a very disappointing company,
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My attitude is: it's about time they start doing things about their overhead and costs.
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Stock markets are for long-term investing. I am afraid that too many people were putting their lunch money and their next car payments in the stock market.
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It's hard to blame him for calling it quits. I think this is a very big challenge.
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The PC industry is having a terrific year, particularly if you are one of the big four producers. Those companies are growing twice as fast as everyone else in the industry and gaining very rapidly.
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They started out in a world of spread sheets and word processors,
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They have huge opportunities available to them, some of which would benefit from a more liquid balance sheet.
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That's when I realized I was on the wrong team. I realized the investment business isn't just about hard work.