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Dr Shai Vyakarnam comments about questions raised about the recent acquisition of Cambridge software firm Autonomy including the valuation, selling off to a US company and the tensions with Oracle. He remains optimistic about the future of Autonomy.

7 October 2011 Tags: Acorn, acquisition, Autonomy, big companies, business, business angels, business education, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, commercialisation, enterprise, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, investments, Mike Lynch, serial entrepreneurs, Shai Vyakarnam, shareholders, silicon fen, silicon valley, success, valuation, ventures
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Sad news or good news that Autonomy was sold to Hewlett Packard?

Dr Shai Vyakarnam was challenged with this question on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme (19 Aug) as Cambridge software firm Autonomy, founded by entrepreneur Dr Mike Lynch OBE, is sold to Hewlett Packard for around $7billion. Is this another UK tech firm losing its independence to a US giant multinational or a great entrepreneurial success story that’s good for Cambridge and the UK economy?

19 August 2011 Tags: AbCam, Autonomy, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Today, big companies, business, business education, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CEO, CfEL, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, Hewlett Packard, innovation, innovative start ups, Mike Lynch, real products, sale, silicon fen, software business, stock options, tech companies, value chain
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Mike Lynch tells it like it is

Mike Lynch – CEO of Autonomy comes with a very credible track record – especially for a technology entrepreneur in the UK (and Cambridge). He is one of the very few people I know that has taken a company from the bedroom to being a $500m sales company in software/high tech; done IPOs, acquired a [...]

29 January 2009 Tags: Autonomy, building teams, enterprise tuesday, entrepreneurship, Mike Lynch
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Posts Tagged ‘Autonomy’

Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley and Silicon Fen

Sad news or good news that Autonomy was sold to Hewlett Packard?

Mike Lynch tells it like it is

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