Greguras from Fenwick & West, LLP discussed trends in 2007 on mergers and acquisitions (M & A), job market, biotech and software industries, IPO market, among other topics.
The speakers forecasted an increase in M&A activities, biotech surpassing software in investments, in particular medical device companies, and the job market looking good for the next six months. The speakers advised job seekers to make their move now because they were not sure if potential federal increases in rates will affect the job market in the last six months of 2007. There is an up-tick on software as a service companies, and open source models.
The speakers forecasted that the IPO market will continue to be slow. On the political front, green technology is increasing. With Proposition 77 supporting green energy, companies will likely support clean energy entrepreneurs. Investments in
Information technology investments are on the rise. However, buyers are selective about vendors, leaning toward fewer vendors from larger, established firms. Mobile web will continue to be hot. As to Web 2.0, aggregated data will make it easy for people to create rich content collaboratively.
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