Alan Patricof has ridden high tech's booms and busts from the advent of the computer age to the rise of the Internet. Which is why his perspective about the latest industry spasm is worth considering.
Indeed, although Silicon Valley's venture capital titans have hogged the limelight over the past decade, few have Patricof's depth of experience in watching -- and weathering -- the cycles of investment in technology that periodically ripple across the U.S.economy, flattening some businesses as they create others. See www.thedeal.com/techconfidential for the full article.
