09.28.06
HP to Acquire VoodooPC
Today, HP announced acquisition of Voodoo, a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance and personalized gaming computer systems. Game PC is the first project that comes out the incubator Phil and I developed at the beginning of this year. Even though the internal project is going well, using M&A helps to boost and accelerate HP’s entry into this market place. In addition, this is one of these new type of deals that combine internal incubation initiative with an external M&A to ramp up a complete innovative product line quickly. I think we are creating a new ways of commercialize innovations with this kind of approach. This deal is about innovation, not supply chain optimization. This is about brand enhancement, not commoditization. Hard to do these days in the PC world, but we are turning “magic” 
Boundaryfree » More Google M&A? said,
October 7, 2006 at 5:39 pm
[…] Given most of Google’s internal initiatives have not fan well in the market place: Google Talk, Orkut (except Brazil), Offline advertising, Google Base etc, maybe it is not a bad idea for Google to look more into inorganic growth. There is a rumor on Google acquires YouTube for $1.6B (chart on Google Video compare YouTube). Given Google’s high P/E ratio, it is probably wise to use stock currency to do more deals while it is high. From my experience with incubation in several companies, it is hard to break out from the core business and give enough attention to emerging ones. A combination of incubation with M&A for acceleration can be another way to do it. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]