Category Archives: Technology

A Few Parting Thoughts

Posted on February 4, 2013 by dennis

This is my last blog for the Saporta Report, although you may hear from me again in a guest article or two.  I have relocated my blog to TAGThink, on the web site of the Technology Association of Georgia.  I …

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What I Learned in 2012: Part 1

Posted on January 7, 2013 by dennis

I have been struck by polls showing the declining faith of Americans in capitalism.  I studied Economics in college and graduate school, and have always believed that the capitalist engine will always prevail in the long run. The US economy’s …

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The Year of Blogging Noisily

Posted on January 1, 2013 by dennis

Happy New Year! As I look back on my first calendar year of blogging, I am reminded about the paradox of the Internet. The infrastructure that makes it possible to broadcast your ideas to potentially millions also makes it equally …

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The Rolling Stones at 50: Lessons for Tech Companies

Posted on December 17, 2012 by dennis

What can a tech company learn from the Rolling Stones, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary? After reading Keith Richards’ autobiography, Life and watching the recent documentary, Crossfire Hurricane, I learned almost as much about building a business as I …

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The Creative Destruction of Capitalism: Genomics

Posted on December 10, 2012 by dennis

Genomics is a discipline in genetics concerned with the study of genomes: the entirety of an organism’s hereditary information.  In an earlier posting, I discussed the Human Genome Project (HGP).  The primary goals of HGP were to determine the sequences …

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The Creative Destruction of Capitalism: Nanotechnology

Posted on December 3, 2012 by dennis

What effect will Nanotechnology innovations have on our economy?  Will they be “Empowering Innovations” or “Sustaining Innovations” that create or sustain economic growth?  Or are they more likely to be “Efficiency Innovations” that lead to the loss of jobs?  This …

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The Creative Destruction of Capitalism: Robotics

Posted on November 26, 2012 by dennis

In these times of persistent unemployment, I am interested in whether technological innovations ultimately will lead to the creation of jobs and economic growth.  In previous postings, I analyzed technology trends within the framework of an article by Professor Clayton …

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FinTech in Georgia

Posted on November 19, 2012 by dennis

In previous postings I discussed four significant technology trends identified by Erik Peterson: Big Data and Supercomputing, Nanotechnology, Robotics and the Results of the Human Genome Project.  I also analyzed innovations coming from these four trends using a framework provided …

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The Creative Destruction of Capitalism: A Different Perspective Part 2

Posted on November 13, 2012 by dennis

My posting last week discussed a recent article by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen who categorized innovations by their effect on job creation. This week I will apply this new “Christensen framework” to innovations associated with one of the technology …

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Innovation: A Different Perspective

Posted on November 5, 2012 by dennis

We are in the initial planning stages of the 2013 TAG Top 40 Innovative Company competition, which I founded and continue to chair.  This competition is unique in that it recognizes applicants’ innovations.  By contrast most competitions, like Venture Atlanta, focus …

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