Getting the Big Opportunity May Require Going Small

In a recent article published by The Times of India, we are again reminded of the thousands of people that have been laid off in the last year or so. The sector the article chose to highlight was large high-tech companies. Some of the key numbers:

• Hewlett-Packard: 24,600

• Intel: 10,500

• IBM: 5,000

• Microsoft: 5,800

• Sony-Ericsson: 2,000

• Sun/Oracle: 5,000