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Will Dave McClure Save the VC Industry?

BY Francine Hardaway
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One man in Silicon Valley is trying to turn the venture capital industry on its head--by going outside Silicon Valley. Dave McClure, founder of the new SuperAngel/VC fund 500 Startups, travels all over the world looking for ideas and deals.READ»

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Exclusive: New Seed Fund Offers Startups Up To $10,000 Each

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Starting Monday, startups that use the crowdsourced labor service Crowdflower will have the chance to receive investments of up to $10,000 each, courtesy of startup accelerator and seed fund 500 Startups. READ»

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What I Would Have Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

BY Mark Suster
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What do you get when you combine 7 panelist plus one moderator on to a stage for 30 minutes to talk about a serious topic? Answer: Not much. And that was evident at the Angel versus VC panel.READ»

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A Daily Dose of Blogs for the Tech Entrepreneur

BY Rashmi Sinha
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Rashmi Sinha, co-founder & CEO for SlideShare, doesn't have a lot of time to read a lot of blogs, but the following sites are the ones that she makes time for, because they help her with the day-to-day challenges of running a ...READ»

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How I Think About Seed Investing as a VC

BY Brad Feld
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Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed ...READ»

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MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER

BY Dave McClure
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VC funds are getting smaller (good), and angel investors are growing (also good), but both need to get smarter and innovate.READ»

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Serious Questions for Super Angels

BY Brad Feld
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In the beginning, there were angel investors. And it was good. As individual angel investors made more and more investments, they became super angels. One day a super angel woke up and thought to himself, "Gosh, I could do a lot more investments if I had a fund." And so the super angels became micro-VCs (or "institutionalized super angels").READ»

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Rise of the European SuperAngel

BY Fred Destin
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We've been seeing Euro SuperAngels emerge for a while now. My question is: "Are we Europeans guilty again of beating ourselves over the head with a stick instead of focusing on, leveraging, and celebrating what's there?"READ»

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Attracting Smart People to Your Community Accelerates Entrepreneurship

BY Brad Feld
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Entrepreneurial communities grow up around smart people. Whenever someone in government asks me what they can do to accelerate entrepreneurship, I always tell them to put as much money and energy as they can into education. If you build a broad base of smart, inquisitive, curious people that are long term members of your community, you'll be delighted with the results.READ»

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If You Have Traction, You Can Get Funding in a Recession

BY Francine Hardaway
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Last fall, I worked a little bit to advise a company called UserVoice, which was (and still is) a way for companies to get direct customer input and feedback about their products. The founders of UserVoice are serious ...READ»

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User Voice Gets Funding, Grows Customer Base to the Enterprise

BY Francine Hardaway
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Last fall, I worked a little bit to advise a company called UserVoice, which was (and still is) a way for companies to get direct customer input and feedback about their products. The founders of UserVoice are serious ...READ»

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Social Media Roundup: Sex and Drama

BY Allyson Kapin
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Sex and drama have filled the social media world this week. Between prominent tech figures and investors spouting more crude images of women to make their points about Web site usability to a Harvard study ...READ»

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Facebook is the "It" Company of 2007

BY Ellen McGirt
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41 million users and growing. The cool spot for coders. The hot place to test a business. The "it" company of 2007.READ»

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