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Honestly.com, a "Yelp for People," Opens Up, Gets Funding, and Rebrands

BY David Zax
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The reputation website, originally called "Unvarnished," walks a fine line between anonymity and accountability, as it aims to make a professional reference online more like it is in real life.READ»

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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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Clinton to Tech Innovators and Entrepreneurs: "We Want You"

BY E.B. Boyd
Relevancy Score: 42

Feeling cooped up in that dingy old cube? Life seem a little meaningless? No worries. The State Department will be happy to send you to the far reaches of the planet to end violence, empower citizens, and bring peace and prosperity to the rest of the world.READ»

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The Four Main Things That Investors Look for in a Startup

BY Mark Suster
Relevancy Score: 67

Almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. And they're easy to remember because they all begin with an M: management, market, money, and above all else, momentum.READ»

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CGI: Omidyar Network, A Philanthropy That Invests in For-Profits Too

BY Alice Korngold
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Old school charity and "philanthropy" once referred exclusively to financial contributions to nonprofits. Today, Omidyar Network (ON) takes a more innovative and inclusive approach, called "flexible capital." As a philanthropic ...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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The Right Way to Lay People Off

BY Ben Horowitz
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"I'm tryin' to right my wrongs, But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song" --Kanye West Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of ...READ»

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Y Combinator, TechStars: Investor Mentorship and Leverage Outweigh Capital

BY Austin Carr
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Has investor mentorship, leverage, and brand value become more important to start-ups than seed money?READ»

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GM Shows Off Its Electric Van

BY Ariel Schwartz
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The automaker continues to roar back, debuting the Vivaro in Europe this month.READ»

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Power Is an Addictive Drug

BY Jeffrey Pfeffer
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In this excerpt from his new book "Power: Why Some People Have It--And Others Don't," author Jeffrey Pfeffer tells about one man's indulgences in the perks of power, and the devastating withdrawl when it was taken away.READ»

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

BY Mark Suster
Relevancy Score: 40

My primary role as a CEO was "chief psychologist," and as I've learned over the past few years, the same has been true as a VC. Both are basically people businesses.READ»

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Addressing the VC Seed Investor Signaling Problem

BY Brad Feld
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One of the most common criticisms of VC investors making seed investments is what has become known as "the signaling problem." VCs can create a "negative perception" about a company if they make a seed investment but then don't follow through and make a next round investment.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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ShoreBank's Demise: Death of a Brand and Shot in the Arm of Social Capitalism

BY Arjan Schütte
Relevancy Score: 30

ShoreBank failed last week. It represents the demise of an important brand, but also the success of a powerful idea. ShoreBank has been a household name for those of us into social capitalism, community development, micro-lending, double- and triple-bottom line business.READ»

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America's Looming Tech Crunch: Blame Venture Capital, Immigration Law

BY Kit Eaton
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The U.S. likes to think of itself as a cradle for the world's newest and cleverest tech. But Intel's CEO Paul Otellini is now foretelling a looming high-tech crunch, and the nation's venture capital association is equally worried.READ»

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Can Nicholas Tung's Modern Tea Bars Make Hong Kong Hipsters Traditional Again?

BY Jenara Nerenberg
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Here's what we found out at the Hong Kong International Tea Fair, Asia's premiere tea source expo.READ»

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How to Listen to a VC

BY Alicia Morga
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Having been on both sides of the table as both a venture capitalist and most recently an entrepreneur, I think I can safely say nothing is quite as terrifying for an entrepreneur as raising money. It's like holding your baby up in a ...READ»

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Rise of the European SuperAngel

BY Fred Destin
Relevancy Score: 88

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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The 8 Percenters: Women Raising More Venture Cash Now Than During the Bubble

BY Lizette Chapman
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Female company founders snagged 8% of venture capital in the U.S. during the first half of 2010. READ»

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GM Ventures' First Investment: Electric Vehicle Startup Bright Automotive

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 59

GM may be banking heavily on the Chevy Volt for success in the electric vehicle world, but the automaker is still hedging its bets through a a $5 million investment in Bright Automotive, the startup behind the upcoming IDEA plug-in ...READ»

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Report: Is Human Capital the New Venture Capital?

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 72

Venture capital is likely the most oft-cited figure for measuring the potential for a new business' success, but research firm CB Insights aims to change that misconception in a new report measuring human capital--not venture capital.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
Relevancy Score: 93

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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What are the New SuperAngels Looking For?

BY Francine Hardaway
Relevancy Score: 100

We all know the venture capital industry has been disrupted, but from the outside it is difficult to see how this will effect startups. Here's a real panel of experts talking about how that disruption works for both the entrepreneur ...READ»

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Five Big Business Opportunities for the Next Decade

BY Francine Hardaway
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For young people graduating from college with mountains of debt, and for workers of any age who have been jobless for long periods of time in the current economy, the picture is ominous: if we are in a recovery at all, it's a jobless ...READ»

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