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Why VC Will Get Uglier

BY Linda Tischler
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If you want to understand the future of the VC industry, says Ted Dintersmith, you first need to take a short tour of its past.READ»

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Cleantech Open Alumni Rake in $65 Million in First Months of 2010

BY Ariel Schwartz
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The Cleantech Open, the world's largest cleantech business competition, has helped launch successful startups like Cool Earth Solar, Adura Technologies, and BuildFast. Now Cleantech Open alums are getting more love than ever as the ...READ»

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Startups: An "Alpha Male Pissing-Contest?"

BY Allyson Kapin
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Why aren't enough women seeking angel and VC money? And why aren't more women-led startups getting funded? Consider these little known facts:Women-run tech startups generate more revenue per invested capital and fail less then those ...READ»

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Share of the Profits

BY Lauren Heist
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Socially-minded venture capitalists invest in low-income communities.READ»

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What to Know Before You Go to the VCs

BY Joseph Bartlett
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Entrepreneurs waste a lot of time soliciting professionally managed venture funds. Venture capitalists operate according to their own largely unwritten rules. In order to play the funding game, you must learn these rules. Below, I've ...READ»

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VC Funding and Innovation

BY James Todhunter
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It seems that even in innovation, there is some wisdom to be gained from the tortoise and the hare. READ»

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The Entrepreneur Way Of Life

BY Brian Javeline
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This is an exciting time to be an entrepreneur. Why? Because everyone across the board is in the same boat.READ»

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Venture Philanthropy Resources

BY Fast Company
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The Four Horsemen of the New Economy

BY Joseph Bartlett
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Corporate venturing has its payoffs and pitfalls. But as conflict-ridden as venture investing can be, corporations ignore it at their peril.READ»

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Cindy Padnos, founder of Illuminate Ventures

BY Stephanie Schomer
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By the time Cindy Padnos founded venture-capital firm Illuminate Ventures in 2009, she'd pretty much done it all. She had worked the tech circuit in corporate America, provided management consulting for companies from Apple to Boeing, and even launched her own software as a service company, Vivant. She felt her foray into venture funding was the natural next step.READ»

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Angel Investors More Powerful Than VCs

BY Brian Javeline
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Entrepreneurs should know that Angel Investors are willing to be more aggressive than VCs in order to capitalize on the economic turnaround.READ»

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Redefining Capital Efficiency

BY Georges van Hoegaerden
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Capital efficiency is a prudent way to build any company, but not in the way most VCs implement it. READ»

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Where is the VC Funding for Women Tech Enterpreneurs by Caroline Simard, Director of Research, Anita Borg Institute

BY Caroline Simard
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This week, I attended a workshop convened by the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medecine. The CWSEM Committee focused its efforts this year on entrepreneurial careers for women ...READ»

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What's Wrong With Risk-Averse Venture Capitalists?

BY John Ellis
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Venture capital is undergoing a radical change. Forget home runs -- VCs just want to hit a few singles. We're seeing the emergence of risk-averse venture capitalists. Talk about an oxymoron!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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Venture Capital, " Rightsized"

BY Justin Hibbard
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The old guard of venture capital is changing. The reason? Older partners downshifting as new money starts to flow in.READ»

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Offshoring Creativity

BY Alan Deutschman
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Never mind the call centers. Look at the high-tech firms and markets in China and India, and worry about the emigration of innovation.READ»

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Venturing Forth

BY Alison Overholt
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Kathy Sherbrooke, cofounder of Circles, one of the few venture-backed companies on our list, on what she learned about going after venture capital.READ»

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Best Business Blogs: Venture Capital

BY Jena McGregor
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An expanded list of our favorites.READ»

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What are the New SuperAngels Looking For?

BY Francine Hardaway
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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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Venture Capitalists Explain Foursquare's Juiciness, Join Sharing Revolution They've Funded

BY Kit Eaton
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Foursquare has, as rumored, raised a chunk of venture cash that'll let it expand its business significantly, and fast too. But what exactly is so hot about this hot-topic location-based game tech? Unusually we have VC insight on the ...READ»

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Entrepreneurship: New Economy, New Safety Nets

BY Chris Dannen
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At the risk of adding to the morass of Facebook-related news coverage floating around the Web, it’s worth mentioning that Facebook announced this week that it is pairing with two prominent VC firms to establish fbFund, a $10 ...READ»

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Strategic vs. Traditional Investors: The Lowdown From a Venture Capital Vet

BY Paul H. Lee, Senior Vice President, Peacock Equity Fund
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Every so often, I hear an early-stage venture capitalist warn a roomful of entrepreneurs about the pitfalls of taking money from strategic rather than traditional investors. Time for a rebuttal. READ»

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Money Clusters

BY Heath Row
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Also in today's WSJ, Lee Gomes offers a solid piece on groups of angel investors, angel networks and the Angel Capital Association. Angels are being painted the new venture capitalists. What do you think? On mark? Off?READ»

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BY John krol
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About IRA-401K-Real-Estate IRA-401k-Real-Estate Member in good standing Private Equity Real Estate 303-773-7143 ...READ»

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