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Nov
2009
Michael Moritz on Talent Scouting

3 hours ago by Nadav Manham

Out on bail, fresh out of jail, Consigliere dreamin' . . .  Just kidding, I haven't been in prison.  I've been locked in my apartment working on a writing project, a real grown-up one that I may even get paid for.  But I miss my blog and speculate that by continuing to ...

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Just call it a comeback.

10 hours ago by admin

Fenwick & West’s recent survey of venture capital investing leaves room for optimism as the 4 th quarter of 2009 is already underway. The survey tracks numerous points of venture capital spending and is able highlight percentage changes from quarter to quarter. Although precise explanations for stat ...

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Succeeding With A Potential Single Point Of Failure

15 hours ago by larrycheng

I’ve had the opportunity to invest in two companies that I’d describe as having a “potential single point of failure”. I chose to invest in one – Verid. And decided, unfortunately, to pass on another – Mint. Verid was ultimately sold to EMC/RSA less than two years after our investment for several mu ...

Thinking About Thinking - larrycheng.com · Rank: 188,999 · 62 references

21
Nov
2009
In India, Niche Consumer Internet Business Models will Thrive more than ...

18 hours ago by Sampad Swain

In India, I think we will see more of standalone niche consumer internet business models rather than the next Google or Amazon in the immediate future. Let me give you a prologue before you think I’m too cocky to state that. Yes, some might think that. But for them, what the heck – you can always bo ...

Interactive Marketing Blog - sampadswain.com · Rank: 56,289 · 47 references

Isn’t it time for the Europeans to work smarter? Not just harder?

19 hours ago by mobcon

I was working on a piece on innovation that I was going to entitle “The Day America Ran out of Big Ideas” but I saw this piece from TechCrunch European startups need to work as hard as Valley ones – or forget it and I think it acts as an excellent counter point to the position I was going to take so ...

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Chegg.com raises $57M in fourth round fundraising.

19 hours ago by admin

Chegg.com, the Netflix of the textbook rental industry, raised an unprecedented $57M in a recent round of fundraising. The exorbitant amount bucks the trend of depreciated investing and valuations by venture capitalists in a struggling economy hinting at a possible resurgence of confidence and inves ...

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History repeats itself. Sort of.

20 hours ago by A2D2

The credit crisis sucks, especially because it minimized the probability that you can get away with getting investment banks and venture capital to underwrite essential purchases like the new Guitar Hero and kegs from Gordon Biersch. Luckily that might all be ending soon. Recently, movements in priv ...

Andy talks too much. - a2d2.wordpress.com · 1 reference

How I Ensure Marketing is Still Valued in Barbados

21 hours ago by Charla Kucko

By Marita Greenidge The last four weeks have been an absolute whirlwind. Thank goodness I landed quite safely. It began with the first major request from my client, Barbados Business Enterprise Limited (formerly referred to as CBET (Barbados)) – they needed a marketing plan. I should mention that Ba ...

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Keating Capital Enters into Letter of Intent with Industriaplex

21 hours ago by Ermanno Cece

Keating Capital, Inc. has entered into a letter of intent to lead a pre-public round of financing to Industriaplex, Inc., a provider of outsourced supply chain management solutions to small and medium enterprises in the US and across the globe. Founded in 1999, Alpharetta, Georgia-based Industriaple ...

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Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners Announces Final Closing of €250M Fund

1 day ago by Ermanno Cece

Paris-based Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners announced the final closing of its Winch Capital 2 development capital fund for €250m. In making the announcement, Pierre-Michel Passy, chairman of the investment firm, said: "We were targeting a second closing around €200m. In only 4 months, we w ...

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