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BusinessWeek article on Venture Capital has some interesting statistics:http://tinyurl.com/l5ou9t“Duke University just completed a survey of 549 entrepreneurs who had started successful companies in high-growth industries. We found that only 8% of first-time entrepreneurs took venture funding. For those on their fourth star (Read More)
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Today I came across a very interesting marketplace, Gazhoo. Gazhoo is a marketplace to buy and sell documents, images, templates and more. Gazhoo seems to have everything from venture capital documents to a stock standard business agreement.Gazhoo is a great marketplace for business professional who don’t have too much expe (Read More)
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| Fund Rated 2.8I am always amused to see "Very Small Private VC founded in N/A Pittsburgh" in TheFunded.com description of Innovation Works. IW is anything but a private venture capitalist. They are funded primarily by the state of Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin bureaucracy and have altruistic objectives to hand out money a (Read More)
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An article appeared in the WSJ Blogs about US VCs trying to save IPOs. One of the supposed ways that they are doing this is by convincing CEOs to want to go public. What do people think? Is this a good idea? Does anyone desire to go public?When the National Venture Capital Association unveiled its “four-pillar plan” in late (Read More)
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| Posted by esilver | Fund Rated 3.4I have spoken with Focus several times now; I can say they are definitely a late-stage follow-on fund and aren't going to be in any early-stage deals. They have a few deep ties into Asia which is one of their value-adds if you are expanding that way. In my conversations I talked with Sha (Read More)
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Jun 16, 2009
Submitted by Mogston
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Former MySpace CMO Shawn Gold is starting up a new social media business dubbed Cocodot, which is poised for launch next September. The current website for the venture doesn't reveal much, and all we know at this point about Cocodot is that it will provide a "style-driven communication and guest management platform for peop (Read More)
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Submitted by Welovecrowds
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Ever come across a Google search result that has the words 'this site can harm your computer' below a link? What about the Firefox red screen of death? If you're a Web surfer, chances are you've likely avoided clicking on this type of link. If you're the owner of the flagged site, chances are that those six simple words (Read More)
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Jun 16, 2009
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http://tinyurl.com/mgbpnyContrary to popular belief, the venture capital industry is not a necessary condition in driving high-growth entrepreneurship, according to Right-Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Industry, a new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. While venture capital will continue to be crucial to some f (Read More)
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| Fund Rated 1.2My understanding is that despite what their website says, their primary activity is small volume venture debt, $500K-$1M. The terms I have seen have been very unfavorable to a business, and in addition to high interest rates carry very expensive warrants and deal costs.On the upside, Todd is a good guy, Bre (Read More)
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| Posted by tech_vp | Fund Rated 2.9We worked with Rakesh and his team throughout our funding process. Rakesh was one of the first VC's we talked to and since NTT likes to come in along side and not lead a deal, he introduced us to more than 10 different funds. We ultimately received a term sheet from a Tier-1 VC and Rake (Read More)
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