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A VC (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Almost 750 people took the AVC Reader Census/Survey in the past 24 hours. That's a decent sample size. So if you want to know what the readership of this blog looks like, go here. I'm sorry to say that it...
Six Kids and a Full Time Job (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom Friedman has a great op/ed in the NY Times . He nails it and here is the crux: "Administration has ever dared to do: Take down our “Peace-Processing-Is-Us” sign and just go home. Right now we want it more than the parties. They all have other priorities today. And by constantly injecting ourselves we’ve become their Novocain. We relieve all the political pain from the Arab...
South East VC (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Over the last few weeks, I have been giving greater thought to how people perceive our firm after a first meeting. And this is happening because during that same timeframe, I've had two very different experiences with companies I have...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
High-earning private investors are increasingly turning to venture capital trusts (VCTs) as an alternative source of retirement income, following Budget changes that limit the tax relief on pension contributions
A VC (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
One of the more contentious things in the negotiation between an entrepreneur and a VC over a financing, particularly an early stage financing, is the inclusion of an option pool in the pre-money valuation. As my friend Mark Pincus likes...
Venture Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
First came the announcement earlier in the year that Marc Andreessen was joining the ranks of "capital" -- a welcomed defection from "labor." And now my friend Reid Hoffman has jumped into the fray as well, joining Greylock Partners in their new fund (although he is not quite abandoning "labor" -- for the time being he will continue on as Executive Chairman of LinkedIn)....
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--High Street Partners (HSP) recently reported record net revenues for the third calendar quarter ending September 30, 2009. Third quarter net revenue increased by 17% compared with the previous quarter, a rise of 22% from the same nine month period in 2008. These results reflected growth across many different aspects of the business, including a greater demand for services...
A VC (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
About a hundred readers of this blog gathered last night in the cafeteria of Washington Irving High School just off of Union Square in Manhattan to meet each other and celebrate the generosity of this community in the recent Donors...
Six Kids and a Full Time Job (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I am Partner at Benchmark Capital, Orthodox Jew, have EIGHT (corrected) kids and a very wonderful wife. I live in Jerusalem and work near Tel Aviv, Israel. I lecture all too infrequently at Hebrew University on entrepreneurship, sit on the school board and have some not for profit interests. I plan to write on topics related to what I experience in a normal day: Venture Capital, the Internet, technology,...
Nivi (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
We read the startup blogs so you don’t have to. Jason Cohen explains how to hire employee #1 (practical, tested advice). Fred Wilson explains how to make an email intro without making yourself look bad (this is how I do it). Bill Gurley explains why Google will pay mobile device companies [...]
Boston VC Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
(follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bussgang) A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson posted a presentation he delivered on What Makes the NYC Start-Up Scene Special. I was inspired to deliver a similar presentation today to a group of Harvard Business...
Nivi (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This post is by Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur with eight startups under his belt, including two large craters (Rocket Science and Ardent), one dot.com bubble home run (E.piphany), and several base hits. Steve is also the creator of customer development and this is one of his best posts on the topic. If you like [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- EmSense Corporation, the company that created the first scalable physiological and brainwave measurement technology, today announced the completion of a $9 Million Series C round of funding, led by an investment from Technology Partners with existing investor the Foundry Group also participating.
A VC (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I'm sure everyone out there gets email intros. Someone who knows you sends you and someone you don't know an email suggesting you meet. I send emails like that a lot. I might send a half a dozen or more...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Greylock Partners says it has closed a $575 million fund, despite the lingering recession and general downturn in venture investing.
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Peter Brooke | 03/09/2009
The challenge of entrepreneurs with a new business idea to raise enough money to start up can be daunting. Enter Angelsoft, a company who has just unveiled a search engine specifically engineered to locate investors. The company Angelsoft makes software for investors that enables them to manage their workflow, and runs a website for investors and entrepreneurs. Angelsoft took into consideration the...
ramasasthri | 01/29/2009
Appnomic Systems, a leading infrastructure management services (IMS) company (formerly Vitage Technologies), announced today that it has secured Rs.20 Crores from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a leading global venture capital firm. Appnomic Systems, headquartered in Bangalore , India , with operations in India , Middle...
dhall987 | 01/26/2009
The recession turned up late on Silicon Valley's doorstep but is likely to stay awhile, as technology companies slash thousands of jobs and rein in costs to make up for shrinking earnings and tight-fisted customers...(read more)
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