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	<title><![CDATA[The Death of Venture Capital as We Know It]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-herscher/the-death-of-venture-capi_b_211163.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>A massive shakeout of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital">venture capital</a> firms has been predicted for years but it is finally going to happen over the next year because of a perfect storm of timing.</p>

<p>There are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/eBoys-Inside-Account-Venture-Capitalists/dp/0345428897/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1244079079&amp;amp;sr=8-1">countless books</a>, a few <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Startup-com-Kaleil-Isaza-Tuzman/dp/B00005N5QV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=dvd&amp;amp;qid=1244079156&amp;amp;sr=1-1">movies</a> and mountains of <a href="http://gawker.com/search/venture%20capital/">silicon valley gossip</a> about the good times of venture capital. Huge returns from the Internet bubble bred too many people who thought they were smart because they were rich and it seemed as if new funds were...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-03T23:03:00-04:00</date_published>
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