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Private Equity Doing Just Fine, Thanks

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Vc, Mergers and Acquisitions, Oak Tree Capital Group, Video, Ipo, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Brightsource Energy, Private Equity Exits, Business News

The boom times are back, sort of, for private equity, but don't break out the champagne just yet. More companies backed by private equity went publ...

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Obama's New JOBS Act Friends Leave Longtime Democratic Ally Furious

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Vc, Congress, Economy, President Obama, Afl-Cio, Jobs, Obama, Venture Capital, Vcs, Bipartisan, Jobs Act, Labor Unions, Internet, Politics, Labor, Video, Tech, Unemployment, Cantor, Jobs Council, Obama Jobs Act, Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Bipartisanship, Organized Labor, Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will sign the JOBS Act into law Thursday, clinching a rare and hard-fought bipartisan victory for his presidency....

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Why You Can't Hire

Naval Ravikant | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Tech Talent, Startup Hiring, Startup Jobs, Startup, Incubator, Ios, Open Source, Developers, Designers, Startups, Hiring, Jobs, Venture Capital, Vc, Startup Incubator, Amazon, Small Business News

There isn't a shortage of developers and designers. There's a surplus of founders.

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Working Like a Man

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Penelope Trunk, Social Media, Startups, Women in Business, Vc, Techcrunch, Business News

There is constant discussion about whether women and tech startups mix. Despite the fact that women start small businesses at a faster rate than men, the hand-wringing only seems to reach a wide audience when the startup in question is in the tech or social media space.

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Black America's 21st Century Economic Movement

Mike Green | Posted 02.04.2012

A decade from now historians will discuss the economic impact of a two-day event that recently took place at Rutgers University, which brought together more than 120 minority business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs for the first-ever " Gathering of Angels" summit.

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NYC Leads With Incubators for Green and Tech Startups

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Venture Capital, Nyc, Tech Startups, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City Green Startups, Mike Bloomberg, Startups, New York City Startups, NY Mayor Bloomberg, Green Startups, Vc, New York, New York City, New York City Tech Startups, Small Business, Queens, Small Business America, New York News

The stimulus was not as effective as hoped, in part because state and local officials were expected to move faster than they were able. However, state and local officials and local entrepreneurs are now responding to the need for new jobs in interesting ways.

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Why Some Entrepreneurs Have all the Luck

Anthony Tjan | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Vc, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Business, Luck, Small Business America, Small Business, Business News

Arguably, most "business luck" can be influenced -- you can increase your propensity to be lucky in business if you understand how.

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There Is No Bubble, Period

Beverly Macy | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Social Media, Yahoo IntoNow, IntoNow Yahoo, Intonow, Yahoo Buys IntoNow, Intronow and Yahoo, Small Business America, Investing, Secondary Markets, Vc, Technology News

This blazing hot social media sector is luring investors and sparking astounding, eye-popping innovation practically every day -- a good sign for consumers and businesses going forward.

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Why Sundance and Its Filmmakers Resemble Silicon Valley and Its Entrepreneurs

Marc Ruxin | Posted 05.25.2011

For those who don't know enough about independent film to consider investing, I would love to ask: Are tech entrepreneurs and indie filmmakers cut from the same cloth?

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A Perfect Storm: Global Shifts in Venture Capital and Science Funding

Lucy P. Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, UK, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Research, United Kingdom, Science, United States, Biotech, Intellectual Property, China, Vc, Business, Engineering, Cleantech, Government, Innovation, Politics, China Energy, Group of Seven Economies, G-7, Business News, Startups, Clean Technology, India, Economic Growth, Life Sciences, US, Venture Capital, Economy, Corporate, Green News

Partly a consequence of the global financial crisis, unprecedented change in venture capital and the science sector is on the cards. And it has additional consequences too.

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Seven Secrets to Raising Venture Capital

Kevin O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investing, How to Raise VC Money, Raising Venture Capital, Vc, findthebest.com, Kevin O'connor, Venture Capital Firms, Business News

As both an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, I've sat on both sides of the table. Here are the seven secrets to what VCs are looking for as they consider who to invest in:

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Why and How Universities Should Embrace Startup Culture

Dave Lerner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tech Transfer, Steve Jobs, Reputation, Trust, Chris Dixon, Startups, University Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Vc, Legal, Transactional, Culture, Bayh-Dole, Business News

Recently an entrepreneur/investor/blogger extraordinaire I admire by the name of Chris Dixon touched on the two general paradigms people/institutions can adopt towards one another when conducting business.

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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Not)

Jeff Bocan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Bocan, The Midwest, University of Michigan, Institutional Investors, Venture Capital, Endowments, Vc, Beringea, Brookings Institute, Business News

Despite representing roughly 33% of the population, less than 14% of venture capital dollars find their way to the Midwest to convert technology discoveries into new companies and jobs.

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Is There Really an NYC Start-Up Boom? And if So, What's Causing It?

Jose Ferreira | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foursquare, Knewton, Nyc, Twitter, Venture Capital, Facebook, Huffington Post, Tumblr, Tech Startups, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, Vc, Technology News

In years past, the best-and-brightest all came to NYC to work in law, fashion, or finance. The talent's still coming, but those industries have all shrunk. The big beneficiary is the start-up scene.

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Five One-Way Tickets to Michigan, Please

Jeff Bocan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detroit, Venture Capital, Michigan, Jeff Bocan, Entrepreneurs, Vc, Entrepreneurship, Economic Revitalization, Beringea, Business News

This summer, I decided to move my wife and three little kids away from the sunny beaches and new media millionaires of Southern California to -- you guessed it -- Michigan.

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A Sundance for Startups

Maya Baratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vc, Indiem Film, Twitter, Intuit, Niche Film, Tech Crunch, Venture Capitalism, American Idol, Shooting Gallery Entertainment, Grand Jury Prize, Jay Bagash, techchrunch50, Silicon Valley, Mike Arrington, Sundance, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Mint, Media News

If you were to compare TechCrunch50 to anything related to Hollywood - a comparison folks in the tech industry love to hate - it's probably most like the Sundance Film Festival, circa anytime before this decade.

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Venture Capitalist Con Man Steals $20M, Convicted Of 22 Felony Counts

Bits | Claire Cain Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Con Man, Con Job, Felony Theft, Moses Joseph, Venture Capital, Vc, Felony Fraud, Business News

The venture capital business is based on trust. Investors hand over money to a venture capitalist and trust that person to invest it wisely on their b...

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