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Five One-Way Tickets to Michigan, Please

Jeff Bocan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Jeff Bocan

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.

A Sundance for Startups

Maya Baratz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media


Maya Baratz

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.

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

Bits | Claire Cain Miller | Posted 10.04.2008 | Business


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...