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How Do You Reference Check a VC?

18x18 Both Sides of the Table   2010-02-08
This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. I often tell people that raising money is worse than getting married.  I have to be careful in how that sounds because I love my wife a...

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Evening Reading: What VCs Could Learn From Sherlock Holmes

18x18 feeds.wsjonline.com/wsj/deals/feed   2010-02-08
I-banking and conflicts of interests: One main goals of the so-called Volcker rule that President Obama is pushing is to deal with conflicts of interests at banks. Justin Fox asks Philip Augar, a B...

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Entrepreneurs with social minded small businesses might benefit from L3C formation

18x18 Small Business News from Gaebler   2010-02-08
Last year, charitable donations declined somewhat, but Americans proved that giving was still a priority in the midst of recession with new technology trends like mobile giving and online donations...

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More on Obama’s Proposal to Eliminate Small Biz Cap Gains

18x18 PE Hub Blog   2010-02-08
Two weeks ago, during his State of the Union address, President Obama told the nation that he was proposing a new small-business tax credit, “one that will go to over one million small businesses w...

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California solar startup Ausra acquired by French nuclear energy giant Areva

18x18 latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/rss.xml   2010-02-08
Mirrors reflect the sun, concentrating its energy into a transom of pipes, at the Ausra Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Bakersfield. Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles TimesFrench nucle...

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Fisker on DOE Loan Timeline (Next Month) and Pulling Out of Michigan

18x18 Earth2Tech   2010-02-08
The times they are a-changin’ for Fisker Automotive. The Irvine, Calif.-based startup working on a plug-in hybrid luxury sports car and mid-range plug-in sedan called Project Nina tells VentureWire...

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Fisker on DOE Loan Timeline (Next Month) and Pulling Out of Michigan [Earth2Tech]

18x18 GigaOM Network   2010-02-08
The times they are a-changin’ for Fisker Automotive. The Irvine, Calif.-based startup working on a plug-in hybrid luxury sports car and mid-range plug-in sedan called Project Nina tells VentureWire...

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Silicon Valley Has a Woman Problem, But Women Still Have a Baby Problem [GigaOM]

18x18 GigaOM Network   2010-02-08
A post yesterday on TechCrunch did a wonderful job of illustrating how many more men than women there are in the U.S. venture capital industry — and how that imbalance extends to tech entrepreneurs...

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Wi-LAN plays it smart with Telus

18x18 Wellington Financial Blog   2010-02-08
On the list of interesting tech plays in Canada, I continue to think Wi-LAN (WIN:TSX) is worthy of interest on a number of levels. Although venture capital funds never played a role, which is part ...

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Google's Chief of Fabulous Opens a Disco — In His Penthouse

18x18 Valleywag   2010-02-08
We couldn't persuade Orkut Büyükkökten to invite us to his opulent birthday-and-housewarmingparty Saturday, but we won't hold it against him. After all, Google's ambassador to the gay party scene h...

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PatientSafe Nabs $30M

18x18 socalTECH.com Top News   2010-02-08
San Diego-based PatientSafe Solutions, a developer of software and bar code systems used for management of patient and workflow management in hospitals, has reported raised $30M in a new round of f...

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paidContent Quick Hits 02.08.2010

18x18 paidContent Economics of Content   2010-02-08
»  AOL (NYSE: AOL) is mulling over serious bids for its ICQ instant messaging service. [AllThingsD] »  With $3 billion to burn, Liberty Global considers European acquisitions. [DealBook] ...