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Published: 3/5/2010 9:12:30 AM, comments: 0
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Associate VC Andrew Parker says that the future of Internet venture capital investing will be so pervasive that it will require sub specializations:
Read Post Here
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Don Jones
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Published: 2/24/2010 10:02:26 AM, comments: 0
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This is a good, short summary of the misguided Italian court decision against the executives of Google/YouTube for the posting of an unfortunate video:
Defending Internet Freedom
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Don Jones
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Published: 2/17/2010 2:34:12 PM, comments: 0
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Every six months, the Graziadio School at Pepperdine surveys banks and private equity participants for the current environment on cost of capital and their outlook. Now, the survey is also including business owners.
It is an informative look into how the suppliers of capital view the business environment for 2010:
Download report here
Cheers,
Don Jones
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Published: 2/10/2010 1:59:16 PM, comments: 0
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Interesting BBC video of social media researcher Danah Boyd at Microsoft Research and her thoughts about how and why young people use social media. It's about 10 minutes in length.
See video here
Cheers,
Don Jones
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Published: 2/3/2010 10:06:54 AM, comments: 0
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Interesting post by Internet venture capital investor Fred Wilson on the benefits and merits of providing rewards to your customers, even for something so small as checking into your website:
Read post here
Cheers,
Don Jones
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Published: 1/20/2010 10:40:10 AM, comments: 0
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Interesting and thought-provoking post on the merits of starting companies in various places around the country, advantages and disadvantages as well as potential pitfalls.
Read blog post here
Cheers,
Don Jones
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Published: 1/13/2010 10:43:24 AM, comments: 0
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The survey was taken mid 2009, so it is a little bit old, but the points still remain valid. Here is a summary of it - note the optimism at the end:
Venture Capital Business
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Don Jones
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Published: 1/6/2010 12:59:04 PM, comments: 0
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VentureDeal is pleased to announce the release of a complimentary Startup Conference Review quarterly report, sponsored by the Bio CEO & Investor Conference.
The report covers new technology startup presentations for general technology and life science technology conferences during Q4 2009:
Download Review Here (PDF)
The report features notable and award-winning startups by conference and an index of all startup company presenters.
There is no registration required to download the report. Don't forget to pass it along to colleagues or friends who may benefit from the information.
Cheers,
Don Jones
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Published: 12/22/2009 1:21:12 PM, comments: 0
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Venture capitalist and television commentator Paul Kedrosky asks a tantalizing question in his post about whether or not the strange things that a few successful startup companies (Zynga, Twitter and Yelp) have been doing lately are a harbinger of a tech IPO boom in 2010. He could be right, since the stranger things have happened:
Read the post here
Cheers,
Don Jones
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Published: 12/16/2009 12:46:15 PM, comments: 0
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Good post from an entrepreneur who became a venture capitalist on one aspect of what makes a good entrepreneur:
Tenacity
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Don Jones
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