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Simple Seed Stage Financing Documents

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

Here's a good starting post from Internet VC Brad Feld about various efforts to simplify very early-stage financing documentation:

See post here

Cheers,

Don Jones

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The Future of Internet Venture Capital Investing

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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

Cheers,

Don Jones

VentureDeal

Freedom and the Internet

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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

Cheers,

Don Jones

VentureDeal

Private Capital Markets Project Report

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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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How Young People Use Social Networks

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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

VentureDeal

Rewarding Your Customers

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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

VentureDeal

Why You Should Start a Company in...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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,

Venture Capitalist Survey

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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

Cheers,

Don Jones

VentureDeal

Startup Conference Review - Q4 2009

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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...

2010 Tech IPO Boom?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:32 GMT

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: