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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. The ingredients are all here. It takes both to build a community. No Dave S. =

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. We have the inability to hire engineering in Silicon Valley or brand sales people in NYC but the country still has very high structural long-term unemployment. I’m long the cloud. tl;dr summary. VCs were very active in this period. My prognosis?

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? It provides the cloud computing services and spam filters that Google soon integrated into Gmail. It provides the cloud computing services and spam filters that Google soon integrated into Gmail. Social Network Lists.

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ProfessorVC: Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. It was early in 2005 and the company was Facebook. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. ► January. (1).

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. Starting a business can be very expensive.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Social networking. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). Cloud Infrastructure. see the Libcloud -compatible cloud providers. cloud-based survey, free account. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network.

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National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Steve Blank

And I also noticed that there was always a cloud of talented grad students who wanted to follow him. (I In 2005, he returned to West Point (where he earned his undergrad degree) and ran the Combating Terrorism Center. Joe Felter and Pete Newell mobilized a network of Hacking for Defense supporters.