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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

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If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Large companies were acquiring technology startups just to get in the game at the same absurd prices.

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09!

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

13, 2006: This distinguished Nobel Peace Prize recipient pioneered the use of microcredits through the Grameen Bank, which he established in his native Bangladesh in 1983; many for-profit and nonprofit ventures these days utilize the same concept when investing in underprivileged regions. Mark Bao at Junior Biz , Feb.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare). 40:30 –41:30). 41:30-42:00).

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This represents an outstanding 2,298% growth vs. 2006 (this type of growth seems big but you get used to it when reading business plans is you day job). internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform.

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9 Big Businesses That Began In College

YoungUpstarts

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. And we’re sure Zuckerberg, who still looks and dresses like a college sophomore, is only just getting started.