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Year-End VC Report Shows Strength of Internet & Early Stage Investment

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Investment research firm CB Insights has released its end-of-year report for 2010, which finds both the fourth quarter and the year overall ending strong. New York Takes the #2 Spot For Tech VC from Massachusetts. Massachusetts, 207. billion for Massachusetts. Sure, this isn't a rousting of Massachusetts by New York.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

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The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Announces Partnership With TiE Chennai

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a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. At 11 a.m., Discuss.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Business Schools And Early Stage Entrepreneurship

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From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Discuss.

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VC Activity In Q1 2011 Back To Pre-Recession Levels

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The first quarter of 2011 saw these return to their pre-recession levels with financing for Internet companies up 83% from the last quarter of 2010. While about half of that was included in the fourth quarter of 2010, the rest was counted in this first quarter of 2011. Sorry Massachusetts, New York has pulled ahead in VC funding.

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

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These are women in their 40s to early 60s, often shopping for younger women. Kristen is doing about $70,000 year-to-date, and expects to hit $200,000 for the 2010 fiscal year based on her holiday sales projections. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Who is Getting Venture Capital Money This Year?

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A new study, just published by CB Insights, titled Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes these three characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US during the first six months of 2010. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place.