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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). What does seem to be true is that the current aversion for new IPOs is mostly due to general lack of appetite for risk at present, rather than something intrinsic to growing tech companies.

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The Boston Consumer Tech Year In Review

Rob Go

So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless. Onwards to 2012! IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story. market cap.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. HBS Angels will likely execute this in 2012. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. Panel 2 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Investments in Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Other Alternatives.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

2012 Events. Groupon’s last private-round investors now in the red. July 12, 2012 12:01 PM. July 10, 2012 6:59 PM. July 9, 2012 2:00 PM. July 9, 2012 11:40 AM. Backup Software. Blog Software. CRM Software. Help Desk Software. Monitoring Software. More Software.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. code spaces (svn).