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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa. What will you find here?

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa. What will you find here?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. This allowed followers to be able to “curate&# their newsfeed with people that they found interesting. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. cheap accessible digital hardware]. Twitter is much more.