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Best Locations In The US For A Tech Startup

YoungUpstarts

Let’s say you have a great business idea that leverages the power of technology to meet a certain consumer or lifestyle need. These metro areas tend to be anchored by research universities that attract the talent and venture capital needed to develop fresh ideas that involve business and technology. San Francisco.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. So universities have realized that for many students, promising a career in technology and entrepreneurship is key to recruiting high potential students. Everyone wanted to work in finance.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. This should not deter you.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Technology. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. in exchange for $70,000 in venture capital and a $30,000 loan from the early venture firm. WSJ Classroom.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

While labeled the “dot.com” bubble, valuations went crazy across a wide range of technology sectors including telecommunications, enterprise software and biotech, not just the Internet. I hypothesize that unlike bubbles in other sectors – tulips, Florida land prices, housing, financial – tech bubbles create lasting value.

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VentureGeeks Unveils Pre-Seed Investments in Five Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

The fund is backed by David Moche, a Florida based real estate investor, and one of the co-founders of About.com. The technology behind the project is based on studying the behavior of individual learning and by understanding the student’s interests, whether it be film or sport.