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Update on America’s Slipping Global Competitiveness– Implications for Intellectual Property Development of Senate Bill 515

Pascal's View

My remarks explained the relationship between the long-term decline in America’s global competitiveness, the impact of the capital markets crisis on new investment in research and development, and specifically addressed Senate Bill 515 , the pending U.S. legislation that will transform the U.S.

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Business Week Report on “Radical Future of R&D” Misses Critical Capital Markets Link in Innovation Ecosystem

Pascal's View

The cover story of the September 7 issue of Business Week reports on the “ Radical Future of R&D “, focusing on the internationalization of research and development led by global corporations such as IBM and Hewlett Packard. Slywotzky makes an important assertion about venture capital that is incorrect.

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1st Quarter 2014: Best for Investing in 15 Years

Growthink Blog

Well, if you don’t, try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from 1st Quarter 2014: Initial Public Offerings: 72 companies went public in the U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions: Global mergers & acquisition activity totaled $710 billion (Thomson Reuters), up 54% from last year.

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Starting up down under: The guide to Australia’s growing startup scene

The Next Web

Having raised a $35m Series A round from Accel Partners and angel investors behind ebay, Flickr and Squarespace to expand their global presence (which now include offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris and Rio), 99designs remain the darlings of the Aussie startup scene and one to watch. Halfbrick Studios. Accelerators.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. It’s a great business. It still serves just 60 customers per day.

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The Future of Israeli unicorns in 2024

VC Cafe

With the IPO window closed, growth funding severely dwindled and multiples down as a result of the public market, unicorns face tough choices in 2024. The Unicorn’s struggle is a global phenomenon There are a total of 1,224 unicorns globally, with a combined valuation of $3.7 trillion, according to CB Insights.

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Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley’s Harmful Idea of Success

Austin Startup

I myself have two investors, Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital and Chris Shonk, an angel investor in Localeur but founding partner of ATX Seed Ventures, who are VCs. Are there amazing Silicon Valley VCs out there with whom entrepreneurs should work to partner? Most definitely. But does this mean VC is a necessity?