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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. Frankly, the scale of it has snuck up on the U.S. That will take a long time to settle.

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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Real estate has long been considered a sound investment, and has become even more popular in recent years as historical data has shown the market’s relatively low volatility.

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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

The state’s economy, government incentives and training, business regulations and workforce are other crucial factors. The government supports small business owners with popular incentive programs and offers many training and networking programs. Government is a large employer—given the state’s proximity to Washington, D.C.—and

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Book: Where The Jobs Are

Feld Thoughts

He has a vision and the experience to create a non-partisan organization to engage and educate people, especially policymakers in government, regarding the critical importance of entrepreneurs and startups to innovation, economic growth, and job creation. It’s a great book that every policy maker in government at any level should read.

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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”. Many universities ( University of Washington , NYU , etc.) “CEO is the new Analyst.”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. Everyone wants to work in tech startups.

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The Courage to Monetize

Austin Startup

Can he attract paying subscribers in competition with the Washington Post ? Heck, there was no venture capital in Dixie in that era. Now it’s cost + markup + 14 layers of intermediaries who all get a cut = price paid by insurance or the government. There was no thought of enterprise value.

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Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Steve Blank

National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup.

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