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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. I still plan to keep more normal pace of investment which is 1-2 deals per year.

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The Forgotten Yahoo Project That Inspired Two Recently Funded Startups

nickoneill.com

Back in 2007 Yahoo! As described on the Pipes website : Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web. However the technical phrasing didn’t prevent web luminaries from giving the project great acclaim. unveiled a project called Pipes.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Fred Hutch Spinoff Blaze Bioscience Pulls in $5M For ‘Tumor Paint’.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. 3 specific issues: 1.

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How To Negotiate with Vendors, Partners And Employees

YoungUpstarts

I also explained that we weren’t concerned with what each itemized item cost – but we needed to make sure that in the aggregate, we didn’t exceed our budget. Don’t just give up those points outright before you begin – but do take note of them and concede them as you negotiate. Confirm points of agreement and disagreement.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. 166M round closed Dec 2007. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak.

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

Given the lag in GAAP revenue recognition, the Q4 09 revenues are indicating an increased productivity in Q3 2009 (we have unfortunately to look backward due to the GAAP revenue recognition model), but the trend is very encouraging. In search of Europe's next tech stars. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Blog Archive.