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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. And there are also modern examples of investors beating the founders and employees out the door.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Bootstrapping 101.

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David S. Rose – Father of Angel Investing in New York

Startup Professionals Musings

I also spend close to half my time teaching, and in addition to serving on the entrepreneurship advisory boards at Columbia, Yale and NYU, I am Chair of the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Marty: Were your own first investment ventures a positive and learning experience?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

Lots of returns are being made these days, but the latest CalPers report shows dissapointing returns by Israeli VC firms , with an IRR of 3.5%-3.8% Four Israelis made the list of the 100 most influential women in high tech in Europe drawn up by the UK branch of Silicon Valley-based Girls in Tech, which seeks to promote women in high tech.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. The panel was a typical Silicon Valley shmoozefest hosted at a law firm with about 75+ attendees. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel.