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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

UbiQD enabled this innovation with safer, cheaper, and more reliable quantum dot technology that it’s licensing from M.I.T., Your team has had incredible reviews on the UbiGro agricultural product. Our solar window technology sounds and looks like a completely different concept, but in fact is well aligned with our greenhouse products.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 75th Session Spotlights The Midwest

ReadWriteStart

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Next Chris Ruder from Chicago, Illinois, pitched Spikeball , a new volleyball-esque game that is being played at camps and college campuses. I like these two strategies. Photo by nazreth.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Here in the U.S. Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010. with many more states pending legislation. .” Given that of all existing U.S.

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Embrace: Valerie Lopez on the importance of employee-led resource groups

Transformify

Our guest today is Valerie Lopez, Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Cision , leading global provider of earned media software and services. In her role, Lopez is responsible for providing vision and leadership to the diversity, inclusion, and equity program across Cision’s global organization.

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Ranking — And Understanding — The World’s Top Startup Hubs [Video]

ReadWriteStart

“Boston has lost its previous leading position as the innovation and high-technology entrepreneurship center on the East Coast.” New York checked in at Number 5 in the Ecosystem Index but it’s the global capital of female tech entrepreneurship. Chicago, Illinois. ” Women Love New York.

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

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Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Web Design/Tech Services. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More. » More. » More.