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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

These four developments, while important to Silicon Valley, are vital to developing regional tech clusters. While the density of Silicon Valley startups can’t be replicated in regions, the barriers of money and resources have disappeared. Why Valley Rules Don’t Work in Regional Economies.

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Twitter Link Roundup #153 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link]. Surprising Insights From HubSpot’s $35M Mezzanine Round | ON Startups – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Hottest Commodity: The Design-Savvy Founder | Inc – [link]. Getting Better vs Being Good – [link].

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ProfessorVC: Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. One other chart worth noting is the the expected returns from various private capital providers (Banks, Asset based lenders, Mezzanine, Private Equity and VC). ProfessorVC. Thursday, September 24, 2009. Survey says VCs invest on Gut Instinct. Back to the survey.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. link] Fenwick & West’s Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey Reveals Increase in Valuations in Fourth Quarter of 2009 [.] A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. Read more on TechCrunch [.]