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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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When the masses start all running one way without questioning “why? &# – and when it defies any logic I can figure out in my head – I call bullshit. above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. It’s really hard to zig when the whole world seems to be zagging.

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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

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When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. Why did the VC markets freeze so quickly?