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Adecco to Buy General Assembly for $412.5M to Grow Tech Workforce

Xconomy

The deal underscores the growing demand for software coding and other digital skills—and employers’ increased willingness to turn to non-traditional sources to find talent. General Assembly (GA) launched in early 2011 with an incubator in New York City that was a cross between a co-working space and a startup university.

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Pharma’s Productivity Problem: Finding More Blockbuster Drugs

Xconomy

An obvious place to look for help is the venture community—Bruce Booth of Atlas Ventures pointed out in a recent blog that venture capital is doing well, and is positioned to do even better in the future. With a limited supply of new firms coming into the business, venture’s ability to expand to meet demand is inherently constrained.

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Dana White, Scott Monty, Guy Kawasaki and More | NMX Keynotes 2013

Tech Zulu Event

If you missed out on the keynotes live we have all of them for you on demand. Shani Higgins took over as CEO at Technorati in 2011. Technorati Media is the 8th largest social media property and the 3rd largest blog property. Stan Slap is intent on making a profound difference in the world before he’s forcibly removed from it.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

It is also a result of pent-up demand. I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) million – take it.

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Future of The Cloud is Bright | Just Ask the Market

Tech Zulu Event

Hulme, blogging at Cloud Commons , believes that the cloud will spur a jobs explosion, though the jobs descriptions will differ. He references CIO Bernard Golden’s argument, made in The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create , that while some roles may disappear altogether, others will remain, but in much less demand.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. It seemed to be purely speculative. I was a victim of this kind of thinking.

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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

Tech Zulu Event

He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. He blogs at startup-marketing.com. Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures. Dr. Richard Sudeck.