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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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Qualcomm Says Chinese Court Has Banned Some Apple iPhone Sales

Xconomy

The San Diego chipmaker said a Chinese court has ordered four Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) subsidiaries in China to stop the sale and import of seven iPhone models in that country. Qualcomm announced a win Monday in its ongoing and multijurisdictional legal battle with Apple. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Bio Roundup: CRISPR Ruling, “America’s Nobels,” IPOs & More

Xconomy

The long running patent feud over CRISPR-Cs9 gene editing appears to be over, just as U.S. biotech companies gear up for the first human tests of the landmark technology. This week, a federal appeals court upheld a previous ruling handing a CRISPR-Cas9 patent to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

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Xconomy Voices, Episode 3: Nathan Myhrvold and TerraPower

Xconomy

This week our guest is Nathan Myhrvold , the former Microsoft chief technology officer who, since 2000, has headed Intellectual Ventures, a Bellevue, WA-based firm that buys, develops, and licenses technology patents and other intellectual property.

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Walmart Unveils “Intelligent Food” System to Keep Produce Fresh

Xconomy

Now, the Arkansas-based giant says it has filed two patents on technology that can digitize the current inspection process for perishable goods. Food spoilage can cost big retailers like Walmart billions in losses.

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After Decades of R&D, Bose Amps Up VC Deals in AR, Wearables, Wellness

Xconomy

For the first 50 years of its existence, Bose Corporation invested primarily in in-house research and development to produce its lineup of high-end headphones, speakers, and other audio technologies. But in the past few years, Bose has also started to look outside its walls for other sources of innovation.

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Bio Roundup: FDA Says No, PCSK9 Value Fight, CRISPR Intrigue & More

Xconomy

All those years of hard work to reach the promised land, then just as a drug owner is ready to spike it home and take a victory lap, the FDA’s hands rise over the net… OK, it’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s better than comparing the patent fight over the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to table tennis. (Be