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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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I knew eventually people would realize that the Kauffman Report and all the talk of VC returns were rear-view mirror analyses. I think that’s in part due to market conditions being favorable to venture capital and in part it’s due to the significant uptick in Los Angeles as a major tech hub in the US.

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

Xconomy

And once in a while, a defender uses his or her face, inadvertently, to block a ball spiked over the net. The CRISPR news this week doesn’t need a metaphor; the drama that MIT Technology Review reported can stand alone. STAT found the figures in Editas’s quarterly earnings report. Talk about sacrifice.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. PE Hub reported that there were mass defections. Team must be purely technical. VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

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It has long been believed that people from lower-income neighborhoods can’t learn as well as middle & upper class ones due to environment issues such as problems at home and trouble in the neighborhood. I poured myself into planning and I won the class-wide competition. My English teachers in middle school (Mrs.

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