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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Round sizes of > $100 million or more now account for 47% of all VC dollars (62% if you count rounds > $50 million) This has made venture capital significantly more valuable for VCs and LPs who invest in the best companies As part of our study we noticed a trend many have spotted but few have explained?—?why

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Fixing Tech’s Gender Problem Starts With Company Culture

InfoChachkie

Most men in the 1940's and 50's did not know how to use a keyboard and thus could not write code. Thus, it's hardly surprising that in 2010, women earned only 18% of all computer science degrees. A Corporate Culture That Changes the Odds.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. LendingClub. 24.5mm in Series C.

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What Does a Startup Have To Do To Get Noticed?

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. Using the platform to expand your reach.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. Most of my MBA classes were a waste (since I had studied economics as an undergrad) but one totally changed my thinking. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010. I will write about some of these topics soon. We’ll re-compare notes then.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Let’s buy more!&#.

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

Tech Zulu Event

The coupon industry specifically saw record growth within the digital realm, and by 2010 “49 million people [had] used an online coupon.”. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H. According to one study this method has proven popular as “SocialTwist’s social coupons receive a 50-80 percent redemption rate.”

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