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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. And that’s real cash that LPs can’t put to work in other asset classes.

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

Xconomy

The CRISPR news this week doesn’t need a metaphor; the drama that MIT Technology Review reported can stand alone. — MIT Technology Review reported this week that a graduate student in the lab of Feng Zhang, Broad Institute gene-editing star, had accused the Broad of misleading the U.S.

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Why I Made the Decision to Go from Home Office to Coworking Space

Tech.Co

The number of coworking spaces alone is expected to jump from 11,300 in 2016 to 13,800 by the end of this year. In a coworking space, you have people working diligently all around you. For every tech startup, there’s a lawyer in private practice or a video production company. All the Major Women-Only Coworking Spaces, Listed.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

Xconomy

All three said the same thing: They were thrilled at the opportunity to prove that their destination — although smaller, lesser known, or farther away — has just as many cultural and intellectual assets to attract world-class events as the big guys. In 2016, Rapid City was officially named ICPC 2017’s host city. Burgess agrees.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

Tech Zulu Event

6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. The controversial CISA bill passed in late December, despite outcry from the tech world, now means large corporations will be able to share personal online data with government agencies.

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Tech Transforms the Election Experience, From VR to Voter Registration

Xconomy

I found another name for this low-tech form of long distance TV show sharing in the New York Times: “sync-watching.” Beyond a simple phone call, far-flung friends are using any technical means possible—like Skype and live tweeting—to duplicate that cozy experience of sitting in front of the same TV together. See how it works here.).