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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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Third-Quarter Report Shows Slowdown in VC Activity, & Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

Venture capital activity is gradually easing from last year’s peak, according to a new quarterly report put together by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. VC firms invested $14.99 VC firms invested $14.99 Venture capital firms also are having no trouble raising funds.

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Big Data Meets Big Biology in San Diego: Some Takeaways

Xconomy

He began to write about the possibility that a drug could act like a magische kugel —magic bullet—that killed only the organism causing disease, and nothing else.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital.

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Molecular Assemblies Raises $12M to Advance Enzymatic DNA Synthesis

Xconomy

On Tuesday, the San Diego biotech said it had raised $12.2 The company has developed an enzymatic approach to writing DNA that can. Molecular Assemblies is among the companies working to commercialize what’s known as enzymatic DNA synthesis. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Nervana’s $400M+ Buyout Reflects Key Tech Trend in Machine Learning

Xconomy

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.

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Microsoft Venture Fund Aims to Harness Early Stage Innovation

Xconomy

The new Microsoft Ventures will seek investments that fall outside the commercial deals that the company has done more frequently in the past, writes Nagraj Kashyap, corporate vice president of Microsoft Ventures, in a blog post announcing the new effort. That forms one end of the company’s spectrum of startup activities.

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