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Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies? (Eric Eldon/VentureBeat)

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Has smart money abandoned U.S. Web 2.0 companies?  —  Venture capitalists invested about 6 percent more into Web 2.0 companies in the first half of 2007, but the increase was attributable to more deals in Europe…

Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab

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So, the TechCrunch 40 are ummm.a bit underwhelming. I don’t many of these plays are investable - there are many different reasons (no real economic problems, no strategy, capital intensive, little business model i…

Nation's Top Business School Dean to Entrepreneurs on Exit Strategies: Big Companies Have a "Ton of Cash" so Think Strategic Partner

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Click To Play The Wall Street Journal just came out with its annual rankings of business schools and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is ranked number one. The Tuck School is a client of my PR firm and…

The End of the Beginning

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When I was in SF this summer, several people kept talking about ‘where we were’ in the boom/bust lifecycle. It felt (and feels) to me like the end of the beginning of this phase. It was clear then that we were…

Smart Money, Web 2.0, Features vs. Company and Tech Crunch 40

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Venture Beat asks an interesting question this morning: Has Smart Money Abandoned US Web 2.0 Companies?
It’s fitting to ask because I wonder how many of the 40 companies presenting at today and tomorrow’s Tech…

VentureBeat » The Facebook lawsuit that hasn’t gone away

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Before he launched Facebook at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg worked for two brothers on a project called HarvardConnect.com that also wanted to connect students and alumni.
Zuckerberg later left that project, and showed up…

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VentureBeat » Glam to sign $1 billion ad deal — and draws critics

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In an era when Web advertising networks are red hot, Glam lays claim to being one of the hottest.
Focused on gathering up female-oriented Web sites, and then selling advertising on their pages, Glam says it is the…

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VentureBeat » Zivity, an adult social network, raises $1M before launch

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Zivity, a new adult social network start-up, has raised a $1 million round of seed capital from Silicon Valley investors — as it prepares for launch.
It’s not a porn site, such as the newer sites Eroshare (pictures)…

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Venture Vehicles, maker of high-priced electric scooter, gets backing

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Venture Vehicles, a Los Angeles company developing a three-wheeler car that you can plug into a electrical outlet, with a glass canopy roof that can reportedly out-accelerate a Porsche Boxster — and get 100 miles to…