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Venture Capital Model is Alive and Well

April 2, 2009

That’s the word from Businessweek in a profile on Allegis Capital, a 12-year-old VC firm that’s put together an impressive track record. In July, 2008, Allegis sold Ribbit, a telecommunications provider it backed, to BT Group for $105 million. The year before, the firm unloaded computer security company IronPort Systems to Cisco Systems for $830 [...]

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Tech Startups See Venture Capital Opportunities in China

March 26, 2009

Entrepreneurs who’ve set up shop in China see plenty of potential for growth and say the current economic slowdown has actually helped the situation by reducing costs and weeding out weaker competitors. In a PC World article, William Bao Bean, a partner at venture capital firm Softbank China & India Holdings, sees “a time of [...]

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The Best Time to Start a Venture Capital Firm

March 12, 2009

Tough times have historically been better for startup companies than most people think says Jim Verdonik in an article in Portland’s BizJournal online. Granted, entrepreneurs tend to see the glass “half full” more often than most people. But there are solid business reasons why new ventures flourish in the worst of times. First, there’s necessity. [...]

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An Inside Look at a Legendary Venture Capitalist

March 5, 2009

If you want to get a sense of what it’s like to sit at the top of the venture capital hill, take a look at Business Week’s recent interview with Michael Moritz. Moritz is a former journalist who parlayed a book about Apple Computer into a job with the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia [...]

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Job Growth Depends on this Type of Venture Capital

February 19, 2009

Here’s an eye-opening fact from Seattle-based website, crosscut.com. America’s Fortune 500 companies, in the aggregate, creating nearly zero net new jobs over the past 30 years. According to most experts, start-up companies generate many more new jobs, proportionally, than the rest of the private sector. This fact was confirmed by a January, 2009 report issue [...]

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This Venture Capital Competition Offers Real Jobs

February 12, 2009

Plenty of colleges and universities hold mock venture capital competitions, where students pitch business ideas to pretend investors. But at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, real entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to students acting as investors with actual venture capitalists acting as the judges. In fact, UNC’s Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) has [...]

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Why Venture Capital Will Lead the Recovery

February 5, 2009

You probably wouldn’t expect a pro-business tome from the left-leaning Huffington Post. But Eric Hippeau delivers just that in a recent article on why both government and institutions should be pouring more money into the venture capital industry, not less. Full disclosure: Hippeau is a managing partner at venture capital fund Softbank Capital, and both [...]

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Venture Capitalists Forced to Make Hard Choices

January 29, 2009

The Wall Street Journal reports that the financial crisis is forcing many VC funds to focus on their best investments, and turn off the taps on their less-promising start-ups. Some VC firms, such as Claremont Creek Ventures in California, are giving “A, B or C” grades to their companies’ performance to help them decide whether [...]

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MBAs in Private Equity Jobs Earn $16,000 More

January 26, 2009

Now you can practically calculate the ROI for that advanced degree. MBAs in private equity on average were earning $16,000 more than non-MBA’s, according to the 2008 Job Search Digest Private Equity Compensation Survey. Although an MBA is not always required in private equity and VC careers, over half of the respondents have an MBA [...]

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Venture Capital Drives the Growth of New Businesses

January 22, 2009

Venture capital remains a critical ingredient for the growth of new businesses, according to a recent survey by the Monitor Group, one of the world’s leading advisory and consulting firms. The firm just released its “Path to Prosperity: Promoting Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century” report that surveyed entrepreneurs in 22 countries to determine attitudes required [...]

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