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Praising the dual-class stock structures for public companies

Marc Andreessen pontificates again on this topic now - the issue of having dual classes in stock in public companies and does a volte face - a complete change in his views saying that it is a good option. more...
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NetSuite Buys OpenAir For $26 million

Techcrunch is reporting that OpenAir was acquired by NetSuite for $26 million, adding to its online CRM and accounting applications. more...
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GreenNote Offers Loans Through Social Networks To Tackle the College Funding Gap

GreenNote Offers Loans Through Social Networks if you are having trouble paying for college. The idea behind GreenNote is simple, asking your social network for help, and resulting loans tend to have a more...
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GraphicLeftovers Monetizes Unwanted Designs

GraphicLeftovers provides a haven where graphic designers can sell unused graphics and illustrations and buyers can find high-quality, easy to use designs quickly and inexpensively. more...
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Is the Bay Area Overrated for Startups?

Today marks the end of my second month in San Francisco, having made the pilgrimage from Scotland in April. The question most regularly asked by those outside the Bay Area’s echo chamber: should my startup more...
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Trulia Brings Sweet Eyecandy to.. the Housing Market?

Trulia, a real estate search engine, has introduced a new feature which overlays Microsoft virtual Earth map with pictures of houses on the market. This is really cool mashup of housing data with pictures. more...
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An Engineer's View of Venture Capitalists

Fortunately, engineers are trained problem-solvers-- I want to harness that power. Engineers, armed with better information about how VCs operate, can work for more equitable solutions. I'm not offering more...
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Revision3 CEO Speaks DoS, Media Defender, And The FBI

Mashable is reporting that the Revision3 was attacked by Media Defender which brought down the Revision3's servers. The incident was reported to FBI which investigating the incident as per the Revison3 more...
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Strands Tries Again: With New Social

Oregon, Corevallis based startup Strands, which has already raised a whopping $55 Million in funding and reportedly had revenues of about $12 Million in the last year, is trying a new avatar by taking more...
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SunEdison Gets princely $161M for PV Farms

The likes of Greylock Partners, HSH Nordbank AG, Applied Ventures, Black River Commodity Clean Energy Investment Fund, Black River Asset Management, MissionPoint Capital Partners and Allco Renewable Energy more...
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