Anthony Pantuso and Thomas Naughton left to join NeoCarta Ventures, a new firm that then won backing from a former client: Bert Ellis of IXL Enterprises.

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Also, schools must bridge academic theory and current, real-world experience so students can hit the ground running, making immediate contributions to the organizations they join or ventures they launch.

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Bain Capital Ventures will join existing investors Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Ventures, Nye wrote.

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Those many-diamonded ventures join others from AP, Vacheron-Constantin, F.

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Some have gone on to start up their own companies or join other early stage ventures such as Zillow, FriendFeed, Twitter and Xobni.

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What used to be unorthodox career paths are becoming more and more common: many join the startup fever and launch their own ventures.

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