In America, according to one estimate, angels introduce about two-fifths of the new investment opportunities seen by venture-capital firms.

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With penetration at only 8%, e-commerce penetration into retail will come in breadth (more categories) and depth (increase in spend in existing e-tail categories) driving a tidal wave of new opportunities for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

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Like any good venture capitalists, survivor conglomerates will concentrate on spotting new opportunities and finding the talent, capital and partners to exploit them.

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As venture capitalists scale back, other investment firms are looking toward startups in Silicon Valley as new growth opportunities.

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Although many of the traditional marketing opportunities have either completely disappeared or changed dramatically, there are still opportunities available for those business owners who do not want to venture into an entirely new and unfamiliar world of Internet marketing.

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