This wraps up the second post in our ongoing series on venture capitalist blogs worth following.
The Big Three automakers have heavily relied on Venture for plastic parts such as dashboards and bumpers.
Many of the world's greatest companies, from Google to Amazon.com to Intel, grew up on venture capital money.
They frequently depend on venture-capital funds which are dwarfed by the cost of even a single utility-scale power plant.
Chandrasekhar, who founded an Internet company, Exodus Communications, in America, heads an official panel on venture capital in India.
In the meantime some speculate that the introduction of equity-based crowdfunding will put pressure on venture capital as an asset class.
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The banks have promised to hold off foreclosing on Venture until Apr. 15 and may or may not grant an extension.
But much of the tech growth in the country has continued to flow to more affordable regions less dependent on venture investment.
The Facebook IPO just barely fell short on venture and banking collusion, and will arguably destroy whatever culture was left within the company.
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Back in 1997 when Rottenberg launched Endeavor in Argentina and Chile where she had been working on venture financing and social entrepreneurship, no one celebrated emerging market entrepreneurs.
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But the industry is growing in western Canada and Alaska, and it's being studied as a possible add-on venture for maple syrup producers across the northeastern United States.
The bursting of the Internet bubble, several years of unfriendly public markets and changes in Wall Street and financial regulations have been hard on venture capital over the past decade.
"Clearly Facebook drove the acceptance of the market, " accounting for a majority of recent trading in pre-IPO stocks on exchanges, says Christopher Yang, who specializes in technology at Grove Street Advisors LLC, a Millennium investor that advises pension funds on venture investing.
The willingness of the first two groups of customers to participate in the social venture will depend in no small part on the impact the venture has on the intended beneficiaries of the venture.
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On average, venture investors sit on 4.4 boards, although in some cases that number may be rising, according to a survey conducted late last year by the National Venture Capital Association and VentureSource, a unit of Wall Street Journal owner News Corp.
Accompanying him on his venture was a co-pilot, Alec Ogilvie, and a four-man support team.
Through his blog, Bill offers very unique and differentiated commentary on the venture business.
This year may go down as the year LPs finally blew the whistle on the venture capital model.
Ranking also depends on a venture capitalist's (or lawyer's, banker's or recruiter's) length of involvement and influence with a startup.
His partner on the venture is Thomas McDonald, Equity International's former chief strategic officer who left the same time as Mr. Garrabrant.
The issue that manufacturers of small reactors have is that they are relying on the venture capital community to back their ideas.
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It's likely to be years before it makes money on this venture.
In the afternoon session, Bob Dorf offered more insights on developing venture ideas after the initial stage of getting out and talking to customers.
For the entrepreneur there is a buyer beware and attention that needs to be taken on selection on which venture firm to go with.
To keep the lights on, Venture Strategy, as Gallanter called the firm, did consulting work for clients like Instill, an online food service company.
To keep the lights on, Venture Strategy, as Gallanter called the firm, did consulting work for such clients as Instill, an online food service company.
Lefkofsky announced in a blog post Monday that he plans to scale back his duties at the deal-finding web company to focus more on his venture capital firm, Lightbank LLC.
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Americans are focused on the venture, not the relationship.
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Dixon, who writes a popular blog on startups and venture capital, will focus on consumer Internet as well as some enterprise startups in his new position.
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The first to do so in Japan is Fuji Xerox, which in May started a publishing-on-demand venture that lets customers browse through publications on its website and pick the material they want.
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