Dozens of company boards are now discreetly sounding out venture capitalists to see if they will support management buyouts.
十几家公司的董事会正在谨慎地试探风险投资者，以了解他们是否支持管理层收购。
Clark agreed to invest three million dollars of his own money in the project, and to raise an extra 15 million from venture capitalists who were always keen to listen to Clark's new ideas.
克拉克同意用他自己的钱投资300万美元在这个项目上，并从风险投资者那里再筹集1500万美元，这些人总是热衷于听取克拉克的新想法。
It has some venture capitalists scratching their heads.
这让某些风险投资家大惑不解。
So this is why the Groupon IPO is critical for venture capitalists.
因此，这就是Groupon上市对风险投资家如此重要的原因。
Have any doubts Silicon Valley's venture capitalists are really going global?
对硅谷的风险投资家们正在真正走向世界是否仍心存怀疑？
He's open about his distrust of many venture capitalists, and doesn't want to be at their mercy.
他公开表示对许多风险投资家的不信任，他不想听其摆布。
Startups do not have that and it is one of the reasons why venture capitalists worry about the chasm.
创业者不会有这个优势，所以风险投资者会为鸿沟的存在而忧心。
At least in America, he notes admiringly, venture capitalists are usually ready to back innovative start-ups.
他羡慕地看到，至少在美国，风险资本家通常都愿意支持创新性创业。
All of a sudden, when venture capitalists came to visit a startup down the hall, they came to visit Profitably too.
突然之间，当风险资本家前来拜访一家初创企业时，也会顺便拜访一下Profitably。
The most common approach has been to look at the criteria that venture capitalists use to make investment decisions.
最为常用的方法是看风险资本投资者在投资决策时所使用的标准。
Mr Rodrik is, in effect, asking technocrats in emerging economies to emulate the venture capitalists of Silicon Valley.
事实上，Rodrik先生是要新兴经济体中的技术专家官员们模仿硅谷的风险投资者。
Arranging meetings with venture capitalists or angel investors is also easier when you have Facebook on your resume.
当你的履历上有Facebook的时候，安排和风投及天使投资人见面也容易多了。
Tech firms and venture capitalists welcome these initiatives, but are deeply frustrated by a lack of action in other areas.
科技公司和企业资本家欢迎这些新举措，但他们又因其他领域缺乏行动力而倍感沮丧。
Software that looks complex is much more impressive to other hackers, venture capitalists, and non-hacker friends and family.
对于其他的黑客，风险投资商，以及非黑客的朋友和家人，越复杂的软件越让人印象深刻。
Other venture capitalists have been ladling cash into start-ups developing software applications for these online communities.
其他风险投资家已对一些针对这些在线社区开发软件应用的创业者慷慨解囊。
One investor recounts the conversation: "We said, okay Andrew, you took venture capital, and remember venture capitalists want an exit.
一名投资人回忆起当时的对话：“我们说，好吧安德鲁，你是获得了风险投资，但是你要记住，风险投资家总归要抽身。
At the end of the 8 weeks, the teams presented their startups to a group of venture capitalists, tech influencers, media members and others.
八周之后，各团队在风险投资家、科技界名流、媒体工作者和其他社会人士面前展示自己的创业成果。
For those of us who start a new company rather than look for a new job, it's important to understand venture capital and venture capitalists.
对于我们这些想创立一间新公司而非找一个新工作的人来说，对风险投资和风险投资家的理解是很重要的。
This has led some venture capitalists to argue that 2011 May be more like 1995 than 1999: if a bubble is inflating, it is a long way from popping.
一些风险投资者指出，2011年与1995年类似，而非1999年：如果说泡沫正在形成，那它还需要很长时间才能破裂。
But many entrepreneurs and venture capitalists do not, arguing that it does not fix any of the system's big problems and risks creating new ones.
但是许多企业家和风险投资人却对此不屑一顾，认为这不会解决这一体系的大问题，而有制造新问题的风险。
Flush from the Internet boom and intrigued with the opportunities presented by rising fuel prices, venture capitalists started betting on clean technology.
因特网繁荣带来的兴奋、能源价格高涨带来的机遇使得风险资本家把赌注押在了清洁能源上面。
Today, the power is shifting from the Silicon Valley "returnees" and venture capitalists to a new generation of locally trained and educated entrepreneurs.
今天，权力正在从硅谷“海龟”和风投资本家向在本土接受培训和教育的新一代创业者转移。
Rather like the venture capitalists behind the American software industry, Mr Gates is a venture philanthropist: he backs schemes, assesses them and dumps failures.
更像是回归美国软件行业幕后风险投资家的角色一样，盖茨先生成为了一位风险慈善家：他资助各类计划，对其进行评估并摈弃可行性不大的项目。
Too many Silicon Valley start-ups suck up millions from venture capitalists before giving their product away for free in an effort to attract a huge market share.
许多硅谷新开办公司的模式往往是先吸收来自风险投资的巨额资金，然后让用户免费使用他们的产品以达到占领市场份额的目的。
To achieve that, Dropbox plans to double its staff this year, and though Houston won't say as much, he implies that more funding from venture capitalists is inevitable.
为了实现这个目标，Dropbox计划在今年将团队扩充一倍。虽然休斯顿并没有太多表示，但他暗示更多的风险投资是必不可少的。
To achieve that, Dropbox plans to double its staff this year, and though Houston won't say as much, he implies that more funding from venture capitalists is inevitable.
为了实现这个目标，Dropbox计划在今年将团队扩充一倍。虽然休斯顿并没有太多表示，但他暗示更多的风险投资是必不可少的。
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