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Female tech entrepreneurs flourish outside of Silicon Valley

Now, L.A.'s tech scene is exploding with new firms, a number of them founded by women. Unimpeded by the San Francisco Bay Area's cliquish male programmer culture, they're using their expertise in retail, entertainment, advertising and media to build digital ... [Published Modesto Bee - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Silicon Valley, Entrepreneur, Startup, Los Angeles

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

PowWow Wins 2013 TiE50 Award As One Of The Hottest Technology Startups

PR NewswireBRISBANE, Calif., May 21, 2013BRISBANE, Calif. "At PowWow, our goal is to revolutionize mobile work," said Andrew Cohen TiE is a global network dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its international network. Sponsored by top Venture ... [Published Digital Journal - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Entrepreneur, Brisbane (Australia), Venture capitalist, Andrew Cohen, judges

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Lords question the new Government Chief Scientific Advisor

21 May 2013On Tuesday 21 May, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee takes evidence from Sir Mark Walport, the Government’s new Chief Scientific Adviser.They will also hear from a representative of the Royal Society and Dr Hermann Hauser ... [Published United Kingdom Parliament - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Hermann Hauser, Mark Walport, John Pethica

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Fast Casual Dining Business Plans, Now Offered by Wise Business Plans

As the economy continues to recover from the recent downturn and consumers begin looking to return a little luxury to their lives, upscale and premade food sales are expected to see a swift resurgence. Fast Casual Dining Business Plans "So many people ... [Published PRWeb - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Luxury, Ablation, Broad Spectrum

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Panel to recommend pay for governor, top state officials

A commission that recommends how much pay the governor and other state officials should receive is expected to make recommendations for 2015 when it meets in Lansing today.The State Officers Compensation Commission determines salaries and expense allowances ... [Published Individual.com - 3 hours ago]

Entities: George Franklin, Supreme Court, David Fink, Attorney General, judges

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Mergers rare among startups and venture capitalists

The typical venture capital success story goes like this: Investor backs startup. Startup grows rapidly and either goes public, gets acquired or licenses its technology. Investor collects a healthy return.GrubHub and Seamless' plan to merge their companies ... [Published Individual.com - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Mergers & Acquisitions, Startup, GrubHub Inc

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

President Obama visiting Peninsula next month for fundraisers

President Barack Obama is returning to the Bay Area in a couple of weeks to raise money for his Democratic colleagues in the U.S. Senate, according to party officials.Obama will be attending fundraising events on June 6 in Palo Alto and Portola Valley ... [Published San Francisco Examiner - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Fundraising, Barack Obama, Vinod Khosla, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Michael Bennet

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Young Bucks or Oldies But Goodies: What stage is attracting capital?

Last month, the NVCA reported 1Q 2013 venture capital investment data. Venture capitalists invested $5.9 billion in 871 U.S.-based companies. Many of the startups attracting the media’s attention are bootstrapping their existence. Are those the companies ... [Published Chrysalis Ventures - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Venture Capital, Later Stage, Startup, Venture capitalist

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Immense potential of e-commerce in fashion and apparel

Michael Aldrich launched online shopping in1979 with no clue whatsoever that his innovation would be a trillion dollar industry in the space of a few decades. Were we any wiser?Yet that’s what has happened.In 2012,worldwide online sales topped one trillion ... [Published Financial Chronicle - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Electronic Commerce, Venture capitalist, India, Alibaba.com Ltd

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

What's the Deal With the $100K Micro Venture Capitalist?

I am really old school when it comes to Venture Capital. So for me venture capital means an equity investment of a couple of million dollars. If this is the investment size, the natural consequence is that the valuation of the investee business should ... [Published Moneycontrol.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Venture capitalist, Venture Capital, Angel Investor

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The lean rock band

They don’t tell you this at your first guitar lesson, but to succeed as a musician you need more than just killer chops and a refined ear. You need the skills of an entrepreneur. Music and art are often held as ideals too lofty to be tainted by mere ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 20 2013]

Entities: Startup, Venture capitalist, Entrepreneur, Profiling

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

What Accelerator Bubble? Entrepreneur Heads North, VCs Who Blog: May 20

Venture capitalist Brad Feld, who co-founded TechStars, says there isn’t a startup accelerator bubble—and that every U.S. city with at least 100,000 people should have an accelerator program, according to Lora Kolodny. [Wall Street JournalSerial entrepreneur ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 20 2013]

Entities: VCs, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg LP, Andreessen Horowitz, Venture capitalist

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Rogers said, in a statement, that she looks forward to helping Choose Chicago "further elevate Chicago so that the city can reap the economic, job creation and investment benefits that come from increased tourism and convention business."

Mayor Taps Desiree Rogers to Chair Chicago Tourism Group [Published Chicago Defender - 14 mins ago]

...Alto, and we are thrilled these local visionaries and leaders are supporting us in our mission," said Michael Lombardo, CEO of Reading Partners. "Working together with business, nonprofit and political leaders, Reading Partners is committed to ensuring all children in our community, and across the U S , have access to acquire the literacy skills they need to succeed in the 21st century."

Silicon Valley Leaders to Compete for Title of Literacy Champion [Published Business Wire - 24 mins ago]

"If you're [an investor] and get [a firm upup to £100m value you sell it to a larger company and move on, you don't float. The community has been so battered so they tend to sell out, or they build it up and take it to Nasdaq" he added

Tech City firms facing shortages in funding and skilled staff [Published Computing.co.uk - 25 mins ago]

...and private investors were a lot more hesitant to take risks in London than they were in the likes of California's Silicon Valley, he said. "I think it's probably the growing pains of Tech City. Things just need to bed in a little bit longer."

Tech giants' talent poaching leaves Tech City's startups stranded [Published ZDNet - 36 mins ago]

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Meet Stitch Fix, the Personal Shopping Service ... [Published All Things Digital - 14 mins ago] If a service that mails recommended clothing and accessories to women isn’t up your alley, think about it this way: Stitch Fix is squarely at the intersection of both online and offline (so hot right now) and human and algorithm (even hotter). ...
Silicon Valley's Perverse Disincentives To Make... [Published ReadWriteWeb - 1 hour ago] $1.1 billion. That's how much your company is worth if it's long on users and short on paying customers. Just ask Tumblr. Or Instagram. Each yanked down billion-dollar acquisitions despite making virtually no revenue.Is this a big deal?Acquihires And ...
Silicon Valley's Perverse Disincentives To Make... [Published ReadWriteWeb - 2 hours ago] $1.1 billion. That's how much your company is worth if it's long on users and short on paying customers. Just ask Tumblr. Or Instagram. Each yanked down billion-dollar acquisitions despite making virtually no revenue. Is this a big deal? Acquihires ...
Attention digital health startups: VCs say now ... [Published Venturebeat - 14 hours ago] SAN FRANCISCO — It’s a great time for health startups to raise money, according to some of the biggest names in health investing.Funding for digital health grew dramatically in 2012 and is continuing to climb. The health market is pegged at $6 trillion ...
Attention digital health startups: VCs say now ... [Published Venturebeat - 14 hours ago] SAN FRANCISCO — It’s a great time for health startups to raise money, according to some of the biggest names in health investing. Funding for digital health grew dramatically in 2012 and is continuing to climb. The health market is pegged at $6 ...

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Why Marc Andreessen likes Google Glass [Published CNNMoney.com - Video - May 10 2013]
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Press Releases

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Silicon Valley Leaders to Compete for Title of ... [Published Business Wire - 24 mins ago]
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