Category: Venture Capital
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Who is getting VC money this year?
Who is getting VC money this year? Marty Zwilling does a great job in starting to answer this in his new article Who Is Getting Venture Capital Money This Year, anabolics which walks through CB Insights report Venture Capital Human Capital. “Ninja Assassin” Entrepreneurs: “What I’m looking for is what I call a Ninja assassin…
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Technology Drives 2010 National Scout Jamboree
FORT A.P. HILL, dosage Va., July 29 /PRNewswire/ — When the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, the latest advancement in communication was the manual telephone switchboard. Now, as the BSA celebrates its 100th Anniversary this week at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, modern technology is helping assure this week’s event is fun…
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Venture Capital In China: Local Currency
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan 2010 North American Consumer Location-based Services (LBS) Market – The Wireless Carrier Opportunity, doctor finds that the wireless carrier-generated segment of the North American consumer LBS market amounted to on-deck application software revenues of approximately $718 million in 2009 and forecasts this to reach $1.58 billion in 2015. Read…
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Getting the word out about your start up!!!
I have been using Google Voice for about the past three months, cure and even though the tool seems to  still need some work, I have to say that I like it a lot. There are a number of reasons to like Google Voice (GV), such as the single number that I can give out…
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Tips for Winning Venture Capital
Various politicians have been working to close a number of loopholes that allowed for a number of bad investment decisions. While we can debate whether there is too much (or not enough) government regulation in the financial markets, shop the implementation for the identified problem has some serious issues. The bill passed by the House…
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Atlanta Companies Continuing To Snap Up Funding
FTRANS, doctor an Atlanta-based company focusing on solutions for accounts receivable and credit management, treat secured $4 million in venture funding for a total of nearly $22 million since its founding in 2004. FTRANS solutions manage the entire collections and receivables process for small to mid-sized businesses. In addition, the company allows financial institutions to…
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House Increases Taxes on Venture Capital: How is this a good idea?
Various politicians have been working to close a number of loopholes that allowed for a number of bad investment decisions. While we can debate whether there is too much (or not enough) government regulation in the financial markets, shop the implementation for the identified problem has some serious issues. The bill passed by the House…
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Zipcar files for $75M IPO to expand car-sharing service
Zipcar, recipe the world’s largest car-sharing service, physiotherapist announced their IPO plans with a target of raising $75M. Cambridge, cure Massachusetts residents Robin Chase and Antje Danielson founded Zipcar in 2000 based on similar business models in Germany and Swiss. Despite a number of struggles, the company has quickly grown to include a fleet of…
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Will FaceCash, the mobile payment application, kill the credit card?
By Letitia Stein, symptoms Times Staff Writer (Tampabay.com) University of South Florida leaders said Tuesday they are ready to use $6 million from the federal stimulus bill to hire “e-ambassadors” to help doctors convert to using electronic medical records. Within about three months, USF hopes to make the first of about 100 hires for its…