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Two U.S. Bills Seek to Lure Immigrant Entrepreneurs

the bill would permit an "immigrant entrepreneur to receive a 2-year visa if he or she can show that a qualified U.S. investor is willing to dedicate a significant sum-a minimum of $250,000-to the immigrant's start-up venture." [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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TWiST #28 with Kamran Pourzanjani | This Week in Startups

If you can watch it through, you'll find an interview with the pikk CEO. What do you think? (the Shark Tank interview starts at about 35 minutes in) [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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MashLogic - pops up related web sites over the one you're reading

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MashLogic basically extends any web site by providing relevant information from other sites in a pop up bubble that appears when you hover over specific underlined words. For example, in a New York Times story on Carnegie Hall, if you hover over the n [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Venture Capitalists Want Exemption from regulation

Venture capitalists said on Wednesday they should be exempt from President Obama's proposed changes in financial regulation, arguing they were not part of the problem. The National Venture Capital Association, the trade association of venture capit [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Profeesor: Web startups don't need VC anymore b/c it's so cheap

As the cost of starting a Web company decreases, thanks to cloud computing services and technology that entrepreneurs can rent instead of buy, many founders can finance a new company without the help of venture capitalists, using their savings, money  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Tremor Media Raises $18 Million For Web Video Ads

NYC-based Tremor says it grew revenues in triple digits in 2008 for the third year in a row. It will use the money to build out its ad network and invest in video technology, including Acudeo, its video ad platform. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Twitter is worth at least $250 Million according to VC valuation

Twitter, which just recently turned down a half billion dollar acquisition offer from Facebook (albeit to be paid mostly with Facebook stock), is dipping back into the venture capital market, we’ve heard from a source with knowledge of the deal. The [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Venture fund firm subpoenas anonymous VC review site over comment

The offending comment: "Worked with these people on several deals and they are to be avoided unless you are desperate. Beaus Laskey, the only honest straightforward person in the bunch, has left the firm.” [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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50% of venture funded startups fire CEO/founder in first year

From the "Texas Startup Blog," "You might be surprised to learn that 50% of venture backed startups fire their ceo/founder within the first year. Of course, if you happen to be a ceo/founder of a venture backed startup you won’t be surprised....If  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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