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Signs of Life in Venture Capital

December 11, 2008

Reports from the AlwaysOn Venture Summit held at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Half Moon Bay in Silicon Valley this past week revealed a few reasons for optimism amid the overwhelmingly gloomy economic picture. True, most start-ups are hunkering down, conserving capital and trying to innovate their way out of this crisis. Experts at the […]

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Getting an Edge in the Private Equity Job Market

December 8, 2008

The financial job market has shifted significantly over the past few months. When we are asked by candidates how to gain a competitive edge in this fast-moving environment, we often suggest brushing up on your financial modeling and valuation skills through training at The Investment Banking Institute (IBI). Over the past seven years, IBI has […]

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Experienced CEOs Moving into Venture Capital Jobs

November 26, 2008

Downward pressure on CEO compensation packages is starting to have an effect on where these top executives want to work, reports biotech website TMCNet.com The article quotes Gabrielle Lajoie, a managing director with the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates, as saying that experienced CEOs from biotech firms may be considering a move into venture […]

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Why The Venture Capital Model Is Broken

November 17, 2008

There’s a buzz in the blogsphere about Adeo Ressi’s recent treatise on why the venture capital model is finally broken. Ressi is founder of The Funded, a website that lets people rate venture capitalists. His musings about the current state of the VC model have hit a number of blogs and online publications, including The […]

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Venture Capital Guru Says It’s a Good Time for Start-Ups and Jobs

November 13, 2008

When you’re being chased by a bear, you don’t have to outrun the bear. You just have to outrun your friends. So quipped Gilman Louie, a well-known video game geek and veteran venture capitalist, at a recent Bay Area Capital Connections conference covered by Venturebeat. Today Louie is a partner at the Alsop Louie venture […]

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No Dotcom Crash for Venture Capital

November 3, 2008

The economic downturn may actually be good for technology ventures, and there are reasons we won’t see a repeat of the crash of 2001, according to the industry website techradar.com. The situation today is very different from the tech bubble, when investors threw money at anything with .com without a sensible business model to back […]

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The Right Background for Venture Capital Jobs?

October 27, 2008

Guy Kawaski is one of the best-known authorities on entrepreneurship and technology start-ups. The former chief evangelist for Apple is the author of seven books, founding partner of Garage Technology Ventures and other web start-ups, and a popular speaker. New York Times blogger Marci Alboher recently interviewed Kawasaki for her blog, Shifting Careers. She asked […]

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VC Exits Slow but Investment Continues

October 6, 2008

Venture capital-backed IPOs have slowed to a crawl, but VC firms are still investing and raising funds at a steady pace, according to a new study published by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The report, titled “The Exit Slowdown and the New Venture Capital Landscape,” notes that VC-backed IPOs are at a 30-year low, with Q2 2008 marking […]

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Green Industries Look Promising For Venture Capital

September 29, 2008

Alternative energy and other clean technologies are already the third largest sector for venture capital investment and jobs in the U.S., after information technology and biotech, according to an article in the Boston Globe online. The article cites a new United Nations report that says clean technologies such as biofuels will create millions of new […]

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