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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. Both companies have attracted a lot of attention – both positive and negative. OpenCandy.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. VC is still a thing :) If you want to see the full deck you can download it on Slideshare or in the embed below.

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How to engage resource partners: continuing the conversation

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The affiliates that joined the conversation in March wanted to learn more about engaging with the resource partners in their network, so SourceLink® set aside time in April to continue the conversation and address unanswered questions. According to Tiffany Nixon from NetWork Kansas , engagement should start at the local level.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

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The product should be live if we hope to raise capital. The most valuable resource the accelerator provides is the network, so use all my time to navigate that network. A HUGE network enhancer. A program to get your company 'accelerated'- selling faster, moving faster, which does not necessarily translate to capital.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. What gives?

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

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You can of course view the presentation in SlideShare above or download it directly for free here. Network Up. Here I talked about Lending Club where I understand hedge fund managers are now deploying capital to lend directly against pools of borrowers. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. Prices down.

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A Conference, a Dad, an Idea, a Team, Funding, and a Launch: Brooklyn's Own Tinybop is Live on the App Store!

This is going to be BIG.

He investigated successful models, like Toca Boca, downloaded every top educational app on the App Store, and played alongside his two sons, carefully observing and absorbing their feedback. That’s also why this is the second company (the other is Editorially ) I’ve invested in from that network.