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Software patents are the problem not the answer
Union Square Ventures &bull Feb 19, 2010
Nathan Myhrvold and I have exactly the same goal. We'd both like to promote useful innovations that have a positive social impact. But we have very different opinions about how to do it. Nathan believes the patent system is the answer, and I believe the patent system is the problem. The world needs a capital market for invention like the venture capital market for start-ups" ... Nathan supports this argument by comparing the current market for intellectual property to the early days of the computer industry. He argues that in the 1970s people did not believe the software industry could… Full Story »
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Nature vs Nurture and Entrepreneurship
A VC &bull Feb 19, 2010
I went down to Philly yesterday and spent the afternoon with students and faculty at Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, the entity that administers the entrepreneurship major/courses at Wharton and runs a bunch of fantastic outreach programs like the Venture Initiation Program.… Full Story »
Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital Review Magazine
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Zynga's chief designer shares tips learned from social games
Venture Beat &bull Feb 19, 2010
Zynga has become the envy of the video game industry because it has so many users for its Facebook games. So Brian Reynolds, chief designer at Zynga and a veteran of the traditional video game industry, got a lot of attention for his talk about designing hit social games. The talk at the Dice Summit was also an interesting contrast to the morning speech by Jesse Schell about… Full Story »
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Buchheit's lucky streak as an angel (and a founder)
Venture Beat &bull Feb 19, 2010
Gmail creator, FriendFeed co-founder and now Facebook employee Paul Buchheit has not only has had a stellar career as an entrepreneur and engineer. He's also proving to be a savvy angel investor with four acquisitions in six months. Yesterday's acquisition… Full Story »
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Despite a couple of bad moves, Activision Blizzard CEO says he runs a kindly mothership for game developers
Venture Beat &bull Feb 18, 2010
Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard, runs the biggest independent video game development company in the world. Some people have taken potshots at him because he doesn't play games and has said some things that make him seems like an abrasive numbers guy who doesn't respect creative game developers. In a rare talk in front of game developers at the Dice Summit in Las Vegas, Kotick acknowledged that he has made some mistakes in finding and fostering some of the most creative people in the game industry. But he defended… Full Story »
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Water Equals Food Equals Income
Feld Thoughts &bull Feb 18, 2010
Innovation happens all over the place. While I typically write about innovation in software and the Internet (which are the two areas I invest in), it's useful to occasionally step back and tell a story about innovation in a different area that I've been… Full Story »
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Desjardins Entrepreneur Prizes Applications accepted until March 31
Individual.com &bull Feb 18, 2010
(CNW Group) Desjardins Group launches a call for candidates for its 2010 Desjardins Entrepreneur Prizes, which recognize excellence and showcase the achievements of outstanding Quebec and Ontario entrepreneurs and businesses. Businesses with a... Full Story »
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University of Illinois to hold entrepreneur workshop on Feb. 20
Individual.com &bull Feb 18, 2010
(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) Registrations are still being accepted for the annual Invention to Venture workshop to be held Feb. 20 in Urbana. The workshop, sponsored by the University of Illinois Technology Entrepreneur Center in cooperation with the National... Full Story »
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The Most Stalker-Friendly People On Gowalla. Scoble Not Included.
TechCrunch &bull Feb 18, 2010
Back in December, we ran a post about the most stalker friendly people on the web. The main point of reference for it was a leaderboard made by Osnapz, which showed the Foursquare users with the most followers. Now, with… Full Story »
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The race to measure the mobile Web
CNN Money &bull Feb 17, 2010
Weeks before Steve Jobs announced the iPad, a group of data wonks in San Francisco knew it was coming. The app analytics firm Flurry Media began to pick up suspicious activity in the vicinity of Cupertino's 1 Infinity Loop, home to Apple's (AAPL) corporate headquarters. About 50 devices were ravenously downloading applications that held a small snippet of Flurry software. Flurry could even say what the most popular apps were on the new device: games, entertainment, and news. This type of data is the currency that drives both… Full Story »
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CombinatoRx Founder Joins Third Rock Ventures
Private Equity Hub &bull Feb 17, 2010
Alexis Borisy, founder and former CEO of CombinatoRx, has joined Third Rock Ventures as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Full Story »
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Insights and Opinions: Get Out Of The Office!
Socal Tech &bull Feb 16, 2010
For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a post from Frank Addante is CEO and founder of Rubicon Project, which provides online ad optimization technology to publishers. Frank is a successful, serial entrepreneur, and tells about his experience… Full Story »
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PatientSafe Solutions, Inc. Announces Management Team
Individual.com &bull Feb 16, 2010
PatientSafe Solutions, Inc., a San Diego based innovator of patient safety, today announced the executive management team tasked with executing the company's vision of creating a new vertical industry for patient safety in healthcare. James M. Sweeney, Chairman and Chief… Full Story »
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The iPad Is Step 1 In The Future Of Computing. This Is Step 2 (Or 3).
TechCrunch &bull Feb 16, 2010
In 2008, I attended a meeting in Madrid, Spain that featured the coolest demonstration I had ever seen. The problem was that I wasnt allowed to talk about what I had seen because the company was still in stealth-mode. More importantly, several governments, including the U.S. government were still exploring various parts of the technology for next-generation computing systems, so… Full Story »
Dermot Berkery - Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur
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At Shared Offices, How Green Is My Work Space
Buzz Tracker &bull Feb 16, 2010
Hunched over their computers on a recent afternoon, two brothers were sketching plans to build a green roof for an elementary school in Brooklyn. One row and three desks away, a woman was working on an environmentally friendly fashion project, a little black dress that can be worn 365 ways. Nearby, an information technology consultant was briefing a client on how cloud computing could save her money while also saving the environment. And in a… Full Story »
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TuneWiki Secures Strategic Investment From DOCOMO Capital
Venture Capital News &bull Feb 16, 2010LOS ANGELES, February 16, 2010-- TuneWiki, the award-winning provider of social media players, today announced that DOCOMO Capital, Inc., the corporate venture arm of NTT DOCOMO, has made a strategic investment in the company in a supplemental closing to its… Full Story »
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Special Report: Starting up in Singapore
Venture Beat &bull Feb 15, 2010
Beyond Good for Business The city-state of Singapore probably isn't the first place you'd think of building technology startups. But consider this: In the past 2 years, 26 technology start-ups from around the world, for example, Wikinvest and mig33 from the US, and Snap Group from Europe, have come to call Singapore their Asian home. Together with the likes of investors like Joi Ito, Saeed Amidi and Brad Greenspan, these savvy investors and entrepreneurs have chosen to base their ventures in Singapore. This is in addition to more than 7000 MNCs and 10,000 small-medium enterprises that have already set up… Full Story »
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Entrepreneur Venture acquires stake in UniCarton
Individual.com &bull Feb 15, 2010
(Datamonitor Financial Dea) Entrepreneur Venture, a venture capital firm, has acquired a stake in UniCarton, a producer of corrugated carton boxes and other customized packaging solutions, from UK-based private equity firm 3i Group plc. Both Entrepreneur Venture and... Full Story »
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A valuable reminder on green building materials
GreenTech Media &bull Feb 15, 2010Like many of my cleantech investor colleagues, at one time or another I've ended up spending some significant time on opportunities in the green building materials space.Green building markets in the U.S. are expected to triple by 2013, LEED certification is becoming a de facto requirement in some sectors and regions, and since buildings are responsible… Full Story »
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Entrepreneur's Breakfast - Baltimore, Reston, Raleigh & Atlanta
Southeast VC &bull Feb 15, 2010
We have done this before mostly in Raleigh and once in Reston, but it was by invitation only and the ones in Raleigh usually revolved around a speaker.The ones over the next few weeks are much less formal and create… Full Story »
