techcrunch.com - 4/18/2009
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There’s a huge difference between what venture capitalists say and what they do. For much of the last decade some of the same partners that keep saying Silicon Valley will never decline as the startup epicenter of the world are spending every month flying to China. And of course in the ...
thedeal.com - 4/22/2009
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thedeal.com —
Saturday's news that venture capital investments plunged in the
first quarter to a level not seen since 1997 should...
erase any notion that the VC busniess is somehow recession-resistant. The latest report adds insult to injury, as ...
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Venture capital not recession-proof
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The Secret to Raising Capital in Bearish Times
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology —
Is VC funding down? Of course. Does this mean that you will need all of the help you can get to raise money? Sure. But it doesn’t mean that you have no shot of getting money.
Sexy is a State of Mind
Our company WatchMojo.com is in one of the least sought after space by VCs: content, and yet we’ve had more VC/angel interest in the past 8 days than we did in the past 8 months. Definitely the horrible economic news over the past 8 months hasn’t helped, but with “validation” and “client list” scratched off the checklist, trust me, the money will come knocking.
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