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thedeal.com - 10/14/2008
Venture capitalists: Don't blame us
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" I am firm in my belief than anyone not only can be rich but ought to be rich."                                                  ...
Irony Alert: Bubble-Making Venture Capitalists Start Popping Them
kara.allthingsd.com - 10/9/2008
Irony Alert: Bubble-Making Venture Capitalists Start Popping Them
— kara.allthingsd.com — Is it just me or does the sudden prospect of venture capitalists–the very investors who fueled the... Web 2.0 valuation insanity with their typically egregious overfunding of start-ups–lecturing about the bleak economy and the need to ... (more) Irony Alert: Bubble-Making Venture Capitalists Start ...

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thedeal.com - 10/11/2008
VC dean Alan Patricof warns against panic, urges entrepreneurs to seize the day
— thedeal.com — Alan Patricof , founder and managing director of New York venture capital firm Greycroft Partners LLC and... an éminence gris of the U.S. investment community, sent us a statement today urging restraint in how bloggers and members of the media ... (more) VC dean Alan Patricof warns against panic, urges ...

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thedeal.com - 10/14/2008
Fewer venture funds raise larger amounts in third quarter
— thedeal.com — The third-quarter data on venture fundraising is arguably old already, given all that's happened with the economy since... the beginning of October, but for what it's worth, the latest data points to a trend of fewer venture funds raising larger ... (more) Fewer venture funds raise larger amounts in third quarter

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How to blame VCs for the crash [Meltdowns]
Gawker: valleywag — ... "Venture Capitalists: Don't blame us" is the title of an 800-word essay at The Deal. This kind of headline always has an obvious, hidden meaning: Yes, VCs are to blame. Let's skip to the end and see how they did it: ...

Why VC Infatuation with Cleantech Will Hurt Silicon Valley
CenterNetworks — ... As The Deal recently observed, "Many of those same [limited partners] that fattened venture funds are the same pension funds, endowments and other institutions that levered up, piled into hedge and private equity funds, and otherwise made a big problem even bigger." ...

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