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History shows that great companies are often built during bad times. In 1939, at the tail end of the Great Depression, two engineers started Hewlett- read more »
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This a good starting point for finding entrepreneur networks and forums. read more »
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The brutal economy has slowed venture funding to a tortoise's pace, and start-ups looking for money are finding themselves out of luck.

For some read more »
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The reasons for not aggressively investing are different for private and professional investors. Because of the drop in the stock market and real est read more »
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It's no surprise that the value of tech startups is falling. With the deepening recession, even the stocks of highfliers such as Google (GOOG) and A read more »
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MBA Depot is a free resource for MBAs and managers. This page is the collection of editor selected articles and links specific to entrepreneurship. read more »
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The economic situation is apparently so grim that some experts fear we may be in for a stretch as bad as the mid seventies.

When Microsoft and App read more »
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Angel group leaders report in a recent survey by the Angel Capital Association (ACA) that investments have decreased this year and will decline as we read more »
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Gajus Worthington has seen the effect of the financial meltdown on U.S. startups, and it's not a pretty picture.

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Techcrunch was able to track down the presentation that Sequoia Capital gave to its portfolio company CEO’s earlier this week (and so did VentureBeat read more »
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Ron Conway, one of Silicon Valley’s most prolific angel investors (and he was also an early investor in Google), wrote an email yesterday to the CEOs read more »
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Gurley also says for companies to expect 'across-the-board reductions' in valuations, and a tough market for raising money - 'Basically, the cost o read more »
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Listed on the site - and organized by topic - are a series of notes, articles and cases offering practical advice to entrepreneurs. These items may b read more »
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Listing of a few cleantech VC firms read more »
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Links to U.S. and International NBIA Member Incubators read more »
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Jeffrey Stewart compiled this list of venture capital blogs. He is a serial-entrepreneur in New York City. read more »
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The best practices of industry professionals, venture capital firms and related organizations are organized and contained in an accessible archive. T read more »
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This page is an archive of quality Hacker News “Ask YC (Y Combinator)” posts grouped by subject. “Quality” means posts that are a) generally relevant read more »
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If you're looking for a comprehensive list of venture capital firms, you've come to the right place! Since 1995, vfinance.com has painstakingly res read more »
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