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		<title>Start-ups &amp; Innovation: The Key to an Economic Recovery?</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2010/09/13/start-ups-innovation-the-key-to-an-economic-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2010/09/13/start-ups-innovation-the-key-to-an-economic-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Lohr of the New York Times took an interesting look over the weekend at the unique role that start-ups can play in helping the economic recovery. While many people believe small businesses are the key to stabilizing the economy and creating jobs, new research indicates that the age of a business (rather than the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Silicon Alley Grow Out of the Valley&#8217;s Shadow?</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2009/09/01/will-silicon-alley-grow-out-of-the-valleys-shadow/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2009/09/01/will-silicon-alley-grow-out-of-the-valleys-shadow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=2286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some folks I talk to still despise the &#8220;Silicon Alley&#8221; term to describe the New York technology scene. The connotation that New York City&#8217;s second fiddle, technology innovation only occurs in the &#8220;alleys&#8221; of the Flatiron District is outdated and inaccurate in their eyes. Others, obviously embrace what the Alley has become. However, the question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andreessen: Start-ups Not in the Valley are 3 &#8211; 9 Months Behind</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2009/07/22/andreessen-start-ups-not-in-the-valley-are-3-9-months-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2009/07/22/andreessen-start-ups-not-in-the-valley-are-3-9-months-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fortune]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marc Andreessen,  co-founder and general partner of the newly formed VC house Andreessen Horowitz, was one of the highlights of day 1 at Brainstorm: TECH. The current Fortune cover subject, and former TIME cover boy, drew laughs from the audience for comparing the former IBM to the former Soviet Union. He also received some candid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Kafka Leaves SAI to Join Kara &amp; Walt at All Things Digital</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/09/18/peter-kafka-leaves-sai-to-join-kara-walt-at-all-things-digital/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/09/18/peter-kafka-leaves-sai-to-join-kara-walt-at-all-things-digital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Media Relations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry Blodget]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle Austin Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s Dow Jones digital unit (AKA: Kara Swisher, Walt Mossberg &#38; All Things Digital) got their New York beachhead in prying away Peter Kafka from the Silicon Alley Insider and Henry Blodget yesterday afternoon. Blodget broke the news with a post yesterday evening which tongue-in-cheek&#8217;ly implied that Walt and Kara had stolen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday Media Mailbag: Hellos &amp; Goodbyes</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/08/04/monday-media-mailbag-hellos-goodbyes/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/08/04/monday-media-mailbag-hellos-goodbyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mainstream Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Lashinsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erika Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Nocera]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle Austin Goodbye DKNY: In my interview with David Kirkpatrick (or DKNY as some of his Fortune colleagues call him), leading up to Brainstorm:TECH, we touched on the leave he&#8217;s going on for his upcoming book The Facebook Effect. Last Friday Kirkpatrick published his final Fast Forward column, ending its 6 and a half year run. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As VC’s Go Green: Venture Backed IPO’s Hit 30 Year Low</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/06/30/as-vc%e2%80%99s-go-green-venture-backed-ipo%e2%80%99s-hit-30-year-low/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/06/30/as-vc%e2%80%99s-go-green-venture-backed-ipo%e2%80%99s-hit-30-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle Austin While technology start-ups still point to the general weakness of financial markets as the reasoning behind not going public; new findings by the National Venture Capital Association may indicate a larger trend in where VC’s are allocating their investors’ dollars. As Matt Richtel of the New York Times reported on Saturday: “In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP MicroHoo!: Yang &amp; Board High-Five as Stock Nosedives</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/05/05/rip-microhoo-yang-board-high-five-as-stock-nosedives/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/05/05/rip-microhoo-yang-board-high-five-as-stock-nosedives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle Austin While some of us were enjoying a nice little Saturday (A trip to Home Depot to get some wall paper, maybe a stop at Bed Bath &#38; Beyond), Steve Ballmer and Jerry Yang were working OT to get the Microsoft and Yahoo! deal done. However, a funny thing occurred sometime in-between them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Gives Signs of a Brighter Day(Economy)</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/04/18/google-give-signs-of-a-brighter-day-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/04/18/google-give-signs-of-a-brighter-day-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding & Advertising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Go-Go Days for Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle Austin The economy and the &#8220;idea&#8221; of being in a recession are on everyone’s mind. You don’t have to flip past page one in any major daily or the cover of any business publication to be reminded by it. Although I recognize that the current economic situation is sub-par I do somewhat believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is a Lack of Exit Options Killing Innovation?</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/04/17/is-a-lack-of-exit-options-killing-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/04/17/is-a-lack-of-exit-options-killing-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VCs & M&A]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fred Wilson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle Austin There was some great debate in the blogosphere last week on how a lack of exit strategies for start-ups, that need to return on venture money, is killing innovation. The debate was spawned by a post from Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures. In his post Wilson opinions that the IPO market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Valley Comes to Beverly Hills</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/03/03/the-valley-comes-to-beverly-hills/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2008/03/03/the-valley-comes-to-beverly-hills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment Technology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=83</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle Austin Los Angeles is newly becoming a technology hot spot.  Led by the digital entertainment revolution, it has become one of the next big markets lauded by venture capitalists eyeing the next JibJab or Flux.  I&#8217;m starting to wonder when they are going to launch the Silicon Hills Insider?  Laura Holson has the latest chapter [...]]]></description>
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