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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kyle4beantown</dc:creator>
		
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By Kyle
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 the second quarter of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP MicroHoo!: Yang &#038; 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>kyle4beantown</dc:creator>
		
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By Kyle
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 sitting down [...]]]></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>kyle4beantown</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology and Innovation]]></category>

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By Kyle
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 that we are [...]]]></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>kyle4beantown</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Exit Options]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=194</guid>
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By Kyle
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 is currently [...]]]></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>kyle4beantown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kyle  
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 in the digital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Coast v. West Coast</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2007/10/02/east-coast-v-west-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2007/10/02/east-coast-v-west-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>racetalk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carla
In case you all missed it, New England Web 2.0 companies are raising big bucks and overshadowing our West Coast friends. Comparatively, New England raised $11.5 million more than San Francisco in the first half of 2007, which in the grand scheme of things isn’t going to turn Boston into the technology hub overnight. 

Silicon Valley [...]]]></description>
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