James Woolsey and Vinod Khosla are among many VCs placing bets on a growing number of biofuels startups that are working to move the U.S. to domestic, low-carbon energy production. What should we do with corn? Shove it into cows that become fatty, high-cholesterol meat that contributes to heart disease? Turn it into cheap sugars that make people fat or sick?
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Why Venture Capitalists are Bullish on Biofuels
Posted by admin 27 days ago (http://www.greenbiz.com)Delicious Founder, AOL Exec Launch Hacker Angels
Posted by admin 27 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
The Hacker Angels announced their formation last week, nabbing what is arguably the best name for an angel investor group. The group was formed by Going Inc. founder and current AOL executive Roy Rodenstein, Delicious founder Joshua Schachter, Duck Duck Go's Gabriel Weinberg, Hotornot's Jim Young, and Punchfork founder Jeff Miller. Describing themselves as hackers "in the good sense," the group a
Will Angel Crash And VC Have Its Revenge?
Posted by admin 27 days ago (http://chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
The investing socialsphere has been all a-Twitter ever since Kedrosky predicted an upcoming super-seed crash. The result has been a series of opinion pieces, both for and against, that tackle various aspects of the issue--whether super angels are a fad, if there is a seed bubble (I'm on record as saying that there is), what this means for entrepreneurs....
Evernote CEO Phil Libin Shares the Power of the Freemium Model
Posted by admin 27 days ago (http://www.fastcompany.com)
The "freemium" business model really can work. Look no further than Evernote. When Phil Libin set out to develop the Next Big App, he put forth one cardinal rule: "I didn't want a clever business model." Come again? "Data analysis, referrals, advertising -- it was all kind of sleazy," says Evernote CEO Libin. "I wanted a clever product. I wanted that product to reach hundreds of millions of peopl
Why You Should Build Your Startup to Sell (But Not to Flip)
Posted by admin 27 days ago (http://www.softwarebyrob.com)
I recently started listening to the E-mything Your Business Podcast which is essentially a nine-episode commercial for a book called Built to Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell. But it’s not a bad commercial; it has interesting information about the factors that can substantially increase the value of a business.
Angel Investing By The Numbers
Posted by admin 27 days ago (http://www.pehub.com)
With high-tech companies needing less capital due to advancements in technology, startup development methodology and online marketing, we have seen a Renaissance in angel investing. While angel investors participate in part for the excitement of engaging with entrepreneurs and placing bets on the future, they also do it for the expectation of significant financial returns. Various studies of ange
How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets
Posted by admin 28 days ago (http://www.gabrielweinberg.com)
I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets. Yes, even bootstrappers. I haven't raised any money for my companies that required a term sheet (just friends & family money in my first company), and yet I still think it is important for a number of reasons.
Solitude and Leadership
Posted by admin 28 days ago (http://www.theamericanscholar.org)
If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts.My title must seem like a contradiction. What can solitude have to do with leadership? Solitude means being alone, and leadership necessitates the presence of others—the people you’re leading. When we think about leadership in American history we are likely to think of Washington, at the head of an army, or Lincoln, at the head of