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From farming, to factories, to refactoring code

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Massive Cash Reserves are a Sign of a Broken Economy

Who’s not investing?

A number of tech companies have significant cash reserves compared to their yearly costs and revenue. Microsoft, Apple, and Google all fall into this category with billions of dollars sitting in money markets or other liquid assets^.…

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Early Stage Investors, Prepare to Write a F$$king Check

The 15 Second Pitch:

The bulk of the classified market can and WILL be tied to location and interest. With GarageDollar we will develop and execute this model at scale with optimal speed and efficiency

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Who’s Brad Feld?

Brad Feld co-founded Foundry Group and is an active investor in early stage information technology companies. He also co-founded TechStars which is a nexus for startups in the Boulder area. Out of 600 applicants only 10 get in…

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What will Drive the US Economy 10 Years from Now?

As we waited within aroma range of the barbecue at Michelle’s parents’ house yesterday, I broached the subject of finance. I kicked off the conversation with a comment/question about my pop’s surprisingly good retirement fund performance. Although my dad wasn’t

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Smart Money

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The relationship between Startups, Tech Bloggers, & Investors


the cinch cast is linked through the image

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Patent Taxing Startups is Like Child Labor

And yet that’s precisely what patent trolls are doing, and what people like Fred Wilson^ are working to reform (Bilski & Patent Reform). It’s even more ludicrous than kids working, taxing startups at their first sign of health is…

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Money

A comment I tried to leave on AVC today with respect to company buy backs of stock:

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How Investor Signaling Reduces Info Glut

Separating curiousity from necessity is a topic I’ve broached here before. There comes a point of data saturation when too many voices shout to be heard, that we reflexively shut them all out. We turn off the computer, throw…

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