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BusinessWeek July 2, 2009 Spencer E. Ante |
Andreessen Readies a New Venture Capital Firm The Silicon Valley star's company has attracted lots of interest, and $300 million. Can he deliver with his innovative approach?  |
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 |
Where They're Betting (A Very Partial List) Andreessen Horowitz (aka A16Z) raised $300 million in the heat of the recession. It's invested about half of that in early seed-stage start-ups, slightly older venture-stage companies, and mature firms with potential for growth.  |
Fast Company September 2009 |
5 Startups to Watch Here are five for-profit education startups that attracted attention at the first-ever Venture Capital in Education Summit.  |
HBS Working Knowledge June 24, 2015 Christian Camerota |
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality A case study explores a new breed of "microschools" focused on reducing costs, enhancing educational impact, prioritizing customer satisfaction, and using technology to create continuous improvement.  |
Wired April 2004 Gary Rivlin |
The Roots of Bust 2.0 Suddenly, venture capital is growing on trees. But the cash glut could crash the Valley again.  |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2010 Brad Stone |
The New New Andreessen With Andreessen Horowitz, visionary entrepreneur Marc Andreessen is trying to reinvent himself as a top-tier venture capitalist and world-class power broker.  |
BusinessWeek June 2, 2011 John Hechinger |
Education According to Mike Milken With K12, the largest U.S. operator of taxpayer-funded online schools, the former junk-bond king has figured out how to make money in education. Is that a good thing?  |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Justin Hibbard |
Fresh Seed In The Valley After a long drought, small VC firms are popping up to fund startups  |
Fast Company September 2009 Anya Kamenetz |
How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks -- American higher education is being transformed by a cadre of Web-savvy edupunks.  |
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Sue Collins |
Filling Educational Gaps With Online Learning: An Educationally, Economically Sound Solution Through innovative budgeting and planning strategies, superintendents and principals everywhere are discovering creative tools for meeting the needs of all students. Online learning is one such tool, offering a cost-effective way to expand a school's educational offerings.  |
Inc. December 2004 Michelle Leder |
Main Street VCs Most venture capitalists prefer to be within an hour's drive of their investments, but that's beginning to change. Is a new breed of venture capital, coming soon to a town near you?  |
Entrepreneur February 2009 Carol Tice |
European VC Firms Investing in U.S. The VC community overseas is smaller than the U.S., but it is looking for U.S.-based companies.  |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Carol Tice |
On the Horizon The economy may be down, but the expansion capital outlook remains positive in 2008.  |
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
VC Resurgence Breathes More Life into IT Venture capitalists are raising and investing money again. What are they looking for and where?  |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Spencer E. Ante |
Techies Across The Pond Europe's lively startup culture is attracting American talent.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2011 Brian Stoffel |
Shame of a Nation A New York Times article ironically shows how far we still have to go.  |
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 Jennifer Merritt |
Will Your Plan Win A Prize? Business-plan competitions? Think of them as sporting events for MBA students. The stakes can be hundreds of thousands of dollars, and even taking third place is golden on a resume.  |
BusinessWeek December 31, 2008 |
How to Refurbish the U.S. Tech Industry A prescription for fixing the country's technology innovation machine.  |
Inc. September 1, 2000 Thea Singer |
Where the Money Is Recent years have left venture capitalists awash in cash. Are start-ups getting more of it?  |
HBS Working Knowledge August 21, 2012 Garry Emmons |
How to Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman, author of the recently released book "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup," discusses ill-advised entrepreneurial behavior.  |
InternetNews November 5, 2010 |
VC Spending Plummets But Software Still Tops The third quarter was a disappointing one for venture capital investment but a good number of new software companies have little to complain about.  |
HBS Working Knowledge June 23, 2014 Carmen Nobel |
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds are similar to their own.  |
Entrepreneur May 2005 John F. Ince |
Back in Black The Venture Capital industry is fattening up again -- but what does this mean for the entrepreneur? For the short term anyway, an increase in the supply of available capital.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2001 Sylvia Charp |
Partnerships and Collaborative Learning The power of partnerships and the value of alliances in education have existed for many years. Hardware vendors have been partnering with content providers and users to demonstrate the value of technology in education...  |
Entrepreneur April 2009 Asheesh Advani |
Know How Your VC Gets Paid The bear market brings several implications for startups looking for funding.  |
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Brad Stone |
The Map of Marc The 411 on Netscape's Marc Andreeson  |
Entrepreneur July 2002 Tracy T. Lefteroff |
After The Flood With the flow of VC funding slowed to a trickle, let our list of the top 100 VC funds be your divining rod.  |
Fast Company Vivian Giang |
Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013.  |
Entrepreneur July 2006 |
Doing the Numbers VC funding had another fruitful year, nurturing young and established companies alike.  |
Investment Advisor February 1, 2011 Jeff Joseph |
A Great (and Surprising) Venture Investment Source Many financial advisors are beginning to venture into venture.  |
Entrepreneur July 2002 Mark Henricks |
Answering the Call Trust corporations to know when the VC game is ready for new players.  |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Jennifer Pellet |
In Good Company Corporate VC funding's on the up. Could you be in the money?  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 Jon Bower |
Why We're Better Off Without EETT EETT and state technology funding programs ensure that administrators will continue to buy hardware and networks for their schools. But it doesn't do the education technology industry, or the students, any good if those resources are poorly utilized.  |
Fast Company May 2012 Farhad Manjoo |
Google's Creative Destruction Venture-capital firms have been the engine of the United States' innovation economy. At Google Ventures, the search giant's investing arm, Google thinks it can build a better one.  |
BusinessWeek January 21, 2010 Tim Mullaney |
Venture Capitalist Dick Kramlich's Last Stand At the end of his career, New Enterprise Associates's Dick Kramlich is out to prove that megafunds can still pay off  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 |
Ed Tech Community Supports Katrina Victims Several education companies such as Kinetic Books and Learning Today are providing free technology resources to students who were displaced by two recent hurricanes.  |
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Lessons from Softbank's Hard Knocks To a great degree, Softbank's misfortunes mirror those of the whole venture capital industry, which threw money into money-losing startups when the tech sector sparkled with glamour...  |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Justin Hibbard |
Why All That VC Cash Is Causing Jitters A surfeit of money could drive up the costs of startups, and depress returns.  |
Fast Company Hunter Walk |
When Is the Best Time To Try To Raise Money For My New Business? One of the most difficult aspects to starting a new business is when (and how) to raise money.  |
T.H.E. Journal March 2005 |
TaskStream The provider of Web-based educational tools for colleges will underwrite an international research project on the impact of electronic portfolios on learning, engagement and motivation in secondary schools.  |
HBS Working Knowledge January 30, 2006 Mallory Stark |
Lessons From Privately Managed Schools An interview with Steven Wilson, founder and former CEO of educational management organization (EMO) Advantage Schools on how -- and if -- professional business management practices can improve the performance of troubled American public schools.  |
Entrepreneur November 2006 David Worrell |
School Ties You probably never considered your alma mater as an option for raising capital. Today, schools nationwide offer funding help.  |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Tracy T. Lefteroff |
High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around?  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Wolf & Hall |
Fighting the Good Fight Can the ed tech community convince policymakers that states and districts desperately need dedicated technology funding to ensure no child is left behind?  |
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 Tim Mullaney |
IPOs: A Modest Turn Around the Corner The slump is ending, and Silicon Valley is optimistic - but don't expect miracles.  |
Inc. December 2007 Max Chafkin |
Blogger of the Year Marc Andreessen, who co-founded Netscape, is the curator of the best entrepreneur's blog.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2006 Victor Rivero |
High-Speed Broadband: A Need for Speed Slow connectivity is imperiling the quality of our nation's K-12 education, while the rest of the world sets the pace technologically.  |
Entrepreneur July 2004 |
Seeing Green Signaling the end of the VC drought, several industries have become fertile ground for investors. So what's the best way to find the right investor--even if you're not in one of those superstar sectors? Start with our 4th Annual VC 100.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Melinda George |
Building a Technology-Rich Community Partnerships between the state and district leaders are critical keys to the success of building a technology rich school community.  |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Aaron Ricadela |
Who Will Be the Green VC Giant? Former Silicon Valley allies are going head-to-head to pick the startups aiming to revolutionize clean tech.  |