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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:09:40 MST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey: Venture-Backed CEOs Expect Strong Revenue Growth In 2012]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:09:40 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CEOs are feeling pretty good about revenue and hiring in 2012.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hitching Your Boat to Customer Advocacy]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/hitching-your-boat-to-customer-advocacy/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/hitching-your-boat-to-customer-advocacy/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:09:55 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about how McDonald&#8217;s and RIM had flamed out with their #hashtag campaigns on Twitter. Not pretty. However, I admit that I am somewhat conflicted about this because I completely subscribe to the notion that customer advocacy will drive successful companies to sustainable competitive leadership. Gone are the days when a company could [...]<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fun Friday: Super Bowl Weekend]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/fun-friday-super-bowl-weekend/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/fun-friday-super-bowl-weekend/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:09:07 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's fun friday again. And because this weekend brings us the big game, I figured we'd talk about it. I'm rooting for the Giants. They were 7-7 and going nowhere and then something happened and they have got a winning...<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No Playing: Signs Of Upheaval At Rivet Games]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/no-playing-signs-of-upheaval-at-rivet-games/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/no-playing-signs-of-upheaval-at-rivet-games/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:09:37 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The venture-backed company abruptly shutters a social game.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palo Alto Networks Seeking I-Banks For IPO]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/palo-alto-networks-seeking-i-banks-for-ipo/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/palo-alto-networks-seeking-i-banks-for-ipo/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:09:32 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The company has separated itself from competitors with its firewall technology.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Was Zuckerberg Really That Slow To File Facebook’s IPO?]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/was-zuckerberg-really-that-slow-to-file-facebook%E2%80%99s-ipo/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/was-zuckerberg-really-that-slow-to-file-facebook%E2%80%99s-ipo/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:09:32 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The historical numbers suggest all this "finally" talk was a bit exaggerated.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook IPO Lessons]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/facebook-ipo-lessons/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/facebook-ipo-lessons/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:09:51 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Like most people, I had the opportunity to review Facebook&#8217;s IPO filing yesterday and admit that, like Apple&#8217;s recent earnings announcement, this is pretty damn impressive. Here are a couple of lessons worth reinforcing: 1) People&#8217;s view of what is normal and acceptable in emergent online activities is constantly evolving. What Facebook deserves a lot [...]<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Facebook Clearly Belongs in the 10X Revenue Club]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/why-facebook-clearly-belongs-in-the-10x-revenue-club/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/why-facebook-clearly-belongs-in-the-10x-revenue-club/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:09:28 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Attached are my quick thoughts on the Facebook S-1 along with some quick stabs at valuation. As a quick disclosure, Benchmark Capital has a minority position in Facebook as a result of the acquisition of FriendFeed, a company that was incubated in our offices. I thought it would be useful to look at Facebook using [...]<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Daily Start-Up: Robots Take Over, As iRobot Funds InTouch]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/the-daily-start-up-robots-take-over-as-irobot-funds-intouch/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/the-daily-start-up-robots-take-over-as-irobot-funds-intouch/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:09:42 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A round-up of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dispersion and Entropy In Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/dispersion-and-entropy-in-social-media/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/dispersion-and-entropy-in-social-media/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:09:07 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On Monday, I trained it up to New Haven to meet a Yale professor named Dina Mayzlin and talk to her class. I thoroughly enjoyed talking to Dina's class as it allowed me to work on some new material in...<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Daily Start-Up: As Cyber Attacks Rise, So Does Solera Networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/the-daily-start-up-as-cyber-attacks-rise-so-does-solera-networks/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/the-daily-start-up-as-cyber-attacks-rise-so-does-solera-networks/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:09:32 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A round-up of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Management Team - Guest Post From JLM]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/the-management-team-guest-post-from-jlm/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/the-management-team-guest-post-from-jlm/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:09:07 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Next up on our guest posts on the subject of The Management Team is AVC community regular JLM. For those that don't know, JLM runs a public company and before that built and sold a large real estate operation. He's...<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3D Movies]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/3d-movies/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/3d-movies/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:09:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I've been to a bunch of 3D movies now. It seems to be all the rage in the movie theaters these days. I have to say that I am not a fan. I have yet to go to a 3D...<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lisbon’s Paulo Andrez]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/angels-in-north-america/lisbon%E2%80%99s-paulo-andrez/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/angels-in-north-america/lisbon%E2%80%99s-paulo-andrez/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:09:55 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Think angel investing is only about investing locally? Portugal&#8217;s Paulo Andrez might have you thinking twice&#8230; We&#8217;ve crossed paths in Madrid, Istanbul and Warsaw; he&#8217;s involved in research for EBAN. These interviews are often arranged for early mornings, and especially when calling from Los Angeles to Europe, but I miscalculated the time and this call [...]<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter Investor Spark Promotes Mo Koyfman To General Partner]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/twitter-investor-spark-promotes-mo-koyfman-to-general-partner/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/twitter-investor-spark-promotes-mo-koyfman-to-general-partner/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:09:32 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[He becomes the firm's first partner to be based in New York.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Limited Partners Deal With Venture Industry Contraction, Restructuring]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/limited-partners-deal-with-venture-industry-contraction-restructuring/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/limited-partners-deal-with-venture-industry-contraction-restructuring/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:09:32 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Panelists at the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Outlook conference say the venture capital asset class remains a tough sell to investors.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Daily Start-Up: BeachMint Totes Up $35M For Social Shopping Club]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/the-daily-start-up-beachmint-totes-up-35m-for-social-shopping-club/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/the-daily-start-up-beachmint-totes-up-35m-for-social-shopping-club/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:09:31 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A round-up of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New mobile advertising data – market growing fast, Google and search dominate]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-europe/new-mobile-advertising-data-%E2%80%93-market-growing-fast-google-and-search-dominate/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-europe/new-mobile-advertising-data-%E2%80%93-market-growing-fast-google-and-search-dominate/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:21 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[eMarketer released some new data yesterday with the most detailed breakdown of the mobile advertising market I've seen to date. eMarketer have a history of being amongst the most bullish on this market. They were the first company to predict that 2011 mobile ad spend would top $1bn in the US, and they are [...]<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog Polls]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/blog-polls/</link>
<comments>http://www.amongvcs.com/vcs-in-north-america/blog-polls/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Blog polling widgets have been around a long time. I've tried out a few of them on AVC over the years. And polling has never taken off as a major form of engagement on blogs (as has commenting, liking, tweeting)....<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GuideWire CEO On Year’s First Tech IPO: “The Stock Price Will Take Care Of Itself”]]></title>
<link>http://www.amongvcs.com/news-media-in-north-america/guidewire-ceo-on-year%E2%80%99s-first-tech-ipo-%E2%80%9Cthe-stock-price-will-take-care-of-itself%E2%80%9D/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:09:29 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The maker of insurance-industry software becomes the first U.S. tech IPO of the year.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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