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December 8, 2009   |   Vol. 1, Issue 35
 
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As Climate Meeting Starts, a Revival of Skepticism
December 7, 2009 | New York Times
Just two years ago, a United Nations panel that synthesizes the work of hundreds of climatologists around the world called the evidence for global warming “unequivocal.” But as representatives of about 200 nations began talks Monday in Copenhagen on a new international climate accord, they were doing so against a background of renewed attacks on the basic science of climate change.
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The Arrogant Venture Capitalist: A View from the Trenches
December 8, 2009 | Xconomy
Atlas Ventures GP Fred Destin tackles the VC-entrepreneur relationship debate, always heated and intensifying of late. Beyond “sour grapes” and “frustration bred by failure,” Destin says "I wanted to dig deeper, so I used my blog to ping the community and share the feedback. Over sixty entrepreneurs responded and provided the foundation for this writeup."
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An Innovation Agenda
December 8, 2009 | New York Times
The U.S. has its problems, but Americans would be crazy to trade their problems with those of any other large nation. NY Times columnist David Brooks writes, "there are several things the government can do to improve the economic ecology. If you begin with that framework, you can quickly come up with a bipartisan innovation agenda."
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Government's Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
December 7, 2009 | Harvard Business School
Josh Lerner in the Harvard Business Review engages in a Q&Asession reported in his recently published book, "Boulavard of Broken Dreams" and hints of plan to research the role of angel investing as a crutial component of the innovation system.
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Six ideas Obama Heard at the White House Job Summit
December 4, 2009 | Christian Science Monitor
President Obama heard ideas ranging from tax credits to infrastructure spending at his White House jobs summit. Some combination is likely to emerge, but federal resources are limited.
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Recovery Hinges on Birthplace of Jobs: New Firms

Hawaii High-Technology Tax Credits Costly

Incentives Miss Value of High Pay

Massachusetts Beefs Up Tax Incentive Spending

Bootstrapping Taken to New Extremes

Florida Urged to Seek Biotech Venture Capital

New Stem Cell Lines Approved for Federal Funding

More Venture Capitalists Tuning In to Green Investments

Elusive Goal of Greening U.S. Energy

Economics, Not Science Is Key to Copenhagen

Have the Greens Failed?

New Classification Scheme For Clean Energy Patents To Facilitate Technology Transfer

White House to Push Through Cleantech Patents

Q&A with an SBIC Expert

Michigan Looks at New Fund to Groom Venture Capitalists

New North Carolina Fund to Invest in State Businesses

From the Horses' Mouth: What Venture Capitalists Like and Don’t Like to See when Doing University Spinoffs

Lets Give Visas to Startup Founders

Utah State University's Business School Angles for the Top

Ohio Refinancing Venture Capital Debt

Baton Rouge Chamber Looks to Innovation for Job Creation

Los Angeles Venture Capitalist Pleads Guilty

Venture Is Back, Baby

Research Park Backers Foresee Economic Benefits

SEC Looking At Angel Groups

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