Developers
Investors
Innovators
Front Page
About the Lipper Current
George Lipper, Editor
The Lipper Current connects innovators, developers and investors to advance the innovation economy.
Learn More
About the Publisher
Other DCN Services:
WBTshowcase
Workshops
Commercialization Planning
Association Management
Subscribe
The
is our free e-newsletter capturing the week's best news.
Subscribe
Archives
Recent Headlines
MoreLIP
Guest Columns
Search over 20,000 industry resources dating back to 2000:
►
Advanced Search
Blogs
A VC
Feld Thoughts
GigaOM
peHUB
Joseph Ansanelli
TechCrunch
VentureBeat
Infectious Greed
ReadWriteWeb
TechFlash
WIRED
Silicon Valley Insider
The Funded
Venture Hype
The Venture Company
Creative Capital
The Chubby Brain
Technology Commercialization
Both Sides of the Table
Angels and Pinheads
The Next Big Thing
The Innovation Economy
Tech Cocktail
SmartPlanet
The Venture Company
Geekwire
Clawback
IP CloseUp
George McQuilken
News for Innovators, Investors and Developers
November 5, 2013 | Vol. 5, Issue 42
FEATURE
Climate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food Supplies
November 2, 2013 | New York Times
Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found. The scientists say, they are already seeing the harmful effects in some regions.
Read More
Related:
Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Tie Crop Insurance to Conservation
West Coast Climate Pact: Back to the Future?
Obama Asks Federal Agencies to ‘Prepare’ for Climate Change
Venture Capitalists Seize upon Drone Potential
November 3, 2013 | Washington Post
Commercial drones will soon populate U.S. airspace, and venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets. Draper, an early investor in Hotmail, Skype and Baidu, is now backing DroneDeploy, a start-up that is building software to direct unmanned aircraft on land mapping and the surveillance of agricultural fields. Draper says he even expects drones to one day bring him dinner.
Read More
Related:
Venture Capitalists Call Patent Aggregators Negative Forces for Innovation
Angels Seek Changes in SEC's Crowfunding General Solicitation Rules
November 1, 2013 | Angel Capital Association
Angel Capital Association and other active angel investing groups expressing concerns about some of the elecments related to the recently proposed in Rule 506 as included in the Jobs Act
Read More
Related:
Angels & Crowdfunding
Angels Meet Crowdfunders in Planned Charlotte Hookup with Startups
Trepidation and Restrictions Leave Crowdfunding Rules Weak
Ohio State's $50M Investment in Mark Kvamme
November 2, 2013 | Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio State University invested $50 million in a well-connected businessman's unproven venture capital fund, despite concerns raised by top officials. Records released Friday detail how Drive Capital co-founder Mark Kvamme began discussing the fund with OSU administrators, including close friend and then-President E. Gordon Gee, while he was still running the state's economic development agency.
Read More
Related:
OSU Officials Had Reservations about Kvamme Investment
Officials Investigate South Dakota Office of Economic Development
Tech Industry, Oregon State Faculty Baffled in Dismissal of Engineering Head, Computing Program
‘The Frackers’ and the Birth of an Energy Boom
November 2, 2013 | New York Times
In “The Frackers,” Gregory Zuckerman sets out a 25-year narrative that focuses on the half-dozen or so Texas and Oklahoma energy companies behind the fracking boom, especially Chesapeake Energy, the Oklahoma City giant that is the Exxon Mobil of fracking. Technologies are born. Gushers gush. And fortunes are made and lost.
Read More
Related:
Could Fracking Boom Peter Out Sooner than DOE Expects?
North Dakota Oil Boom Brings Worry to National Park
Patent Reform Fight Drives Wedge Through Tech Sector
Why Are Internet Startups Raising So Much, So Fast?
Reddit Encourages Nashville Startups to Look Beyond Silicon Valley
Kentucky Considers Creating Small-business Venture Capital Fund
Next Wave: Entrepreneurs Shaping New Michigan
To Teach Entrepreneurship, Get Out of the Classroom
18 Minnesota Tech Startups Raised Over $31M in Q3
Kauffman Foundation's Caffeinating to Entrepreneurs
Google's Boot Camp Design for Startups
There Ought to Be an Entrepreneurial ORTA
Chris Abele's Money at Work in Milwaukee Venture Fund
Phoenix Takes Steps to Fix Pension ‘Spiking’ Rules
Funding Dries Up for Medical Startups
Pension Pinch Busts City Budgets, Too
Crowdfunding Rules Contain Too Much Red Tape for Some
JOBS Act Leaves Crowdfunding Investors Unprotected ; Flawed
Despite Potential Pitfalls, Angel Investing Attracts Wealthy Individuals
Patent Wars Erupt Again in Tech Sector
U-M Logs a Record Number of Inventions
Meet the Unsung Angels of Silicon Valley
Which Regions Are Churning Out the Most Biotech IPOs?
Republic to Unveil its List of Top Innovators
A New Report Card on the SBA's Loan-Guarantee Programs
Wharton Prof Studies Relationship Between Economics and Greed
Angry Over U.S. Surveillance, Tech Giants Bolster Defenses
With Open Platform, Stanford Seeks to Reclaim MOOC Brand
U Arizona's New Tech-Transfer Effort Takes Flight
Illinois Lawmakers Say Tax-break Deals Need More Scrutiny
Innovation Imperative: Change Everything in Online Education
How Food Stamp Cuts Affect the States
Seeking Ways to Boost Futures of Children in Poverty
Stiff Resistance to State Technology Taxes
More Headlines
Advanced Search
Published by
Development Capital Networks
, the Lipper Current connects innovators, developers and investors to advance the innovation economy.
Learn More
Lipper Current Weekly is a publication of Development Capital Networks, LLC.