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October 23, 2012 \| Vol. 4, Issue 42

FEATURE

Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Returns Overall

October 18, 2012 | Gust

Which is it? Are angel investors just unwitting philanthropists or legitimate entrepreneurial investors?Through research backed by the Kauffman Foundation the University of Washington, and Willamette University, Robert Wiltbank compiled the largest data set on angel investor financial returns that exists. The angel investors didn’t seem so naïve or incompetent. While not professional investors, most angels are very successful in their own right.

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Lessons From the Past Ten Years: Angels

Behind the Scenes of Fundraising With an Angel Investor

VC Downdraft Confirmed: Q3 Reports Dollars And Deal Volume Both Down

October 19, 2012 | TechCrunch

Venture capitalists invested $6.5 billion in 890 deals in the third quarter of 2012, according to the MoneyTree Report. For the quarter, investments were down 11 percent in terms of dollars and five percent in the number of deals compared to the second quarter of 2012 when $7.3 billion was invested in 935 deals. Investment for the first three quarters of the year was $20 billion into 2,661 deals.

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Checking Around: Denver, Boulder Looking Good

Midwest Action in Wisconsin

Seattle Success

Triangle Startups

Bay Area Less Friendly

Southern California Off by Half

Austin Drops 48%

U.S. Immigration Choice: Education vs. Diversity, or Both?

October 20, 2012 | San Jose Mercury News

People around the world with accredited degrees in science and math should "get a green card stapled to their diploma," Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in his Tuesday night debate with President Barack Obama, who has made similar appeals to retain skilled foreign students. Everyone expects the issue to return once the political season cools off.

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St. Louis Needs to Play a Role in Immigration Debate

Free to Be an Immigrant, at Least for Now

After the Boom in Natural Gas

October 21, 2012 | New York Times

Drillers punch so many holes and extract so much gas through hydraulic fracturing that they have driven the price of natural gas to near-record lows. And because of the intricate financial deals and leasing arrangements that many of them struck during the boom, they were unable to pull their foot off the accelerator fast enough to avoid a crash in the price of natural gas, which is down more than 60 percent.

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Keystone XL Pipeline Brings Out the Protest in Locals

Montana’s Oil Boom Reshapes Race for Governor

When It Comes to Government Subsidies, Dirty Energy Still Cleans Up

Report from Las Vegas: Crowdfunding - the Real Deal

October 22, 2012 | Crowdfunding Professional Association

The first annual Crowdfunding Bootcamp co-sponsored by the Crowdfunding Professional Association and Funding Roadmap was held this week in Henderson, NV. In attendance were over 300 investors, entrepreneurs and members of the crowdfunding industry from eight countries. In this wrap-up from Sherwood Neiss of Crowdfund Capital Advisors, is a lay of the land for the nascent crowdfunding industry from the first Crowdfunding Bootcamp in Las Vegas.

Health Tech Hatch Widens Crowdfunding Choices for Health Startups

Kickstarter Begins Testing the E-Commerce Waters

New Tech Startup Campus Galvanizing Denver Community

Business Minds Compile Research Strategies in Utah

Federal Cuts Could Cost Maryland $5.4B in Research Funding

Boulder Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists Launch "Colorado

Iowa Farm-Land Boom Minting Millionaires Spurs Rich-Poor Gap

Mayors See Sequester Cutting Schools, Roads, Jobs

Tax Credits, Education Helping Veterans Find Jobs

Boulder Valley to Use New Model to Teach Teachers about Technology

Online Classes Working for More South Dakotans

Rising College Costs Pose Test for Obama on Education Policies

Jobs Surge for 2-year Degrees

Bill Gurley to LPs: You Are Blowing It

Layoffs, Failures Test Colorado's "New Energy Economy"

SoBro Emerges as Nashville Tech Haven

NYC Sees Progress in Quest to Become Tech Capital

The War Over Economic Facts

Manufacturing Jobs Aren't Coming Back, No Matter Who's President

Small Businesses Seek Acess to Credit

Obama Ready to Veto a Bill Blocking ‘Fiscal Cliff’ without Tax Hike for Rich

U-M Tech Transfer Office Reports Record Number of New Inventions

Pint-Sized Robot ‘Romo’ Rolls From Kickstarter to VCs to Neiman Marcus

Silicon Beach Draws Tech Startups to L.A. as Rents Jump

Texas Landowners Take a Rare Stand Against Big Oil

A Rogue Climate Experiment Outrages Scientists

Clean Water Act at 40: Is it Failing to Meet New Pollution Challenges?

The Small Business Lending Fund's Tepid Results

Windows 8 an Attempt to Be Relevant in Mobile World

‘Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a Match’ in Silicon Valley

Research Firm Reaped Stem Cell Funds Despite Panel's Advice

Billions for Renewable-energy Projects Attract Investors — and Critics

Maker of Batteries Files for Bankruptcy

What Happens in Brooklyn Moves to Vegas - Tony Hsieh’s Crazy Urban Experiment.

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