February 2, 2012 | NPR

Three years ago, venture capitalists were pouring billions of dollars into technologies like solar power, wind power. The federal government directing some $44.5 billion into clean technology from late 2009 to 2011 through loans, subsidies and tax incentives. But now the clean-tech industry is facing leaner times, in part because of cheaper natural gas prices, the effects of the financial crisis and China's growing solar industry.

February 5, 2012 | Kansas City Star

Gov. Sam Brownback roared up to the Statehouse last week on his Big Dog motorcycle. It was a grand entrance for the Republican governor attempting to make a grand impact on Kansas. With just a year under his belt, Brownback has proposed a 2012 legislative agenda that’s already been labeled the nation’s most ambitious for any state.

February 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

Something sounded familiar last week when I heard U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make a huge pitch for infusing digital technology into America's classrooms. Where had I heard that before? So I did a bit of research, and found it. The quote: "Books will soon be obsolete in the schools.... Our school system will be completely changed in 10 years." The year was 1913

February 1, 2012 | Vanderbilt University

This Article examines a third exit option in venture capital to supplement IPOs and trade sales: secondary markets for the sale of individual ownership interests in start-ups and venture capital funds. Now that venture capital has become a $400 billion worldwide asset class, however, start-up stock and limited partnership interests in venture capital funds have begun trading in private secondary markets.