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Posted by Tom Foremski - January 21, 2013
MediaWatch: Digital Disruption Continues At Financial Times - Where's The Funding Model For Serious Journalism?
By JEAN EAGLESHAM Regulators are scrutinizing about 200 websites set up by entrepreneurs to profit from a more lenient law on the sale of shares in small companies.
Crowdfunding Efforts Draw Suspicion
The mathematical equation that caused the banks to crash | Science | The Observer
It was the holy grail of investors. The Black-Scholes equation , brainchild of economists Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, provided a rational way to price a financial contract when it still had time to run. It was like buying or selling a bet on a horse, halfway through the race. It opened up a new world of ever more complex investments, blossoming into a gigantic global industry.
New Rules for the New Internet Bubble
Carpe Diem We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. The rules for making money are different in a bubble than in normal times. What are they, how do they differ and what can a startup do to take advantage of them? First, to understand where we’re going, it’s important to know where we’ve been.Global VC Blog Directory (Sept 2009)
This is an old version of the VC Blog Directory. Click Here for the updated Q409 version: Global Venture Capital (VC) Blog Directory – Ranked By Monthly Uniques (Q409)
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