SCOTT AUSTIN’S THE WEEK IN VENTURE CAPITAL
Economic gloom hits the VC world
Commentary: Crunch may result in crisis for some fledgling companies
By Scott Austin
Interesting article regarding VC portfolio companies and market.
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Here is a very scary and (I am afraid) very accurate analysis from the Wall St. Journal.
“It is a very logical progression. Peloton, Carlyle, Focus — hedge funds and other non-deposit-taking financial institutions (NDFIs) are now being hit by the credit crunch, which had so far been mainly confined to mortgage lenders and the banks.”
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The impact of Bear Stearns’ collapse on entrepreneurs
Mark V. Cannice, Ph.D.03.17.2008 in the Industry Standard
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Recently, I have been seeing substantial evidence that we are entering an inflationary period and that official estimates of inflation are grossly understated. For example, just look at a selection of today’s news articles: Inflation Alert http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120511152715823437.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries Surging Costs of Groceries Hit Home http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2008/03/09/surging_costs_of_groceries_hit_home/ Gas Prices Near Records, Following Oil http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080310/oil_prices.html?.v=38 As of today, oil approaches $108/barrel and one Euro buys $1.54. Feels like inflation to me.
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The ever more intriguing Android platform from Google are getting ready for launch. The recent session at Etech by Dan Morril from Google.
Set to go on sale in the second half of this year, the Android will work at the platform level: an open development model, free and open to carriers, manufacturers and enthusiasts, with no permission required to develop apps. One brightspot for the developer community is the Android Developer Challenge, for which Google is providing $10 million in grants as seed money for developers working on promising applications.
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