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		<title>Come see me on a panel: Open Hardware | Startup 101  Panel for Entrepreneurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Open Hardware &#124; Startup 101 Panel for Entrepreneurs NYC Tech Connect (powered by NYCIF) invites you to the following event: Open Hardware Breakfast &#38; Panel Discussion Do you have an idea for an open hardware startup? Have lots of questions...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Assessing the Value of Software Patents in Early Stage Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I see a lot of pitches a year. Hundreds of them. Probably about 1 in 10 claim &#8220;patented&#8221; or &#8220;patent-pending&#8221; technology. Since one component of venture capital is assessing the current and future worth of a company, how much...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>What is One-and-a-half Phase Commit (1.5PC)? Or, how do I use JMS and JDBC without JTA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Somebody tweeted Distributed transactions in Spring, with and without XA today, and I read it with interest because of my fascination with distributed transactions. One of the patterns the author left out is how to provide the 2PC-like atomicity for...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Consumer Seed Funding is the new Black</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of us who work in the technology business don&#8217;t have to read GigaOM to know that seed and angel funding is very much in vogue. But what is less obvious, but borne out by a report from CB Insights, is that most of the seed funding is in...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>The Real Price Fixing Scandal in Angel Investing is Deal Syndication</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Deal syndication in angel and seed investing is a double-edge sword for the entrepreneur. On positive side, you get a bunch of smart and well connected people and firms investing, who will all work individually and in concert to help you out. On the...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Why Wesabe Lost to Mint – A Second Opinion</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recently, Marc Hedlund, the founder of Wesabe, ruminated on Why Wesabe Lost to Mint. I feel somewhat qualified to comment on this topic because I did the technical diligence on Mint for First Round Capital, which led me to become an investor in the...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>How I make investment decisions: Know the Space, Know the People</title>
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		<title>Nutanix: Storage Management for Virtualized Environments</title>
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