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One Really Important Link July 29th, 2010 - WoodwardPartners

How venture capitalists (early-stage investors) value companies when making investments (source)

And one bonus…

How the whole early-stage funding process is being re-imagined and built in front of us (source)

Links of the Day July 27th, 2010 - Links of the Day

Clay Shirky: “And to put it in one bleak sentence, no medium has ever survived the indifference of 25-year-olds.” (source)

How social media has radically altered advertising (source)

Henry Blodget’s bet on the future of business news (source)

If you can’t buy your investor a beer, don’t take their money (source)

How Apple dominates – via faberNovel (source)

The Crisis & the Euro by George Soros (source)

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Links of the Day July 14th, 2010 - Links of the Day

21st century economics isn’t about building a bigger factory. It’s about connecting a market, network, or community more tightly – Umair Haque

Gareth Vaughan’s exclusive on how NZ and other banks face NZ$900 mln of losses on Yellow Pages debt (source)

Competition is overrated (source)

China in Africa – Beijing does deals not gifts (source)

Wars Fought and Wars Googled (source)

Elevation Invests Another $120M in Facebook as that IPO Looks More Distant – US$24 billion valuation of Facebook (source)

From Angel Investor to Venture Investor: A Process (source)

Foursquare Nabs $20 Million in VC Funding at $95 Million Pre-Money Valuation (source)

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