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1.) Angel Investing: A Podcast with Sohl Posted: Sep 01, 2006 9:22 AM CDT Topic/Type: Finance & Accounting; Funding Sources
2.) United Devices Inc. is opening an office in London to address the company's growing European business.
3.) Nineteen Austin-area businesses recognized
4.) Study: Austin No. 3 among innovative cities Austin Business Journal
5.) Austin venture investing reaches a 2-year high
6.) Chamber Announces Finalists for the Sixth Annual Greater Austin Business Awards
7.) UnWired Buyer Secures $6.1 Million in Series B Funding
8.) Staples Turns to Inventors For New Product Ideas
9.) BlabberMouth L.P
10.) Software company Surgient Inc. has raised $20 million in a series C round of funding.
11.) Wintegra backs out of IPO
12.) Winternals & Best Buy/Geek Squad Settle
13.) Crossroads Systems Announces European Patent for Access Control Technology
14.) Perficient, Inc.secured a $52 million credit facility with SVB Silicon Valley Bank and KeyBanc Capital Markets
15.) Start Your Patent Process With A Good Lawyer Or Agent
16.) Crossroads Systems Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Dot Hill
17.) Manny Shulman of Infinity Acquisition Featured in Audio Interview at SmallCapVoice.com
18.) PulseWave snags $30M in venture funding
19.) ThinkKitchen Launches Website
20.) How I Got My Funding: Trying Out Prosper
21.) Presentation Tip: Making Statistics Understandable
22.) Offshoring Slows Startups
23.) How to fund other startups (and get rich) Angel investors describe their paths from entrepreneur to financier.
24.) Five Tips for Succeeding As a Young Entrepreneur
25.) Big Tech Companies Shop for Tiny Ventures
26.) Intrapreneur or Entrepreneur?
27.) Intellectual Property 101: Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks and Copyrights From Scott Allen, Your Guide to Entrepreneurs.
28.) Trademarks and Service Marks 101
29.) Patents 101
30.) $49M in venture funds brings Asuragen to life
31.) Former Motive execs launch software firm
32.) Austin's Intrinsity gets new investor Austin Business Journal
33.) Social Networks Attract Nearly Half Of All Web Users
34.) How (and Why) to Read Your Web Statistics and Analytics
35.) Small Firms Try Out New Advertising Avenues
36.) Google’s commitment to openness is also on display with Google Trends
37.) Zilker reaps $8M
38.) What Were They Thinking? Goofs From the Web Era
39.) Tokyo Electron launches venture capital program
40.) Private Equity outperformed public stock market in Q4 San Francisco Business Times
41.) IBM snaps up Austin's BuildForge
42.) Tips for Winning Those First Sales
43.) Venture firm Polaris caps $800M fund Boston Business Journal
44.) Leveraging Social Networking Sites to Generate Business
45.) The Value of a Business Mentor
46.) The Ten-Step, One-Day Strategic Plan
47.) Turning your hobby into a business
48.) Thomas Frey on the Future of Entrepreneurship
49.) Austin chamber creates new tech and investment groups
50.) Three Tips for Financing Your Franchise Purchase
51.) Solving the Million Dollar Mystery: 4 Steps to Create a Turn-Key Business
52.) How to Profit From Networking
53.) Intrapreneur or Entrepreneur?
54.) Guide to International Business Costs
55.) Motive may be delisted
56.) Austin Ventures invests $6.2M in Powered
57.) The Entrepreneurial Mind
58.) Venture Capitalist Breaks The Silicon Valley Mold
59.) How To Create a Great Business Name
60.) Choose the Right CPA for Your Business
61.) Dell buys Alienware
62.) Angel investors turn to Web to find promising startups Kansas City Business Journal
63.) Venture Capital Swarms China
64.) HyPerformix Names Osborne SVP Client Services
65.) Activant sold to buyout firms
66.) Tips for Winning Those First Sales
67.) Venture Capitalists Mentor Their Fledglings
68.) American Campus finishes $245M deal with Illinois company Austin Business Journal
69.) Austin's ClearOrbit buys California firm's assets
70.) Texas A&M seeking nominations for "Aggie 100"
71.) Management-level hirings and promotions in the Austin area March, 2006
72.) Austin Ventures proposes buyout of Canadian company
73.) The lowdown on leverage An examination of Bain's recent dealings reveals a private equity environment in which the big are getting bigger
74.) VC fund geared to women set to unwind Axxon's Marshall blames dearth of opportunity; others disagree
75.) Broadwing moves headquarters to Austin
76.) Staktek swings from profit to loss Austin's Staktek Holdings Inc. reported a net loss and lower revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005.
77.) Searching for an Angel In the Money Game
78.) Grande Communications gets new CEO Former Sprint-Nextel executive takes over as rivals step up competition.
79.) Dell plans plant in India
80.) Development lab gets $3.75M grant
81.) Microsoft Corp. has joined research-intensive organizations to sell its non-core technology
82.) Practical Marketing Tips For New Entrepreneurs
83.) NovusEdge names CEO, gets $6.5 million in Funding
84.) S.A. venture-capital firm promotes two new principals
85.) VC Firms Have Trouble Putting Cash to Work
86.) How a Retailer Found A Shortcut on QVC
87.) Venture Capitalists Bet Big on Gadgets
88.) Patent Strategies in the Chinese Market
89.) SensorLogic gets $4.67M infusion for working capital
90.) Recommended Reading For New Entrepreneurs
91.) New Mexico Venture capital breezes through banner year
92.) 3M wins patent case
93.) Riverwalk home to newest Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouse
94.) Austin Hill Country Reserve campus sold to Houston co.
95.) IPOs, M&As drop among venture-backed companies Lynn Graebner
96.) VCs' Tips for Winning The Support of Investors
97.) Strategies for Creating A Catchy Business Name
98.) File your patent electronically with EFS
99.) Forgent Announces Patent License Agreement With Yahoo! Inc.
100.) Forgent settles JPEG claim vs. Yahoo
101.) Benefits of a Franchise Versus a Solo Operation
102.) Advantage Capital Texas Invests in Houston-Based Commerciant
103.) Economist Ray Perryman Sees Central Texas Growth in 2006
104.) NetQoS Acquires Pine Mountain Group
105.) VC business to see minimal growth in '06
106.) Evolutionary Technologies co-founder steps down
107.) 2006 Predicted to Be Critical Transition Year in Venture Capital Lifecycle
108.) Wireless payment firm plugs in to first institutional investment Mary Ann Azevedo Houston Business Journal
109.) Startup to give life science technologies a hand Mary Ann Azevedo Houston Business Journal
110.) Axalto Holdings NV to buy rival Gemplus in stock swap worth $1.5 billion
111.) Austin Ventures' Kari-Pekka Wilska Named to Agere Systems Board of Directors
112.) Running with an idea
113.) Trilogy buying California public company for $3.3M
114.) Recommended Reading For Trend Spotters
115.) Finding a Market For Your Product
116.) Web vacation rental site WVR Group buying German provider
117.) Motion Names Michael Johnson Senior VP Product Development
118.) Hoover's Names Jeff Guillot VP Technology
119.) Forgent losses deepen
120.) HexaTech lands $8.9 million backing
121.) Start them up
122.) Where the Bets Are In Venture Capital
123.) Rice University Creates a NanoCar
124.) Typical Funding Mistakes That You Should Avoid
125.) Google Offers Web Analytics for Free
126.) New VC fund started for Southwestern investments Clay Holtzman NMBW Staff
127.) The Palo Alto nanotechnology product developer said the funding was led by El Dorado Ventures of Menlo Park.
128.) iBrix raises $12M in VC funding Software developer iBrix Inc. is raising $12 million in venture financing.
129.) Later-Staged Companies See More Venture Funds
130.) Southwest Opportunity Fund, Texas Growth Fund successor, Set to Launch
131.) A Lesson About Branding From Mr. Happy Crack
132.) Subject: MS Office Live is targeting small business and startups
133.) Austin Ventures names Kari-Pekka Wilska new partner
134.) Austin Logistics Closes $8 Million Series B Funding Round
135.) Technology Business Accelerator targets Mexican companies
136.) Forgent settles another patent infringement case
137.) Venture Capitalists Return to Internet Firms
138.) VC group sets its sights on $75M for young tech firms Ben Hammer Staff Reporter
139.) Success By 6 gets $1M in funding
140.) Alereon closes on $20M round of funding
141.) Austin-area startups raise $91.1 million
142.) High-profile investor plugs local startup Former UT student's uShip Web site draws interest of venture firm and eBay.
143.) Britestream raises $10M funding round
144.) Austin's Legadero to be bought by Borland
145.) Austin Ventures to Invest in Payment and Transaction Processing Sectors
146.) SATAI plans to launch funds to assist tech start-up firms Catherine Dominguez
147.) Broadwing chief operating officer resigns John McLeod has resigned as chief operating officer for Broadwing Communications LLC.
148.) 10 Networking Tips To Give Sales a Lift
149.) $200M venture fund launched
150.) Study: Texas one of top states for entrepreneurs
151.) How I Got My Funding: A Ladies Shoe Designer
152.) M&A is hot even though stocks are not
153.) Austin grants $90,000 for technology projects
154.) RFID deal brings together a multicontinent alliance ThingMagic gets funding boost from earlier acquisition Alexander Soule Business Journal News Service
155.) VCs play the game with cash infusions to entertainment techs Adrienne Sanders
156.) Austin Social Venture Partners shutting down Jenny Robertson Austin Business Journal Staff
157.) The Austin Technology Council, Bootstrap, MIT-Austin Chapter, Rice Alliance, and TiE have joined forces to provide mentoring services to the Central Texas Region
158.) Austin Social Venture Partners shutting down Jenny Robertson Austin Business Journal Staff
159.) Ray Kurzweil deciphers a brave new world
160.) StreamServe's IPO goal reveals tough public arena If momentum dictates, software maker eyes stock sale for end of '06 Craig M. Douglas Journal Staff
161.) Check out the Marketing Techie web site
162.) Several VC's were disclose their best business ideas and are looking for groups to submit business plans on these ideas!
163.) Terminal B is hosting a series of free non-technical seminars this month designed to teach small businesses how to get the most out of their investment in technology.
164.) The NPD Group Acquires DisplaySearch
165.) Lombardi growing, adds European office
166.) myDNA Media sold to company owned by AOL founder
167.) Layoffs, sale of business unit loom for Motive
168.) Lagen's Durable Plastic Design in Redmond turns milk jugs into lawn furniture
169.) Hoover's IPO Scorecard Reveals Relatively Flat Growth in New Offerings for Q3 2005
170.) S.A. starting to feel breeze stirring in venture-capital doldrum
171.) Austin consultant named to Texas Growth Fund board
172.) Connie Wodlinger Selects Austin for Prototype Music/Entertainment Network
173.) Freescale launches branding campaign
174.) Austin is No. 9 among hottest cities for entrepreneurs
175.) ClearCube and United Devices Partner
176.) Molecular Imprints Completes $17M Financing
177.) Staktek and SMART Modular Technologies Sign Licensing Agreement
178.) Symantec Corp. to acquire Austin-based WholeSecurity, Inc.,
179.) From The Wall Street Journal Online
180.) Factory Logic gains $8M
181.) Austin Technology Council Names Alisha Ring President
182.) BuildForge gets $6M in funding
183.) Technnology council names new president
184.) Institutional investors seeking big rewards backing startups Mark Calvey
185.) Small size is no handicap when you ally with your rivals Van Conversions finds health by finding friends
186.) Venture capitalist prefers firms that offshore workTechnology
187.) InnoTech - Austin's Technology Conference - November 16th
188.) EBay in talks to buy Skype: WSJ
189.) Austin Ventures Sets up Matching Donation Program for Hurricane Katrina Victims
190.) Challenge Grant: Matched funding: Katrina Relief-Austin High Tech Community
191.) Molecular Imprints Grows Its IP Position with over 300 Patent Applications
192.) The Pending Problem With Patents
193.) New venture capital program eyed for small firms
194.) The "Big Tent" event - A Look at the State of Entrepreneurship in Houston
195.) Attracting Senior Talent To a Young Company
196.) Bigfoot Networks Selected as Finalist Announced for FORTUNE SMALL BUSINESS Competition
197.) ACollegeTrade.com Raises Funding
198.) Austin Technology Incubator to focus on success overseas
199.) Austin Ventures, Others Invest $25 Million in ePartners
200.) The United States Patent and Trademark Office invites you to a CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
201.) Focus Strategies launches venture fund
202.) Venture Bank Square 1 Launches
203.) Oprah wants YOU!
204.) CIO Magazine - Trendlines: WASHINGTON WATCH Patent Law Changes Pending
205.) Next AIEA Meeting - August 24, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
206.) HR 2795: you need to read this
207.) Inventor's Toolbox: FreePatentsOnline.com
208.) Patent Office plans new e-filing system
209.) Telling the angels from the devils in high-tech finance
210.) One gadget at a time
211.) Jobs site with division in Austin raises $5 million
212.) Conference on Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace
213.) AIEA Entrepreneur Announces a Beta Product: fealth.com
214.) VC Search Engine
215.) 05Q2 Venture Capital Investing Survey Highlights
216.) Patents Reform: Innovation Issues
217.) Interested in learning how to leverage offshore manufacturing resources?
218.) The Austin Business Trade Show
219.) Idled Toy Inventors Find a Sweet Niche
220.) Interview; Fundable.org Founders
221.) Austin-area venture investing falls
222.) Member Files online
223.) Announcement: July AIEA Meeting, Wednesday, July 27, 7:00 PM
224.) A New Mantra: Location, Location, Technology
225.) Example RSS News Readers
226.) U.S. VENTURE-BACKED COMPANY VALUATIONS AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2001
227.) US venture-backed valuations rise to $15m in Q1, highest for three years
228.) Welcome!
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