tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.vccafe.com/2009/03/12/cotendo-secures-7-million-from-sequoia-and-benchmark/';tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Two of the marquee names in the US venture capital industry decided that Israel’s Cotendo is investment worthy -   Sequoia Capital and  Benchmark Capital  j...

I spent some time this morning putting together my deck for my "There's No Such Thing As A Crystal Ball" talk tomorrow. Since I've already blogged this "meme" and got awesome comments on it (several of which have found there way into the talk), I figure I should keep going by posting my first draft ...

The right-wing obsession with trashing women never ceases to amaze me. Kathryn Jean Lopez’s write-up of Feministing blogger Jessica Valenti’s wedding is no exception (and of course, Ace of Spades follows up). Lopez titles the piece “You’ve Never Met a Bridezilla Like a Femini...

Remember when PE firms backed out of signed deals in droves? They looked like jerks at the time, but in retrospect, they were probably smart to avoid the overpriced, highly leveraged deals they had aggressively pursued for the past three years. Taking into account the Dow’s record breaking drops l...

energy, IT, Analysis Gregory T. Huang wrote: “If you’re a technology junkie, cleantech is the candy store for you,” said Byron McCann, co-founder and managing partner of Seattle-based Ascent Partners, an investment bank that advises cleantech and software entrepreneurs. McCann, who...

Just because it isn't said in polite company doesn't mean people aren't thinking it. A Home Office study has found that: 16% of people in England and Wales think it is acceptable for a man to beat his wife or girlfriend if she nags; 13% think it is acceptable for a man to beat his wife or girlfriend...

Image via Wikipedia I was asked to speak to a group of entrepreneurs later this week. I agreed to do it and asked them what they wanted me to talk about. I got this response: this group would find it particularly interesting to hear from Fred about the technologies and technology strategies that he ...

We’ll admit, we have some sympathy for the former Republican leadership and George W. Bush with regards to the “John McCain situation.” It was kind of fun for us communists to see John McCain (occasionally, arbitrarily) challenge the Bush administration on a handful of issues over ...

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This is one of the top stories of the day? Seriously? A company moves and one blog links to it. TechMeme shark: jumped.  I think I'll go write a blog post about Twitter now....