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		<title>The Nuts &amp; Bolts of Investment Banking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Why Investment Banks are a Better Source of Financing)
 
By now we all are painfully aware of the worldwide credit crisis that affects us all.  If you have a business or a project that needs capital, keep reading.    Because the traditional retail banks of the world have virtually frozen their lending practices it is imperative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Trenches – a Constructive Guide to Finding Angel Investors &#8211; Part One: Preperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erica Drake, Managing Partner
Maverick Management Consultants, LLC
I’m a veteran entrepreneur. I’ve experienced the entire process of taking an idea from conception to funding with Angel investors many times now, (and I have the battle scares to prove it).  Over the past 15 years, with limited start-up funds, I’ve raised millions with Angel investors.  Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Trenches – a Constructive Guide to Finding Angel Investors &#8211; Part Two: Into Battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erica Drake, Managing Partner
Maverick Management Consultants, LLC
Going to Battle &#8230;
Build and Lead your Army into Battle. Investors invest in people and their ability to make a company work.  In my experiences, there are two categories of people who will want to be part of your management team: The first category is what I call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Angel Investors Looking For? The Six Key Motivations of Angel Investors (#2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew
Now during the first riveting installment I tackled the most common and probably the most predominant motivation of angel investors – the profit motive or the desire for a significant financial return. Now at this point, anyone who has had anything to do with angel investors have probably stopped and thought to themselves… “Well, isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Angel Investors Looking For? The Six Key Motivations of Angel Investors (#1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew
I was recently asked “What are angel investors looking for?”
My knee jerk response was “a significant return on their investment…”
…and like most knee jerks responses, I was both right and wrong at the same time and (and this is probably where the phrase comes from…) I was a bit of a jerk for not thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Mark Suster, a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. He started his first company in 1999 and was headquartered in London, leaving in 2005 and selling to a publicly traded French services company. He founded his second company in Palo Alto in 2005 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleantech: Silicon Valley&#8217;s next great wave of innovation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott Duke Harris
sdharris@mercurynews.com
Silicon Valley earned its name and first great fortune as the cradle of the computer age. Then it built a launching pad for the Internet age. Now the valley has assumed a leading role in the global competition to develop renewable energy and other clean, green technologies.
Cleantech is poised to be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Small Business Loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Get Money to Start Or Expand Your Business!
Author: Gressly Stevens
January 30, 2010 · Posted in Alternative Financing 
Are you a business owner or do you have a business idea and you want to open up the doors to your own business? With the way the economy has turned starting a small business could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The myths you need to know about business start-ups</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Forbes.com, Shaun Rein exposes what he believes to be three myths regarding starting your own business.
Rein establishes his credentials by saying: &#8220;I&#8217;ve started three businesses, and I&#8217;ve invested in others as an angel investor and venture capitalist. I&#8217;ve often struggled and failed&#8230; I&#8217;ve learned a lot from my experiences.&#8221;

However, he admits there are three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs’ Most Common Mistakes When Pitching VCs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Timothy Hay
Many venture investors are expecting the pace to pick up in 2010, with more money flowing into more deals. But it’s hardly going to be a funding free-for-all, and entrepreneurs making their pitches must avoid some of the mistakes that raise red flags in the minds of investors.
So said three prominent Silicon Valley [...]]]></description>
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