May 8, 2008
Steve Jurvetson and the search for disruption
CNetNews.com has a great interview on “the constant search for disruption” with Steve Jurvetson, managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park, California. [...]
Kauffman Foundation releases study on entrepreneurship
Inc.com points its readers to an interesting Kauffman Foundation study on entrepreneurship. The publication writes that “[a]mong more than 500 U.S. technology firms recently analyzed by [Kauffman], [...]
LinkedIn hopes VCs will call
CNetNews.com writes that “[o]n Monday, reports surfaced that business social network LinkedIn is likely looking to raise a round of venture capital (rather than find a corporate [...]
What is the cyber-security Manhattan project?
According to Wired, “[t]he government's new cyber-security ‘Manhattan Project’ is so secretive that a key Senate oversight panel has been reduced to writing a letter to beg [...]
London Calling – In English, French and German
The European Commission recently released figures on EU patent protection which show that 20 years’ protection in Europe is on average nearly nine times more expensive than [...]
The fourth decade of spam begins on Saturday
AFP points out that “[t]his week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: [...]