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Week in deals, Jan. 11, 2010Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- peHUB First Read
* Maybe Henry Kravis wants to emulate Warren Buffett because the Oracle is teflon when it comes to things like laying off 21,000 workers http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/26/teflon-buffett/ * Amity Shales http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=axOqj8EtNlXw : "Today the country can ill afford another trillion in stimulus. But if such an outlay is inevitable, then let that trillion go to a national Big Dig." (We in Boston utter a collective "WTF?!?!?!") * The next generation at GTCR discuss their firm and the current state of private equity http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-outlook-banks-gtcr-1228-.ar0dec28,0,7228705,full.story * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5AT0RI20091229 London rises early http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE5BS0FA20091229?type=londonMktRpt European shares climb on miners and oil http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE5BS07L20091229?type=eurMktRpt the Nikkei edges up http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE5BS03N20091229?type=tokyoMktRpt and both Hong Kong and China shares improve http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE5BS05Z20091229?type=hongkongMktRpt * Dave Pakman of Venrock: My areas of focus for 2010 http://dpakman.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/areas-of-focus/ * Chris Dixon: What's the right amout of seed capital to raise? http://cdixon.org/2009/12/28/whats-the-right-amount-of-seed-money-to-raise/ * Should Americans be making more of their own luggage? http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/12/the_manufacturing_shibboleth * 10 huge ideas that flopped this decade http://www.businessinsider.com/15-huge-ideas-that-flopped-this-decade-2009-12 (my only gripe with this list is the inclusion of "charter schools," when the author seems to only be discussing the for-profit variety).
- M&A Heats Up
Big price tags for AdMob, LifeSize Communications, Playfish and Revolution Money raise hopes that acquisition market is coming back
M&A Heats UpBig price tags for AdMob, LifeSize Communications, Playfish and Revolution Money raise hopes that acquisition market is coming back
- Help Wanted at Startups Nationwide
The NVCA and StartUpHire.com examine how VC-backed startups have contributed to the overall economy
- NVCA: The Tweets Are In
All week, Startuphire.com and the National Venture Capital Association have been sending out press releases highlighting U.S. jobs created this year by venture-backed companies -- more than 35,000 to date. They also asked /55865/nvca-seeks-tweets/ employees of these startups to submit 140-character testimonials on what inspires them to get up and go to work each day. Here are some of them: "Our CEO is wearing gym shorts and a T-shirt right now. At bulbstorm.com, we're too busy innovating to iron!" Bart Steiner, CEO, Bulbstorm
- NVCA Seeks Tweets
The National Venture Capital Association and Startuphire.com have partnered to publish a list of job openings at startups and are looking for 140-character "testimonials" about what it's like to work at one. These are supposed to be positive stories, and to make sure you get that message, startup.com has posted some sample Tweets, which sound a bit like they may have been written by someone who's had too many cups of coffee -- or perhaps knows English as a second language. "You must have agility to be able to change hats mid-thought and analyze a problem in the opposite direction from someone else's shoes."