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The curious case of VC Associates One of the ‘large fund’ associate wrote to me saying:... Here's where you can stick your outbound program. Great post by @krisnair : The curious case of VC Associates http://t.co/Og1OIW6c”

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Twitter / fdestin: A rare sight : the infamous ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. A rare sight : the infamous Jeff Fagnan in a blazer. Only under 50 in the Boston power 50 awards? #bbjpower50 http://t.co/FC6YjziP

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Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Citing Climate Change Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, an independent, said climate change may have been a factor in Hurricane Sandy and he believed President Obama was the best... Bloomberg calls for coalition of centrists @martinvars: Bloomberg endorses Obama http://t.co/Ui5OyQ6j”

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Your Priorities Truth be told, the idea of everything being in balance on a daily basis is a myth. - Dave Ramsey Based on what I've learned from talking to people... Well put : killing the work life balance myth @dcancel: A Startup Founder's Priorities - http://t.co/nvFwiQJY”

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On historical returns and venture capital flavours |... A blog post on where LP's are concentrating their venture capital investments and why historical returns data is inconclusive Big Fund ? Small Fund ? Neow blog post on why there is no right answer: http://t.co/uq4njUkn

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Dollar Shave Club’s ‘f**king great blades’ help it... As its $9.8 million funding round shows, Dollar Shave Club's strategy to help guys save money on razors is paying off. For those who think venture isn't solving big problems (cc @umairh), here's $10M to make shaving affordable! http://t.co/Vkd4aKYN

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... A perfect graphic by @sachsc to explain @bfeld 's "How Entrepreneurial Communities are built' #openecosystem http://t.co/1CsfFBgw

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Choose Your VC Wisely- conversation with Felda Hardymon,... Latest online news from The Jerusalem Post, the world's top English-language daily newspaper covering Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World The VC LP issue explained succinctly: even a top tercile fund has less than 50% chance of being top tercile again : http://t.co/Cg65iug6

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Twitter / fdestin: My daughter as the "scary sexy ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. My daughter as the "scary sexy vampire witch" http://t.co/iSnm6tfE

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How Bocoup Got Its Name Bucketful of inspiration “@BoazSender: For everyone who's ever asked me how @bocoup got its name: http://t.co/7W8iwlfN”

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Timbre: Richie Hawtin Live music at RISE After-hours, Boston, MA 2012-10-31 Richie Hawtin @ RISE After-hours — Oct 31 http://t.co/u39LBpyx #timbreapp

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http://instagram.com/p/RY5O1irlg5/ nueves's photo on Instagram Wondering this morning how many lost access to water too : NYC street flooded car-deep - http://t.co/CLwyL4D6 (courtesy: @Nueves) #Sandy”

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Is 3D printing promoting a new wave of piracy? | Innovators 3D printing sounds like science fiction, but it has been used by designers for decades. As technology gets cheaper, small businesses have embraced 3D... Of course !! @Innovatrs: Is #3D printing turning into #piracy? http://t.co/WjoMMlHp”

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http://instagram.com/p/RY4bGopFhx/ usatoday's photo on Instagram Beauty in mayhem“@moorehn: Parking garage in financial district in NYC during #Sandy usatoday's photo http://t.co/t3kyrq7k”

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Twitter / alananewhouse: Lights out, Manhattan. Creepy. ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Wow, Gotham in the dark. As @dens said, headlamps FTW -- @alananewhouse: Lights out, Manhattan. http://t.co/Rgs9OrPp””

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PrivCo | PrivCo Exclusive: LIVINGSOCIAL Now Valued At Just... PrivCo is the source for business and financial research on major privately-held companies, including private market M&A, venture capital, and... Wow ! Auditors value LivingSocial at $325M, a 94% write down on the December valuation: http://t.co/1RxmOqel

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An alternate universe – Marco.org Microsoft store require instructions on how to exit the store (cue: don't step over the letters). Priceless. http://t.co/Vzpd5mcF

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Hans Rosling Explains the Future of Humanity with Legos |... The weakest point today is the lack of global governance. Nation states are still very strong. We talk about globalization, but the fact is that... Hans Rosling, Legos, Asia on top and the place of the West: http://t.co/NCgsMMO3

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Zoopla closes gap with Rightmove, claim - Estate Agent... Zoopla closes gap with Rightmove, claim Post merger, @zoopla closing in on @rightmove for top spot in #UK #property http://t.co/qCeDUyi1

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Twitter / fdestin: The two Jens @jfremontsmith ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. The two Jens @jfremontsmith @jenniferlum #futurem http://t.co/O3AE9yGo

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Twitter / fdestin: Mr @scottkirsner standing ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Mr @scottkirsner standing dangerously close to the #bostonsharks http://t.co/tx7sbJHh

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Twitter / fdestin: And the piranha pool sharpening ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. And the piranha pool sharpening their teeth #bostonsharks feat jean Hammond, joe Caruso, @robgo, Chris Sheehan http://t.co/ubUpxub2

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Twitter / fdestin: Full house for a feeding frenzy ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Full house for a feeding frenzy #bostonsharks #futurem http://t.co/3KQtJnmk

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Twitter / fdestin: At @techstars #boston with ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. At @techstars #boston with my @buysidefx mug for pitch practice #represent http://t.co/Aj9b8xiZ

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Cloud Atlas Rumble: A Movie and Book Critic Square Off Over... David Edelstein vs. Kathryn Schulz ... GO! Desecration of a masterpiece “@pkedrosky: Cloud Atlas Rumble: Movie Critic vs. Book Critic - http://t.co/fCyeaWSf”

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Top 10 startup needs, according to AngelList Visiting AngelList HQ in San Francisco earlier this month, founder Naval Ravikant shared some interesting survey data that the site has been... Roadmapping @angellist: “@ScottKirsner: Top 10 startup needs, according to @AngelList: http://t.co/GLx4Pipt

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The Island Where People Forget to Die Unraveling the mystery of why the inhabitants of Ikaria, an island of 99 square miles that is home to almost 10,000 Greek nationals, live so long and... Defy death. Perfect close, by @bluezones. If strapped for time, read page 1 and the last few paras: http://t.co/2M1IktL2

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VC Evolution: Software Eats Private Equity slides from my talk at Quebec City Public Policy Forum on Venture Capital & Innovation (Oct 2012) The 500Startups strategy explained. Non generalizable i.e. math works but other models work too by @davemcclure : http://t.co/5X2nPmTA

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MassChallenge 2012 Awards Ceremony - Opening | MassChallenge MassChallenge, an annual $1M global startup competition and accelerator program, catalyzes the launch and success of high-growth, high-impact new... Vibrant event ! “@karlbuttner: What an amazing community! Thanks everyone for supporting entrepreneurship! #MCAwards http://t.co/2tmdrN2x”

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Twitter / nstata: Lovas @fdestin @sravishsridhar ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Effect of alcohol on grown men “@nstata: Lovas @fdestin @sravishsridhar @OBJLPhil http://t.co/YZm52KmH”

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Twitter / nstata: Kissing and making up @fdestin ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. I win on BMI he wins on spelling “@nstata: Kissing and making up @fdestin @OBJLPhil #mcawards http://t.co/fSTuq5vQ”

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Twitter / fdestin: Sexy. Engaged. Intimate. ... Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Sexy. Engaged. Intimate. Checquered. The Real @objlphil http://t.co/hCpZExEm

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A Tale of a Miserable Product Launch A good laugh is the perfect remedy for misery, so here is the story of our latest product launch a.k.a. How to End 3 Months of Hard Work on a... absolutely hilarious -- the French do it better “@stangeek: A Tale of a Miserable Product Launch http://t.co/nFNP9NOY” via HN

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Is it time to say ‘goodbye’ to Siri? Is Siri a gimmick? We ask our readers. This poll says 25% of TNW readers use Siri regularly “@Zee: POLL: Do you use Siri? http://t.co/Fj8ObIOb”

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European startup accelerators are gradually revealing... With the rise of numerous accelerator programs in Europe one cannot help but wonder whether jumping through the application process hoops, sweating... Best euro incubator .@Seedcamp is killing it: “@robinwauters: European incubator performance http://t.co/w5kq0N6y

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Coming Soon We hate to be such a tease, but on a day like today, we just have to. Stick it out until the Super Bowl, or take a "day off" on Monday and catch the... Great tease: I suggest you watch this before I have to get ... snooooty http://t.co/8viNcJ3b via @scottkirstner

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The Age of AngelList – Rodolfo Rosini – The Kernel UK tech investors that avoid the seed stage are going to be losing out on the most exciting investment opportunities after Facebook goes public. A... great article and wake up call for UK angels - get on @angellist “@rodolfor: The Age of @angellist - http://t.co/oWBb30Lr”

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Mega-man: The fast, fabulous, and fraudulent life of Kim... Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's long journey from Germany to a New Zealand prison cell involves fraud, fast cars, and file-sharing—along with a... insane “@michaellitt: A pretty awesome glimpse into the life of Kim Dotcom (Mega Upload's founder) - http://t.co/vc6JCE1B”

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Massive Health - Carbs Are Killing You [infographic] Awesome infographic on why carbs are killing you @azaaza: Why eating fat doesn't make you fat: http://t.co/BHHTXZmh”

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SoftTech VC Raises $55M Fund For Early Technology-Firm... SoftTech VC has raised a $55 million fund to make small investments in very young technology startups, a sign investors are growing more interested in... scaling elegantly by @Jeff: “@Spencerante: SoftTech VC Raises $55M Fund For Early Technology-Firm Investments. http://t.co/9sFZIq3x”

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Investing $1.7M into the Data Driven Newsroom « Visual... “@infoarbitrage: Investing $1.7M into the Data Driven Newsroom http://t.co/DiRNu8li --congrats @dennismortenson @visualrevenue

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Startup Data Trends - Bocoup Bocoup is a client facing JavaScript focused web development shop in Boston. This is the home page of bocoup.com, where we keep our whole portfolio. How we leveraged backbone.js to create an #opensource app on the @angellist API with team @bocoup: http://t.co/rBaMYgtp

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StartupDataTrends.com – Transparency Is Coming Since joining Atlas in early 2010, I’ve been lucky enough to have a front row seat to the disruption unfolding in early stage tech. It’s been... Must read - First app on the @angellist API just released - Transparency in startup funding - http://t.co/eaW8hyEx by @dolginow

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Avila Therapeutics Strikes A Covalent Corporate Bond With... Today Celgene announced the acquisition of Avila Therapeutics for $350M upfront and up to $575M in future milestones. Congratulations to the Avila... WooT ! Five to fifteen times return for @atlasventure and @LifeSciVC : http://t.co/M4ximLtO

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Radiohead cover Joy Division/New Order A version of 'Ceremony' performed by the band during their webcast on November 9th, 2007. Radiohead cover Joy Division/New Order http://t.co/4z9tZyFp via @onPlizy

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Twitter / Fred Destin: A low emissions house by Z ... A low emissions house by ZeroEnergyDesign in Brookline #thingsarechanging http://t.co/VkGqbx82 A low emissions house by ZeroEnergyDesign in Brookline #thingsarechanging http://t.co/VkGqbx82

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Pishevar on Venture Capital Investment Shervin Pishevar, a managing director at Menlo Ventures, talks about investment opportunities in Pretty hilarious: reporter calls Uber a "limousine company" and Shervin Pishevar goes "no it's not it's magic" :-) http://t.co/pLlCyRRO

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VC Reveals Everything You Need To Do To Land Investors For... Presentation is paramount. An insightful quote : Somebody will try to steal your company early on you before you realize what you have- http://t.co/J0VEVhn9

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Feds shut down file-sharing website Megaupload.com Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with... Mega Copyright infringer MegaUpload shut down by the Feds: http://t.co/y211KG5o

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Twitter / Fred Destin: Mystery startup gets @dolg ... Mystery startup gets @dolginow giant chicken to celebrate his promotion. Great pic featuring @kim617 http://t.co/LypAQj4H Mystery startup gets @dolginow giant chicken to celebrate his promotion. Great pic featuring @kim617 http://t.co/LypAQj4H

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