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<title>About This Issue</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venture Capital: A Primer</title>
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<description>Venture capitalists apply carefully developed techniques to evaluate start-ups before investing funds.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:19:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>From the Ponderosa to the Googleplex: How Americans Match Money to Ideas</title>
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<description>The development of the venture capital model empowered entrpreneurs to launch a cornucopia of high-tech start-up businesses.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:55:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Inside the Real World of Venture Capitalists</title>
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<description>Entrepreneurs must prepare appropriate business plans and negotiate carefully the venture capital system.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:20:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Starting Your Own High-Technology Start-Up</title>
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<description>In an American climate that encourages entrepreneurial initiative, opportunities for young people are immense.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:21:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Not Just Semiconductors: Silicon Valley and the Culture of Innovation</title>
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<description>High-tech start-ups flourished in California&#x26;rsquo;s Silicon Valley because of the region&#x26;rsquo;s culture of innovation and shared information among entrepreneurs.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:14:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>The Rise of the Creative Class</title>
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<description>The growth of high-tech industries has facilitated the emergence of a creative class of young thinkers.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:16:42 -0400</pubDate>
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