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		<title>Qualys CEO on SaaS and Cloud Computing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sanger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, recently penned a nice piece on SaaS and cloud computing for IT Advisor, the official journal of the UK&#8217;s National Computing Centre. IT Advisor is not widely distributed in the States, so I thought I&#8217;d give it a mention here.
As an investor in Qualys, I may be biased. But I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absventures.wordpress.com&blog=6839324&post=334&subd=absventures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is IT Spending Ready to Bounce?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sanger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Dow Jones PEA Conference a couple weeks ago, Jim Breyer gave an interview in which he questioned the short-term optimism that has swept up many observers of the current economic recovery. But Jim also noted that, over the longer term, pent up demand will lead to a surge in IT infrastructure spending, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absventures.wordpress.com&blog=6839324&post=302&subd=absventures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why M&amp;A Will Lead the Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been much discussion over the last several years lamenting the state of the IPO market and the trauma of taking a company public. The prevailing wisdom is that the cost of going public (SarbOx, etc) and the unattractiveness of the market are forcing companies to sell out. It is a sad story but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absventures.wordpress.com&blog=6839324&post=296&subd=absventures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Puttin’ on the Hits (Part 3): The Impact of Hit Centric Venture Capital on Tech Companies</title>
		<link>http://absventures.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/puttin%e2%80%99-on-the-hits-part-3-the-impact-of-hit-centric-venture-capital-on-tech-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Sanger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extending the argument I’ve made in previous posts on the same subject (Part 1 and Part 2), this post explores the impact of the hits model of venture investing on early and mid-stage tech companies
Effects of Hit Centric Investing on Early Stage Venture-Backed Companies
Earlier this summer, Om Malik reported on the latest bad news at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absventures.wordpress.com&blog=6839324&post=262&subd=absventures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Innovator’s Immigrant Dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Yaphe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime in the next twelve months Congress will again begin debate on comprehensive immigration reform. Much of that debate will likely center on illegal immigration. But for those of us in the startup/venture world, it is the immigration policies related to skilled foreign nationals where the focus is most needed. The current rules and regulations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=absventures.wordpress.com&blog=6839324&post=254&subd=absventures&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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