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Trade Student Debt for Charity Work

October 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Campus Eco-System, Campus as Market, Entrepreneur Profiles, General Thoughts, Students

Here is a great opportunity (via Springwise.com). UK company Do Good 4 Debt is intended to allow university grads to clear away some of their debt via community service. Debt ridden students (HUGE MARKET IN VARIOUS CRISES — MEANS OPP) can be hired by corporations to do community service on their behalf. BTW, this company [...]

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Finishing Work, Watching Trump in Background

October 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Entrepreneur Profiles, General Thoughts, Students

I am doing some work on my PhD research right now (12:35 am) and have CNBC on in the background. Trump is doing a one hour interview with CNBC workhorse Erin Burnett (CNBC’s Wolf Blitzer). The show is called The Billionaire Inside: Donald Trump.
The man is outrageous, obnoxious, relentless, cheesy, insightful, charming and really has [...]

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Is the Venture Capital Industry Shrinking?

October 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Business Plans & Competitions, Campus Eco-System, Funding

Here is a short blurb that I found at VentureBeat (via Digg.com) which claims that the venture capital industry may be shrinking. Check out the graphic. While I don’t want to spend too much time on this two thoughts come to mind a) part of this is cyclical as institutional investors sometimes choose different types [...]

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