Can peer-to-peer grow up?

The latest tech craze needs one hit company to make it valid. The Silicon Valley elite is betting on InfraSearch.

VCs drop carry on staff

Article talks about how VCs are treating their admin staff members in wake of the talent crunch.

Lessons of a failed incubator

The collapse of Digital Disrupters may mark the beginning of the great incubator shakeout that pundits have been predicting. But the Chicago-area hatchery’s demise also offers lessons to other troubled incubators, thanks to its founder’s candor about the mistakes that led him to lose nearly $2 million of his own money.

Approach incubators with caution

Red Herring looks at business incubators in light of the Aberdeen Group’s ongoing study of the crowded field and its prospects (they say only 30% will succeed).

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includes sections on Hardware platforms, Linux, Research, and Flaming the DOJ

Academics catch VC bug

article highlights Dot Edu, a new VC firm with its roots in the academic world. Also discusses Information Technology University (ITU) and UniversityAngels.com

Venture funding is reinvented

part of Red Herring’s 10 Trends 2000 special, this article talks about the increasing competition among VCs to fund a limited supply of good ideas and teamsand the associated implications and strategies

Fish or Cut Bait: How green is the Valley?

There’s a huge misconception regarding Silicon Valley and it goes like this: you step off the plane in San Jose, sign up with a dot-com, pop open an umbrella, and t starts raining money. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The State of VC: Big

discusses VC statistics for 1999 and also the rivalry between VC research firms Venture Economics and Venture One

Can’t a dot-com get a loan?

discusses the issues involved with Internet companies securing debt

Portals Pump Up Mom and Pop

a discussion of new portals targeted at small businesses; discusses 3 types: (1) free e-commerce providers, (2) ‘how to’ and ‘where to’ sites, (3) purchasing sites

An Insider’s Guide to Incubators

gives overview & history, stats, A-Z guide, trends, profiles, etc.

Editor’s Note: probably quite dated by now…

The four known high-tech startup failure modes

since high-tech companies frequently fail, it’s useful to study and understand how and why they fail — learning from the failures that surround us becomes the critical evolutionary behavior (slow fail, chasm trap, tornado dive, dead zone)

New IPOs: last millennium is hard to beat

RedHerring’s views on the leading sectors of investment opportunity: legacy integrators, linux, content providers, email mgmt, new breed of mutual funds, auctions, and networking