Monday, April 30, 2012

The Seven Forces Disrupting Venture Capital

shift keyFor the past two years, I have read or glanced over what seems like hundreds of blog posts and thousands of tweets from people who either directly claim or indirectly hint at a disruption of traditional venture capital. For some, the factors related to the economy, that limited partners and especially institutional investors were reviewing their investment approaches. For others, it seemed as if there was too much money in the venture asset class, that there was too much money chasing too few real opportunities. There seemed to be a long laundry list of why venture capital was undergoing this shift, but never any thread that could lay out all the factors and synthesize just how each factor contributed to shift. That is, until now..

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Monday, April 23, 2012

THG Week in Review: April 15-21, 2011


Welcome to THG's Week in Review! Below, our staffers look back at the stories, stars and scandals that made the last seven days some of the craziest ALL MONTH.

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Now, a rundown of the week that was at The Hollywood Gossip:

RIP Dick Clark

  • The legendary Dick Clark passed away of a heart attack at the age of 82.
  • Other stars we lost this week: Levon Helm, Jonathan Frid and Greg Ham.
  • Yet another epic Mel Gibson rant emerged, this time at Joe Eszterhas.
  • A shocking Pippa Middleton gun photo scandal has raised eyebrows.
  • Adele was named extremely influential. Big surprise right?

  • George Zimmerman apologized to Trayvon Martin's family in court.
  • He will be released on $150,000 bail shortly pending murder trial.
  • Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got engaged. It was simply magical.
  • Sarah Silverman Tweeted about getting an abortion.
  • Ryan O'Neal has prostate cancer.

  • Tupac Shakur was resurrected in hologram form at Coachella ...
  • ... unless that was actually the real Tupac. Who knows.
  • Troubled Amanda Bynes may soon end up in rehab.
  • A bunch of celebrity stoners really enjoyed 4/20.
  • Somebody let one rip on the Miami Heat bench ...

What was the highlight of the week for you? Did we leave anything out?

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