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Chasing the New Angel Investors

Angus Loten, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 15, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Budding entrepreneur Eric Bolden had never met an angel investor until he tried pitching a business idea to a few of them.

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When “Friending” Becomes a Source of Start-Up Funds

Sarah E. Needleman and Angus Loten, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Social on November 1, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Social networking is pretty good for keeping abreast of far-flung friends. Could it work for entrepreneurs looking for investors?

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Can’t Afford an Office? Rent a Desk for $275

Emily Glazer, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 4, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Forget privacy. Shared workspaces are the latest trend in office space. The offices, set up in a variety of ways but emphasizing open space and the ability to rent a single desk, are also known as co-working spaces.

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Kleiner Plays Catch-Up

Pui-Wing Tam and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 29, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the late-1990s dot-com frenzy with investments in Netscape Communications Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and, later, Google Inc.

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Is Flash Memory the Way to Go for Storage Start-Ups?

Scott Denne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 24, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

There’s near universal agreement that flash will replace hard disk drives in enterprise storage, but it’s not clear if it’s a new feature for established vendors or a disruptive opportunity to build a new, lasting company.