RaiseCapital Blog
by RaiseCapital.com | Posted on July 7, 2009
It has been awhile since we posted on the RaiseCapital.com blog. The primary reason for this is that we have been working on exciting new changes to the website which we will announce over the coming weeks. In the interim, below are some interesting media reports concerning the business world. It seems that the market has lost some steam over the past month, as investors become impatient with the slowness of the recover. However, there are folks who are getting things accomplished in this challenging environment.
Despite the economy, two well known entrepreneurs have managed to raise $300 million for their new hedge fund.
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/274235/Marc-Andreessen-Raises-300M-Venture-Firm-Predicts-Hundreds-of-Others-Will-Close?tickers=TWX,%5EIXIC,HPQ&sec=topStories&pos=9&asset=&ccode=
One of those same entrepreneurs predicts Facebook will be posting billions of dollars in revenue within five years-
http://www.cnbc.com/id/31761456
Ben Stein ruminates on the Bernie Madoff mess-
http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/173771
Small firms are taking advantage of the contracting economy to big company employees-http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124632199136371205.html
The Small Business Administration permanently changed a key loan program so that businesses can refinance if they plan to expand or buy equipment.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124588146947550063.html
2 Comment(s)
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