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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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Don’t Build Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York has grown by almost 65%. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Out of 335 acquisitions captured in Crunchbase in California since 2006, 225 were of California companies.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

Zhou departed in 2005 and went on to found Qihoo 360 Technology, a $12 billion company that now trades on NASDAQ. A 2010 Harvard Business School case by Julie M. At the end of 2006, eBay pulled out of the market. billion — the world’s biggest internet offering since Google’s IPO in 2004.