Dave Winer: Venture capital

Sacramento Bee: "The bad news at Ed Ring's Internet start-up company is that revenues are barely $1,000 a month. The good news? That just about covers expenses."

Salon: Finishing last in the dotcom race. "Actually, there have been better times than now to raise VC money for dot-com start-ups -- during the crusades, for instance, or during those torrid years when dinosaurs walked the earth."

Entrepreneur in residence: Pursuing venture capital. Though entrepreneurs worried that raising venture capital would be more difficult after the 2000 market drop, VC investments still reached record highs in the third quarter. As in any market there were good ideas, smart management teams, and market niches that VCs wanted to invest in.

DaveNet: What if technologists had integrity?

VCs weather the perfect storm. The crash in Internet stocks and the uncertain economy have venture capitalists sailing against the wind in choppy seas. Most claim they are not worried. But the truth of the matter is that for the past three years VCs have invested for the short term.

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