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From the New York Times today: The authorized biography of the billionaire investor Warren Buffett , the first written with his cooperation, is scheduled for release on Sept. 29, the publisher has announced. The 976-page book is being written by a former Morgan Stanley insurance analyst, Alice Schroeder , and is titled ”The Snowball: Warren […]

Updated You can make a killing being friends with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. So suggests the stunning rise of San Francisco-based DAG Ventures, which peHUB has learned is raising up to $800 million for its fourth fund $600 million, according to several sources, one of whom says the firm initially targeted $700 million. (The […]

In his newly released quarterly report on the venture capital industry, San Jose Mercury News reporter Scott Duke Harris does an entertainingly good job of capturing the “woulda-coulda-shouldas” of Valley VCs. My favorite story centers of Bessemer Venture Partners’ David Cowan, who visited his college friend Susan Wojcicki so she could introduce him to two […]

As many already know, Jesse Draper, the telegenic daughter of telegenic venture capitalist Tim Draper, has begun starring in an online series of her own creation called “Valley Girl.” In this newly released episode, Draper interviews Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy, asking him questions including, “Do you recycle?,” “Do you have a favorite animal?” and […]

Limelife, a Menlo Park company that develops mobile games and lifestyle applications targeted at women, is closing in on a $6.4, eighth round of capital, according to a recent SEC filing. The money, coming from U.S. Ventures Partners, Rustic Canyon Ventures, Monitor Ventures, i-Hatch Ventures, and Core Capital Partners, will bring total funding for four-year-old […]

According to a new regulatory filing, Osage Venture Partners, a venture firm in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., recently made a $3 million bridge loan to RedLasso, a startup in King of Prussia, Pa. It might have done better backing pork bellies. RedLasso is a multimedia search company that was hoping to let bloggers find and syndicate […]

Several regional newspapers, including the Rocky Mountain News, are reporting that Maveron, the venture capital firm co-founded by beleaguered Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz, just ponied up $16 million in NextFoods, an organic and natural food company in Boulder. Among the company’s newest products is GoodBelly, advertised as a “a fruit-based, dairy-free probiotic product” that ostensibly […]

Last Thursday, I went to a monthly dinner called Startup2Startup that’s becoming the hot ticket in Silicon Valley for good reason. As you might guess from the name, two-thirds of its attendees are early-stage entrepreneurs who come to network and learn from one another; the other guests are investors on hand to offer guidance, tell […]

Media mogul Steven Brill has big ambitions for his newest business venture, four-year-old Verified Identity Pass. The New York company sells biometric cards that give users access to designated security lanes in 16 airports around the country. Not only is Brill hustling to get the technology — better known as “Clear” — into more airports, […]

Last night, I was listening to American Public Media’s “Marketplace” radio show. One of the featured guests was Carol Kinsey Goman, a Berkeley-based psychologist and “change-management” consultant — the kind that drops into companies to teach executives how to play nice. Goman’s work largely centers on the unspoken cues that people give one another. In […]