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Peter Andreas Thiel (born 1967) is an American entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, libertarian and venture capitalist. With Max Levchin, Thiel co-founded PayPal and was its CEO. He currently serves as president of Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund with more than $2 billion under management, and a managing partner in The Founders Fund, a $275 million venture capital fund he launched with Ken Howery and Luke Nosek in 2005. He was an early investor in Facebook, the popular social-networking site, and sits on the company’s board of directors.

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On Deck Gets $17M From Google Ventures

On Deck Gets $17M From Google Ventures
The Main Street lending company, On Deck announced its plans to lock $17 million in the expansion of its Series D investment funding. The technologically-oriented big time firm will work jointly with Google Ventures to seal the deal that has become the talk of the town. This will aid the company in its burgeoning growth profile.
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Facebook Suffers Site-Wide Downtime For Some

Source: All Things Digital

Facebook underwent a period of downtime at approximately 6 pm PT on Tuesday evening, according to multiple reports from users across Twitter. Several members of the AllThingsD staff — including those on both the East and West coast — re ...
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George Packer talks 'The Unwinding' of America

Source: Atlanta Creative Loafing

In his latest nonfiction book The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, George Packer - author and New Yorker staff writer - presents the story of the American economic decline as no one else has. With the skill of a novelist to develop inti ...
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Intelligence Squared U.S. Wins 2013 Silver Award at New York Festivals International Radio Programs Awards

Source: MarketWire

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - June 18, 2013) - Intelligence Squared U.S. has been named the 2013 winner of the Silver Radio Award for Best Public Affairs Program at the New York Festivals International Radio Pr ...
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Introducing the kid VC

Source: CNN/Money

Banayan in his new office, which used to be a storage closet, where he writes his book and searches for the next big startup Banayan is the world's youngest venture capitalist. He works for the San Francisco firm Alsop Louie, ...
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Source: NPR

Construction is underway for an events lodge on Powder Mountain, now under the ownership of Summit. Construction is underway for an events lodge on Powder Mountain, now under the ownership of Summit. It's not your every ...
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Oculus VR Closes $16M Funding Round - Oculus Rift Team To Double

Source: Forbes

Oculus VR Inc. announced the successful conclusion of a $16 million round of Series A funding Monday, adding to their Kickstarter-filled war chest. Among the hubbub and turbulence of Microsoft‘s Xbox One going u ...
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Ben Cohen's Stamp Stampede: Ben & Jerry's Founder Rallies At Union Station To Get Money Out Of Politics

Source: The Huffington Post

Sheldon Adelson And Family (R) Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate, and his family have combined to give $53.69 million to super PACs in the 2012 election cycle. At first, Adelson pumped money i ...
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