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<![CDATA[Silicon Valley's new sport: extreme bootstrapping]]>
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<![CDATA[Bootstrapping &#151; the practice of launching a business with personal funds, credit cards, hard work and chutzpah &#151; has long been a catalyst of Silicon Valley's dynamic economy. But now, with investment dollars scarce but job-seekers plentiful, Internet entrepreneurs are taking the lean, Spartan ethos to new extremes.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Scott Duke Harris<br /></p><a href='mailto:sdharris@mercurynews.com'>sdharris@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:24:54 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Valley startups rising up from the graveyard]]>
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<![CDATA[After the famous 'R.I.P.' meeting, startups emerge stronger and wiser]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Scott Duke Harris<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:sdharris@mercurynews.com'>sdharris@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:18:36 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Bay Area firms grab 46 percent of VC funding as it surges nationwide]]>
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<![CDATA[sdharris@mercurynews.comWith clean tech leading the way, Bay Area companies scooped up a remarkable 46 percent of venture capital investments in the third quarter of 2009, including the seven largest deals.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Scott Duke Harris<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:sdharris@mercurynews.com'>sdharris@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:15:09 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[People on the move, 22 November]]>
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<![CDATA[Silicon Valley promotions to vice president level or higher.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="normalparagraphstyle"> <br /></p><p class="bylinejb">Mercury News)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:36:18 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[In Hindsight: A hot Silicon Valley IPO and higher home prices]]>
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<![CDATA[Silicon Valley home prices are higher year-over-year for the first time in nearly two years. Fortinet stock soars in its Nasdaq debut. Plus: Unemployment rises to 11.9 percent in Silicon Valley. Twitter will drop its suggested users list. Applied Materials offers to buy Semitool.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Frank Michael Russell<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:frussell@mercurynews.com'>frussell@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:29:35 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Bay Area companies capture 46 percent of venture funding]]>
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<![CDATA[sdharris@mercurynews.comThe greater Silicon Valley, which historically has received about one-third of venture investments nationwide, flexed its leadership status as investments nationwide rebounded smartly to $2.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Scott Duke Harris<br /></p><a href='mailto:sdharris@mercurynews.com'>sdharris@mercurynews.com</a>)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:22:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Genetic love matches go cheek swab to cheek swab]]>
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<![CDATA[Companies say  cheek swabs can help pinpoint good match]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Megan K. Scott<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:49 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[O'Brien: Time to kill stock options]]>
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<![CDATA[It's time to replace this hallowed valley incentive]]>
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<![CDATA[cobrien@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Chris O'Brien<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Penney CEO: Why the recession is good news for us]]>
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<![CDATA[Buyers' frugality playing to retailer's strengths, he says]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Anne D'Innocenzio<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:34 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Harney: FHA feeling heat to toughen up]]>
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<![CDATA[For the past several years, the Federal Housing Administration has been the go-to financing resource for cash-strapped homebuyers who can't come up with a big down payment.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="Byline"> By Kenneth R. Harney)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up]]>
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<![CDATA[Software moving away from programs installed on PCs]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@mercurynews.com (<p class="bylinejb">By Jessica Mintz<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:24 -0700]]>
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