Bill Gross, Managing Director at PIMCO, released July’s Investment Outlook. Bill Gross’ articles are one of the most entertaining and informative pieces on the market. Obviously, I strongly recommend reading the entire piece here.

To summarize, though, Gross reasons that “Greed will come again. But for now, the trend is the other way and it promises to persist for a generation at a minimum.” To also help you visualize the article, I created the depiction below, which is quite interesting (click the image to enlarge):

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Yazzem

Microtopicing website that allows each member to create topics that they enjoy or would like to talk about
http://www.yazzem.com

One line pitch

Yazzem is a Microtopicing website that allows each member to create topics that they enjoy or would like to talk about.

Team

The Yazzem team consists of two 14 year olds one from Michigan and the other from New York. Together they have 6+ years with web designing and development.

Pain

Until Yazzem there was no web service that allowed people to share their thoughts about anything that interests them by starting and joining topics. [click to continue…]

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The New Venture Capital Model

July 1, 2009

As you probably know, a wiki is an unusual communication mechanism that enables the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. The current VC model is closed and to VC’s, their process cannot be edited. Each VC is running on a different program. To counteract this, I wrote about the [...]

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A Big Picture Look at Venture Capital’s Transformation

June 29, 2009

It seems that every other day there’s a new story that surfaces regarding the venture capital model. The argument can range from the completely pessimistic point: “Venture capital is dead,” to an optimistic look, “Venture capital isn’t dead, entrepreneurs just aren’t performing.” Usually the optimistic view is hammered with data and angry individuals declaring this [...]

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“TownSync” — Cutting Edge Social Calendar

June 29, 2009
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A social calendar that connects you with your local town.
http://www.townsync.com
One line pitch
TownSync is a social calendar that connects you with your local town.
Team
Sven Kvinlaug – C.E.O. Micah Hawes-Sivitz – C.O.O.
Pain
People like social networking and events sites but want a better way connect with people and find what’s going on locally.
Solution

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Investment Fundamentals: A Look at The Yield Curve

June 27, 2009
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Fixed-income. A topic not widely covered in the blogosphere, but very important to understand.
Defined:
The Yield curve is a line that plots the interest rates, at specific time points, of bonds that have different maturity dates. The two metrics being calculated are: (i) the interest rate, and (ii) time.  You may have seen this graph before [...]

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“Tender Warehouse”- Online Job Auction

June 26, 2009
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A free and easy-to-use online job auction service that connects customers with contractors.
http://www.tenderwarehouse.com/
One line pitch
TenderWarehouse is a free and easy-to-use online job auction service that connects customers with contractors.
Team
We can make things done. To the table we bring mature and successfully tested product already launched on the US and on the UK market.
Pain
It takes [...]

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“ApplyHQ” — Job Application Software For Freelancers

June 25, 2009
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ApplyHQ.com is a web application providing freelancers services to apply for jobs and projects in a easier, faster and professional way. Its purpose is to simplify project and job acquisition for freelancers.

http://applyhq.com
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ApplyHQ.com is a web application providing freelancers services to apply for jobs and projects in a easier, faster and professional [...]

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“Fuze Meeting” — Meetings in HD and on your iPhone

June 24, 2009
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Share everything you see in high definition with anyone, anywhere, on any device.
http://www.fuzemeeting.com

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“Ice Cap” – A Revolutionary New Ice Cream

June 24, 2009
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Ice Cap is the next generation of ice cream–possessing a cultural influence from Italy, China and Germany.
http://www.icecaprslc.com

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