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Dangers in angel investing

With so many millionaires minted by companies like PayPal, Google, and now Facebook, angel investing has become a big deal, particularly in tech. But some of the more seasoned investors are apprehensive about participation from newcomers.

Investors Paige Craig, David Tisch, and Naval Ravikant discussed the topic of angel investing in a panel led by CNET executive editor Paul Sloan. The group agreed that many investors have no business investing.

According to Ravikant, there are, "too few sophisticated investors," and he'd know. As the founder of AngelList, a network that connects startups with angel investors, he's … Read more

CNET News Daily Podcast: The TechStars of tomorrow

TechStars, a Colorado-based incubator for start-ups, is kind of like a boot camp for entrepreneurs. On Wednesday, CNET News reporter Caroline McCarthy attended TechStars' Investor Day in Mountain View, Calif., where representatives from some of the participating start-ups got to apply what they learned. She joins us with more.

That, and the headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast.

Today's stories:

'State of the Internet' assessed

New filters in Google search for speed, new

Microsoft finalizes Windows 7 'XP Mode'

Cisco to buy video firm Tandberg for $3 billion

Hewlett-Packard hires Sun executive

TechStars' young entrepreneurs head to Silicon Valley… Read more

TechStars' young entrepreneurs head to Silicon Valley

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Among the tech industry's up-and-coming, ad-supported business models appear to be out of fashion. Or at least that appears to be the trend among the companies that just graduated from the annual Boulder, Colo.-based incubator program TechStars. Representatives from some of those start-ups convened for an "Investor Day" at a Microsoft-owned auditorium here on Wednesday morning.

Founded by venture capitalists David Cohen and Brad Feld three years ago, TechStars accepts a total of 20 participants in both Boulder and Boston for a summer of development, seminars with industry veterans, and a small amount … Read more

Road Trip meetup goes off without a hitch

BOULDER, Colo.--When I polled a series of social-media experts about how best to build buzz for my Road Trip 2009 project, one of the strongest suggestions was to host meetups along the way.

I'd thought to do that last year, on Road Trip 2008, but never felt like I had enough time to do so. Or, frankly, the network to organize anything worthwhile.

This time, however, I knew I had to do it. So as the trip got close, I reached out to some folks who seemed well connected in Boulder, told them I was coming to town, … Read more