Ventura Ventures is launching its Internet incubator on Thursday (our interview with Alex Schneider, the Executive Director of the incubator, will run tomorrow) with a launch party in Ventura and plenty of food from local downtown restaurants, plus presentations from startups Geodelic , Lottay , and others. use password: incubator). MORE >>

We caught Rahul in a more serious conversation, and spoke to him about his venture funded, location-based information startup and what it's up to, as well as got the story behind the firm's incubation at Clearstone Ventures. Rahul Sonnad: We did a seed round with Clearstone Ventures, that incubated us in their Santa Monica office. MORE >>

It’s always fascinating to see these kinds of posts — awhile back there was one by Paul Graham (of Y Incubator) on how locating in Houston will kill your startup ; and just this week a complaint by Fred Wilson, a New York VC on Silicon Valley arrogance. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. All Rights Reserved MORE >>

Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. I think I’ve now mastered how to make images clickable so in the future you *should* always be able to click on the TWiVC image above and go directly to the video. Just in case here’s the link to this week’s episode. Our guest this week was Scott Painter. It’s awesome. MORE >>

What role do angel fund and incubators like Ycombinator and Techstars play in nurturing entrepreneurs to build better, bigger companies? Thursday, December 9, 2010 -- If the Venture Model is Broken, Whos Funding All These Startups? Dealmaker Media LA. Moderator: Vince Thompson, Middleshift and author of the business bestseller, Ignited. MORE >>