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Venture Capital Association Reports Industry Slowdown

Associations Now

A recent report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association found U.S. The first quarter venture fundraising activity represents more than just a slow start to the year and really demonstrates the contracting and consolidating nature of our asset class,” said John Taylor, head of research for NVCA, in the report.

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Quick Tip - CAN-SPAM

Experts in Membership Marketing

As reported in the 2013 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report, to be released in May, e-mail is one of the Top Three tools used to drive awareness and engagement of members and prospects. To that point, I wanted to share some insight which just came across my desk from our e-Biz group on the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.

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Study: The Gender Pay Gap Is Real—and It’s Not Changing

Associations Now

Wage disparity between men and women has remained the same for a decade, according to findings of a study by the American Association of University Women, which proposed ways to help combat the gap in a new report. And that number hasn’t changed in a decade, according to data compiled in the biannual report. “If

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The Fight to Fill Out the Periodic Table

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IUPAC, the nongovernmental entity that focuses on organizing and determining standards in chemistry, announced that four new elements—113, 115, 117, and 118—had been discovered by scientific teams working in Japan, Russia, and the United States. The complex work created an element that had a half-life of just 1/1000 of a second.