1.   For those with a track record and a hot idea, venture dollars are plentiful.

2.   Gone are the high-rent offices, the fancy holiday parties, the tens of millions of venture dollars to blow on excess staffing and consultants.

3.   More Internet venture dollars are chasing deals than ever before.

4.   Renewed confidence in the biotechnology industry and emerging opportunities in the telecommunications sector are also pushing the flow of venture dollars, the new survey said.