1.   After decades of fits and starts, a new view of corporate venture investments is spreading.

2.   But in the near term, the enormous venture investments all but assures the continued growth of Silicon Valley startups.

3.   But the average holding of a venture investment in the last few years has been under two years.

4.   Edgewater had paid for its growth through earnings, eschewing venture investments that have put great pressure on other Internet-consulting firms.

5.   EMC Corp. does make its own corporate venture investments, and there is no distinct cooperation between Egan and the company.

6.   Even some of the biggest fans of venture investments are warning that the rich recent returns are not likely to last.

7.   Given that about three-quarters of early venture investments typically fail, Galbraith suspects that within a year or so, many of these stocks will have hit the skids.

8.   In Massachusetts, EMC, the Hopkinton data storage firm, is making venture investments.

9.   In recent years, many venture capitalists have used fees to insulate themselves from the inherhant risk of venture investments.

10.   In Silicon Valley, there is no greater focal point of programming talent and venture investment than the new field of Web-based applications.