Disappearing startups, Al Gore's speech, and a thought from Zuckerberg Here's a look at top stories VatorNews covered last week.Has anyone seen 2004? How about 2005? As far as startups go, those years seem to have vanished. A prominent angel investor told us this week that valuations for the youngest startups have been slashed in half, back to where they were five years ago.And, we thought it was just the prices of homes and stocks that were going down. (See Web 2.0 startup valuations slashed to 2003 levels.) It's now official. Silicon Valley luminaries are unanimous in saying that the way to fix the U.S. Economy is to completely rebuild the country's power industry. In other words, to make enough green to go around, we need to spend more green ... [ Read more ]