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Pre-Marketing 2.23.11

* Steve Blank: A visitor’s guide to Silicon Valley

* Vinod Khosla: WSJ bigotry, lies and abuse of power or a “Range fiasco?”

* Natsuko Waki: Libya’s secretive wealth fund will be vital for reconstruction

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London opens lowerEuropean shares fall and the Nikkei keeps sliding.

* Ben Popper: The littlest angels

* Exchange race: What will Nasdaq do?

* Innovation alert: The shoebox has been reimagined

* What happens after Yahoo acquires your company

* Joseph Calhoun: It’s official, everyone is bullish

* Tim Geithner: Helping small businesses access capital

* Mark Suster: How many VCs in a deal are too many?

* Rafael Corrales: Why the bubble is good in aggregate

* Demand Media: We’re not that dependent on Google

* Game-changer: China is about to become the world’s largest gaming market

* Gideon Rachman: The Gaddafi family and the limits of western education

* NY Times asks if “leveraged buyout” is just another term for “insider trading.” Kind of like Ben Stein did for the same paper more than three years ago.