Parking Panda, SocialToaster among startups receiving Venture For America fellows [Links]

Sorry to Disrupt: Valleywag Is Back [Valleywag]: “Get a computer science degree, head west, think of a silly title, drop the vowels, shake hands, and wait for free-flowing millions you don’t deserve in exchange for a service no one needs.”
National entrepreneurship program debuts in Baltimore [BmoreMedia]: “In Baltimore, the following companies could get access to talent through Venture: Baltimore Astrum Solar, Parking Panda, Pixelligent, Reify Health, Riskive, SocialToaster and Vigilant Medical.”
Connecting tech talent with tech companies [gb.tc]: “Beth Schaefer and Theresa Ward of BTS Software Solutions talk about an effort to connect fast-growing tech companies with rising talent from Baltimore’s universities and beyond.”
Grand Prix of Baltimore 2013 ‘much further’ along than last year [Baltimore Business Journal]: “Last year’s Grand Prix of Baltimore was a rushed affair, resulting in a 7 percent decline in attendance and $2 million fewer dollars in sponsorship sales compared with the inaugural race a year before.”
Silicon Valley VC confidence up for third straight quarter [VentureBeat]: “[W]hile founders are seeing evidence of an A-round crunch, angels and accelerators are picking up the slack.”