* Prevent defense: Microsoft may help finance Dell buyout
* Mark MacLeod: VCs that entrepreneurs should avoid
* No hire lists: What Apple and Google didn’t want you to see
* Morning Call: U.S. futures flat, European shares climb and the Nikkei falls.
* Confidential: The full list of Davos attendees
* Survey: JOBS Act hasn’t impacted IPO volume
* Bulls over Broadway: David Tepper talks… and sings
* Oops: Best Buy coupon fail
* Q&A with Rick Thompson: The über investor for gaming
* Kevin Roose: Fix the Debt group lives on
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* Reid Hoffman: If, why & how founders should hire a “professional” CEO
* Tweet of the Day: @darrenrovell: Greatest part of Mickelson’s tax rant? 1 of his main sponsors is KPMG, which has a tax advisory division.
