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A Very Short peak into the Metaverse

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The term Metaverse was first coined by author Neil Stephenson in the novel ‘Snow Crush’ published in 1992. We are excited to continue backing ambitious founders in this space with our second fund, especially in Israel and the UK. What is the metaverse? I will try to unpack this further on a future post.

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America’s Entrepreneurial Innovation Needs Help

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Since 1992, Congress has diverted nearly $1 billion in applicant-paid fees already earned by the USPTO to other uses (like the 2010 census), leaving the patent office unable to deal with the threefold increase in patent applications over the last 20 years. Fix the patent office to keep up with the backlog.

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From a modest $200 million in bi-lateral trade in 1992 (when diplomatic relations were established), India-Israeli trade surpassed $6 billion in 2012-13. Despite the momentum with India, Israel-China (including Hong Kong) trade is on-track to hit $10 billion this year, representing 13% of total Israeli exports (Bank of Israel).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – May 2012 Edition

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As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. Great for them, good for Israel.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Israel Minister: No Change to Egypt Deal Israels foreign minister said Israel would not agree to re-evaluate its peace deal with Egypt. 1992 Recommendations. Replay the event. a service for minimizing spam.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter: July 2011 Edition

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As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. Investment Bank Morgan Stanley raised its growth forecast for Israel to 4.8% ValueClick Inc.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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When I started my law firm in 1992, I did it to help others, to provide the assistance they needed when they were suffering from accidents that were outside of their control. Thanks to Troy McClain, Tovuti ! #16- 16- Reach out to people beyond my community. Photo Credit: Frederick W. Penney Esq.