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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Let’s say you became a partner in a VC fund in 1995 and started investing heavily in 1997-99.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

The Tel Aviv center will support Barclay’s international finance operations and expand the British bank’s equities and prime services among others. Unemployment fell to 6.1% in January, as the number of Israelis out of work dropped to 189,300. Unemployment had dropped as low as 5.9%

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