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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Israeli startups are struggling to scale.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai

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Incorporated in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s network of over 100,000 globally distributed servers provides an infrastructure layer that accelerates the distribution and delivery of content, media and applications. The first year of revenue (1999) was $4 million – a remarkable achievement. Gross Profit. $(60).

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

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I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. That’s a valuation number and pricing number. Suppose you trace the history of Netflix, which we’ve invested in since 1999 and are still one of the largest shareholders. Here is the full YouTube — Please enjoy this episode: How to Scale Unicorns.

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