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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

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Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. and Half.com. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

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We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. The size of magazines seems to be expanding, marketing seems to be up and the number of tech announcements per day is dizzying. He always was.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

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This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S.