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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. I hired my TA as my first employee and paid him $12.50 Towards the end of my OPT (mid 1998) is when the H1-B visa cap issue hit. They suggested I go back to being a student.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. As I watched the new CEO hire and fire 3 regional VP’s I finally sat him down. Thanks to Adrian Ridner, Study.com ! #13)

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

Last December when one techie interviewed by an SFGate reporter equated the word with a racial slur, a popular industry blog suggested it be replaced with the term “Software American.”). “Do Housing is cheap in the Central Valley, but the cost of living is even cheaper in India and Vietnam.