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What I noticed in 2013

Start Up Blog

I also reverted to more text / SMS activity which would’ve been the only domain for my social media a couple of years ago. Still waiting for wearables: It feels like we are in early 2000′s phase for smart phones when it comes to wearable computing. It does seem as though all tech devices can perform much the same function.

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Starting an Online Casino

The Startup Magazine

Conduct your research and find what works best, for example many online casinos allow customers to deposit and withdraw via their mobile phone bill using a premium rate SMS service. Before the online wave took over, the founders were only popular to a small group of players that had the interest in gaming.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. I want to challenge the founders view. I IM and DM and SMS. And if you call any founder I’ve backed – good and bad – they’ll tell you I don’t quit easily. The industry isn’t dying. It is changing. And reinventing itself.

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8 strategic hacks for building marketplace liquidity

The Next Web

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. It turns out that network effects can be broken – Amazon and StubHub took on eBay in the mid 2000’s. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses. The prevailing consensus at the time was that B2B marketplaces were too hard (e.g.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

. - Rich and award-winning line of location-based applications for the end-users (VAS) • Maps and LBS APIs for developers as a CSP branded developers zone, enabling more apps in portal and increased usage of data, SMS and MMS. Series ORG-2000 is OriginGPS smallest fully featured GPS receiver. BoomeRing Communication.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

Now, as CEO and founder of Carbon Health , Eren is leading one of the country's fastest growing healthcare startups. But now as CEO and founder of Carbon Health, Eren is leading one of the fastest growing healthcare startups. Eren spoke openly about his growth as a founder and leader, as well as gave candid advice for future founders.