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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp. and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011). He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

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Decades later, in 2002, Dutch marketing professor Ale Smidts coined the term “neuromarketing.” This post contains video, click to play]. While test subjects were shown video clips and still pictures from a consultative sales process, their brain activation was monitored to measure engagement. Image source ).

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

But a certain amount gets lost in the headlines – especially when not everybody actually heard the video and knows the nuance of the message. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Fair enough. That may be.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Israel’s ranking in the’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 increased to 24th place from 27th the year before. TAKADU NAMED WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TECHNOLOGY PIONEER 2011. The World Economic Forum selected TaKaDu, a water infrastructure monitoring leader, as a Technology Pioneer 2011. For previous editions, click here.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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Bix, 2002). The difference between point size and actual letter size (Image © Bix, 2002). It is often a better indicator of the apparent size of a typeface than point size ( Poulton, 1972 ; Bix, 2002 ). Gregg Sheehan says: March 4, 2011 at 10:53 pm. Alex Poole says: March 7, 2011 at 9:44 pm. Available at: [link].

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How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost

YoungUpstarts

3G emerged from the growth of the internet during the 1990s , which created a demand for mobile phones that could support both SMS texting and multimedia MMS transmission of image, sound and video files. 3G: Opening Up the App Market. Achieving this required much faster connection speeds than the 56 Kbps limits of 2G.