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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

A s every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

However, in October of last year the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs reported that risk averseness is now so extreme in Europe that the discrepancy in investment between USA and EU investors is massive: The numbers for VCs were even more astounding: apart from Israel, investments by EU VCs were only 10 percent of their US counterparts.

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Five Questions with Mark Gerson

VC Cafe

I first met Mark in Israel in 2003, when he offered me a job at GLG straight out of college. Mark is the co-founder of GLG , the world’s leading expert network and several other companies. Mark Gerson is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist (see his short bio below). Please join us!

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I specialize in brand strategy from the early stages through launch, and use my trusted network of groupies – from Web designers to photographers – to support the vision for brands I’m working with. 15 – Strong Ties to Israel. I started my home-buying business in 2003 with a personal net worth of negative $80,000.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter: July 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. Investment Bank Morgan Stanley raised its growth forecast for Israel to 4.8% ValueClick Inc.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

VC Cafe

4G/ LTE (Long Term Evolution) -the fourth generation of networks, enabling faster downloading in 4G phones (100 megabit per second compared to today’s 21 megabit/sec in 3G phones). Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G, 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness.

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