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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

VC Cafe

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. Israeli startups deliver #NoMatterWhat I’ve started VC Cafe in December of 2004. Now, 150 days after October 7th, the Israeli startup ecosystem is once again in a tough spot.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. From the middle to 2005 to early 2010 the business was break-even or better every quarter.

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Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines

Startup Professionals Musings

But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind.

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How to Get What You're Worth :: Small Business Marketing Blog from.

Duct Tape Marketing

Free Weekly Marketing eNewsletter Years Worth of Posts Here Select Month July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 (..)

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Optimized Reviews May Be the Next Local SEO Edge :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

Free Weekly Marketing eNewsletter Years Worth of Posts Here Select Month July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 (..)

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7 New Opportunities Based On Trends And Demographics

Startup Professionals Musings

million, born 1985-2004, biggest business opportunity Baby Boomers (no other name) – 70.7 million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Generation X (Generation Me) – 64.9 First, a quick summary of the major U.S. demographic generations out there today, ranked from large to small: Generation Y (Millennials) – 82.9

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Self-Driving Vehicles: The Future Always Takes Longer to Arrive (Part 1)

Agile VC

The first one took place in 2004 and was conducted in the Mojave Desert. Subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007 had better results, and the 2007 event was the first actually staged on roads… albeit an abandoned military base in California.

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