YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

One of the earliest and most critical decisions an entrepreneur must make is whether to self-fund a startup by bootstrapping, or raise outside funding through venture capital.” – Forbes. The day I secured a large contract with Nintendo I decided to jump ship and quit my day job to focus my energy on building out Inversoft.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

But there are equally as many – if not more – extremely well-paid technical roles with interesting challenges, good perks and relatively good job security. People waiting to be someone else’s technical co-founders don’t exist, and they’re certainly not on “founder dating” sites or hanging out at networking events.

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Pascal's View

MAY 23, 2009

  Through Levensohn Venture Partners' involvement as the lead venture sponsor of the IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF) since its inception in 2007, and through my personal initiatives advocating public policy solutions to address cyber security issues, I have had some positive impact in increasing awareness of this problem. 

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Security Washington Networking Venture Capital 28

Pascal's View

APRIL 26, 2009

Global Competition and the Critical Role of Venture Capital in America’s Growth Economy. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Chairman Sparta Group, LLC and Lesa Mitchell, VP Advancing Innovation, Kauffman Foundation, at the IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum held at Stanford University on March 18, 2009.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. Venture capital. The same applies to cities.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

There had to be a better way to do this and indeed there was: DocuSign was born and suddenly the print-sign-fax routine became as simple as connecting to a Wi-Fi network. One click and the document was securely signed and authenticated. But, you still needed a computer and a Wi-Fi connection to do this.

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Seattle Global Cofounder Security 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Venture Capital. (3). ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Feedburner Network. Explore Venture Capital. Paperblog network. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10).

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Software Review Silicon Valley Technical Review Software 48

VC Cafe

MAY 22, 2011

Caftor is two things: 1) a platform for connecting the real world with the social network. It allows you to easily create Quick Response codes (QR codes) to represent nouns and verbs in the social network. PlugWallet is a unique financial service combining the use of a unique security-token and highly sophisticated management platform.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

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Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Education plays a major role in venture capital. For example, digital startups are more likely to secure funding if someone on their founding team holds a doctoral degree. Harms (2007) found that economic value was one of the strongest motivators for crowdfunding supporters. Share It With Your Personal Network.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

has been in recession since December of 2007. Because they are venture capital funded so they don’t depend on sales profit to sustain them. social network & web portal companies… I have not experienced a slowdown at all. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. at 3:47 pm [.]

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Pascal's View

APRIL 26, 2009

Dr. Curtis Carlson, President and CEO of SRI International, speaking on a panel at the IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF) held at Stanford University on March 18, 2009. ITSEF is a part of the Security Innovation Network (SINet). [run time 2 minutes 36 seconds]. For more information on SINet, click here.

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley Washington America Video 28

Pascal's View

APRIL 25, 2009

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Chairman Sparta Group, LLC speaking on a panel the third annual IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF) held at Stanford University on March 18, 2009 with Lesa Mitchell, VP Advancing Innovation, Kauffman Foundation, and Dr. Curtis Carlson, President and CEO of SRI International. Share and Enjoy:

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

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Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

These anticipated outcomes were validated by “ Returns to Angels in Groups ” by Professor Rob Wiltbank in November 2007. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Channels secure, customers placed trial orders.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

In terms of access to venture capital, Israel was rated 2nd in the world. BROADCOM BUYS ISRAELI SECURITY SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SC SQUARE. Broadcom provides system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. DELL INAUGURATES ISRAELI R&D CENTER, DOUBLES WORKERS.

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Java Database Argentina 79

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Over the years at Foundry Group we’ve built an extensive network of companies. Yet another, and much larger set of companies, come from our investments in other venture funds. The strategy has been a good one and with two early exits (Gnip and Fitbit) we’ve already returned significant capital.

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VC Adventure

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Over the years at Foundry Group we’ve built an extensive network of companies. The strategy has been a good one and with two early exits (Gnip and Fitbit) we’ve already returned significant capital. As a result of our extensive networks, we constantly see other potential late stage investments.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

Israel’s AeroScout, which develops chips that use RFID technology to track objects, animals and humans through Wi-Fi networks has been sold to an unnamed international infrastructure and services company for $240m. billion in venture capital and private equity funds. AEROSCOUT PURCHASED FOR $240M. Burrill already manages $1.5

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San Francisco New Jersey Private Equity 90

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In this case, fully-burdened is not just the salary, bonus, and benefits of the sales rep, but also allocations for sales engineering support, executive support, marketing expense, and professional service expenses associate with securing the customer. Venture Capital. (3). ► 2007. (10). Favorite Podcasts. (1).

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Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

NETWORK EQUIPMENT MAKER JUNIPER BUYS ISRAELI VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY FIRM ALTOR FOR $95 MLN. “Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,&# – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks.

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Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

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