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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

FDI, M&A’s WEIGHED DOWN BY CRISIS IN 2009, UPTURN EXPECTED IN 2010. billion in 2009, compared with $10.8 63 Israeli companies were acquired or merged in 2009, a 28 percent drop from an average of 87 companies in the previous three years. The top ten deals in 2009 yielded 80 percent ($2.02 billion in 2008 and $8.8

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Branching out: Why you shouldn’t limit your startup to just one location

The Next Web

Nicholas Petri is a market research analyst at OpenView Venture Partners , where he helps portfolio companies by providing in-depth research into their prospects and customer segments. Founded in Dublin in 2009, the field services management company quickly saw the United States as its best opportunity for growth.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. There’s YouTube , of course — well established in its own right, it rewrote the book on how an acquisition can be run delicately, as a company within a company.