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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.)

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IVC PE Survey: Private Equity Deals Booming in Israel

VC Cafe

I sraeli Private Equity is experiencing some serious growth, according to the IVC- GKH Quarterly Private Equity (PE) Survey conducted by IVC Research Center. Private Equity is relatively less developed than VC in Israel but with deep pockets. Aggregate PE Deal Value by Size (%).

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Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business)

Startup Lessons Learned

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. This is a good thing. (I This is a good thing. (I

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

rise in 2009, while investment in fixed assets is estimated to grow 6.2% drop in 2009. Upon closing the deal, Essilor will fully consolidate Shamir Optical while keeping the Israeli management team of Shamir Optical in place. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 The CBS further expects consumer spending to grow 4.6%

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. However, despite healthy Q4 results (most companies were at or above plans) few have increased their 2010 guidance and the median moved only from 15% (same as 2009) to 17%. ► 2009. (9). ▼ 03/07 - 03/14. (1).

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Law Firm Wilson Sonsini Now Preparing.

Altgate

 Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive.   There are three categories (startup, equity financing and bridge loans) so we can expect more to come.  Today,  Wilson Sonsini  announced the launch of a " term sheet generator. .

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Israeli startup Zbang Launches Social-Inbox Multimi with AVG

VC Cafe

In may of 2010, AVG made a strategic investment in Zbang and took 20% of equity. MultiMi aggregates messages from email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and file storage services. Multimi was developed by Israeli startup Zbang in collaboration with Antivirus company, AVG. He currently serves as CEO.