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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

YoungUpstarts

The other four RIRs serve Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Europe and the Middle East. The Asia-Pacific RIR and our colleagues serving Europe and the Middle East have already reached the last bit of IPv4 addresses to distribute to organizations in their respective regions.

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Today’s Cold Chain – Connecting The World Of Care

YoungUpstarts

Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. That is particularly true for the Asia Pacific, the new center of gravity for healthcare. In East Asia and the Pacific, this older population will grow more than 20 percent every five years between 2015 and 2034. By Dr. Karen M.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital. Giza was just a one-day side trip on my main mission: Visiting a tech startup tucked away in Alexandria, a bustling seaside metropolis of 5 million. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

In late 2009, seeing a growth in a new breed of cross-platform messaging services like Ping and WhatsApp — which quickly clocked one million users each — the Kik team realized that BBM alone wouldn’t be enough. So, for the last two years, Kik has set about turning Kik into a mobile browser with a messenger at the center for distribution.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Total: $41.0mm plus undisclosed Series A.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Andreessen Horowitz has muscled its way into the top ranks of VC firms since its 2009 debut in part by being generous on both fronts. "We WSJ Asia Edition.

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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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