Remove 2011 Remove Internet Remove Sales Remove Technical Review
article thumbnail

2011 Consumer Internet Predictions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Before I try gazing into my crystal ball to see what 2011 will bring for the consumer internet industry, let me first see how I did on last years predictions: 1. I think we’ll see more from the online lending space in 2011, so I may just have been too early on that part of the prediction! Putting fun into ecommerce.

Internet 113
article thumbnail

Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. In 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $2.14

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

article thumbnail

10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. What We Saw in 2011….

article thumbnail

Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Or they may even put the entire company up for sale. Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years.

article thumbnail

Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. In 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $2.14

article thumbnail

Creative Ways To Improve Your Customer’s Online Experience

YoungUpstarts

It has long been known that keeping a customer is much cheaper than acquiring a new one, as those customers tend to be far more receptive to sales and promotions after they have made an initial purchase with you. In this age it technology has made customer engagement quite simple. Engage your customers.