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California’s New Privacy Act Puts the Crunch on Small Businesses

The Startup Magazine

Consumers should feel better about their privacy and the stringent rules that hold companies responsible for protecting their personal information. And most of the big tech enterprise companies should be fine, too. Small businesses often buy sales leads from data brokers to help sell their products and services.

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Isidoro Quiroga: “South America’s Warren Buffet” Mogul Makes Next Move

The Startup Magazine

a holding company from which he has made some of the most lucrative investments seen over the past few decades. Among his many investments and acquisitions are Banco de Chile, Enphase Energy, Entel, Australis Seafoods, SQM, PIlmaiquén Electric Company, and Minera Fuego.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, Mr. Reilly has an A.L.B.

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything

Reid Hoffman

She worked as a sales clerk at a fashion company called Celine. I still remember it – she used to shop at those kinds of places, and she had to become a sales clerk. Like Cornershop the grocery side: we thought grocery is a great vertical for us to go after, and it’s there in Latin America. He couldn’t come back.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

In 2008, Teva acquired American company Barr Pharmaceuticals, a maker of generic birth control pills, for about $7.5 Teva, Israel’s largest company, has a market value of about $56 billion. Ratiopharm, a privately-owned subsidiary of German holding company VEM, was founded in 1973 and has annual sales of about $8.6

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