The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Ohad Frankfurt is the cofounder and CEO of Swayy , a personalized content curation and management platform. About a year and a half ago, we got accepted to the Elevator accelerator program in Tel Aviv, Israel. For us, being specifically based in Israel, these were our four main advantages. Coworking space.

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Programming Early Stage Founder Technical Cofounder 162

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# Mike passed up an offer from Ross Levinsohn of Fox Interactive Media ( around $175 Million ).

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

Before joining as President & COO, Israel Ganot spent six years at eBay, where he was instrumental in the company’s international expansion. The CEO Rousseau Aurelien is a serial entrepreneur and former eBay PowerSeller. Today’s announcement of a $4.4M

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 29, 2008

Before joining as President & COO, Israel Ganot spent six years at eBay, where he was instrumental in the company’s international expansion. The CEO Rousseau Aurelien is a serial entrepreneur and former eBay PowerSeller. Today’s announcement of a $4.4M

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The Next Web

JULY 8, 2013

I recently stumbled upon this great read by Sam Altman, the co-founder of Loopt, and number 10 caught my eye: “ Growth solves (nearly) all problems.”. Currently we are based in Israel and we are making steps in establishing our US based HQ. The set of skills required from founders change and we have to adopt quickly.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2021

I first met Mark in Israel in 2003, when he offered me a job at GLG straight out of college. The background of my approach comes from the first question that a reader — or a consumer of any media — has to answer: What is the genre? Mark Gerson is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist (see his short bio below).

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Africa Cofounder Community 155

VC Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

1 Media SE sports Head of global business development at ESL Gaming Head of innovation & data at Newzoo QueeNiki – one of Israel’s top streamers CEO of Overwolf Co-founder of StreamElements. In attendance there will also be the top esports startups and investors in Israel.

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Philadelphia Cloud Cofounder 132

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2018

by Pratik Dholakiya , Co-Founder of E2M and MoveoApps. Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix, got the idea for a better way to handle movie rentals after receiving a $40 late fee. Such mistakes happen more frequently and faster on digital channels like social media. Failure is a part of entrepreneurship.

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Startup 173

VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Eyeblaster , an Israeli company headquartered in New York, develops several media-rich advertising formats (see examples here and here ) and interactive ad features , as well as MediaMind , campaign management software for agencies and online advertisers. percent) and co-founder Osfer Zadikario (6.2 percent of the company.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. For Twitter Founder, Its Hip to Be Square Inc.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

” Another co-founder of a multibillion-dollar fund told me what it was like when, 10 years ago, most of their LPs abandoned them, and how they built the firm back up brick by brick. Harry interviews Barry Eggers , one of the four co-founders of Lightspeed. and Didi, Qunar, and countless others in China.

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Venture Capital China India Cofounder 117

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We have three in Israel , two in Canada , one in the UK, and the remainder scattered all over the US. A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. Take advantage of social media and emerging platforms such as AngelList.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. Co-founded by Yiftah Frechter, Yoav Arnstein and Ran Cohen, all former execs of recently IPO-ed Eyeblaster.

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Media Stealth Venture Capital 109

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

First, he was the co-founder of Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM – currently valued at $8 billion.) His parents made aliyah to Israel when he was a young teenager. His parents made aliyah to Israel when he was a young teenager. He was built like a tank and was a member of Israel’s Sayeret Matkal.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses.

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources. ops team in NY, dev team in Philly and having dev teams in Israel). No big shocker since it is co-founded by Biz Stone and Adam Ruegel. TechCrunch article.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 22, 2020

By Lihi Pinto-Fryman, co-founder and CRO and Gal Aga, VP of Sales at Syte.ai , a visual search startup and Remagine Ventures portfolio company. In the beginning, the founders gave demos all day. We also do social media marketing. For us, gone are the days when founders and even VPs are in the field daily.

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The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

We had a chat with Viber founder and CEO Talmon Marco to go beyond the facts in the press release and see how the company is faring. TM: I was born in Israel, spent most of my adult life in the US. How, when and why did you co-found Viber Media? What has been your biggest challenge building Viber Media so far?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

miLAB is a research and prototyping lab that explores the future of media, technology, and human-computer interaction. Co-Director Dr. Oren Zuckerman , holds Masters and Ph.D degrees from the MIT Media Lab and Dr. Guy Hoffman , co-Director of miLAB, holds a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab and an M.Sc.

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Design Technology Cofounder 104

VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure to attend the DLD 2011 (Digital Life Design) conference in Munich, which was co-hosted by Dr Yossi Vardi and Burda Media, a large German media company (for those who don’t know). He was less bullish on Israel and India, which raised a few eyebrows in the audience.

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Europe Cofounder Stealth 92

VC Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

It hopes to be more than a user generated content site, by aggregating movies, games, recreational and educational activities from sources that were deemed safe for kids, operating on a Freemium model – offering free access to basic content and charging for premium media access.

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Social Network Networking Web Audio 99

VC Cafe

MAY 5, 2010

Cotendo hopes to ride on that wave, by offering solutions to high-volume transactional enterprises, online retailers, financial services companies, advertising networks, professional news and social media sites. Tags: Cotendo Sequoia Israel Tenaya Capita Venture Capital Funds bechmark benchmark cdn sequoia DSA.

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.Net Venture Capital Europe 74

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Footbo has been running since 2007 and is led by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein – full article on Techcrunch. Chicago-based InterCall buys Unisfair , Israel’s virtual conference tool, for $35 million. Perhaps this is how we’ll start solving co-existence in Israel? Footbo raises $2.5

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Venture Capital Startup Denmark 87

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

How do you find co-founders who are willing to work for 18 months without getting paid? Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media. How long can you go without a salary?

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Advertisers and agencies don’t consider interactive media as a replacement for either TV or cable. ich media overlays, pre-rolls, and content integration are the favorite ad formats. million from Spark Capital , Redpoint Ventures , Gemini Israel Funds , Bessemer and Spark Capital. The report is full of interesting stats.

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Advertising Video Early Stage 99

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Perhaps it means that Israel is missing the consumer Internet boat ( Mike Eisenberg gave his hypothesis in the Hummus manifesto on why that may be in three parts) or that they aren’t doing enough business in Europe. Best Advertising, Marketing or Media Startup 2010. Best Startup Founder / Co-Founders 2010.

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Europe Advisory Board Aggregator Startup 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Perhaps it means that Israel is missing the consumer Internet boat ( Mike Eisenberg gave his hypothesis in the Hummus manifesto on why that may be in three parts) or that they aren’t doing enough business in Europe. Best Advertising, Marketing or Media Startup 2010. Best Startup Founder / Co-Founders 2010.

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Advisory Board Europe Aggregator Startup 74

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

As changes continuously sweep across social media, Google, and the content marketing world, your business’ online presence must evolve or you risk receding into obscurity, stagnating with an out-of-touch website or, god forbid, a MySpace page. Revitalize Your Social Media Accounts. Ellie Martin is Co-founder of Startup Change group.

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Small Business Social Media Mobile 52

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I’m speaking on a panel this afternoon on fundraising for minority founders at the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project. Fundraising is always difficult for all founders; the median PE/VC fund sources and reviews 87 companies before investing in 1. This young, talented girl is given no chance of being the founder of the next Facebook.”. “I

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Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

When my co-founder and I began brainstorming company names, we knew we needed the word ‘influence’ in our name. The final word, media, helped to define the vertical we were to operate in. Thanks to Alistair Dodds, Smoking Chili Media ! #11- Thanks to Jessica L. We began by writing out a lot of words that we liked.

Naming 84

Naming Software Review Entrepreneur Atlanta 84

VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. Investment Bank Morgan Stanley raised its growth forecast for Israel to 4.8% ValueClick Inc.

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China Cofounder India 90

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T oday, Internet users are overwhelmed with options to share and consume various types of media. But the solutions are very partial, focusing each on only one type of media (with the exception of Facebook perhaps). He started to look at his own experience with music and media as a user.

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Media Management API HTML 84

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

One of the main reasons why my partners and I started TopFire Media is to fill a void within the franchise arena. The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. Thanks to Karen Cahn, VProud !

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Last week Ernst & Young held their annual conference Journey 2011 at the Hilton hotel in sunny Tel Aviv, Israel. Going public is not easy : companies should be preparing for IPO in terms of media communication and internal management over a year ahead of IPO. This window could be a single day conference, a specific rumor, or news.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Clearly, social media (and all the content creation that comes with it) is a hot place to be. If anyone was asking a few years ago what “social media” was, now they’re building whole departments around it. Founders, executives and decision makers don’t have time to consistently create quality content and then properly distribute it.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

The internet had a massive impact on the media industry, as the reporting of news became a commodity few are willing to pay for. Source: Ben Thompson The missed opportunity of Media The realization that most people do not want to pay for the “core” product called news came late. And make some money along the way.

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Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142