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How can startups engage with Google?

VC Cafe

This most likely involves a combination of an operational team (cloud, enterprise, commerce, etc) and the corporate development team, led by Don Harrison. Notable acquisitions include Youtube and Nest, or more recently smart glasses manufacturer North or wearable tracker FitBit (under review). tech startups).

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. The common approach is to incubate the business locally in Israel with a small development team, prove early product/market fit, and then build a sales and marketing organization abroad, usually in the U.S.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

SVASE or Founder Dating in Silicon Valley, First Tuesday in London and Hackers and Founders in New York all come to mind. Team with co-workers at your current job or that internship you did last summer. Other cities like New York, Boston, Seattle, LA and Austin TX also have pretty strong startup communities.