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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s how things are done across the country outside of Silicon Valley. You own the IP you create. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. That’s the right answer for VCs.

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Update on America’s Slipping Global Competitiveness– Implications for Intellectual Property Development of Senate Bill 515

Pascal's View

This morning I gave the keynote speech at the ICAP Ocean Tomo IP auction in San Francisco. legislation that will transform the U.S. patent system and broadly impact intellectual property rights in our country.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. Global niches that turn out to be much larger than you’d imagine. Global niches that turn out to be much larger than you’d imagine. 200 million views. Summary Version.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Bootstrapping Comes in Many Flavors

ReadWriteStart

Vinod wants to raise a significant amount of money to buy out an IP vendor that sells semiconductor interconnect IP, and offer value added services around them. The IP vendor does about $2 million to $3 million a quarter, but the market leader is EDA giant Synopsys. Choose one segment, one service, and one geography.

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Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene?

The Startup Magazine

The tech world has seen a shift away from Silicon Valley, with Israel now dominating the world’s startup economy. Startups created within Israel would then use the talent nurtured by international firms to develop IPs and brands that were totally Israeli. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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A blueberry in a bowl of chili or why any Founder should visit Austin.

Austin Startup

image source: [link] If you are a startup co-founder in Central and Eastern Europe, when you hear about about US entrepreneurial communities, you usually hear of course Silicon Valley, but more and more often now east coast as well.

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