Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I hope benefit the Southern California technology ecosystem. couponing, vertical social networks, Internet TV, etc.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio. We spent considerable time exploring ways to verticalize the app and creating an ad-supported business model instead, which would also broaden his exit options considerably.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

The last 40 years have seen an explosive adoption of new technologies (social media, telecom, life sciences, etc.) Not only are the number of new technologies and entrants growing, but also increasing is the rate at which technology is disrupting existing companies. Figure 1 : Five technology revolutions source: Carlota Perez.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. Scale Vertically (or “scale up”): Add resources to a single node in a system, typically involving the addition of CPUs or memory to a single computer. You can scale vertically and horizontally at the same time. Techstars Berlin (Berlin).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

trillion to the global economy, with $6.6 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 or Midjourney 4, have taken this technology mainstream and for the first time even risked Google’s dominance in search. It will be tough for new startups to compete on AI core technology.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Accel Euroscape: The 100 most promising Software-as-a- Service companies in Europe and Israel -This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. From a geographic standpoint, the top three regions for SaaS companies are the UK, France and Israel, with around 20 logos each in our top 100.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

A s 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. The company is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. For previous editions, click here. Oracle Corp.,

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

This is a good time as ever to examine whether financial focus is now shifting towards Impact as an opportunity for companies, and how technologies that intentionally tackle social and environmental issues are becoming business models with strong returns.

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