thebarefootvc
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. Jan Koum, one of WhatsApp’s founders, immigrated to the US from Communist Ukraine as a teenager. He worked at Yahoo, where he met his co-founder.
A Crowded Space
OCTOBER 3, 2018
My first role was in sales and the buyers on the platform absolutely loved the access to global freelancers, the low hourly rates, and the full transparency and flexibility in the system. Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks.
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The Equity Kicker
JULY 17, 2016
“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is an old French saying that translates literally as “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing” Before the Brexit vote there was a lot of debate about the trajectory of the venture capital markets and that has intensified considerably in the last couple of weeks.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
The preferred location for several tech startups is Ukraine since the rates they pay for talented tech workers are low in comparison. Even so, there is still a large volume of venture capital raised within the country over the last five years. The post Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene?
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
As I recently shared in my post on the 32 Israeli Centaurs , the rare breed of SaaS companies that reached $100 million in ARR, there are now over 1,000 unicorns globally. 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. Eynat Guez, founder and CEO of Papaya Global. Stay optimistic.
VC Cafe
MARCH 4, 2024
All of this is in addition to the macro challenges that Israeli startups had to deal with in 2023 even before October 7th, including international investor unease due to the proposed judicial reform (that has since been taken off the table), Ukraine war, global venture slowdown ( US VC investments were down 60% in 2023 ), etc.
Austin Startup
JUNE 19, 2018
I hear a lot these days about gender imbalance in male dominated industries, Venture Capital being one of them. It combined the thrill of problem solving for some of top global companies with the even bigger thrill of always being part of a high performing team that tackled those problems shoulder to shoulder.
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