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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

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If you’re a pure startup and haven’t raised any money – you might change the life of every person you hire. You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. My mom organized a trip to take me to France & Israel.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

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We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). iScraper Israel shut down and another UK competitor took on their UK assets). Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. We signed deals worth $1.2 Any customer not willing to commit we didn’t sign.

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Why Computer Vision Has Become a Major Investment Theme for Me

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Computer Vison Startup Nanit If you follow me on Snapchat ( msuster ) you might already know that I’ve been looking at and investing in a number of companies in the computer vision space. The CTO, Tor Ivry , heads engineering out of Israel.

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Survivors

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If somebody doesn’t work in the tech startup sector I always hate to even have the debate. “Did you see how much she wasted?” And it’s what I believe sets apart the tech startup culture more than any other sector out there. In a way I think this is part of the magic of Israel. I look for survivors.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup. Thank you, John.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) – Tenacity

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If you’re already running a startup you know all this. I wrote to Ismael requesting that I be on in the first day and in a panel on the main stage with Om Malik, Shel Israel, Rajen Sheth (from Google), Karen Leavitt (WebEx) and Ismael himself. “Yes, but you don’t have any startups on the stage.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

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Experiences way beyond any hack-a-thon, startup blog or your current company engagement can enrich your thinking and challenge you to think more broadly about the solutions you offer in the market. As was Shel Israel. Om Malik was also on the panel. In retrospect it was quite an established, senior and worldly panel.

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