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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. While this it total FDI as opposed to just venture, it should give you an indication of the international trend. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

In economics we call these “exogenous events&# and if they happen (Greek debt crisis, problems raising the US debt ceiling, trouble in Saudi Arabia) – you will not be shielded. It’s what I love about entrepreneurship and about venture capital. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now.

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The mindset of a good investor

The Equity Kicker

I haven’t thought of it in this way before but a number of the things we do at Forward Partners serve to bring thoroughness and clarity to our investment analysis. By Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner, which details the characteristics of people who are good at predicting the future. for instance) to thousands of volunteer participants.

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1985: Oil Prices Will Go Up Forever

Feld Thoughts

That night I met Dave Jilk, my first business partner and one of my best friends. In December, 1985, Saudi Arabia flooded the market for oil and by the end of 1986 the price of a barrel of oil was around $10. My dad, a doctor, was a small partner in a bunch of real estate partnerships. Their phones stopped ringing.

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

with less competition and a large market, Snaptu has been able to generate revenues through mobile ads and operated a revenue share with its partners. The application works on 2,500 device models and is available to 80% of the world’s phones.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Our ventures, in turn, have raised over $2 million in external funding.”. Takwin is a venture capital fund and incubator, making early-stage investments in hi-tech companies run by Arab entrepreneurs in Israel. How Do Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia? Takwin Labs. Very Quietly.

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

Startup Lessons Learned

The same thing happened with MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 10 years later that occurred initially in Saudi Arabia and spread to a little offshoot into Korea. I have a brilliant partner named Natasha Martin who doesn't actually use modeling. So we've gotten to a plan using mathematical modeling.