VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Professor Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been designated the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals – a new form of matter that has become a major subject field for physicists, materials scientists, mathematicians, and crystallographers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. The trend that is unfolding before our eyes is that Social Networking is now becoming mobile and that adds new dimensions to how we use social networks. The Past (1985-2002).

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2018

and China threatens to escalate, 5G wireless technology has emerged as one of the major fronts in the long-term competition between the two superpowers. The introduction of 3G in between 1998 and 2003 brought 200 Kbps speeds, four times faster than 3G. One economic outgrowth of 3G was the explosion of the mobile app market.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2016

As time has drug on, the Internet and technology have brought about new payment solutions, which make it possible to send money anywhere easily and more affordably. Nonetheless, they were eventually wiped out by more innovative and more convenient technologies. Mobile Payments. Online Shopping.

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. All of those companies trade at high multiples.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Much of the growth in gaming, is driven by mobile gaming, which generated $68.2 Within mobile gaming, the popularity of Battle Royale Games (such as Clash of Clans, Fortnite, PubG and Call of Duty), has exploded. SensorTower’s top grossing mobile games. Billion in 2019. 2019 Global Games Market – Newzoo.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

“Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM. Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash. and was founded in 1998. BRAZIL GIVES FINAL APPROVAL FOR ISRAEL-MERCOSUR FTA.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. A fashion executive wife and technology entrepreneur husband we were moving house and faced a vexing problem: how to sell their fabulous, nearly new furnishings that couldn’t fit into their new digs?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Startups in developing economies, for instance, are addressing their issues through ingenious technologies and solutions. Nevertheless, the East provides countless opportunities covering a wide range of sectors, such as information and communication technology, energy, and finance. Israel is a technologically-advanced market economy.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Before following in love with technology, George spent five years in politics, running campaigns and writing a book. We were a company that put real-world applications on mobile phones before anyone had coined the term “App” or done more than run a very rudimentary version of iTunes on a phone. But wait, there’s more!

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2014

Having been in the agency world for 15 years ( started my first agency building websites for companies in 1998 , sold that in 2008 and stayed with the new agency, Engauge, until last August when I left and started Dragon Army ), I had a lot to say about what is wrong with the relationship between these two parties.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Conceived in 1987 by Motorola and spun out in 1990 as a separate company, Iridium planned to build a mobile telephone system that would work anywhere on earth. But nine months after the first call was made in 1998, Iridium was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. All were predicated on the state of the mobile phone industry in 1990.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Lee put his hypothesis to test in 1998 via Peanut Butter & Co , a small retail shop which has turned into a multiplatform success. sandwich shop in 1998, and the menu consisted entirely of peanut butter sandwiches, snacks, and desserts. Q: The business started in 1998. One which still goes best with a glass of milk.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Currencies only began in earnest about 2,500 years ago and ever since have been a great enabler of democracy and social mobility, not the other way around. Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

[To listen to a recording of the webinar, Click Here ] On this recorded webinar, the Growthink Innovation Series turns to the transformative world of financial technology. Since being founded in 1998 LendingTree has facilitated more than 32 million loan requests. Matt Stewart , Senior Marketing Manager, LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE ).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. Unlike the circuit-switched cell phone networks, pager networks were built around digital packet-switched technology. Doctors and drug dealers equally found these devices handy. Video Recording.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Enrique Ortiz, the founder of MobileMonday Austin and a panelist for InnoTech Austin’s Mobile Application Marketplace session. Q1: What caused you to want to get into working with mobile telephone platforms in 1998? A: Over the years, I realized the relationship between mobile and what I call people-centric computing.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2011

Barely a week into the New Year, the American Dialect Society brushed away any doubt that 2010 was a watershed year for mobile technology by voting “app&# the Word of the Year, as reported by NPR and other media outlets. app subscription, requiring a monthly fee. Thanks to C.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Catch Media’s “Play Anywhere&# technology enables users to access media stored in their home computers (digital movies, music, books, etc) through a range of devices, including mobile phones, DVRs and car media players. Yaacov previously founded PictureVision, a start up sold to Kodak in 1998 for $150 million.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital. The revenue, profits and speed of scale of the winning companies can be breathtaking.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper. Its a pattern we see over and over in technology. Standardization When technology makes something dramatically cheaper, standardization always follows. Google is the leader here, as in so many areas of technology.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2011

Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Shalom Simhon met Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming vowing to to expand economic, trade and technological cooperation between the two countries. Chen also met Israeli President Shimon Peres who highlighted the key role of technology innovation in economic development of Israel and China.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

has transformed from a small information technology components firm into a comprehensive and full-service IT computer hardware and support solution provider, servicing over 20,000 clients across the country. We make it easy for renters to quickly find, price and purchase renters insurance online and on their mobile devices.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But I’ve embraced it since I’ve been successful (I don’t think it was a “thing” back in 1998 when I started my first company ) and I’ve not really had to put it into action…until now. Dragon Army is a true technology startup.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

If investors observing this extraordinary phenomenon in 1996 were to have concluded that the technology market was in the midst of an unsustainable bubble, they would not have been wrong. Matrix had a fund in 1998 that yielded an eye-popping 514+% IRR. billion market capitalization. We had recorded $1.8 Wouldn’t that be something?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 12, 2017

Tom Webster: Yeah, it sprung out of a study that we’ve been doing since 1998, called the Infinite Dial. It’s half mobile, half land line. Number one, you can point to just how frictionless the technology is, compared to what it use to be. So, we spend a lot on it, to get it right. Tom Webster: Yeah, it sure has.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

What happens when evolving customer preferences for certain technologies make lead capture forms obsolete? Let’s be clear: Messaging isn’t some new, hot trend or magical technology. Messenger (1998), and MSN/Windows Live Messenger (1999). Perfecto Mobile’s “contact us” page. A Shift in How We Communicate.

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