thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

from a trip to India and spoke of places with pigs and cows roaming around and no plumbing. But I did write a letter to Indira Gandhi, then prime minister of India, in 1982 before my first trip there. And how much of it was based on luck, and how I could easily have been that child in an orphanage in India.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. To the first question, I would point to three main factors –payback for the 80’s and 90’s, globalization, and governmental intervention. Develop action plans 4.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

Productivity Gains – This is something frequently cited as critical to developed economies like ours in the US. When I left my job at MovieFone in 1999, there were approximately eight administrative assistants in a company of 200 people – one for each senior person. Here’s my basic example over the past 10 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I also hope to lay out a way to develop a healthy degree of skepticism for the more outlandish arguments. I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Belgium’s STMicroelectronics NV recently acquired Israel’s bTendo , a developer of projection solutions for devices that require multimedia large-scale storage and viewing capabilities, for $9m. bTendo’s operation in Israel will become the basis for STM’s development center in Israel. STMICROELECTRONICS ACQUIRES BTENDO.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

annually for the period 1982-1999, has since 2000 slowed to a mere 1.8%. Here are actions that smart entrepreneurs and investors can take today to “break out” and attain well above average results and returns: Think and Act Globally. Or India, at 6%? GNP growth, after averaging 3.6% Not your cup of tea?

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Growthink Blog

JULY 30, 2012

We are now well-beyond 13 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading, on an inflation adjusted basis, much lower than they were in July 1999. To the first question, I would point to three main factors – continued payback for the 80’s and 90’s, globalization, and governmental intervention.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? For the first time in history there are Israeli companies scaling up successfully as global market leaders, and the ecosystem is evolving to support them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Of course articles like these are going to inflame people because not everybody who is running their own business (or aspires to) wants to believe that you need to go all out to compete and win on a global scale. But … global tech does require an absolute, singular commitment level. We were based in London.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

gave up 70% of the company to American Research & Development Corp. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Software Development Engineer, Senior-IEB-Commercial Services (795929) Job -. APG - Associate - Application Developer (NON ALADDIN) -. Global Support.

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Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

Today’s economy is substantially more freelance for one, but as it pertains to technology and innovative entrepreneurship, we find ourselves in an era that is bringing tech to traditional industries that have yet to have fully embraced what the internet has caused: data, connectivity, globalization, scalability, and efficiency. Imagine that.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Until recently Showplace Square’s post-quake red-brick warehouses were home to furniture and interior design showrooms, but soon, if the real estate developers have their way and the tech economy continues to expand, they will be converted to offices filled with even more “techies.” (As A Variation on the Global Economic Crash of 2008?

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