thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I last went to Burma in 2007. I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy?

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thebarefootvc

JULY 30, 2015

I last went to Burma in 2007. I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy?

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 The 2-year model, which was also backed by the Bank of Israel, will allow the government to present a long term plan and maintain market stability.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. China Venture Capital. China now has plenty of both.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Its main customers include China’s Huawei Technologies, Israel’s Ceragon Networks and Sweden’s Ericsson. The government will pay 40 percent of the wages of employees, up to a maximum wage of 25,000 shekels ($7,000) per month, during the first year of operation of the Barclays center.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

When we started at Udemy, in Turkey in 2006 and 2007, there was no funding available. They were mostly trying to reduce their risk factors, and they were hoping that the government, the public health departments, would actually take ownership of the response there. And one of the most immediate things was going to residential.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 30, 2012

While prices have seen a moderate recovery this year, since 2007 residential real estate investments have largely reverted back to being long-term depreciating - and not appreciating - assets. and the “West” to the “BIC” – Brazil, India, and China and their brethren. And, in spite of its challenges, the U.S. Just keep it simple.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The IPO market remained closed to IT startups, but there were big acquisitions like Google buying YouTube for $1.65B (Fall 2006) and late stage financing rounds for companies like Facebook (Microsoft round at $15B valuation in Fall 2007). Kevin Rose was on the cover of BusinessWeek.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. billion in 2007 and de-listed from Nasdaq. INTEL CORP BUYS ISRAEL’S COMSYS. Intel Corporation acquired Israeli WiMAX fables semiconductor vendor Comsys Communication and Signal Processing Ltd for $30 million.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By aggressively launching a free to use service, Alibaba’s Taobao quickly became the leading person-to-person trading site in China. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. VIPKid links students in China who want to learn English with native English speaking tutors in the United States and Canada.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

And when you further strip out any employment created by government stimulus that is uncertain to continue going forward we know that the country is not creating enough jobs. This coupled with government intervention of companies “too big to fail” were the blight that led to Japan’s “ lost decade.” We’d have to hit 2.5%

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

Every year, governments increase restrictions on unsolicited email. China – Measures for Administration of E-Mail Service on The Internet (2006). New Zealand – The Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007. Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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