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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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Payment Predictions For 2015

YoungUpstarts

But as big as 2014 was, 2015 has the potential to be even bigger. 2015 will be when a lot of the seeds planted in the past year start to bear fruit. So here’s what you should be watching out for in 2015: The EMV-related terminal refresh will introduce new technologies into the point of sale. No big deal, right?

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Making Social Media Work For SMEs

YoungUpstarts

This was the experience of Herschel Supply Co., Christy Ng, founder of Malaysian shoe design SME Christy Ng Shoes, has two dedicated members of staff to manage the company’s presence on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. “We 6] The Guardian, How SMEs can make the best use of social media, 13 December 2013. [7] 5] [link]. [6]

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Orcam was created by the founders of Mobileye (NYSE: MBLY and one of Israel’s largest IPOs ), Prof. Co-founders Ami Daniel and Matan Peled both served as naval officers. The company’s chairman was the former General Chief of Staff of the IDF 2011-2015. This interview with Ami sheds more light on the company.

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Your 2015 guide to summer reading for startups

The Next Web

In a book based on his 2013 TED talk, Pico Iyer muses about how the more connected we become, the more we need to disconnect and just…be still. Nah, usually in the beginning, things like PR are done by the co-founders or whoever else has time. I’ll be the first to admit I’m horrible at sitting still. Mentally, at least.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.

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How Much Do SaaS Companies Spend on Their MVPs?

ConversionXL

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I spent $20k on their MVP.