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Growth: The problem solver that creates problems

The Next Web

Currently we are based in Israel and we are making steps in establishing our US based HQ. Adopt faster, understand the needed set of skills and surround yourself with smart people that have done it before (advisory board is my preferred option). We’ve spent $0 on outbound marketing. Measure everything in a fanatical way.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #4: Seven lessons learned on the journey from founder to CEO

Austin Startup

Debra and I recently went to Israel for the first time and we found it to be very similar?—?because When you reach out to successful people in the U.S., they may see some of their previous struggles and ambition in you and remember that they too were helped by mentors to become successful. I believe the U.S. is very unique in this way.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #9: How, and why, to ask for help

Austin Startup

We’ve also built a large Advisory Board, from DJ Patil to Kelly Wright. This is also why Israel has prospered. The book Start-up Nation explains Israel’s entrepreneurial genes well. at least modern Israel, post Holocaust?—?is Debra and I visited Israel for the first time last year. And that country?—?at

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Janvest Wants to Fill the Seed Investment Gap in Israel (Interview)

VC Cafe

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing.

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Entrepreneurship Week and Europe’s Best Startups 2010

VC Cafe

Perhaps it means that Israel is missing the consumer Internet boat ( Mike Eisenberg gave his hypothesis in the Hummus manifesto on why that may be in three parts) or that they aren’t doing enough business in Europe. So without further ado: The 2010 Top European startups in 2010 (as proposed by Techcrunch).

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Entrepreneurship Week and Europe’s Best Startups 2010

VC Cafe

Perhaps it means that Israel is missing the consumer Internet boat ( Mike Eisenberg gave his hypothesis in the Hummus manifesto on why that may be in three parts) or that they aren’t doing enough business in Europe. So without further ado: The 2010 Top European startups in 2010 (as proposed by Techcrunch).

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Raise Capital With The Skin You’re In: Blunt Truth from Don Charlton, CEO, The Resumator

David Teten

When I was running an Israel-based company in 1999-2001, my location was a significant barrier. I used events as a vehicle to connect efficiently with investors when traveling outside of Israel. Jeanne Sullivan , co-founder, StarVest Partners, strongly recommends creating an advisory board, especially in the early days.