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Helping Entrepreneurs Get To Where They Want To Go Faster

Duct Tape Marketing

11:06] How do networking and peer-to-peer connection play out in what is kind of a technology platform? [12:50] My grandparents ran a very large cookie and bread factory in Bolivia. She had this big macro view of what entrepreneurship really could do for a global economy. 9:19] Is there an equity emphasis? [11:06] We never have.

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New Story and 3D Printed Homes

Feld Thoughts

In the past four years, New Story has funded over 2,200 homes, building 17 communities for over 11,000 people across Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, and Bolivia. In the past two years, they have shifted their primary focus from funding and building their own communities to pioneering solutions for the entire global social housing sector to use.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2012

VC Cafe

Though a global innovator, Apple in 2010 only invested 2% of its revenue in R&D, much lower than other high-tech companies. The company currently has only one technology development center, which is at their headquarters in Cupertino, California. Akamai Technologies Inc., AKAMAI BUYS ISRAELI COTENDO FOR $268 MLN.