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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

In today’s ever-changing, highly competitive business climate, small startups and large companies alike are increasingly turning to outsourcing processes. This is the type of outsourcing that is typically associated with the word in the first place, and can conjure up the image of comedic portrayals of frustrating customer service encounters.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

I’m a very big proponent of the “lean startup movement&# as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

Today is the day that eight hopeful startups got to pitch their ideas to investors at startup accelerator Springboard’s Internet of Things (IoT) demo day in Cambridge, England. But with mentoring and show and tell behind them, today is the day they get to pitch their ideas to investors, so, here are details of seven of the startups.

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[Interview] Christopher Kape, Vancouver Executive, President of JAMCO Capital Partners

YoungUpstarts

A successful venture capitalist, Chris and his team at JAMCO continue to consult with and maintain equity positions with a range of firms operating in his areas of expertise. Angel investors are individuals who invest their own money in companies at early / startup stages. The next group I would look to are angel investors.

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

Facebook surprised with its first acquisition in Israel today (and its second acquisition outside of the US), with the announcement that it is buying Israeli startup Snaptu (previously known as Moblica) for an estimated $60-70 million. According to TheMarker (Hebrew), Sequoia will be making a six time multiple on its investment.

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

VC Cafe

Janvest , a new seed fund of $5 million backed by American angel investors and chaired by the former head of the Mossad (Danny Yatom), saw an opportunity to fill the gap by making offering US-based angel investors the opportunity to tap into the Israeli startup industry. VC Cafe: What is the premise of Janvest and how large is the fund?