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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. No revenue isn’t always a problem for venture-style businesses; no investors + no revenue = challenges for most founders without tremendous self-funding. Let’s be clear: their data-driven, human-centered design is pristine.)

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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. based in Lima, Peru, owns power stations producing 3,000 megawatts in seven countries: Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Panama, El Salvador, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. Israel Corp.