Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

Looking at a satellite image of Ukraine online I realized it was from Capella Space – one of our Hacking for Defense student teams who now has 7 satellites in orbit. At the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russia launched a cyber-attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite, which supplies Internet across Europe, including to Ukraine.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. What’s more, outsourcing projects and ongoing operations to offshore teams on a contract basis is a more flexible model that’s easy to scale. A globally distributed business model allows you to hire the best talent wherever in the world it is.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Founded in 2007 by Ron Makavy, Micha Berdichevsky, and Barak Naveh, Snaptu raised a total of $9 million in three rounds: $3 million from Carmel Ventures, $5 million a year ago (March 2010) from Sequoia and $1 million from private investors, including Spotlab, an angel fund operated by former Israeli MP Neomi Blumental.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

So that’s the big one, obviously, with the geopolitical tensions, not just Russia and Ukraine. In your mind, what is different in the way companies need to operate in that post-unicorn stage? . We believed this thing would be able to unlock a multi-product distribution and really strengthen the business mode. David Zhang.

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