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How Data Analytics Influences (and Can Better Influence) Your Business

YoungUpstarts

No matter how many times companies and governments get in trouble for using people’s data to their advantage, (Can anyone say Facebook and Russia?), For most, however, they appreciate the ease of a suggested playlist rather than a search for the songs or videos themselves. Patients also take advantage of this technology.

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The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups in 2016

VC Cafe

Ironsource – Software Discovery, Distribution and Delivery Platform (Raised $123M). Taboola and Outbrain – Content distribution, discovery and recommendations (Raised approx. Jfrog – Binary Repository Solution and Software Distribution Social Platform (Raised $62M). 150M each).

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The Fatal Flaw of the Three Horizons Model and How To Fix It

Steve Blank

Ironically rapid Horizon 3 disruption is most often used not by the market leaders but by the challengers/new entrants (startups, ISIS , China, Russia, etc.). The large organizations used startups who could rapidly build and deliver products for them – by offering something the startups needed – contracts, a distribution platform, or prizes.

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Enter the decentralized Internet.

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Why Internal Ventures are Different from External Startups

Steve Blank

A startup is a temporary organization in search of a repeatable, scalable business model. innovating new products and services within an already scaled business model), the processes that companies have optimized for execution inevitably interfere with the search processes needed to discover a new business model.

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Israelis Are Addicted to the Internet [chart]

VC Cafe

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In addition, keep a close eye on where traffic to your website originates (for example, from search engines, social networks or partner sites) and how much is coming from mobile devices.

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Israelis Are Addicted to the Internet [chart]

VC Cafe

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In addition, keep a close eye on where traffic to your website originates (for example, from search engines, social networks or partner sites) and how much is coming from mobile devices.

Internet 135