VC Cafe
MARCH 4, 2024
All of this is in addition to the macro challenges that Israeli startups had to deal with in 2023 even before October 7th, including international investor unease due to the proposed judicial reform (that has since been taken off the table), Ukraine war, global venture slowdown ( US VC investments were down 60% in 2023 ), etc.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
On best practices for structuring and managing your board, check out Eden’s post “ No board member ever got fired for not doing anything ” and Reid Hoffman’s “ Building a great startup board “ Big boards can be counter productive, so aim to keep the board small (up to 5 people) in early stage companies.
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Austin Startup
OCTOBER 4, 2020
She is the Managing Partner and CEO of Sputnik ATX , an accelerator that funds and mentors early-stage startup companies. She was born and raised in Ukraine and the Soviet Union. Growing up in Ukraine , did you ever imagine that your life journey would take you to leading startups in the middle of Texas?
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.
A Crowded Space
OCTOBER 3, 2018
Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks. Back in 2004 - 2010, he would routinely send me early stage companies to check out as part of his diligence process. Upwork had truly life-changing potential.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 16, 2012
The Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine).
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