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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

A s every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. ISRAEL’S WEF RANKING IMPROVES TO 24TH PLACE, BOOSTED BY INNOVATION.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

At ffVC, our primary origination strategy is to provide a high level of services to entrepreneurs, and then let word of mouth spread. We have three in Israel , two in Canada , one in the UK, and the remainder scattered all over the US. They’re the entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of their respective disciplines.

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How Can Israeli Startups Raise Funding in Silicon Valley?

VC Cafe

Pitch to your advisors, to US entrepreneurs, to your colleagues, wife, what not. Several entrepreneurs tend to agree with that. On the other side I’m sure that every entrepreneur “must look for his Wall Street&# and if it’s Silicon Valley, he must move the company HQ there. They also do foreign companies.

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HBS Alumni Angels NY new chairman: Jason Klein

David Teten

We saw over time that our investor group, just like Angel List and most other angel groups, was good at syndication and not so good at leading rounds. As a result, we launched the Fast Track program, which helps VCs and active investors who are HBSAANY members to syndicate rounds with value-added members of our network. 4) Inclusion.

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The Top 15 Business Trends to Avoid for 2018

Mike Michalowicz

Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. The biggest trend that any entrepreneur should avoid is sinking time and budget into producing YouTube videos without having a social media marketing strategy in place. Thanks to Eli Israel , ForeclosureMagic.com. Quintessential solutions to customer problems. Avoid Crowdfunding.

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The 15 Business Trends To Avoid This Year

Mike Michalowicz

Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. The biggest trend that any entrepreneur should avoid is sinking time and budget into producing YouTube videos without having a social media marketing strategy in place. Thanks to Eli Israel , ForeclosureMagic.com. Quintessential solutions to customer problems. Avoid Crowdfunding.

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Bitesize Friday: Israeli startups get funded, launch new products

VC Cafe

Our games studio has created the first RPG advergame in Israel for Bamba. To date, Calpers has invested $63 million in six Israeli funds including Carmel, Pitango, JVP, Gemini, Israel Seed and Ipax Israel. Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week. Europe or US, which is Better for Entrepreneurs?