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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

Up and Running

Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands.

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The first Israeli Super-Angel Seed Fund Launches with $25 Million

VC Cafe

A lot has been said about the ‘equity gap’ in Israel – the fact that Israeli funds have been struggling to raise additional funding and international funds don’t all have local presence in Israel. In total the fund hopes to make $120 million in profit from its investments. Source: TheMarker (Hebrew).

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UK second only to US amongst large countries for ‘Digital Evolution’

The Equity Kicker

It’s easier for smaller countries to substantially re-orient themselves, as Singapore in particular has done, so the real point of comparison here are the other large developed countries: the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.

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Head, heart and hands: Three essentials for startup success

Up and Running

Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the Internet. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

Redwood City, California’s Shutterfly, a leading internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, has acquired Israel’s Photoccino , a developer of groundbreaking technologies for photo ranking, analysis and organization. SHUTTERFLY ACQUIRES ISRAELI PHOTO SOFTWARE COMPANY PHOTOCCINO.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The Golden Brat™ Shirt are crafted with Mercerized Cotton Lisle Yarn made in Italy, Certified High Quality , the shirts are natural stretch and follow the movement of the body, so are a No stress Shirt. So we study the most comfortable dress shirt in the world and the people can wear it and feel comfortable all day long.

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Dear Avinash: Search / SEO Metrics & Analytics Questions + Answers

Occam's Razor

But if you are willing to put in a little bit of sweat equity then you'll stand miles apart from your SEO competitors. "When should I have started SEO and PPC campaigns for Italy Tours 2010?" [Does the above seem like a lot of work even if it is straight forward? I know we look for short cuts. Not a bad trade off, right?]. #2.