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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

They are no longer remarkable in Santa Monica or Venice or in many cities in America, Europe or South America. This year we’re in > 100+ cities and 100+ campuses and we’re operational with street teams, better software, better bikes and a more informed ridership. They’re acceptable. It’s too lucrative not to.

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Solving the Innovator’s Dilemma – Customer Development in a Big Company

Steve Blank

We spent two days of analyzing and exploring their customer discovery visits just completed across South America, Africa and Asia. And new divisions in large companies operate just like startups who get overfunded – somehow their expense budgets always equal at least their funding.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. originally raised $3 million in financing from some of the smartest people in the industry including Peter Chernin, Allen DeBevoise and Shari Redstone.

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Four Qualities Every Angel Investor Looks For When Backing A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Securing adequate financing for any new venture nowadays is an exceptionally difficult proposition, which is why angel investors are considered so valuable to the startup ecosystem. These individuals don’t even have to be operational, and angel investors have been known to find them being advisors to the business as acceptable.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. Israel is the first country outside South America to implement a free trade agreement with the bloc. ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012.

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Today’s Market: A Bubble Waiting to Burst?

Growthink Blog

By almost any objective standard, paying into the billions of dollars for businesses with little revenues and/or significant operating losses - as is the case with all the companies mentioned above - is absurd. And a lot more of it comes from massive commodities-driven wealth in places like Russia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East.

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30 Entrepreneurs Describe The Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) For Their Business

Hearpreneur

We have put a long-term goal of attaining the highest market capitalization, primarily focusing on our finances and management in a bid to achieve the highest market value and cap position. 12- Digitize operations. Thanks to Jonathan Tian, Mobitrix ! #6- 6- Transform into a global business. Thanks to Alina Clark, CocoDoc ! #12-