VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

While these prices are still high compared to what we see in Israel, Investors have putting a stronger focus on revenue growth (and in particular startups that can reach substantial revenue targets) especially before series A. With over 1,000 global unicorns (and about 1.5 As an example, here are 34 new unicorns minted in May 2022.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

As 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. AMERICAN CHIPMAKER BROADCOM BUYS ISRAEL’S PROVIGENT FOR $350 MLN.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups. Innovation Clusters.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups. Innovation Clusters.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 29, 2021

Can someone who moved out of the market they were hired for, continue to earn the same compensation if they moved abroad? how do companies adjust to remote hiring/cybersecurity/collaboration software etc? Employee Compensation – should employees get paid based on their level of expenses/cost of living?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2018

For example , Starbucks’ first efforts to expand to Israel and the Middle East failed miserably due to a totally different “coffee culture” there, not accommodated adequately. Global expansion is never simply a multiplier applied to local results. I recommend that you hire people in the local market to manage your business there.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2012

As 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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. MOODYS REITERATES “A1 – STABLE” RATING FOR ISRAEL.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. Here's what the data say about Israeli startups: They’re Israeli-run but with global footprints. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Deal origination is a slow, labor-intensive, frustrating process.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Israel Minister: No Change to Egypt Deal Israels foreign minister said Israel would not agree to re-evaluate its peace deal with Egypt. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 2, 2017

Part 2 of a series about machine learning in Israel, originally posted on VC Cafe. Notable startups include Snips , LightOn and Tinyclues and success stories include the acquisition of Moodstocks by Google. France makes its bid to be recognised as a global hub for AI ( source ).

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I needed someone who was all in with me in Israel and wanted them to be the opposite of what I had with Mike at Blaze – I wanted someone who’d drive the technology while I could evolve as a CEO and build out the go-to-market strategy. I visited Israel and, after a bunch of meals together, they decided to join.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Gloat has pioneered the Talent Marketplace to solve that, and it’s now becoming a strategic tool for global enterprises. Imagine a product where you onboard employees at one end and hiring managers at the other. How did you start building these relationships as a small company in Israel? We’re excited about our future.

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Altgate

MARCH 16, 2009

 The notion of entrepreneurs starting companies and having substantial ownership then hiring employees who also have ownership in the company and then raising capital from outside investors is universal.  Some of the more interesting things I've learned include: Salaries in Israel are described monthly.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Berkeley as an Air Force ROTC scholarship cadet, I began a decade of military aviation service that turned this child of immigrants who barely traveled into an aircrew member and global citizen who were deployed to and lived on four continents in that time. Thanks to Graciela Tiscareno-Sato, Gracefully Global Group LLC ! #16-

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Altgate

MARCH 4, 2009

The end result is that whether you are a hiring manager, investor or candidate the survey is a valuable tool to understand and negotiating compensation. There are a lot of really exciting things about the upgraded study that I can’t yet talk about (more on that later), but one of them is that the survey is going global.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. In Silicon Valley, the ambition is always global.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 6, 2016

Both of these companies are mission-driven, bottom-line for profit companies that raised lots of venture capital money, hired great people and built businesses focused on generating profits. one from Israel came into my inbox this morning). At its peak, Upromise helped over 10 million families save over $30 billion.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This post is part of Accel’s Secrets to Scaling series, where leaders from across our portfolio share their learnings and advice with the next generation of European and Israeli entrepreneurs building global winners. We could grow faster than we thought, hire more people, build more initiatives, and reach more users.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

Scaling up is becoming a hot topic lately, from non-profit Endeavor and the World Economic Forum focusing attention on the importance of scaling up companies in the Global Scale Up Declaration to The Economist pointing out that Israel''s miraculous start up economy is seeking to transition from "Start Up" to "Scale Up".

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

So I hired an incredible team and together, we created a solution to solve my very own problem so that we could have a home that is true to our family’s values, pocketbook, and one that respects our planet and is mindful of our future. Thanks to Yotam Alroy, Mindspace – Global boutique coworking provider ! #21- 21- As a hobby.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

find/hire freelancers. hire low-cost international engineering talent. VWorker -Â find/hire freelancers. TIE UK : TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, TiE is an organization of industry professionals who share the common interests of promoting and fostering entrepreneurial efforts.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 20, 2012

At the same time, Goodman says he wants Bright to go broader than its own website, possibly by partnering with other hiring products like Taleo and Jobvite. Steeped in data science, Bright eliminates the noise in the hiring process by efficiently connecting job seekers to their best opportunities, and employers to their top prospects.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

There simply won’t be soft-landings and acqui-hires for all of them. Others have blamed the brutal hiring environment on everyone being able to start a company — whether they should or not — and argued that concentrating resources on fewer ideas would make the Valley a lot stronger. Open Sesame! (A

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