VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. The Israel/U.S.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

ambassador to the United Nations and a Stanford professor of political science; Zvika Krieger , the State Department’s representative to Silicon Valley and senior advisor for technology and innovation; retired U.S. How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The proposal will enable investors in startups to receive tax write-offs on investments for high-tech companies who spend at least 70% of their salaries in Israel.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. – The Torch Program.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 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. Israel’s economy grew 4.7% In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5%

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

The $30 billion trade surplus in advanced technology products that America enjoyed just one decade ago has now become a $56 billion deficit. Startups in the U.S. We need a regulatory regime that nurtures startups, rather than penalizing them like giant corporations. The innovation engine that powered the U.S.

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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. Israel’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

The discussions thankfully steered clear of politics and recent controversies but instead focused around the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in Singapore and the role the government can play to spur local entrepreneurship. He points to Israel as an example of a country with a limited population that does have a thriving startup scene.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

ambassador to the United Nations and a Stanford professor of political science; Zvika Krieger , the State Department’s representative to Silicon Valley and senior advisor for technology and innovation; retired U.S. How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for mobile and digital startups to disrupt an inefficient industry. Even the government (CMMI- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) predict health expenditures will continue to outpace economic growth, jumping 7.4% It was not a success.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

However, the ex-COO of Indian wireless carrier Tata TeleServices , presenting at Axis Tel Aviv this week, has a decidely commercial objective- finding Israeli startups for investment. Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. 98- 1.15).

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

Legendary tech entrepreneurs, startup celebrities, and even the creators of Twitter itself are on the service. gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. plibin : Find out what Evernote CEO Phil Libin has to say about startups, tech, and of course, taking notes.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I ’ve recently came across a paper written by Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir , Israel’s 4th president and a successful scientist who founded Israel’s Chief Scientist Office (CSO). I would do what I could to help establish the State of Israel and contribute to its security and its social and economic development.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

New research shows Silicon Valley still rules the startup world. Startups based in the region stretching from San Francisco to San Jose raise more funding, make more money and have smarter people than startups in any other place. Sure, Silicon Valley is far and away the strongest startup region anywhere. (See

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in annualised revenue , an a myriad of new companies were born, from open source LLMs to application layer startups that were able to move fast and do much more with less. Much like mobile technology became a de facto part of every startup, AI is no longer a category but the core or a component of every product.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The words “startup,” “entrepreneur,” and “innovation” are used fast, loose and furious by both parties in Washington. Last week the White House announced Startup America , a public/private initiative to accelerate accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship in the U.S. It’s the national cheerleader for startups. What’s not to like?

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili. The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili. credit rating by S&P?

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Francois Hollande, President of France, led a delegation this week of 260 senior French executives and government officials to Israel for the 2 nd annual France-Israel Innovation Day. The objective was to connect French companies with innovative Israeli startups. and a public approval rating of 15%.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

IBM’s research center in Zurich, GM’s research center in Israel, Toyota in the U.S They enabled companies to comply with local government laws – for example to allow foreign subsidiaries to transfer manufacturing technology from the U.S. are examples. These remote R&D labs offered companies four benefits.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

I was fortunate to attend the party over at WATEC Israel 2011’s Cleanvest Summit. This is a pre-WATEC summit where startups got a chance to present their ideas to investors and hopefully have someone catch their bait. Both Taiwan and Kenya have made agreements to exchange water technology and data revolving with Israel.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Silicon Valley is undoubtedly the world’s technology epicentre. The success of this technology hub has continued to influence global innovators around the world. Of the 131 startups valued at $1B and above Silicon Valley is home to 53 of them. Drone creators are springing forth all around the world even as far away as Israel.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

IBM Global Entrepreneur , the computer giant’s entrepreneurship outreach arm is looking for the smartest early stage startups around the globe that will help solve tomorrow’s problems. So who are the “Smartest&# startups in Israel? Check out the list after the jump.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

In a nutshell, the program provides startups with $20,000, office space, account and legal help as well as a small network of mentors, all of which are aimed to help the companies get to a proof of concept. The cost for the startups is 10% of their equity, which is taken by the fund GeekVentures I as payment.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. As was Shel Israel. A local government official was willing to go and look for our equipment personally, but it would cost money.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 27, 2012

One of the things that struck me the most is how the narrative is changing from ‘Austerity’ to ‘Growth’ There’s real hunger to support European growth, in the form of new startups, funding, improved education and skills, connectivity, and general policy changes that would remove obstacles from the innovation process.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2020

Pooled testing, combined with a switch to saliva instead of nasal swabs, could massively increase testing capacity without waiting for a new technological breakthrough. No individual samples at the workplace or school means no one has to worry that their employer or government might test them for something other than this virus.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 1, 2009

CompStudy publishes an annual report of equity and cash compensation that provides compensation data on top management positions and Boards of Directors at private companies in technology and life sciences. Head of Technology/CTO 1.19%. 2008 CompStudy Report in Technology. Head of Engineering 1.32%. Head of Sales 1.20%.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

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. The company is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. For previous editions, click here. Oracle Corp.,

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Israeli startup Blaze Meter , a load testing in the cloud compatible with open source Apache Jmeter, has recently raised an undisclosed round from Yoav Leitersdorf’s YL Ventures. Can BlazeMeter’s technology also be applied to protect the site if an attack occurs? I can name Tescom and Tesnet in Israel. Alon: Well.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

I figured since I had so much experience in starting businesses, why can’t I develop a model to help startups get all of the information they need in one location! I am a big advocate of transparency in business and government and believe that many injustices in our society exist because people are ill informed.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Simply fill in this form provided by the Israeli Foreign Trade Administration, Matimop and the Israel Export Institute. Amos Spacecom.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Venture capital firms poured more than $32 billion into digital-asset startups last year and there’s plenty more dry powder out there: Haun Ventures – $1.5 Opportunities for startups and investors in the Metaverse. It’s undeniable that there are billions of dollars being invested in the space.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

This is a good time as ever to examine whether financial focus is now shifting towards Impact as an opportunity for companies, and how technologies that intentionally tackle social and environmental issues are becoming business models with strong returns.

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