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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. The government has a lot of work ahead to revamp the curriculum and ensure that the periphery and minorities are also versed in STEM subjects at the level of global tech hubs. Strong foundations.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Sweden decided, "You know what? Many had no idea how to deal with a pandemic.

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Key Insights from Every Speaker of Elite Camp 2017

ConversionXL

Know your North Star Metric. Hint: it’s not usually a company-valued metric like revenue. Hybrid Product analytics organization: Central teams for tools, methods, governance. Data governance – hated but necessary: Rules of play. Don’t be blind with one metric. What’s your core value?

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more.

Lean 168
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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

DC 90
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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

That’s because many of our reports feed us vanity metrics: numbers that make us look good but don’t really help make decisions. Yet even among those who have access to good actionable metrics, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that prevents taking maximum advantage of data. Too much of this data is non- actionable.

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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

What we call “community management&# is actually governance. It is our obligation to govern well, but – as history has repeatedly shown – this is incredibly hard. What we call “community management&# is actually governance. It was absolutely worth it. Passionate online communities are real societies.