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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. If scooters were not being stolen, reprogrammed, vandalized, thrown into lakes, hung from trees, or pooped on, many city governments felt they were being hustled by these companies in a post-Uber world.

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7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Dependent on government regulations. If your business model is dependent on government approvals, that can take a long time, or require political connections. Operations in another country.

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7 Ways Startups Get Tagged as Too Risky by Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Dependent on government regulations. If your business model is dependent on government approvals, that can take a long time, or require political connections. Operations in another country.

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7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors

Gust

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Dependent on government regulations. If your business model is dependent on government approvals, that can take a long time, or require political connections. Operations in another country.

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The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups in 2016

VC Cafe

NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners. Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M).

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Perceived Risk Can Make Your Startup Unfundable

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Dependent on government regulations. If your business model is dependent on government approvals, that can take a long time, or require political connections. Operations in another country.

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Is social media good or bad for us? Yes.

Reid Hoffman

Conservatives counter that these same social platforms are silencing conservative voices and call for government regulation to ensure that their opinions are heard. Both of the political perspectives above overlook the underlying problem: We haven’t agreed on a set of goals for how social media should impact civil society.