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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. 1/ Social Network Interference.

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7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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7 Ways Startups Get Tagged as Too Risky by Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors

Gust

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups in 2016

VC Cafe

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners.

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Perceived Risk Can Make Your Startup Unfundable

Startup Professionals Musings

We all know that every startup is risky. Yet every investor has his own “rules of thumb” on what makes a specific startup too high a risk for his investment taste. They look for people with real experience in the business domain of the startup, and people with real experience running a startup. No risk means no reward.

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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.