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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

COMMUNICATIONS GIANT ARRIS GROUP BUYS ISRAEL’S BIGBAND NETWORKS FOR $158 MLN. is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. The BIRD Foundation promotes collaboration between Israeli and American companies in various technological fields for the purpose of joint product development.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

The investment will be used for product development initiatives. They track user consumption across mobile devices and network and build usage patterns that they can then sell this anonymized data back to carriers and to other relevant sources who have an interest in knowing mobile consumption patterns. 7mm in Series B.

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London Calling

Startup Lessons Learned

His method advocates the creation of rapid prototypes designed to test market assumptions, and uses customer feedback to evolve them much faster than via more traditional product development practices. After the talk and Q&A, there will be a networking reception and everyone will leave with a complimentary copy of the book.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. Facebook’s acquisition of Face.com will enable the social network to embed face recognition software into its photo app.

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Startup Resources

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Social networking. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Great for visualizing work of product development. That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking.

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The 4 Keys to Building Brand Loyalty with Millennials

Up and Running

In Cohn & Wolfe’s study (12,000 people participated from Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States), 69 percent of the participants claim customer relations is more important than the brand’s beliefs and environmental footprint.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

The essence of entrepreneurship is to take the spark of an idea, form a network of people to help fan that spark into a full-blown flame, and then tend to the fire as it sheds light and warmth for your customers. I never know if I will be wearing my marketing hat, my finance hat, my product development hat or my lawyer hat.