VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. This post by Rex Woodbury of Index Ventures has some interesting insights for consumer businesses on this topic.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll likely organize a Harvard Business School Angels of NY event on this topic in 2012. - Studying best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Israel went up one spot from last year in the latest report, ranking 29 among the 183 countries included in the study. The data summary page for Israel shows that on one hand, Israel has improved by one point in some categories like dealing with construction permits , trading across borders and closing a business.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Speaking to an audience of university students, there was no doubt in my mind that this is a topic where the students have a keen interest :-) Infrastructure, cloud, models and application layers ChatGPT is a very powerful tool, but is only one of 600+ generative AI tools out there.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2021

I also wanted to create a publication that covered Israeli startups, in English, and put a spotlight on the wonderfully diverse tech ecosystem in Israel at a time when most of the news about Israel were negative and related to the conflict. One of the early VC Cafe posts, image taken from Wayback Machine.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2022

While I create a lot of content, I’ve never used a ghostwriter.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. One topic Fred has been writing about for many years is the geographic diversity at his firm, USV.

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OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

I’m on Tim’s email list, and with his permission, I’m reprinting something he wrote in his newsletter this month on the topic of CEO engagement in politics and current events. Startup CEOs feel pressure to speak up on news events: Black Lives Matter, Abortion, LBGTQ+ rights, the conflict in Israel/Palestine, Trump vs. Biden.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 15, 2015

You can still make a bad kosher wine, but you can also make an extraordinary wine in Israel that happens to be kosher. Adult Education israel kosher wine wine' For more on the rituals associated with making kosher wine, click here.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

Anecdotally, when I first installed the app I struggled to find colleagues from Israel or the UK, but that’s now changing rapidly. The Bad: Audio Spam – user etiquette is still not clear and some people misuse the platform to push their services when they get the mic, regardless of the topic of the conversation.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I needed someone who was all in with me in Israel and wanted them to be the opposite of what I had with Mike at Blaze – I wanted someone who’d drive the technology while I could evolve as a CEO and build out the go-to-market strategy. I visited Israel and, after a bunch of meals together, they decided to join.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

It reminds me of the old saying on the topic. In a way I think this is part of the magic of Israel. I love people who have been put to the test – whether by market forces or even by their own stupid mistakes – and come back stronger. But markets don’t generally love failure. I’m not sure.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Israel Minister: No Change to Egypt Deal Israels foreign minister said Israel would not agree to re-evaluate its peace deal with Egypt. Topics: 85. Topics: 4. Topics: 12. Replay the event.

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Based in Israel, Outbrain has been around since 2006 solely focuses on solving the content discovery problem for publishers. This is where a user would click on an ad, and enter their corporate contact information to receive a free whitepaper about a topic they’d like to learn about. Outbrain. . .

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

This content is not just informative but is written by experts who bring years of experience and depth of understanding to the topics. Remagine Ventures specialises in pre-seed and seed investments at the nexus of AI and interactive media and entertainment in Israel and the UK. appeared first on VC Cafe.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I had a bunch of topics teed up now that I’m back in LA after 2 weeks of constant travel. I felt excited to write because it’s a cathartic outlet for me and saves me from doing email. But no words would come out this weekend. After watching the terrorist activities in Beirut and Paris and blog post seemed trite.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 20, 2012

Hot topics. So youve got the inside scoop on a story or topic that weve covered? Flame Malware ‘Created By US And Israel To Fight Iran’ Reports Claim. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Disrupt SF. Startup Battlefield. Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. Solarplant : As CEO of Doosan Group, Yongmaan Park discusses nuclear power and related topics as @Solarplant. Michels : Oren Michels, CEO of Mashery, offers insight into API management, services, and more.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2018

I’ve already got a running list of seven more topics (and growing quickly) that I plan to write about as soon as I can but for now?—?for I learn a lot about America, Israel, and DC at AIPAC and we are proud supporters of the organization at Hurt Family Investments. for my first post in a long time?—?I Third, I seek out mentors?—?lots

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Last year, about 150 groups participated, including sites in Buenos Aires; Prague; Copenhagen; Tallinn, Estonia; Guadalajara; Warsaw; Bucharest; Kiev; Ljubljana, Slovenia;Wollongong, Australia; Uruguay; France; Germany; India; Israel; Italy; and The Netherlands. These simulcasts are important community-building opportunities.

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David Teten

MAY 3, 2019

I have presented at universities including Columbia Business School, UC Berkeley Haas, National University of Singapore, New York University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology MBA Program, Wharton School, and Yale School of Management. Partner with students to execute research on topics of mutual interest.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2011

Israel has the highest number of startups per capita, and the highest amount of VC investments per capita in the world ($142!). Whether you are working on startup in Israel or abroad, investing in startups as a VC or ab angel, or just a super talented student in the dorm – VC Cafe is interested!

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

” Yet, this topic has become increasingly interesting in a world where tech startups are mainstream, Shark Tank is popular nationwide, where Y Combinator has opened Demo Day to more and more investors, where new funds sprout up every year, more and more. .” It’s great that all this knowledge has made its way online.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I also was fortunate to gain a lot of insight on this topic from Don Charlton, Founder/CEO, TheResumator *, a ffVC portfolio company. When I was running an Israel-based company in 1999-2001, my location was a significant barrier. I used events as a vehicle to connect efficiently with investors when traveling outside of Israel.

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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

As much as being a woman has some professional implications, I don’t think it’s the topic you should focus too much energy on when building a business. A good rule of thumb to follow: building a business is what you should focus on when building a business. Some of them worked, some of them failed.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Without getting too deep into the subject, here’s an interesting chart from an article on this topic in Israel’s Calcalist : “] Serial entrepreneurs in VC portfolios [source: Harvard Business Review 2008 Judging by the largest exists in Israel in 2010 (5min,Attenti, Eyeblaster, Convergin, Ioimage and Storwize) where serial entrepreneurs (..)

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

This was a really fun episode for me because Mo is informed and knowledgeable on so many topics and being a Boston / NYC VC it gave us so much to talk about relative to just covering California VCs. I think you’ll enjoy this TWiVC video because the topics were so wide ranging. We discussed NY vs. Silicon Valley and NY vs. Boston.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wanted to get the conversation going in the comments section around each topic because I think as much value comes from the comments section as comes from the original post (as I noted in this post: Comments are the New Black ). He sent me the schedule and I was to speak on the second day in an afternoon session in a break-out room.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

B.NewYork City is currently planning a research study to dive into a number of topics related to the nexus of international startups and NY, including job growth both in NYC and the European cities where companies originate.” An increasing number of Israeli companies are now building their US presence in NY.

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David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

Partner with students to execute research on topics of mutual interest. My colleagues and I have presented at universities including Columbia Business School, UC Berkeley Haas, National University of Singapore, New York University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology MBA Program, Wharton School, and Yale School of Management.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

So all their engineering is now based in Israel At that time they discontinued all the good SMB solutions. Are there experts on this topic? And Human click ended up getting bought by live person and taking and becoming the technical backend for everything the live person has done. Like are folks available?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Capital On Stage – an invitation-only conference about funding that runs annual events in the US, Israel, South-East Asia, and Europe since 2011– is tackling this issue. I wrote last year about their unconventional format that allows venture capitalists to pitch themselves to growth-stage startup founders in under 5 minutes.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Chicago-based InterCall buys Unisfair , Israel’s virtual conference tool, for $35 million. AnybodyOutThere is a chat platform which helps users find the right people to talk with about what interests them – the user types a question or topic and the system matches him/her with other people who want to talk about the subject.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

But to be clear, I think it's important for people to understand, you're not an epidemiologist and you were not working on masks or quarantine and pandemic related topics, I mean, even as recently as a few months ago. I use the API to find interesting topics and accounts and kind of go out from there to find a range of perspectives.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I hope benefit the Southern California technology ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

As was Shel Israel. These topics all feature in the book. Om Malik was also on the panel. In retrospect it was quite an established, senior and worldly panel. I don’t profess to have all the answers or to always be right. But I do make sure that I have a broad horizon from which to make decisions.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio. On the topic of business models, Spencer proposed building traffic and then selling the company, which I pushed back on. You can also use my blog to brainstorm.

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