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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Part of Snaptu’s 17 engineers that comprise the company will be integrated into the giant social-networking firm’s California headquarters as application developers while others will be kept in Israel in what will become its Israeli R&D center. DELL INAUGURATES ISRAELI R&D CENTER, DOUBLES WORKERS.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

We moved onto a video call whilst watching the same thing, me in Argentina and my dad in London. But rather than being on a public text chat, the user has an option to “form a private room” and invite friends via a social network or a direct link. My dad called me on the phone to watch it together, separated by 13,000 miles.

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Why it’s not easy to break into the Brazilian tech market – a chat with Boo-box’s Marco Gomes

The Next Web

In Brazil, until some years ago, all the Internet content consumption was in big portals. Since the rise of Generation Y (or millennials), we changed the online behavior: we consume content and services from multiple sources, like blogs, social networks and online searches. What works best there?

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

I´ve been hiring free lancers in mexico and argentina and after one month or so they all vanish. We also make sure they have a reliable internet connection for skype conferences. We have utilized most of these aspects at www.chicanedesign.com I would love to hear your feedback on anything else suggested Isaak bonaparte Good article.

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

By 2015, 32% of the population will use a mobile phone to access the internet. Spain, Argentina and Brazil have relatively low levels of venture capital activities ( Invest in Spain confirms this). 4) The concept of networking is new here. Mobile web usage in Spain is high, at 20% of mobile phone users in 2011. source ].

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. That’s it. That’s what we do.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Until recently, most Internet innovation has centered around improvements — big improvements, but incremental ones nonetheless — to existing business models and familiar social structures: Amazon is the ultimate retail destination, Zipcar the ubiquitous rental-car agency; Meetup is a sewing circle on steroids.

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