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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

Genuine VC

A Red Hook IPA didn’t taste like a Sam Adams Lager or the Belgium-style ale at your local brewpub – all of which were very different than a Bud Light. The elite top-tier firms have a sustainable competitive advantage with both entrepreneurs (and LPs alike) given brand, a vast network, and self-reinforcing success.

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Why So Many Small Emerging Managers Don’t Use Placement Agents

David Teten

Although not a placement agent charged with raising the money, this person was an important and critical member of the team and was a key factor in helping us to keep track of where we had been and where we were going – ‘If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium.’ ”. We’ve been much more successful in pitching old rather than new relationships.

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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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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

The Entrepreneur Week European kickoff was originally slated to be held in Belgium, but Whitehill was “intrigued that something so unstable [could present] the right time, right place and right opportunity to make entrepreneurship a pillar of solving the problem.”. Many nations “are light years behind” the U.S., Partnerships. Proficiency.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

The Entrepreneur Week European kickoff was originally slated to be held in Belgium, but Whitehill was “intrigued that something so unstable [could present] the right time, right place and right opportunity to make entrepreneurship a pillar of solving the problem.” Many nations “are light years behind” the U.S., These attitudes are widespread.