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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. Small businesses are grocery stores, hairdressers, consultants, travel agents, Internet commerce storefronts, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc. Most are barely profitable.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. Israel’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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Israeli Government Reveals High Tech “Bail Out” Plan to Boost the Technology Sector

VC Cafe

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The proposal will enable investors in startups to receive tax write-offs on investments for high-tech companies who spend at least 70% of their salaries in Israel. Tax incentives for investors in early stage Israeli high-tech companies.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Web Design/Tech Services. Computer And Internet. Comcast Corp.,

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

We work with non-profits, for-profits, US Government, and international organizations, to identify the underlying goals, the users needs and abilities, and put together an appropriate technology solution to meet the requirements. Codal is a full-service UX design and development agency, based out of Chicago. 11 – Lesson Learned.

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Thoughts from the Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 in Brussels

VC Cafe

Last week I participated in the EU’s Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 (“DAA12″), a speaker in the plenary session titled: “Delivering Internet-based innovation as a way out of the crisis: the role of Horizon 2020″ and as a participant in the workshop on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Want to get involved?

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The Top 15 Business Trends to Avoid for 2018

Mike Michalowicz

There are many web templates available on the market today that make this task easy for most designers. People rarely buy something off the internet unless it’s a trusted and convenient source (such as Amazon) or they have a relationship with the product (such as an ebook that an acquaintance wrote). Avoid National Expansion.

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