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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors. billion deal to Disney.

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The Anti zoom

VC Cafe

billion dollar valuation and has raised 170 million dollars in total merely eight months after its launch — making the British company arguably the fastest-growing startup in Europe. Vertically-focused startups design products to better meet the needs of particular user segments. Here’s his full list of Verticalization of Zoom ).

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

And while the Soviets are fighting the Germans in massive land battles in eastern Europe, until the allies invade Western Europe in June 1944, the only way the U.S. Bear with me as this history takes you from the skies of Europe to Fred Terman.) And they got it coming and going to the target.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4

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7 Initiatives To Streamline and Focus Your Company

Startup Professionals Musings

They bring over 25 years of experience in alignment strategy deployment for large and small organizations across Europe and North America. Improve reporting structure support (vertical alignment). They summarize alignment as an embodiment of seven initiatives, as follows: Define a unified focus and direction, shared by all.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

On a rainy day in Providence we tracked Andy down just as he was leaving for a trip to Europe. We told Andy we’d talk further when he got back from Europe. The VP of Sales and I flew to Providence to convince Andy van Dam at Brown to join our company, or at a minimum lead our advisory board. We’re building a supercomputer.”

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Twitter Link Roundup #133 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Interesting vertical farm concept coming together in an old Chicago meatpacking plant – [link]. Racism and Soccer Are in Play at a Big Event in East Europe - [link]. Why Jcpenney’s Strategy Backfired - [link]. iOS app success is a “lottery”: 60% (or more) of developers don’t break even - [link].