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Israeli Tech Scene Shows Glimmers of Recovery in Q1 2024

VC Cafe

First came the stock market slump, which affected late stage funding, then came the VC pull down (2023 was one of the lowest points for global VC deployment) and it was made even worse following the judicial reform (which was scraped) that gave some foreign investors cold feet.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

One key difference: unlike HP, which had restricted stock ownership to the founders and top management, Perry made sure everyone at ESL had stock. HP had an ethical culture, entrepreneurial spirit, and deep Stanford engineering department connections. There were no venture investors. The “customers’” contracts funded the company.

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Weekly #FIRGUN Newsletter – December 13 2024

VC Cafe

Finally, the Israeli stock market outperforms global peers despite war, surging 27% in 2024. source: Felicis ) Europes top 50 SME Vertical SaaS scale-ups according to Eight Roads ( source ) The Prosumer top 50 startups, according to German VC fund Headline includes 3 Israeli startups! Truly inspiring.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. The estimated annual GMV of GOAT and its leading competitor Stock X is already over $1B per year (on a combined basis). SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES.

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Measuring Market Penetration with Brand Tracking (+ Metrics & Examples)

ConversionXL

They tick all three boxes in the “brand mass” department: They have a strong reputation in the market (as evidenced by continuous stock price growth) They’re incredibly relevant (there has never been a time where renewable energy was more important) They’re a giant in their industry, owning more than 80% market share. Take Tesla.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. Thanks to Lisa Tadewaldt, Urban Forest Pro ! #11-

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Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He's the founder and chairman of the board of global partner marketing agency, acceleration partners. I, I think about it like stocks, right? So the large global companies that have figured out how to do that.