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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

To find out what people are complaining about, read forums, turn to your social media accounts, and read reviews. According to a study conducted by seed accelerator Blackbox, many tech startups failed because they focused on their product rather than their potential customers. What do your friends want?

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” BCG (June 2018): “Startups founded and cofounded by women actually performed better over time, generating 10% more in cumulative revenue over a five-year period: $730,000 compared with $662,000.”. All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. of the world’s population — has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country in the world save the United States and China. Here's what the data say about Israeli startups: They’re Israeli-run but with global footprints.