VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As I recently shared in my post on the 32 Israeli Centaurs , the rare breed of SaaS companies that reached $100 million in ARR, there are now over 1,000 unicorns globally. Eynat Guez, founder and CEO of Papaya Global. Guy Kawasaki, author. Respect them, learn from them and always appreciate competitors who are good people.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. However, global businesses evaluate a variety of considerations before expanding their operations into a new market. Emerging Markets As The Pocket Full Of Potential.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Although it’s tempting to blame it all on the coronavirus situation and its formidable ripples, the pandemic only accelerated the processes of globalization and digitization that have been underway for decades. Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. The world of work is transforming.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2012

Taking top spot in the Software Design category is quadSquad from Ukraine, winning US$25,000 with its set of custom-designed sensory gloves and a smartphone application called ‘Enable Talk’ that allows the deaf to communicate verbally by translating sign languages into speech. . First Place: quadSquad (Ukraine).

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Truly a global solution, Wrike is available in 10 languages (English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish). It later opened offices in Dublin, Ireland, Kiev, Ukraine, and St Petersburg, Russia. Wrike seamlessly integrates with software such as Google Drive and Dropbox.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. .

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. Jan Koum, one of WhatsApp’s founders, immigrated to the US from Communist Ukraine as a teenager. He worked at Yahoo, where he met his co-founder.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Vladimir Lempert CEO and founder of Spetztekhosnastka, or “STO”, a plastics design and manufacturing company headquartered in Dniprodzerzhins'k (about 200 miles Southeast of Kiev), in the Ukraine.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 17, 2022

Innovation is a driver of many businesses globally. Since her divorce, she has given away $12+ billion to >1000 organizations focused on gender equality, racial justice, public health, Ukraine, and more. In the competitive business world, you have to innovate ideas on how your business should run.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2022

The unspeakable violence and aggression that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine and its people is the first all out “hot war” invasion in Europe since WWII. Fallout is being felt across the global economy, roiling markets and causing many investors to seek relative shelter amidst the volatility.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

My first role was in sales and the buyers on the platform absolutely loved the access to global freelancers, the low hourly rates, and the full transparency and flexibility in the system. Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks.

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2016

At the moment of writing, Seed-DB, a global database of seed stage accelerators, listed 235 programs (both active and defunct) that 5,688 startups had gone through. It’s hard to get the exact data on how many startup acceleration programs are being launched every year, but it’s definitely a lot.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine. From then on, every harvest he’d pack into the bike and trek over 40 miles away to Melbourne to sell. In the morning he’d leave with a full basket and then come back with an empty one. 14- Polaroid. 24- Jan Koum.

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Board Effect

APRIL 7, 2020

In considering a total risk management plan, boards, senior executives, and risk management teams need to be aware that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the current global crisis for their own benefit by using terms related to the crisis to commit cybercrimes. Underground forms are flooded with the same types of conversations.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 3, 2022

To compound matters even more, boards must also deal with the impact of global problems such as the war in Ukraine, inflation, and a looming recession. Students will benefit from global influences and local influences so they can see the needs in the world more genuinely.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine).

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Transformify

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

While the majority of our company works from our offices (in NYC or Ukraine), we have a few remote workers at Chanty. Hiring developers in NYC is extremely expensive and in Ukraine, we had struggles finding great writers. Hiring developers in NYC is extremely expensive and in Ukraine, we had struggles finding great writers.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

#10- Funding scholarships Photo Credit: Samuel Leach CSR has always been an aspect of Samuel and Co Trading, and we are always keeping an eye on social issues both globally and locally. For example, in April of 2022, we donated 10 tonnes of aid to Ukraine.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

With that goal in mind, I recently experimented with two voice synthesis technologies: Vall-E , from Microsoft and Respeecher , a Ukraine-based startup. Think of how a startup like Sanas thoughtfully offers to help with global translation. I had found my test case. It’s not hard to see more broadly promising uses for such capabilities.

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Diego Basch

MAY 25, 2012

It’s like asking “are we in Ukraine?” Are you in Ukraine by any chance? ?????? Of course the global economy could collapse, in which case we’re all screwed (that reminds me: I need to stash some canned tuna, fresh water, and zombie repellent in the basement). no, I’m in the US.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2018

It combined the thrill of problem solving for some of top global companies with the even bigger thrill of always being part of a high performing team that tackled those problems shoulder to shoulder. Dr. Oksana Malysheva was born and raised in Soviet Union, Ukraine. My next chapter was with McKinsey in New York.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

Grexit, Russia/Ukraine and terrorism spring to mind as recent examples. So for me the only significant negative indicator has been sentiment, but given that there is little actual change I expect people will soon realise that their fears are overdone and return to business as usual.

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www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Global Economics. Globally, sales of voice recognition software for wireless devices should reach $21.3 Ukraine Tries to Sober Up Its Bears for Euro Soccer. Ukraine Tries to Sober Up Its Bears for Euro Soccer. Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Bloomberg Sports. Enterprise Products. Compliance Solutions. Data Solutions.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

All of this is in addition to the macro challenges that Israeli startups had to deal with in 2023 even before October 7th, including international investor unease due to the proposed judicial reform (that has since been taken off the table), Ukraine war, global venture slowdown ( US VC investments were down 60% in 2023 ), etc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2023

Wealth and Ownership Amid A Shifting Global Financial Order written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Carol Roth In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Carol Roth. And that's the shifting of the global financial order. So that's one piece.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Exact dates for all events arent yet pinned down, but heres what Im working on so far: October 28 for a TBA event in Paris, November 2-7 for a series of events in Malmo, Sweden including Øredev , and ending with a workshop at the Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business and Economics at the University of Oulu.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 16, 2010

Let’s not forget, there’s nothing stopping an entrepreneur from the Philippines also hiring cheap labor from the Philippines (or India, or the Ukraine, etc) and reaping huge profits selling in American dollars on the Internet to a global audience, including Americans. Deal’n with issues.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2022

Globalization goes in reverse. Globalization is going in reverse for the first time in 3 decades. At a company level, global supply chains made it possible to source and build products faster and cheaper with a “just in time” model. But the tide of globalization is starting to ebb.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Mearsheimer, “ Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin ” Foreign Affairs , 2014. Weiss, “ New Tools, Old Tricks: Emerging Technologies and Russia’s Global Tool Kit ” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2021. Fall of the USSR. Russian Geopolitics & Foreign Policy.

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VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2022

Rising inflation and interest rate hikes, growth in debt to GDP ration, the war in the Ukraine (and global instability), increases in prices of energy, changing consumer habits to a post Covid-19, supply chain issues, etc, might be all contributing factors to the stock market (and tech in particular) declines.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 3, 2022

Think pandemics, political upheavals (the Trump presidency, Brexit, and so forth), geopolitical shifts (the continued rise of China, war in Ukraine), and environmental crises (fires, floods, droughts). These challenges that test our adaptability and resilience aren’t outliers. They’re the new normal.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Founder of JackCards.com. Senior (Health) Benefits Consultant. Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Founder of JackCards.com. Senior (Health) Benefits Consultant. Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

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