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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

“Mark, I’m an Associate Partner. The only person who could carry you on his budget is the lead partner, Cory Van Wolvelaere.&#. He was American who had married a woman from Ireland and they had relocated to the South of France to set up an Internet practice servicing all of the European Andersen Consulting offices.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. We had a lovely time in Northern Ireland. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts).

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

This includes: Softbank Vision Fund – the with the appointment of former head of Mossad, Yossi Cohen , as partner Blackstone – with $619 billion under management globally. Insight Partners – Insight manages more than $30 billion and was the most active fund in Israel in 2021 (with 46 rounds).

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. taxes are a company’s biggest worry, it might think about incorporating in the Cayman Islands or Ireland. John Vrionis ( @jvrionis ) is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who focuses primarily on early stage enterprise and consumer technology investments.

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Experts share tips for mission-driven organizations on DE&I

Board Effect

By making DE&I central to our mission, values, and daily operations, we not only enrich our own organizations but also contribute to building a more just, equitable, and inclusive society.” — Patrick Downes, Partner, Governance Ireland Inclusivity equals effectiveness and innovation. “DE&I

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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9 Case Studies That’ll Help You Reduce SaaS Churn

ConversionXL

How Telefonica Ireland Uses Business Intelligence To Reduce Churn. Before 2007, O2 Ireland, part of Telefonica Europe , had a ton of disparate data and very little insight as to what it all meant. Yet in the business of pre-paid SIM cards, it can be hard to know which customers to focus retention efforts on.

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