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Why Leadership Requires a Conscience: The Shift CEOs Can’t Ignore

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! He's currently the Associate General Counsel for Strategic Transactions and Mergers and Acquisitions at Meta Platforms Inc. Why don't you step into Wix studio to see more AI might be the most important new computer technology ever. 01:04): So Andrew, welcome to the show.

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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – July 25 2025

VC Cafe

I dove deeper on what this means for Israel and for smaller funds like Remagine Ventures in “ The Great VC Compression “ In the wider tech world, OpenAI said GPT-5 will launch in August. Kudos Itai Hayut and team Scopio Labs on your $10M Series D extension to advance your automated blood morphology technology!

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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – July 18 2025

VC Cafe

Highlights from H1 2025 in Israeli tech and venture: $9.3B In the wider tech world, It’s been a week of rapid-fire AI innovation and eye-popping valuations. and team Hourly on the merger with weSure valuing the combined company at $53M! A $550B tech-driven economy. in private funding, up 54% from Q4 2024, $39.2B

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magicpin – a story of innovation and growth

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He had heard of the app and immediately signed up after being assured that the company would diligently respond whenever he had issues. The newly elected Narendra Modi-led government had pr omised to cut red tape, welcome foreign investment and create a supportive environment for technology companies.

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Merger and Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist

The Startup Magazine

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, taking due diligence takes center stage. Without proper due diligence, you might find yourself in a serious financial mess. On these lines, this guide is going to take you through the Prolifogy Mergers & Acquisitions Checklist and how to take due diligence.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

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Beware of Premature Merge Elation

Both Sides of the Table

I’m doing due diligence on a company of another entrepreneur in LA whose company was apparently doing very well. I lived through the era of companies doing premature mergers. That’s why immature teams spend so much time on mergers. A merger is not the panacea. Me: “Zero dilution.