Bitesize Monday: Post Fourth Israel Headlines Roundup
The fourth of July came and gone as quickly as the fireworks show. Unfortunately, San Francisco was too foggy to see anything. Speaking of visibility, I put together a short list of recommended reads to kick off the week on the right foot:
Entrepreneurship 101:
One-person companies are earning upward of $1 million in revenue annually. How [...]
Rumoured: Israel’s PLY Media Raised $6 Mil in Series A
Techcrunch reports that PLY Media, an Israeli startup based in Palo Alto and Israel, has raised a first round of $6 million, led by Greylock Partners and Elron Electronic Industries, an Israeli holding company with a portfolio of over 20 Israeli startups.
According to the announcement, the deal has already been disclosed by Elron back in [...]
Sponsor Love: Launching a Web Startup? Apply for DEMO Germany
Why launch your tech innovation at DEMO Germany?
After 18 successful years in the US, DEMO was launched in Europe in 2007 … And 9 out of the 20 selected Demonstrators were from Israel! Put simply, if you’re in Europe or the Middle East, there is no better place to launch new technology or a product [...]
TWS2008 Crowns The 10 Most Promising Israeli Internet Startups
If you are running an internet startup in the US, chances are that you have been nominated or chosen for some kind of award in a startup competition in the past year. The same goes for Israel, but it happens less often and usually with limited visibilty from abroad.
Yaron Orenstein, fouder of the.co.ils (Hebrew only), [...]
LinkedIn Quietly Works To Boost Monetization
Back in January, LinkedIn had raised $12.8 million from Bessemer and European Founders Fund (EFF) based on a valuation of $250 million. Last month LinkedIn announced its $53 million round led by Bain Capital, based on a $1 billion valuation. At the time many prominent blogs raised their virtual eyebrows by the high price. From [...]
VC Cafe on VatorTV: Are Pageviews Dead?
The space of online analytics is being transformed these days. Page views are quickly becoming the currency of the past while the importance of user engagement arises. But what exactly is engagement?
Join me, for a conversation with Shahar Nechmad, CEO of Nuconomy, a fast-growing Web 2.0 analytics company based in San Francisco and Israel. Shahar [...]
Sponsor Love: AdMob Mobile Analytics Explained
The AdMob Mobile Analytics tour is underway. Now, you have a chance to see the range of features built into the first version of the product straight from Admob’s CEO, Omar Hamoui.
In the below video, Omar describes how the insights from Admob’s mobile analytic platform can help you make data-driven decisions for your [...]

