Richard St. John found personal success as the founder of the St. John Group, his marketing company that made millions representing clients such as Nortel and Blackberry. But he wanted to answer a simple question Why me? Entrepreneurs might find this short clip handy. It will remind you what it takes to make it big. …
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General winter is here in San Francisco, and I felt his impact well this week as I battled the flue in bed. Due to a short break, some of this week’s top headlines didn’t make it to the front page of VC Cafe. So, thank you for your patience and enjoy the bitesize newsbrief below. …
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Kudos to iMedix for winning the Crunchies award for Best New Startup at Herbst theater San Francisco . iMedix has beaten some impressive contenders in the process: Hulu, Tumblr, Joost and Ribbit. I fist wrote about iMedix in December, when they officially launched WebMd on steroids. iMeidx was founded by Amir Leitersdorf and Iri Amirav …
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The Israeli market received a great deal of media coverage in 2007. Some journalists lamented on the momentum and promise of the Israeli start up world; some sell-side analysts “shorted” the strength of the economy for a myriad of factors. Regardless of where you stand, its helpful to know who is saying what about the …
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Colorado Life Science Deal Flow and Seth Levine of the Foundry Group wrote a couple of great posts on the CEO review process. I clipped the posts for my own records, but thought VC Café readers – entrepreneurs and investors alike – could benefit from a checklist like this, as they plan their activities for …
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In a classic MacWorld speaker move, Steve Jobs (aka “his jobness”) announced Apple’s latest invention this week in San Francisco.As you probably heard, the new beauty is called Macbook Air, the world’s thinnest laptop, weighing only 3 pounds and packed with cool features. The web showed its love with over 39,000 blog posts and 12,000 …
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Following Microsoft and Google, Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) is officially coming to Israel – with a bang. The search engine’s penetration plan has two fronts: opening an R&D center in Haifa and entering the content business through an agreement with Walla! (TASE:WALA), the second largest Israeli portal: offering news & entertainment content, email services and search, making …
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The US/Israel Venture Summit 2008 is on again, meeting for its third installment. Organized by YoungStartup Ventures, the summit is a one day event on March 25th in New York city, featuring VC and entrepreneur panel discussions, live company presentations, interactive workshops and great networking opportunities. To quote the organizers: Whether you are an investor …
The Israel Web Tour is less than a month away and it’s already making headlines. Michael Arrington posted about the fifteen Israeli companies chosen to tour Silicon Valley (covered on VC Cafe), and sparked a debate in the comments section. TechCrunch’s short post sparked a political debate spanning across 59 comments, questioning the right of …
On March 20 2008, three hundred and fifty people will meet at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA for the 10th installment of Under the Radar, a one-day event, featuring 32 emerging startups. Under the Radar is organized by Deal Maker Media and its considered as one of most respected and attended Silicon Valley …
