Month: September 2012
10 posts
Dr. Stephen Woo, President of Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions, on Innovation
“Samsung semiconductor is not fighting against Apple”, says Dr. Stephen Woo, President of Samsung Electronics Device Solutions. “We innovate by maintaining the start-up spirit”. Dr. Woo discussed Samsung’s approach to innovation last week at the HTIA Conference in Jerusalem and will make a similar keynote at CES
Invest in Israel Newsletter – September 2012 Edition
As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. Large US tech companies continue to open innovation and R&D centers in Israel - Apple with the acquisition of Anobit, eBay with the acquisition of the Gifts Project, Yahoo who bought Dapper and so on... See the headlines below.
Date-less at the prom: the challenges and solutions for a founder with no CTO [guest post]
* Guest post by Elinor Kalina So you thought of a brilliant idea, ran a quick market analysis…
Allen Lew, CEO, Group Digital life at SingTel: “Let Someone Else Be the Dumb, Fat, Pipe”
SingTel is the world’s second largest wireless group, owning all or part of 8 APAC wireless carriers and 462 million subscribers. In April, the company restructured into three business units- Consumer, ICT and Digital- naming Allen Lew to transform SingTel into a multimedia market leader. At the HTIA conference in Jerusalem last week, Allen discussed reinvention, Asian markets and areas of strategic opportunity.
HTIA 2012 – 18 startups present in Israeli accelerators demo day
During HTIA 2012, for the first time ever, 18 startups from three of Israel's all-star startup accelerators (DreamIt, The Junction and Microsoft Accelerator) gave five minute pitches to a full house of technology enthusiasts and the like.
HTIA 2012 – The Current VC Vibe in Israel
On a macro level, VC funding for the most part hasn’t really changed. We’ve seen some pretty good years recently, with VC funding in Israel reaching an all-time high in 2011 at a record $2.2 billion in VC investment. While overall this is quite impressive, only 24% of VC investment in Israel actually came from Israeli VCs.
HTIA 2012 – Israeli Innovation at its Finest
International visitors at the HTIA 2012 conference got much more than what they came for. It wasn’t just your typical roundtable sessions and panel discussions – it was a showcase of some of the finest innovation and human ingenuity in the world, and enough to inspire the entrepreneur in all of us.
HTML5: Will It Ever Live Up To The Hype?
HTML5 is the latest iteration of the standard used by web programmers and developers. When completed in 2014, it will enable developers to write-once-run-anywhere (WORA) for consistent, cross-platform experiences across all operating systems and browsers. Unfortunately, HTML5 will first have to surmount some daunting technical and commercial challenges.
Introduction to Growth Hacking for Startups
The term "Growth Hacking", invented by Sean Ellis, and made popular by Andrew Chen, a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines - marketing and coding. Learn the principles of Growth Hacking and how they apply to your startup - to avoid the Trough of Sorrow!
Invest in Israel Newsletter – August 2012 Edition
As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here