A new report by IVC Research Center and law firm Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal found that 99 Israeli high tech exits reached $6.94 billion in 2014 up 5 percent from $6.59 billion of 2013 (90 exits). The IPO activity in 2014 reached a 10 year peak, to $2.1 billion. 18 companies sold in the range of $100 million to $500 million, compared to 12 in 2013 and the M&A equity ratio is up sharply.
In his guest post, Levi Shapiro examines the validity of Snapchat as an advertising platform and the successful campaigns brands were already able to use on the product to reach millennials.
This is the story of Techbikers. When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Techies, community and charity, coming together for a higher purpose.
Lessons from David Truong on how to nail the first business development meeting for startups. If you're not finishing the meeting super excited for the next steps, you're doing something wrong.
Whether you're a startup founder, angel investor or VC, you've probably had the need to quickly understand an industry. Dissect the supply and value chain, understand how money flows and what companies are playing in each category. Wouldn't it be great if you could quickly understand what's going in mobile gaming, SaaS, marketplaces, etc?
In a survey released this week by Google and BCG, among the 11 countries surveyed, Israelis ascribed the most value to their online media. The value that Israeli consumers attach to online media suggests that business models will need to rapidly adapt to this new environment.
As developers grow increasingly desperate for monetization, Amazon (which runs its own app store in 200 countries) identified success factors of the Top 50 applications.
Games are the new frontier in education bringing players an array of brain exercise: test your recall, help you practice a skill, give you feedback on how well you're progressing, and much more besides.
There are a lot of decisions to make when launching a new product. Ultimately, your audience knows best what they like, but you rarely have a chance to get their real feedback before you put something out there. This is why I recently fell in love with ProductHunt (PH).
How to get the first users to your startup and spread the word using growth hacking techniques.
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