“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly” – Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises When ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022, it was mostly treated as a gimmick. Fast forward 3 years and…
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Agentic AI represents the next frontier in automated intelligence. Unlike traditional RPA (robotic process automation) or traditional GenAI, designed to answer a single prompt, Agentic AI can perform complex, multi-step tasks and automate entire workflows, making decisions across different systems.…
Startup founders are passionate about their product. They can recite the feature list, technical specifications, and future roadmap backward and forward. Yet, when it comes to early-stage sales, founders often fall into a trap: mistaking product enthusiasm for selling expertise.…
You’ve just wrapped up a pitch meeting with a top-tier VC firm. You nailed the deck, the demo went flawlessly, and you left feeling a buzz of optimism. A week goes by, then two. Finally, an email lands in your…
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This past couple of weeks I was lucky to be surrounded by the Israeli tech ecosystem leaders. Whether it was at the excellent Jefferies Tech Trek in Tel Aviv, which brought together leading US and Israeli investors and founders or…
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As a pre-seed VC partner, I’ve watched hundreds of founders struggle with the same fundamental challenge: how do you validate a startup idea without burning through months of time and precious resources? The old playbook of surveys, focus groups, and…
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