Seems like we had a little breather this past week. Markets went up a little, dollar got stronger a little and everything seemed to be going in the right direction. It was also a big week for Israeli startups in the news. Let’s recap the winners and losers of the week: Going up: Nuconomy Web …
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Can Israeli startups really make it big in the US from Tel Aviv? Opinions go both ways, but most Israeli entrepreneurs who made the move will tell you, pack your bags once you have a prototype. R&D in Israel, Biz Dev in US Many Israeli companies reach the same conclusion. You have got to have representation …
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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 …
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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. …
Why are users leaving your site? Why are they leaving full shopping carts and going else where? Is there something wrong with your fonts and Firefox 3 beta 5? Those are questions that many site owners ask themselves daily. Until recently, there were not too many tools available to extract that kind of insight, but …
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I was down in Microsoft’s office in Mountain View again today, attending “The Business of Web Apps: Where the Web Goes to Work” thrown every year by DealMaker Media since 2003. I was part of this year’s selection committee, who chose 32 startups to present their companies in front of a panel of industry experts …
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Nuconomy, an Israeli web analytics startup and one of the most promising companies of the Israel Web Tour, has announced its A round of investment led by WPP Digital, the digital investment arm of WPP Group. The round was raised by Mark Read (Strategy Director) and Jeff Krantz (EVP Strategy and Corp Development) who also joined Nuconomy’s …
After a week packed with meetings, presentations, pitches and networking opportunities, the Israel Web Tour concluded on Friday after a great party at Slide. I believe that sharing is caring, so I thought I’d share with you my notes from the public showcase. First, let’s take a deeper look into the companies that participated in the …
Back in November, I posted a call for Israeli companies to apply to the Israel Web Tour, a week long trip to Silicon Valley organized by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce led by Shuly Galili. 90 companies have applied, and after careful deliberation, the tour’s steering committee has selected the 15 companies that will …
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