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Deep Learning is eating the world

One of the biggest phenomena of the past decade was “Software is eating the world”. Today, there is almost no industry which is not run on software and delivered as an online service. This has resulted in new online giants such as Uber, AirBnB, Amazon etc. But now that…

How to Position Your Startup for an Acquisition

Meerkat Madness

The latest obsession in Silicon Valley is an app called Meerkat. For those of you who haven’t been reading tech news or following Twitter feed, Meerkat is an app that makes it really easy to stream live video from your phone to your Twitter followers. Although the app was released just 10 days ago…

The meteoric rise of cloud platforms in 6 images

One of the major trends transforming the technology world is the meteoric growth of the large cloud platforms. Only a decade ago Amazon launched AWS to provide online services for other web sites or client-side application, and by doing so…

Be direct, Sell direct

Israelis are known to be direct, so why not sell that way?

One of the first things I noticed since moving back to Israel is that many of the early stage startups we meet have a similar GTM strategy: Sell via channels or OEMs (in addition to some direct sales)…

Relocating to the US — the dilemma every Israeli entrepreneur faces

Most Israeli startups target the U.S. as their primary market. As an Israeli entrepreneur, your customers, partners, potential acquirers, future investors, and most importantly, your competitors — are mainly based…