Motty Sacks hosted our last event at the Nedcare Group Boardroom – the Group he founded. Netcare Limited is the largest private hospital network in South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK). To say it was one of the…
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…
Being a CEO of an early stage startup is tough. You have to find a way to efficiently reach customers and convince them buy your product. At the same time, you are continuously tweaking the product, battling to prove product-market…
One of the best ways for a public company to increase its share price is by beating quarterly earnings estimates and raising full year guidance. This is what is routinely referred to as the “beat and raise.” In simple English,…
In today’s online retail environment, it is hard to overemphasize the importance of personalization as a means to improving shopper experience, which in turn helps increase customer lifetime value. When done right, personalization creates a user-centric experience, leading to more…
In March, 2015, I joined Flight VC as Manager of the Israeli Founders Syndicate, the 15th syndicate in the stable of Flight VC’s federation of AngelList syndicates headed by Gil Penchina and Shawn Merani. By September, I was so impressed…
Deciding when to raise money and how much to raise are among the most crucial decisions a startup CEO makes. The “textbook answer” for the questions above is to raise enough capital for the company to achieve an accretive milestone. After…
The median investor looking at your proposal is in her 40s. Her eyes are going, not to mention her brain. I look at a lot of spreadsheets and analytic reports, and way too many are difficult to read and therefore…
It has been a good year so far for our Israeli-based portfolio companies with four exits totaling more than $1.2 Billion. Early this year, Altair was acquired by Sony Semiconductor for $212M, which was the first acquisition ever for the…
Earlier this week, the World Economics Forum released it’s annual Global Technology Report, which among other things, ranks 139 nations in the world on “Network Readiness”, which measures the capacity of countries to leverage technologies for increased competitiveness and well-being…
