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AlmaLinks Johannesburg – Netcare Ltd

January 29, 2017AlmaLinksEvents Johannesburg, Johannesburg Chapter, Member Blogs, Members News, News

  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…

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Amit Karp: The meteoric rise of cloud platforms in 6 images

December 20, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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Amit Karp: Don’t let your first large customer kill your startup

October 12, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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Amit Karp: The startup’s version of “Beat and Raise”

September 20, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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,…

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Ohad Shperling: Personalization 2.0: How the best online retailers are winning with personalization

September 18, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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Lou Kerner: The Rise of Flight VC Continues with The Help of Two Unicorn Exits

September 5, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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Amit Karp: Can revenue reduce your startup’s value?

August 24, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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David Teten: 18 Ways to Make Your Financial Model Stand Out to Investors

August 16, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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Amit Karp: What makes (Israeli) startups succeed?

July 28, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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Lou Kerner: CliffNotes of The World Economics Forum’s 2016 Global Technology Report

July 10, 2016AlmaLinksMember Blogs, Members News

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…

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