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entreprenewer
13y ago
VC money has dropped as the predominance of super-angels has arisen. Read: Series A Crunch. Israel still has a strong hold on spot #2 in terms of talented workforce, number of exits, number of companies started, overall access to capital, e
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13y ago
The whole point of the article was really to illustrate that I just wanted to be a happy fish, whether or not I'm big or small.
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13y ago
It is hard to immigrate to Israel, that's the consequence of a democracy that must for survival's sake remain Jewish in majority. There's an easy solution, though. Marry an Israeli. He or she doesn't have to be Jewish, e
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13y ago
I should also mention that the editors of the article cut what I felt was an important part - how I fell in love with the country, found that my social and family life was better here (In Israel), and how it was all about personal reasons f
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13y ago
I couldn't agree more. I have friends at McKinsey London who are working 8AM-11PM every night, and I have friends at McKinsey Amsterdam who work 9AM-6PM. Different places have different cultures. I'm not going to go so far as to s
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13y ago
I realized I didn't really answer your question. I went to learn how to turn small companies into big companies, to learn business fundamentals like finance and accounting that are so often overlooked, and to get some of the managerial
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13y ago
Sorry about that, the editors cut a lot of explanation because the article was too long. There's more info about me at http://jle.vi if you're interested.
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13y ago
INSEAD Singapore was a total blast. Really really fun. But in retrospect, I think I enjoyed the French campus more. Maybe it was because I went towards the end, when there wasn't as much school work and I already had built up relations
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13y ago
I'm actually not sure who the OP is... I'm the author of the article. Came here to post it myself and saw that it was already here. (You can see that my username matches the username the article links to on twitter, @entreprenewer
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13y ago
The company I sold was indeed fully thought out - it was ranked one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America by INC Magazine in 2011 ;) It was sold by the buyer who bought it from me (acquired by a supplier), and I have no
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13y ago
Thanks for the correction. I didn't know that, I just knew that it came out of the famed Skunkworks :)
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13y ago
According to the Startup Genome reports, it's considered #2 startup scene (NYC is #3)
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Comprehensive list of the entrepreneurially-relevant concepts my MBA taught me
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As requested, polished this up and posted it: http://blog.jle.vi/post/63676559515/how-your-beliefs-as-a-le...
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How Your Beliefs as a Leader Determine the Performance of Your Entire Team
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I have one section of one of the chapters live on my blog. It's about Finance, though, because I wanted to prove that I could make an enjoyable read out of the most dry subject. Imagine that the other subjects are much more fun ;) htt
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Skip the MBA: Business School Lessons & Wisdom for Entrepreneurs & Startups
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Zadaqa lets you give to charity and earn discounts without spending a dime
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