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Israel – Deal(s) of the Month (June 2007)

Posted on Thursday, Jun 28th 2007

By Danny Cohen, Guest Author Starting this July, I will be reviewing every month one or two key venture investments that were done in Israel. The idea is try to present the local Israeli hi-tech scene through representative venture investments. Overall, June was a very active month on the Israeli scene (Examples include Optier and

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Google Great at Monetizing Crap

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 27th 2007

I had lunch with the co-founders of an ad network startup on Thursday. I will keep their identities anonymous, but I cannot help quoting one of them, as he put his finger on one of the biggest problems plaguing Google AdSense: It is great at monetizing crap, but offers absolutely no premium for high quality

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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 6)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 27th 2007

Next Amir describes the environment and concepts behind the founding of Adapt.tv. Having the seed money himself from his previous exit, he was able to move forward aggressively to seize a piece of an emerging market. This is a key element for entrepreneurs who are able to repeatedly experience success and is right in line

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Venture Capital for MicroFinance: Chris Brookfield (Part 7)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 27th 2007

Chris earlier brought up Compartamos, an MFI currently operating in Mexico. It seems they have a solid customer base and a very profitable business strategy – further proof of the validity of cash-positive microfinance business models. SM: How many loans does Compartamos have ath the moment? CB: I think they have about 600,000 customers. I

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Mossberg’s iPhone Review: UI

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 26th 2007

Walt Mossberg of WSJ and a handful of other journalists have started publishing their iPhone reviews. :: The iPhone’s most controversial feature, the omission of a physical keyboard in favor of a virtual keyboard on the screen, turned out in our tests to be a nonissue, despite our deep initial skepticism. After five days of

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Expedia: Buyback of Shares

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 26th 2007

Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) is the largest online travel content company, headquartered in Bellevue, WA. The Company through its portfolio of well-recognized brands like, Expedia.com, TripAdvisor.com, Hotwire.com, Hotels.com, Expedia Corporate Travel, Classic Vacations® and a range of other US-based and international businesses that provide travel products and services to leisure and corporate travelers. The Company is the

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Web 3.0 and Real Estate: Overview

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 26th 2007

So, you thought realty was all about buying / renting a new house and moving in? Think again. It’s a $3 billion online industry and is said to give a whole new dimension to the property business. In this series, we will evaluate the online real estate category against the Web 3.0 framework. Real estate

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Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 5)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 26th 2007

Amir benefited from a very nice exit from Shopping.com when it was acquired by EBay for $630 million. Here he discusses that, which sets us up for his next (and current) venture at Adapt.tv. SM: Which companies survived the bubble? AA: Shopzilla, PriceGrabber, MySimon was acquired by CNet, NextTag is still active and private. SM:

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