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Israel – Deal(s) of the Month (June 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
Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 6)
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
Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 5)
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:
Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 4)
I am always interested in companies which survived the crash, and especially interested when they are in such a competitive market. Here Amir outlines what steps were taken at Shopping.com led to the success of the company. SM: What did you do differently to make a 1997 founded company survive the worst downturn in the
Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 1)
Amir Ashkenazi is the founder of Adap.tv, as well as the former founder and CTO of Shopping.com. Adap.tv is in the midst of the Online Video Advertising fray, on which I have recently written quite a bit. In fact, Danny Cohen suggested this conversation after reading one of those pieces about one of Adap.tv’s competitors,
Silk Road 2.0
By Danny Cohen, Guest Author Globalization. International expansion. China & India. These are the big buzz words of 2007, and it seems that the Asian trend is only growing stronger. As the US market matures, many of the local VCs and entrepreneurs are looking for China as the next big thing, and mostly – the
Microsoft Launches Its Israel R&D Center
By Danny Cohen, Guest Author [SM: I have a great deal of interest in seeing technology and entrepreneurship thrive in other locations besides Silicon Valley. Danny’s article here provides a crisp update on the Israeli scene.] A couple of days ago Microsoft announced the opening of a new R&D center outside of Tel-Aviv. For the
Leadership Profile: Sass Somekh (Part 8)
Aside from his executive role as the President of Novellus, Sass has also been engaging in a social entrepreneur role. Here Sass discusses the issue of US dependence on foreign oil, and his mission to change that dynamic. SM: Let us discuss your more recent work in Cleantech. SS: In the past year I started
