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Why Silicon Valley Lacks True GMs?
I made the comment in an earlier post that Yahoo now needs true GMs, not just glorified functional managers. As I wrote that piece, it made me reflect on the significance of what I just said. Silicon Valley is not a place that has that many true General Managers. In the sense that GE or
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
Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 10)
Raj continues to discuss his criteria for evaluating EIR opportunities. SM: How about the experience level of the partners – I imagine having the opportunity to learn from them was rather important in your decision to join Foundation? RV: I found it very useful to be able to talk under the same roof, first about
Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 9)
While Raj did not make much effort in the way of formally analyzing his acceptance of an EIR position, he does share with us what his criteria should have been. In essence, we are benefiting from a “hindsight is 20/20”. Raj goes into detail regarding what he feels is important in an EIR arrangement. SM:
