A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The FTC filed a complaint to stop the merger of Edgewell (Schick) and Harry’s yesterday. I don’t have a vested interest in this case in any way (other than having had a summer job working for Gillette in 1980). But it is a very curious action in my view. Over the last decade, two new competitors have emerged in the shaving market in the US, Harry’s and Dollar Shave.
NZ Entrepreneur
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Failure is a part of business, but when your own startup stalls, it’s hard not to take it personally. In this article, Alan Manly talks to Mark Phillips about how entrepreneurs cope with the taste of defeat without it slowing them down. There are plenty of sobering statistics available to budding entrepreneurs that show the likelihood of a startup failing, but they are not much use to a new business owner once the probability of failure becomes reality.
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OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
OurCrowd, the global venture investing platform and Israel’s leading venture investor, will feature Jason Greenblatt, architect of President Trump’s Peace to Prosperity plan, among the global line-up of top speakers at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit on Feb. 13, 2020. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Business Wire] Jason Greenblatt, Tech Leaders to Address OurCrowd Summit appeared first on OurCrowd.
Venture Well
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Nancy Ruzycki from University of Florida believes that design thinking contributes to building students' entrepreneurial mindset. . The post integrating design thinking into STEM curriculum: q&a with Nancy Ruzycki from University of Florida appeared first on VentureWell.
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OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Later this month, the global crowdfunding, venture investing platform OurCrowd will feature Dr. Ferid Murad, a Nobel prize winner in medicine. Dr, Murad will talk about the new product SaNOtize that uses the unique antimicrobial and immune-modulating properties of Nitric Oxide to treat skin and respiratory systems diseases. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Expert Click] The Coronavirus Pandemic appeared first on OurCrowd.
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Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
At least week's annual ZohoDay, we heard from Zoho evangelists on how AI is an critical part of Zoho's efforts to make it products and therefore the day to day lives of its customers more productive and smarter. Often times, we hear of AI as something that very big companies are using, creating and deploying. But for smaller companies that is often NOT the case.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Klook co-founder Eric Gnock Fah has more than 2,000 employees in 29 offices around the world. Tatler caught up with the travel tech entrepreneur at his Hong Kong HQ last month. Read more here. The post [Hong Kong Tatler] Behind The Scenes: Klook Co-founder Eric Gnock Fah Is Always On The Go appeared first on OurCrowd.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
2018 YLAI Fellow Bibiana Dipeo, the director of Alimentando Para el Futuro (Feed4Future) in Paraguay, is empowering her community after more than a decade in the financial sector, by innovating new ways to reduce malnutrition and poverty. The YLAI Network is celebrating Bibiana’s tenacity in overcoming various barriers she has faced on her way to commercial engineering success, her hard work in the financial sector, and her passion for giving back to her community.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Edgybees, which augments live video feeds with geo-information layers captured from drone, vehicle, CCTV and mobile cameras, has been working in Australia to help fight the country-wide wildfires raging in the country. Read more here. The post [Edgybees in Electronics360] Verizon bringing 5G to first responders appeared first on OurCrowd.
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OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Online market Freightos will have its container freight indices overseen and distributed by the maritime industry’s primary source for market pricing information, a big step toward allowing the 8-year-old company’s freight indices to be used in financial contracts. Read more here. The post [Freightos in Benziga] Freightos Gets Baltic Exchange Nod For Container Rate Indices appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
For the first time ever, daily spot ocean freight rate indices for 40-foot containers (FEUs) are now available via the Baltic Exchange and the Freightos Group, adding real-time, transparent price discovery and risk mitigation into the container freight market that powers global trade. Read more here. The post [Freightos in Ajot100] Baltic Exchange and Freightos Group unleash shipping market visibility with first daily container freight index appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Netherlands-based security firm KPN Security and flash-to-cloud protection services provider NanoLock Security jointly demonstrated NanoLock’s security solutions at NLSecur[ID] event. Read more here. The post [NanoLock in Industry Herald24] NanoLock Security and KPN Demonstrate Flash-to-Cloud Security for IoT Devices appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s former envoy to the Middle East, and Saul Singer, co-author of the bestselling book “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle,” (named by NoCamels among 17 Israelis who shaped the decade, along with OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved), are among the keynote speakers at the upcoming OurCrowd Global Investor Summit.
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OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
BOL Pharma, an Israel-based medical cannabis company, announced last week it completed its first shipment of medical marijuana to medical centers that specialize in treating children with epilepsy and autism in the U.K. Read more here. The post [BOL Pharma in YahooFinance] A True Breakthrough’: BOL Pharma Completes Medical Cannabis Export From Israel To UK appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Former advisor to President Trump Jason Greenblatt will be speaking at the OurCrowd Global Summit taking place on February 13th. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in CrowdFund Insider] Former Trump Advisor Jason Greenblatt to Speak at OurCrowd Global Summit appeared first on OurCrowd.
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