Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2019

It’s a good bet that you’ve been exposed to articles, courses and lectures about various styles of management, and how each is appropriate for some companies and for some levels of organization and at various times. When should the dictator in you emerge? A consensus-building leader works well in that style until someone yells “fire!” and the emergency requires a dictatorial style of management to act quickly, protecting lives.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Contributed by Stefano Maifreni, founder and director of Eggcelerate. We’ve all been there—working outside hours, trying to get ahead or catch up. But sending emails to staff during their downtime can backfire badly. And here’s why … In 2019, the average office worker received 90 emails per day. But it’s the occasional messages sent by bosses to their team members late at night or at weekends that can have negative consequences—particularly on your culture.

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The Seraf Compass

DECEMBER 25, 2019

In previous posts we have addressed how Board Directors can add value, communicate effectively with CEOs, and prepare for successful board meetings, but how should entrepreneurs go about recruiting one? A good Board Director can be a huge asset, but a bad one can actually be a hindrance to your business, and at the very least leave you lacking the skills and advice you need.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 22, 2019

My brother in law Jerry is working on a project to collect all of his family’s digital subscriptions; subscriptions to streaming video services, music services, subscriptions to online news and other publications, subscriptions to software services, subscriptions to education services, etc, etc. He is planning a dinner in which he will review all of them with his family and understand which ones they are using and which ones they are not using.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As part of our efforts to further support founders in Startup School , we awarded $15,000 in equity-free grants to the most promising companies to go through the course. The quality (and quantity!) of founders who participated in Startup School this past year made the grant selection process a tough one. Congratulations to the following startups* for their impressive progress over the 10-weeks of Startup School!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Contributed by Dean Lindsay author of Creating Progress In A World Of Change , a keynote speaker and author of award-winning How to Achieve Big PHAT Goals. Just because a business or organization is getting bigger does not mean it is progressing. A serious challenge for businesses large and small is to progress —and not just change. The business term “change management” has been around for a good long while.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 22, 2019

By Scott Meacham. There is very big news this month for individuals and families affected by sickle cell disease (SCD). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first targeted treatment to reduce the frequency of pain crises in individuals living with SCD. This new drug — Adakveo ® from Novartis — decreases the frequency of the debilitating and unpredictable pain episodes caused by SCD.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 21, 2019

USV’s portfolio company Recount Media produces excellent short (5 mins or less) videos about political news and related topics. They also produce the Shift series of events. In November, Recount did a Shift event about Antitrust policy and my partner Brad Burnham was on the panel. This is a Recount style 5min summary of that conversation.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

-OurCrowd, the leading global investment platform and the most active venture capital investor in Israel, Perrigo, the world’s largest non-prescription drug company, and BOL Pharma, the leading medical cannabis company in Israel and an OurCrowd portfolio company, today announced that the consortium they established won the tender issued by the Israel Innovation Authority to operate CanNegev, a medical cannabis incubator which will be located in Yeruham in the south of Israel.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel shares a process for building product as a small startup. Topics. 00:00 – Have a process to get product out the door. 1:02 – Decide on a release schedule. 1:15 – Put someone in charge of product. 1:34 – Establish KPIs. 1:47 – Create a theme for the product cycle based on a KPI. 2:00 – Product meeting. 2:30 – Brainstorm new features, bugs, and tests. 3:35 – Sort each into: easy, medium, or hard. 4:59 ̵

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Rohit Bhargava is obsessed with understanding trends, past, present and future. His 10th and last edition of the Non-Obvious Trends reports is out on January 7th and from my review it's good. Listen to the interview and read more below! What I liked best was in fact the first part of the book, where Rohit shares how we can all learn to open our minds to see the future.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Our dog Ollie is eleven today. Here is a photo of him on the beach with a tennis ball, pretty much his favorite place to be and thing to do.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Israeli small-town Yeruham is getting a medical cannabis incubator. Jerusalem-based equity crowdfunding company OurCrowd Ltd., pharmaceutical manufacturer Perrigo Company PLC, and Israel-based medical cannabis company Breath of Life International Ltd. (BOL Pharma) won a tender issued by the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), the Israeli government’s tech investment arm, to operate an incubator in southern town Yeruham for a period of five years, IIA announced Monday.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Israeli small-town Yeruham is getting a medical cannabis incubator. Jerusalem-based equity crowdfunding company OurCrowd Ltd., pharmaceutical manufacturer Perrigo Company PLC, and Israel-based medical cannabis company Breath of Life International Ltd. (BOL Pharma) won a tender issued by the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), the Israeli government’s tech investment arm, to operate an incubator in southern town Yeruham for a period of five years, IIA announced Monday.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Projecting an estimated investment of NIS 150 million into the small Negev town, the tender to operate the government-backed CanNegev incubator was awarded to crowdfunding investment platform OurCrowd, nonprescription pharmaceutical giant Perrigo and Israeli medical cannabis cultivator BOL Pharma. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in The Jerusalem Post] Israel to accelerate medical cannabis research with hi-tech incubator appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

OurCrowd, the leading global investment platform and the most active venture capital investor in Israel, Perrigo, the world’s largest non-prescription drug company, and BOL Pharma, the leading medical cannabis company in Israel and an OurCrowd portfolio company, today announced that the consortium they established won the tender issued by the Israel Innovation Authority to operate CanNegev, a medical cannabis incubator which will be located in Yeruham in the south of Israel.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Jerusalem-based equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announced this week that a consortium it established in partnership with Perrigo, a private label over-the-counter pharmaceuticals manufacturer and BoL Pharma, one of the first licensed cannabis cultivators in Israel, has won a tender by the Israel Innovation Authority to operate the government-backed incubator, dubbed CanNegev.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Leading global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has received the tender to operate a medical cannabis incubator. OurCrowd is part of a consortium that won the tender including Perrigo, a non-prescription drug company, and BOL Pharma, a medical cannabis company in Israel and an OurCrowd portfolio company. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Crowdfund Insider] Global Crowdfunding Platform OurCrowd Receives Tender to Operate Medical Cannabis Incubator appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

It will be managed by OurCrowd, an Israeli crowd-funded investment fund; Perrigo, the world’s largest over-the-counter pharma company; and BOL Pharma, an Israeli medical marijuana company. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Haaretz] Israel to Get First State-sponsored Medical Marijuana Startup Incubator appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Projecting an estimated investment of NIS 150 million into the small Negev town, the tender to operate the government-backed CanNegev incubator was awarded to crowdfunding investment platform OurCrowd, nonprescription pharmaceutical giant Perrigo and Israeli medical cannabis cultivator BOL Pharma. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in The Jerusalem Post] OurCrowd, Perrigo & BOL Win Israeli Government Tender for Operation of a Medical Cannabis Incubator in Yeruham appeared first on OurCrowd

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 22, 2019

This is the first time OurCrowd has won an international tender, and reflects the growing prestige and recognition of Israel’s investment platforms. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in The Jerusalem Post] Israeli venture firm OurCrowd to run New Zealand start-up incubator appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The incubator will be run by Jerusalem based VC-fund OurCrowd, pharmaceutical maker Perrigo Co., and BOL Pharma, an Israeli medical cannabis firm. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in The Times of Israel] Sleepy southern Israel town seeks new highs with cannabis incubator plan appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 24, 2019

According to a 2019 report published by the OurCrowd Foundation together with Social Finance Israel, this market is estimated at approximately $260 million a year, double the sum recorded in 2018. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in CTech] Double Investment, Double Impact appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In June, Syqe Medical, an Israeli pharma-tech company, announced the launch of the world’s first pharmaceutical-grade metered-dose cannabis inhaler. This drug delivery device will enable physicians to prescribe precise dosages meeting pharmaceutical standards. Read more here. The post [Syqe in NoCamels] 2010-2019 Insights from a Decade of World-Changing Israeli Innovations appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Lemonade offers customizable property and casualty insurance policies at a flat monthly rate in the U.S. Back in April, Lemonade said the investment will fund its upcoming European launch, and support further expansion in the U.S. Read more here. The post [Lemonade in CTech] These Are The Biggest Israeli Tech Funding Rounds We Reported on in 2019 appeared first on OurCrowd.

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