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In Search of Angels « CFE Korea

cfekorea.com2/6/12

… timeless problem of obtaining the financing necessary to get their product or service off the ground and out the door, a challenge made all the more tricky given the dearth of venture capital funds floating around the country.

Critical Components for Receiving Venture Capital | eVirtual Sales …

virtualblackswanmarketing.mobi2/6/12

Sometimes nothing is more powerful as opposed to passion along with vision of your entrepreneur. Nevertheless sometimes interest and vision are just inadequate. It helps to understand the criteria in which venture capital companies use to make a decision which firms to fund. A number of venture capital firms and corporate and business investors possess very thin criteria-specific technologies in specific procedures in specific areas of the country. Other individuals …

Israel attracts more venture capital investment per person ($170) than any other in the world, including the U.S. !

From the Internet to alternative energy and communications technology, Israel innovates at a pace that few places other than Silicon Valley can come close to rivaling.

Why is that? And How Can That Be?

Because Israel is a nation where thousands of start-ups are encouraged and nurtured, and there’s great ingenuity too.

Huge Investment Is A Problem Though

Israel can fairly easily attract a small seed investment in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, but getting a $2 million investment to turn a start-up into a mature corporation is much more difficult.

And that’s why in spite of its technical genius, Israel still hasn’t yet created a tech giant on the scale of Intel or Google.

Not yet a tech giant, but check out the things that Israel has already contributed to the world’s technology.

The Acquisition Of Israeli Start-Ups

While there are exceptions, most Israeli start-ups end up getting acquired during their growth stages rather than sticking it out to achieve IPOs (International Public Offerings).

And part of the problem is that with so many start-ups, the country’s small population talent pool is stretched thin, which is a problem the U.S. is starting to have too.

Sell Early

So it makes sense for Israeli entrepreneurs to sell early and become employees of bigger American firms that set up shop in their own country which only has seven million inhabitants.

Right now Intel employs 7,500 people in Israel and Apple is reportedly opening up a new research center too.

Wall Street pays big to influence Washington – CNN Political Ticker …

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com1/31/12

Washington (CNNMoney) — Financial industry spending to influence Washington topped $150 million for the second year in a row, with emphasis shifting to regulators of the Dodd-Frank reform law, according to watchdog …

Charts: Wall Street Blows All Other Political Donors Away | Mother …

motherjones.com1/26/12

Wall Street's outsized political influence is no secret, but some new data shows just how much it's ballooned. According to the Sunlight Foundation, campaign spending by elite donors from the finance, insurance, and real …

He got more money from Wall Street than any candidate in the history of U.S. politics!

How can Obama side with Occupy Wall Street protesters when took more money from Wall Street than any candidate in the history of U.S. politics?

It seems like the media and many OWS protesters conveniently forget that Larry Summers was instrumental in the passage of the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, which removed the final Glass Steagall regulations on banks, securities firms, and insurance companies, as well as the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 which deregulated financial derivatives at the very heart of the crisis.

Obama’s response?

Obama made him his Director of the National Economic Council!

As for campaign contributions, Obama’s second largest benefactor in 2008 was Goldman Sachs.

And numbers six and seven were JPMorgan and Citigroup.

In total, the various financial services industries donated a combined $30 million to his campaign.

John McCain received $21 million.