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Author: In Search of Angels « CFE Korea
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… 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 …
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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.
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FCC Official: Internet Freedom Threatened | Vision to America
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The United States is unprepared for an international fight that's brewing over whether the Internet will remain free from government regulations or fall increasingly under the control of emerging global powers, Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell warned Monday … When obama told Joe the Plumber that "it's time to spread the wealth around," he didn't mean to just spread it in the U.S. He meant to spread it WORLDWIDE. And that's where the …
Dell's Bottom Line: Obama Assumes Personal Control Of Your Internet
What the above report fails to mention is the fact that President Obama made a personal decision to hand control of the Internet to the FCC, which he controls by way of political appointments, and a matter that is of very serious …
Does The Obama Administration Now Want Companies Such As Apple, Microsoft and Google Under Its Control?!
Several members of Congress who claim to be concerned about the poor quality of cyber security at government and critical technology web sites, are now proposing that the Department of Homeland Security should have the power to force private networks to secure themselves more effectively.
A number of cyber security experts have stated however that the broadly worded bill that has been referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security could also impact many ordinary tech firms that merely play a role in infrastructure.
And Michael Gregg, chief operating officer of the cyber security firm Superior Solutions is on record as saying, “If the bill becomes law, even firms like Apple, Microsoft and Google could come under DHS’s thumb .They are stepping forward to regulate a potentially huge amount of the Internet. It’s up to DHS to decide who they want to fall under this umbrella and I have little doubt that large tech companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft, Google, Apple and Cisco could all find themselves being heavily regulated, and given the DHS’ record on security, they should have reservations about granting the agency such sweeping oversight”.
What Would The Bill Do?
The Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2010 (HR 6423, proposed by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss.) would empower DHS to set security standards for the networks at various private facilities and would authorize penalties against any web sites it deemed to have lax security.
At the time of writing, almost every headline is now reflecting the public’s anger at pat-downs and scanners and an amazing 70% of Americans that were just polled said that they are now in favor of Israeli style profiling and quick fire questions, so just imagine having the DHS in charge of cybersecurity!
The bill would create a new department within Homeland Security, called the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, and a new Cybersecurity Compliance Division that would measure and rate how effectively certain private companies respond to network security risks.
But Jeff Bardin, who’s a chief security strategist and a cyber terror expert with XA Systems says, “The bill would most likely also end up regulating utilities and telecoms and a wide array of software firms. Anything that critical infrastructures depend upon, which is pretty much all information security companies, major and minor Internet hubs, the networks, database companies, software companies, etc. could fall under the umbrella of HR 6423, he told FoxNews.com. and it could run the gamut depending upon interpretation”.
An aide for the House Committee on Homeland Security said the bill wasn’t intended to be as broad as industry experts fear it may be and pointed out that there would be medium for voicing concerns, “In those cases where a company wants to challenge its designation, the bill calls for DHS to make a reconsideration process available”.
The committee aide noted that the private sector wouldn’t be included in the panel establishing the rules, “For the private sector regulations, the bill provides for an open regulatory process with notice and comment”.
But Gregg argued that even with the help of the private sector that, “The DHS isn’t in the best position to offer cyber security advice. The real problem is that DHS and other government agencies don’t have a great record of protecting their own critical assets. As recently as 2008, DHS did not have its own cyber crisis plan. Also in 2008, a DHS [internal phone system] was hacked using an attack vector that was at least 10 years old”.
Where Would The Power Come From
The power to regulate private networks comes from the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7, which was established in 2003 and who’s goal was to prioritize critical infrastructure, and to protect it from terrorist attacks.
And The Danger?
The bill was originally a public-private relationship based upon cooperation and collaboration, but the intended changes would force compliance.
The real concern lies in the breadth of the new bill, which would mean that any technology company that sold to key infrastructures could potentially be regulated by it, including such companies as Oracle, Symantec, EMC, Cisco, HP, Dell and others.
