I’m sitting on the oldest plane ever somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. I think the Wright Brothers might have carved their name in the bathroom, before they moved on to a newer, more commercial model. I should be nodding off…
“I’m Sorry, Your Fingers Are Too Sleepy to Finish this Post…”
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments
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Health Tips, Anyone?
April 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
If you follow me on Twitter, you know I came down with a minor but annoying cold in Israel. So much for my first international trip in more than a year without getting sick. Honestly, WTF? I am young(ish), work…
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What Israel Does Well (Beyond Tech)
March 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Yossi Vardi– the famous Israeli investor and entrepreneur (see right)– insists that people give positive encouragement to start-ups. I plan to blog about the risks and benefits of this for TechCrunch, but as people feel free to flame me ALL…
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From TechCrunch: Has Israel Lost Its Mojo? (I Hope Not)
March 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Here’s the cross post of my first post as a permanent TechCrunch-er. It took me about five days, hours of looking through spreadsheets and about a dozen interviews to write. That’s not going to scale if I’m doing several posts…
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Jerusalem
March 24th, 2009 · No Comments
I’m a big believer that this book isn’t just about following around entrepreneurs and asking them business questions. It’s about absorbing the culture of the place they are from. So it seemed fitting to spend my first day in Israel…
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Big News! Also, Yes, I Am Back at TechCrunch
March 20th, 2009 · No Comments
As loyal readers know I’ve been spending quite a bit of the last few months quietly working on some pretty radical and exciting career changes. I’ve already blogged about my role shifting at Yahoo’s TechTicker, and the fact that I’m…
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Me in Israel!
June 7th, 2008 · No Comments
This is a video interview that JD Lasica shot with me on the beach in Tel Aviv last April, just before the book came out. The fact that I look human and sound coherent is a testament to blush, the…
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Poor Valley Girl!
May 15th, 2008 · No Comments
In a busy day for tech news– with CNET getting bought, Carl Ichan is causing more troubles for Yahoo, and OF COURSE my book coming out officially– I hope someone will check out my latest Valley Girl column on BusinessWeek…
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Henry to Yahoo: Just Show Us One Shareholder Who Agrees!
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments
I’m swamped at Yahoo today. But wanted to post this video of Henry and Aaron’s morning Tech Ticker analysis on the deal. I think it’s one of the better pieces I’ve seen today. It seems Kara is hearing similar surprising…
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Valley-Ho!
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
If there’s one theme that I’ve thought about, talked about and written about the most over my career covering tech and finance it’s the debate of whether you need to relocate to Silicon Valley to be successful. In my case,…
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