“One way to get to know Yossi is through his portfolio. Here´s a list of the companies he´s invested with: they include Ilcu, Foxytunes, Gteko, recently sold to Microsoft, Fixya, a very clever customer support web 2.0 site, AtlasCT, a competitor to Google Maps, and Fring, competitor to Gizmo Project or Truphone.”
Investor and venture capitalist Yossi Vardi is a living legend in Israel. Last night we watched a TED Talks video of Yossi on Local Warming. Regular seekerblog readers know we are huge fans of the free TED lectures. Don’t miss this one, and think about subscribing to TED via iTunes:
Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a careful lecture on the crisis of local warming in the blogging community. Specifically, um, for men.
And here’s an excerpt from Michael Arrington’s recent Vardi interview:
Yossi Vardi is one of the people I’ve had the pleasure to get to know since starting TechCrunch. You can find him at technology events worldwide - just look for the smiling, wild-haired guy surrounded by a pack of people.
…I spoke with Yossi this week and asked him about his investment approach. He generally invests in young entrepreneurs and only takes common stock. If someone has failed before he’s even more likely to invest - “It makes them want to win even more,” he said. He generally doesn’t look at business plans at all, and just invests in the individual.
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