Leading Cisco’s Corporate Business Development in the data center and hybrid cloud space. Former principal at Genesis Partners, an early-stage Israeli VC. Excited by entrepreneurship, driving change, and solving real world problems.Tumblr (3.0; @mporat)https://mporat.tumblr.com/For some it seems simple - just shoot a quick email. For others, it seems daunting - so many...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/83729176231https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/83729176231Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:59:00 +0300 It’s March madness time - one of the most exciting times of the year for American sports....https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/81503923329https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/81503923329Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:16:00 +0300First tier venture capital funds drive great financial returns for many reasons - but above all, the...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/79567501325https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/79567501325Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:32:00 +0200Apple’s acquisition of Primesense and Calcalist’s early coverage of the transaction has...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/68315806855https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/68315806855Thu, 28 Nov 2013 02:54:00 +0200A week ago, Apple reported its third quarter financial results, with iPhone sales beating...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/56830489831https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/56830489831Tue, 30 Jul 2013 03:49:00 +0300In January 2013, Twitter announced the launch of Vine, a mobile video platform that tries to mimic...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/54414544330https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/54414544330Tue, 02 Jul 2013 10:44:00 +0300Since publishing my blog post “Building Brands - All about Approach & Execution”...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53872790120https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53872790120Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:38:00 +0300In the consumer world, making it big is about building brands, not technologies. And from my...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53828881911https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53828881911Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0300brandconsumerIsraelwarby parkernasty galbonobosThis post was inspired by the blog post of my good friend Danny Cohen, who in his recent trip to the...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53288687204https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53288687204Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:00 +0300israelvaluationvcventure capitalsaasenterpriseexitinvestingsilicon valleyAfter a 15 months hiatus, I’m back to blogging.  It’s been long overdue.  And as my life...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53288682222https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/53288682222Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:32:00 +0300personalciscomobilemobilitycorporate developmentintucellbroadhopubiquisysbloggingI’ve gotten a lot of feedback for my last post - “There’s Nothing Wrong with...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/17547826135https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/17547826135Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:45:00 +0200I’m writing this post following a recurring theme I have had when meeting entrepreneurs over...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/17259565114https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/17259565114Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:37:00 +0200This post follows a talk I gave at a Mobile Apps and Beer event a couple of weeks ago (another...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/16753414806https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/16753414806Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:36:03 +0200What I’m writing here may be obvious to some, controversial to others, and downright stupid to...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/16466096528https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/16466096528Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:07:06 +0200Privacy has been a huge issue in discussions on the future of online services and advertising...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/16341003749https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/16341003749Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:49:00 +0200This is the first in a series of posts on what I feel are the trends to watch in 2012. And the...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/15663721313https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/15663721313Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:50:00 +0200OK - so you’ve been going at this startup thing for a few months now. Maybe you have an...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/15566445444https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/15566445444Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:27:34 +0200 It is that time again (or a week after) when a lot of different publishers post their summaries of...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/15175536901https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/15175536901Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:42:00 +0200 It is relatively often that I talk to entrepreneurs who tell me “it is too early...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/14809787238https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/14809787238Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0200Technical co-founders are a scarce resource. Over the past several months, I have met quite a few...https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/14223080829https://mporat.tumblr.com/post/14223080829Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:03:51 +0200