SEARCH CONTACT US

ACCESSIBILITY

24/7

Headlines

Joonko founder Ilite Raz pleads guilty to a massive $27 million fraud

When product enthusiasm masquerades as market demand

The biggest blind spot in autonomous driving is the car itself

“We want to turn high performance into high reliability”: The engineer behind China’s fastest humanoid robot

Buzz

Most popular

Daily

Weekly

1

She sold her startup to Salesforce. Then she had four kids and started another one.

2

Meta loses its $1.5 billion AI recruit less than a year after hiring him

3

Secretive defense startup Covenant emerges from stealth with $250 million at over $1 billion valuation

4

The iPhone Duo is Apple’s answer to foldables. But what is the question?

5

“We proved there are no sacred cows in technology”: Island founder says the company can be worth tens of billions

Omer Shachar

1 stories about Omer Shachar

When product enthusiasm masquerades as market demand

12.09.26|Omer Shachar

“Early-stage startups can mistake enthusiasm, pilot opportunities and positive feedback for validation or proof of a market,” writes Omer Shachar, Managing Partner at Next Gear Ventures and Founding Partner at Drive TLV. “Demand becomes more credible when customers are prepared to change, buy and deploy.”