Posts Tagged: Start-Up Nation
The Miracle of Israel’s Economic Growth Despite Grave Odds and Recent Challenges
According to a July 17, 2023, Bloomberg report, a leading global investment bank, the New York-based Jefferies Financial Group, Inc., “expects further growth in Israel’s...
More Than Oranges: The Continuing Success of the Israeli Economy
Growing up in Montreal in the 1950s and 1960s in a Zionist household meant being aware of the precarious nature of the Israeli economy and...
‘Start-up Nation’ Adds E-Commerce to List of Business-Model Successes
JNS.org - Israel has long been tagged the “start-up nation,” but a less-talked-about niche in the high-tech arena is electronic commerce -- or e-commerce --...
Chutzpah: How Israel Became a Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
“It’s impossible,” is not an expression heard in Israel, or one written in Inbal Arieli’s new book, Chutzpah: Why Israel Is a Hub of Innovation...
Vice News Highlights Israel’s Development Into Global Cyber Superpower
A Vice News report published this week highlights Israel’s development into a global cyber superpower. “Israel, or ‘Startup Nation’ as some call it, has become a...
Could Amazon.com’s Arrival in Israel Hurt the Start-Up Nation?
JNS.org - When the online retail giant Amazon.com recently entered Israel’s hi-tech ecosystem, it was not business as usual in the “start-up nation.” As Amazon began attracting top Israeli programmers...
Israeli Robotics Start-Up Announces $14 Million Fundraising Round
JNS.org – The Israeli start-up Intuition Robotics, which is developing a robot that aims to improve quality of life for seniors, announced on Wednesday a $14 million...
Converging With ‘Start-Up Nation,’ Israel’s Mossad Establishes Tech Investment Fund
JNS.org - Israel’s Mossad security and intelligence agency will converge with the Jewish state’s “start-up nation” through the establishment of a technological innovation fund. The fund, “Libertad,”...
Start-Up Tech Fair at NYU Featuring Israeli Entrepreneurs Attracts Diverse Student Population Interested in Innovation, Organizers Say
A technology fair held on Monday night that featured Israeli entrepreneurs "attracted students from a wide range of cultural, religious and political backgrounds," an event...
Groups Involved in BDS Campaign on Illinois Campus Use Israeli Tech for Their Websites
Student groups co-sponsoring a new Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel at an Illinois university used Israeli software to build their websites, The Algemeiner has...
British Company Lists Tel Aviv University Among World’s Top 10 Schools Producing Founders of Billion-Dollar Startups
Tel Aviv University is among the world's top 10 schools to have produced the most founders of billion-dollar startups, according to British accounting software company Sage, Business...
Tech Analyst: Striving for Startup Success, Australia Should Emulate Israel
As it seeks to bolster its startup scene, Australia should look to Israel as a model to emulate, an Israel-based Geektime technology reporter wrote on...
10 Start-Ups to Compete at Tel Aviv’s TechCrunch ‘Meetup + Pitch-Off’
JNS.org - On June 22, TechCrunch is holding its first start-up meetup + pitch-off in Tel Aviv, presented by Israeli technology banking group Leumi Tech and...
A Date With Israel’s Startup ‘Matchmaker’
JNS.org - In 2003, Jeremy Lustman began working at the Washington, DC metro area’s DLA Piper law firm. Young and motivated, he could have never predicted...