START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of Author interviews, book reviews, editors' picks, and more. START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel – a country of million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant. The Council on Foreign Relations states in its publisher's blurb for the book that Start-up Nation addresses the question: "How is.
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Start-up Nation book. Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it. This is a book about innovation and entrepreneurship, and how one small country, Israel, came to embody both. This is not a book about technology, even. For a small country, Israel punches far above its weight as a global hub of innovation and tech entrepreneurship. Start-Up Nation explores the country's history.
In Israel, all year-olds must report to military recruiting centers for screenings that include psychological testing and medical evaluation. Those who do particularly well in the screening are offered training in the military elite units — the highest of which is the Talpiot unit.
Talpiot cadets complete an accelerated university degree in math or physics while they are introduced to the technological requirements of all military branches. The aim of this is to mold them into leaders who can seek out cross-disciplinary solutions to military problems.
Furthermore, the military is a space where young men and women work closely with people from different cultural, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds. Learning how to deal with a wide variety of people is something that the cadets can benefit from later when dealing with international business partners. As an added bonus, many business connections can be formed during the long hours of operations and training.
Start-Up Nation Key Idea 4: The collective kibbutzim communities and a new venture capital industry characterize two great leaps in the Israeli economy. The first came during to , and the second is still happening today, having started in During these leaps, Israel was transformed from a less-developed country into a trailblazing hub of innovation.
Kibbutzim were created as agricultural settlements devoted to abolishing private property and forming an egalitarian community. They were both hyper-collective and hyper-democratic, and through them technological breakthroughs were made.
For example, in the Hatzerim kibbutz in the Negev Desert, the soil was found to be too salty and troublesome to cultivate adequately.
To solve this dilemma, the members of the kibbutz came up with a way to flush the soil so that they could grow crops there. They were successful, and in , the kibbutz started a business to manufacture irrigation systems. This was the beginning of what became Netafim, a global drip irrigation company. In , the Israeli government began an initiative named Yozma that offered tax incentives for foreign venture capital investments in Israel, and promised to double any investment with government funds.
This created an eagerness in the US venture community to invest in Israeli start-ups, allowing the Israeli tech scene to participate in the tech boom of the s. Eventually the Yozma program created a new venture capital industry which revamped the Israeli start-up scene.
Imagine being able to have anything you want for dinner, from Yemeni cuisine, to Russian specialities, to Mediterranean dishes. This is a reality in Israel, which is home to over 70 nationalities and cultures due to large influxes of immigrants.
Immigration has also boosted the Israeli economy in other ways.
Take, for example, the Russian Jewish immigrants. By the s, large waves of Russian Jewish immigrants began to arrive after the fall of the Soviet Union. Russians with doctorates and engineering degrees flowed into Israel in huge numbers.
Though finding jobs and building houses for the new arrivals was quite an undertaking for the government, the Russians had arrived at an ideal time. The Russian engineers were the right people for Israeli tech start-ups and contributed a great deal to their success. An influx of new talent is a considerable benefit to the economy, but what about those leaving the country? Well, the movement of Israelis to and from the country also helps foster its economy.
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By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service. It skirts a discussion of the conflict with the Palestinians, or even the wealth inequality within Israel, thereby dovetailing nicely with recent public relations efforts by Israel to shift attention away from its problems and toward its achievements.
Journalists and policymakers in several countries have recommended Start-up Nation as a useful guide for promoting entrepreneurship. Former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad reportedly kept a copy of Start-up Nation on his desk as a source of inspiration for the West Bank 's own burgeoning technology industry.
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