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Topic: Start-Up Nation

May 14, 2013
4:46 pm

Ashton Kutcher (left) and Yossi Vardi at Monday's GarageGeek's event (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Ashton Kutcher talks tech, and inspiration, in Tel Aviv

Once he ‘wanted to be more like Rabbi Akiva,’ but now the Kabbala-studying star, who started out in chemical engineering, advises entrepreneurs to look inward and be themselves

By David Shamah

April 15, 2013
2:30 am

Israeli soldiers salute at graves of fallen soldiers at a military cemetery on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty

On the eve of the anniversary of country’s creation, the Jewish renaissance in the Holy Land remains a work in progress

By Aron Heller

April 10, 2013
6:28 am

What the ‘Start-Up Nation’ can do for farmers

Israel is a-bursting with great technologies to make food easier to grow. A quick foray to 6 cities will bring that message to US investors

By David Shamah

April 2, 2013
1:20 am

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (R.) and President Barack Obama (L.) look on as disabled IDF veteran Radi Kaiuf (C.) demonstrates the ReWalk exoskeleton system. Kaiuf, who was formerly nearly fully paralyzed, completed the Israel Marathon last year using the system (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO /FLASH90)

Israel honored with tough-to-land medical conference invite

An Israeli delegation will be attending TedMed in DC, and a TedMed conference will be held in Israel – the first time this prestigious conference has been ‘exported’

By David Shamah

March 17, 2013
1:15 pm

Students from a Haifa junior high school who created the Robo-waiter (Photo credit: Courtesy Technion)

Obama to get first-hand look at Start-Up Nation’s innovations

Netanyahu to show his guest remarkable examples of Israel’s high-tech prowess, and introduce some young pioneers

By David Shamah

March 8, 2013
3:31 pm

Student groups participating in the JVP event show off their wares (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Priming the Start-Up Nation’s young set for success

Hoping to repeat Israel’s great performance last year, young Jerusalem entrepreneurs are getting ready for a big European contest, with a little help from local VC JVP

By David Shamah

March 7, 2013
10:14 pm

President Shimon Peres addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 2012 (photo credit: CC BY-SA World Economic Forum, Flickr)

Peres envisions Middle East as ‘start-up region’

President tells European Commission sharing knowledge and goodwill can bring peace to the area

By Greg Tepper

February 26, 2013
10:30 am

Israel’s high-tech ambassadors take to the road

Israeli start-ups can help out the country’s image, even as they make connections at international trade shows, says the Tsav 8 group

By David Shamah

February 18, 2013
3:34 pm

(L to R) Maxine Fassberg, Mooly Eden, and Roni Friedman at Intel Israel's annual press event (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Intel: 10% of Israel’s 2012 exports were ours

The symbiosis between the State of Israel and Intel is extensive and unique, paying off big for both sides, company officials say

By David Shamah

January 17, 2013
10:08 pm

President Shimon Peres shakes hands with former US President Bill Clinton, during a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2010 (Photo credit: Sergei Illin/Flash 90)

Poll shows Israeli executives bullish on innovation

Society, youth, universities — even government– are pitching in to keep the ‘start-up nation’ ahead of the pack, a GE survey reveals

By David Shamah

December 23, 2012
9:56 am

Entrepreneurs work at the Microsoft Azure accelerator in Herzliya (Photo credit: Courtesy)

After first-round success, Microsoft accelerator lines up its new start-ups

Thirteen of Israel’s best start-ups are enrolled in what the software giant believes is the country’s – maybe the world’s – best program to help them succeed

By David Shamah

December 12, 2012
12:21 pm

UK Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould announces the winners in a recent start-up event sponsored by the UK-Israel Tech Hub (Photo credit: Mati Milstein)

Britain appoints special technology ambassador to Israel

UK prime minister personally announced appointment of ‘tech envoy’ Saul Klein

By David Shamah

December 11, 2012
4:39 pm

A Chinese boy eats noodles in Beijing (Photo credit: Serge Attal/FLASH90)

Israel’s China challenge

The world’s second-largest economic power knows very little about Israel, although those who wish us ill have been telling it plenty. We should and can change that, and the sooner the better

By David Horovitz

December 10, 2012
1:03 am

President Shimon Peres (right) meets with the South Korean ambassador to Israel Kim Il Soo (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)

The parking space and the Israeli character

An Israeli businessman who knows South Korea discusses the ins and outs of staying in the lines and out of the box

By David Shamah

November 28, 2012
10:26 am

The eBay Israel Social Center (photo credit: Courtesy)

The start-up support group in Tel Aviv

Entrepreneurs got a chance to ask hard questions of their peers in the tech business at a recent event organized by the Tel Aviv Municipality

By David Shamah

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Start-Up Nation

Ashton Kutcher talks tech, and inspiration, in Tel Aviv

Once he ‘wanted to be more like Rabbi Akiva,’ but now the Kabbala-studying star, who started out in chemical engineering, advises entrepreneurs to look inward and be themselves

Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty

On the eve of the anniversary of country’s creation, the Jewish renaissance in the Holy Land remains a work in progress

What the ‘Start-Up Nation’ can do for farmers

Israel is a-bursting with great technologies to make food easier to grow. A quick foray to 6 cities will bring that message to US investors

Israel honored with tough-to-land medical conference invite

An Israeli delegation will be attending TedMed in DC, and a TedMed conference will be held in Israel – the first time this prestigious conference has been ‘exported’

Obama to get first-hand look at Start-Up Nation’s innovations

Netanyahu to show his guest remarkable examples of Israel’s high-tech prowess, and introduce some young pioneers

Priming the Start-Up Nation’s young set for success

Hoping to repeat Israel’s great performance last year, young Jerusalem entrepreneurs are getting ready for a big European contest, with a little help from local VC JVP

Peres envisions Middle East as ‘start-up region’

President tells European Commission sharing knowledge and goodwill can bring peace to the area

Israel’s high-tech ambassadors take to the road

Israeli start-ups can help out the country’s image, even as they make connections at international trade shows, says the Tsav 8 group

Intel: 10% of Israel’s 2012 exports were ours

The symbiosis between the State of Israel and Intel is extensive and unique, paying off big for both sides, company officials say

Poll shows Israeli executives bullish on innovation

Society, youth, universities — even government– are pitching in to keep the ‘start-up nation’ ahead of the pack, a GE survey reveals

After first-round success, Microsoft accelerator lines up its new start-ups

Thirteen of Israel’s best start-ups are enrolled in what the software giant believes is the country’s – maybe the world’s – best program to help them succeed

Britain appoints special technology ambassador to Israel

UK prime minister personally announced appointment of ‘tech envoy’ Saul Klein

Israel’s China challenge

The world’s second-largest economic power knows very little about Israel, although those who wish us ill have been telling it plenty. We should and can change that, and the sooner the better

The parking space and the Israeli character

An Israeli businessman who knows South Korea discusses the ins and outs of staying in the lines and out of the box

The start-up support group in Tel Aviv

Entrepreneurs got a chance to ask hard questions of their peers in the tech business at a recent event organized by the Tel Aviv Municipality

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