Startup Nation

My name is Liat, and I currently live in San Francisco. I was born and raised in Kiryat Ata, a small town in Israel. It’s remarkable that Israel has such a reputation for excellence in higher education since it is a young country. Its institutions are known worldwide for their…

💫 📣 I’m starting a new company! When I immigrated 4 years ago to Israel, I knew relocating meant starting from scratch. I knew my professional career would take a hard punch. Was it worth taking the risk? In hindsight, it was. My career accelerated. Not just because of me, but thanks to the incredible people I was lucky to have my life: I got to places I never would have reached I leveled up…

Democratizing Access to Venture Capital — An Intimate View from Tel Aviv and OurCrowd’s CEO Jon Medved https://www.collerinstituteofventure.org/assets/2020/12/08/098a108f-f03f-4f48-b7cd-f64213ab07e6.pdf

In this episode, I’m joined by Matan Bar, Co-Founder and CEO of Melio, a platform to streamline and simplify B2B payments for SMBs. Matan and I cover a range of topics, including: The Thriving Startup Ecosystem in Israel: Matan credits three main reasons for Israel’s incredible startup environment: early experience…

In the near future, both people and things will be tokenized, believes Creative Dock’s Innovation Lead, Petr Václavek. — Czech version here. Words by Jan Strmiska What kind of new trends will emerge in the post-pandemic society? I think there already is a huge positive trend of people wanting to talk to each other. Clubhouse has hit the jackpot there. Tokenization is another remarkable trend. …

While enjoying a delicious glass of wine with our good friends Oz and Naama (now almost 3 years ago), Oz poignantly shared with me a beautiful adaptation of JFK’s famous line. This began a deeper discussion about how Israel, in its “Start-Up Nation” capacity perhaps should rather think of itself…

Finding a disruptive idea is the key for success and the biggest challenge for young entrepreneurs. While they may have the skill-set to launch and make a project succeed, they might not have the good idea to develop. — The great lesson we learned from Diane and Michelle, co-founders of NanoSynex, an Israeli startup born inside the prestigious Technion University of Haifa, is that partnering with a Genius may be the smartest move you’ll ever make. Their story contribute to making Israel the Melting Top Nation.

800 brilliant students have graduated from Israel Tech Challenge ( or <itc>) so far. They come from 20+ countries and within a year ended-up in the top worldwide tech companies. The founder of this project is Oren Toledano. Since 2013, Oren has allowed his students to follow his successful integration to the Israeli society; he created <itc> an elite coding school for international students willing to move to Israel and learn with the best high tech guys of the planet.