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You should do a better research. If there weren't Israeli startups, the country wouldn't show the highest domestic expenditure in R&D as percentage of the GDP[1

by rcamera 15y ago

You should do a better research. If there weren't Israeli startups, the country wouldn't show the highest domestic expenditure in R&D as percentage of the GDP[1], nor would it have ranked second only to the United States in invested private-equity capital as a share of GDP[2]. Israel is also the home of the most foreign companies on the NASDAQ index, surpassing Canada[3]. There are over 6,500 companies between high-tech companies, venture capital and private equity funds, investment companies, technological incubators and Service Providers[4]. [1] http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/fulltext/3010061ec054.pdf?expires=1321983855&id=id&accname=freeContent&checksum=5BB18151DC193D2B3EBCB63EAFBA9A2E http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/fulltext/301... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital_in_Israel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital_in_Israel [3] http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_3_jewish-capitalism.html http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_3_jewish-capitalism.html [4] http://www.ivc-online.com/ http://www.ivc-online.com/

adrianwaj 15y ago
And you should stop being complacent. Did you see the recent protests on Rothschild Boulevard? The article mentions that boulevard 4 times as "Silicon boulevard - the place to watch." Check out: http://israelsciencetechnology.blogspirit.com http://israelsciencetechnology.blogspirit.com (it's down http://web.archive.org/web/20110708020809/http://israelsciencetechnology.blogspirit.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20110708020809/http://israelscien...) See how many acquisitions? To me that's just wrong - even though it may be right for the Rothschilds.
- rcamera 15y ago
  I see the protests about inequality and the high cost of housing that took place in that boulevard, but I don't see why that's relevant, could you please explain it further? I get that you might find it to be immoral, maybe, that so many startups are getting funded or getting pretty good exits in the U.S. (after all, that's the best place atm to get exits), while Israeli are having protests about inequality and high cost of housing, but then again, U.S. has a very high number of startups, and yet we are seeing protests everywhere in that country. That still doesn't mean there aren't startups in Israel.
  - adrianwaj 15y ago
    Ok so you're from the US?? - look at my original post and join some dots and hopefully you'll see where I'm coming from.
    - rcamera 15y ago
      I am actually Brazilian, but still, none of this is relevant. There are startups in Israel, they are getting funded and having exits where they can. You might have a problem that this isn't solving the problems you believe your country have, but this isn't what the discussion is about.

by rcamera 15y ago

adrianwaj 15y ago

And you should stop being complacent. Did you see the recent protests on Rothschild Boulevard? The article mentions that boulevard 4 times as "Silicon boulevard - the place to watch." Check out: http://israelsciencetechnology.blogspirit.com http://israelsciencetechnology.blogspirit.com (it's down http://web.archive.org/web/20110708020809/http://israelsciencetechnology.blogspirit.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20110708020809/http://israelscien...) See how many acquisitions? To me that's just wrong - even though it may be right for the Rothschilds.

rcamera 15y ago
I see the protests about inequality and the high cost of housing that took place in that boulevard, but I don't see why that's relevant, could you please explain it further? I get that you might find it to be immoral, maybe, that so many startups are getting funded or getting pretty good exits in the U.S. (after all, that's the best place atm to get exits), while Israeli are having protests about inequality and high cost of housing, but then again, U.S. has a very high number of startups, and yet we are seeing protests everywhere in that country. That still doesn't mean there aren't startups in Israel.
- adrianwaj 15y ago
  Ok so you're from the US?? - look at my original post and join some dots and hopefully you'll see where I'm coming from.
  - rcamera 15y ago
    I am actually Brazilian, but still, none of this is relevant. There are startups in Israel, they are getting funded and having exits where they can. You might have a problem that this isn't solving the problems you believe your country have, but this isn't what the discussion is about.