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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The 2-year model, which was also backed by the Bank of Israel, will allow the government to present a long term plan and maintain market stability. The ministers also unanimously approved Steinitz’s proposal to implement a calculation system that would increase the government’s annual expense rate from 1.7%

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. It was so amazing, like we were trying to send payments into Uruguay to pay people who are listening to their homes on Airbnb. This is Out Of the Crisis. What are institutions for?

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