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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

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. The top down era of one size fits all.

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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? Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? It was so amazing, like we were trying to send payments into Uruguay to pay people who are listening to their homes on Airbnb.

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