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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Professor Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been designated the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals – a new form of matter that has become a major subject field for physicists, materials scientists, mathematicians, and crystallographers.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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. “Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio (Lula) da Silva gave Israeli President Shimon Peres his final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay).

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

Canada, England, South Korea, Japan, and Uruguay. Business, professional, and technical services were the fifth largest U.S. Each year, Growthink reviews hundreds of startup and emerging company opportunities and selects those with the best management teams, market opportunities, and financial prospects. So from 95%+ U.S.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Technology Poverty – Every revolution has its downsides – those who miss out. Technology is bringing about a new form of poverty to those who don’t have equal access to it. The technology minimums are changing quickly. The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web. A bit like Silicon Valley.

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Thank You, Anthony Bourdain

Haystack

It’s hard to pick a favorite among the many, but it feels hard to beat this story about Bourdain coming to the defense of a Midwestern food critic’s review of The Olive Garden which went viral. I read Bourdain’s book over and over again, alongside the more technical On Food & Cooking by Harold McGee.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. I don't see any big tech companies that have great cultures that are doing fully remote. It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. And with technology as a really important lever to improve the world. BA : Yeah.

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