startupmania

I believe most of you have heard of Start-Up Nation, the American best seller which describes the economic miracle Israel has caused in the world, and tells the story the local high-tech industry and start-ups.

Start-Up Nation, which was written by Dan Sensor and Saul Singer tries to explain how Israel has managed – with only a few million residents, without any natural resources, immense diplomatic difficulties, and a history rife with military problems – to start more successful start-ups than established financial empires such as China, Japan, Canada or the U.K.

When we began planning the SmartCamp Israel event, Start-Up Nation was always in the background. The immense success of the book in the US served to elevate the bar for us, and for the Israeli start-ups who will make it to the final.

The winning start-up is a representative of all of us in Ireland, and must try and defeat all the start-ups from all around the world, in the spirit of Start-Up Nation. We need to continue and show that our entrepreneurs are better than the English, the French and the rest of the world.

I am happy to announce that Saul Singer has decided to assist us, and agreed to speak in SmarCamp’s final event, to be held on June 24^th, at the IBM House in Petach Tikva.

In this special event, where the judges will witness short presentations by the fiva finalists, there will also be held a special lecture by Dr. Guruduth Banavar, VP and CTO of IBM’s Global Public Sector.

If you’re involved in the start-up field, and active in work in the Israeli start-up relam, or working with a promising Israeli start-up, you are hereby invited to register to the upcoming SmarCamp event, where you will get some networking done, experience the five finalists’ presentations and hear lectures by IBM Israel’s CEO Meir Neissenson, Dr. Banaar and Mr. Singer.

Translated by Itai Rosenbaum