Last Thursday night a whole bunch of very VERY cool people came out to the Garage Geeks including Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, Stanley Fischer, the Governor of the Bank of Israel, his son David Fischer, VP of Advertising and Global Operations at Facebook, as well as Robert Stephens, CTO of Best Buy and founder of The Geek Squad, Martin Varsavsky, Founder of Fon and a few others. These honorable guests came out to Israel [...]

Often time when I am traveling abroad, people ask me: “Why does Israel have so many startups? What is it about Israel that makes it so innovative and strong in the hi-tech industry?” Saul Singer together with Dan Senor have researched that question and have written a whole book about it. They believe the Israeli model can be copied elsewhere in less innovative regions and that other nations have much to learn from Start-Up Nation. [...]

Guest Post written by guest author Ahuvah Berger Last night Kaltura and Blonde 2.0 hosted an intimate gathering in honor of Digg’s Matt Van Horn’s arrival in Israel. The lovely mixer took place at the elegant Benyamin Wine Bar in Tel Aviv and we had a special musical performance by David Broza, an Israeli musical icon. We mingled and schmoozed over delicious wine and food. David opened up his performance by talking to the audience about [...]