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DNA of a Startup

What does it mean to live in a startup nation?

This Passover, TheMarker compiled a list of 20 startups that we believe are on their way to great things, and a broader look at the changing face of the industry as a whole.

By Liz Steinberg | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:59 PM | 2

This year’s Startup Ecosystem Index report found that Tel Aviv is the second most supportive place

Mission (almost) impossible

The local startup entrepreneur is the poster child of the brash, bold and quick-witted Israeli showing Silicon Valley how things are done - but that status is getting harder and harder to obtain.

By Eytan Avriel | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:45 PM

Hello, consumer

After years of stellar success in heavy-duty computing, local techies are learning how to court actual end users. The takeoff of apps such as Waze and GetTaxi raises the question - is this focus a good thing?

By Tali Heruti-Sover | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:40 PM

A screenshot of iOnRoad, an app for knowing when to keep your distance.

Remember my name: 20 Israeli startups to look out for

TheMarker’s tech writers profiled 20 startups they believe are particularly promising; companies with a product, a clear business model and a vision of solving a pressing problem. Keep your eye on these guys.

By TheMarker | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:08 PM

Waiting for an offer they can’t refuse

Many a fine Israeli tech company is traded on NASDAQ but not in Tel Aviv. Why is it that local capital market animals are the only ones in Israel who haven’t caught the high-tech fever?

By Oren Freund | Mar 19, 2013 | 01:04 PM | 2

Love thy multinational

No more griping. Here are six reasons Israel should welcome the global high-tech giants among us.

By Inbal Orpaz | Mar 19, 2013 | 12:44 PM

CEO in a strange land

Foreign businesspeople who relocate to Israel encounter a very different culture. Some attempt to cope – while others sell the firm and flee.

By Nofar Sinai | Mar 19, 2013 | 12:35 PM

An ad agency blooms in the desert

McCann Erickson set up a branch in Mitzpeh Ramon, far from Tel Aviv’s insular advertising industry. A handful of hipster employees have gladly followed, and say there’s no going back.

By Hagai Amit, Anat Gregory | Mar 19, 2013 | 12:27 PM

Stocks or blocks?

Is it better to invest in property or securities? A hard look at the figures yields a compelling case for putting your money in the capital market.

By Oren Freund | Mar 19, 2013 | 12:22 PM

Naftali Bennett campaigns at a bar in the southern city of Ashdod.

No place for small businesses

Known as a world leader in high-tech startups, Israel is a decidedly inhospitable place when it comes to starting and building small enterprises of the non-tech persuasion.

By David Rosenberg | Mar 19, 2013 | 12:10 PM

Business

Tech roundup / Angels in Tel Aviv flock to OurCrowd

By Ruth Schuster | 01:21 PM

Report: Google may outbid Facebook for Israeli startup Waze

By Reuters | 10:13 AM

IDB bondholders taking control, Dankner may lose job

By Assa Sasson, Michael Rochvarger | 08:28 AM

Passover 2013

Barack Obama host a Passover Seder Dinner in the White House, March 25, 2013

Proof the Passover seder is going out of fashion

By Anshel Pfeffer | 07:47 AM | 6

Happiness in slavery: the true meaning of Passover

By Rabbi Michael Knopf / Jewish World blogger | 06:36 PM | 5

The continuity that unites us at the Passover seder

By Yael Miller / Jewish World blogger | 07:02 PM

Exodus to Tel Aviv

Super-stylish customers at a Dizengoff cafe

Bohemian cafes, sexual freedom and lots of gossip. Has anything changed in Tel Aviv?

By Margery Greenfeld Morgan | 03:31 AM

In the first Hebrew city, more college students than ever study in English

By Judy Maltz | 05:42 AM

'Give me Tel Aviv and its sages'

By Andrew Esensten | 03:24 AM

Business Opinion

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson stand with Netanyahu.

Israel's have-nots will keep paying for Birthright, if Sheldon Adelson has his way

By Itay Ziv | 03:00 PM | 4

Debt-rescheduling has exceeded all bounds in Israel - hopefully, that's going to change

By Assa Sasson | 02:11 AM

Lapid's 1.5% income tax hike isn't the problem

By Meirav Arlosoroff | 03:24 PM