Start-up Nation

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
In the last two decades Israel, the Biblical land of miracles, has experienced an economic miracle of a sort. It is now the site of thousands of high-tech start-ups, what authors Senor and Si9nger call "the highest density of start-ups in the world."

So, what is Israel's secret sauce? How can this nation of 7 million people have more companies listed on NASDAQ than does the entire continent of Europe?

In part it's a matter of culture (chutzpah and drive), and in part it's the story of how Israel's military has become the training ground for entrepreneurs. That's the short answer, but it's well worth reading the book for the long answer.

View all my reviews >>