NY Israel Tech Taking Off

How many Israeli high-tech professionals do you think live in NYC? I have no idea but here’s a telling fact - within 6 months of creating NY Israel Tech, over 650 members have joined up by word of mouth only.
Last week over 200 of us met at our new home; NYU’s Stern School of Business [...]

NY Israel Tech Idols

Last Wednesday was a special night for the NY Israel Tech group. Not only were we celebrating the feverish entrepreneurial spirit that built one of the world’s greatest countries in only 60 years, but we welcomed students from Herzelia’s IDC University’s Zell Entrepreneurship program to present their stealth startups to our group. We were impressed, [...]

Israel Turns 60. NY Israel Tech Celebrates Next Week

It’s nothing less than astonishing what a country the size of New Jersey and in a perpetual state of survival and hourly radio “hicon” has been able to produce in 60 short years. The Israeli high tech community is a shining beacon of our tiny country’s tenacious entrepreneurial spirit and it has become the breeding [...]

Appearance on Israeli Channel 10

This week I was featured in a documentary by Oshrat Kotler on Channel 10 in Israel. The documentary looks at the alarming trend of Israel’s brightest talents leaving to pursue their dreams and careers abroad. I don’t exactly fit that mold in that 1) I’m not that bright and 2) I’m Israeli but grew up [...]

Lunch at Meetup.com

Last week Scott Heiferman, Meetup.com’s founder and CEO invited me to talk to his company about my experience building NY Video 2.0 and NY Israel Tech, the two meetup groups I organize. I’m not only a fan of Scott’s, Meetup.com as a company is inspirational to me, so I gladly accepted the invitation. We spent [...]