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The authors of The Genius of Israel tells us what the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success.

 
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?

With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the country's adversity-driven culture, which flattens hierarchy and elevates informality-- all backed up by government policies focused on innovation. In a world where economies as diverse as Ireland, Singapore and Dubai have tried to re-create the "Israel effect", there are entrepreneurial lessons well worth noting. As America reboots its own economy and can-do spirit, there's never been a better time to look at this remarkable and resilient nation for some impressive, surprising clues.
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"There is a great deal for America to learn from the very impressive Israeli entrepreneurial model... START-UP NATION is a playbook for every CEO who wants to develop the next generation of corporate leaders."

―Tom Brokaw, Special correspondent for NBC News, and bestselling author of The Greatest Generation

"In the midst of the chaos of the Middle East, there's a remarkable story of innovation. START-UP NATION is... a timely book and a much-needed celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit."
―Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay

"Senor and Singer's experience[s]...come to life in their illuminating, timely, and often surprising analysis."

―George Stephanopoulos, anchor of ABC's "This Week"

"No one else, in my judgment, has written regularly about Israel in recent years with more clarity than Singer."―William Kristol, Editor of The Weekly Standard

"An edifying, cogent report."

―Kirkus

"A rich and insightful read."

―Publishers Weekly

"Saul Singer's Confronting Jihad should be mandatory reading for anyone, layman or expert, interested in the real Middle East."―Michael Oren, historian and bestselling author of Six Days of War

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Dan Senor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, has been on the front lines of policy, politics, and business in the Middle East. As a senior foreign policy advisor to the U.S. Government , he was one of the longest-serving civilian officials in Iraq. He has also served in Qatar and studied in Israel. Senor's pieces are frequently published by the Wall Street Journal. Saul Singer is the editorial editor of the Jerusalem Post, for which he writes a weekly column, and the author of Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle and the World after 9/11. For ten years, he served as a foreign policy advisor on Capitol Hill. http://www.startupnationbook.com/

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Twelve; Reprint edition (September 7, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0446541478
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    DAN SENOR is co-author of the forthcoming book The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World, which will be released on November 7, 2023. He is also co-author of The New York Times bestseller Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, which has been translated into more than 30 languages.

    He was a senior advisor to former Speaker Paul Ryan’s campaign for vice president and foreign policy advisor to Senator Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns. A former Defense Department official, Dan was based in Iraq and at U.S. Central Command in Qatar in 2003 and 2004 as chief spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition. He has written for The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA TODAY, and The Washington Post. In addition, he is also the host of the podcast “Call Me Back” and appears frequently on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” and “CBS Mornings”.

    Dan was educated at the University of Western Ontario, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Harvard Business School, and is currently a partner at an investment management firm. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.

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Customers find the book very interesting, helpful, and insightful. They also describe it as an easy to read piece that opens their minds to the positive. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it insightful and easy to understand, while others find it repetitive and limited.

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Customers find the book very interesting, life-transforming, and useful. They also say the authors tell real stories of entrepreneurial success. Readers also mention the book is correct, concise, and easy to understand. They say it provides a fascinating look into culture and what drives success. They mention the analysis of Israel's successful businesses is fantastic, innovative, and creative.

"I found this book to be well-written and very informative on the subject of not just `how' Israel has come to be a great startup nation, by `why'...." Read more

"...Moreover, the book is also very enlightening for those people like me who have very little knowledge about Israel and never interested in learning..." Read more

"...It is just simply an amazing read.If you want to know more about Israel than just its politics I suggest you read this book...." Read more

"...It was a fascinating look into culture and what drives success, but it also was inspirational as it encouraged me to try to implement more of these..." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful, easy to read, and a good example of understanding the specifics of your population and creating business models. They also say it describes well the soil that brings up start-up companies.

"I found this book to be well-written and very informative on the subject of not just `how' Israel has come to be a great startup nation, by `why'...." Read more

"...It does a decent job in explaining that and summarizing Israels history, but it doesn't leave you with much concrete advise...." Read more

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Customers are mixed about the writing style. Some find the book very insightful, creative, and thoughtful, highlighting the smart, creative Israeli people. However, others find the writing repetitive and with a limited set of examples. They also say the book is not worth reading and goes into a repetitive lull.

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Chris Hambleton
5.0 out of 5 stars A Model for Economic Recovery
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2010
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I found this book to be well-written and very informative on the subject of not just `how' Israel has come to be a great startup nation, by `why'. The Israeli's have proven once again that "necessity is the mother of invention."

In May of 2010, I was able a 10-day tour of Israel, and was struck by the vitality and energy of the young nation. Everyone we met seemed quite serious about their jobs and busy about them. Not only that, but the people seemed very proud of all they had been able to accomplish in such a short time and under such difficult circumstances.

Before reading the book, I had no idea that so many of our modern conveniences come from Israel, from optical devices to chipsets to agricultural/irrigation technology. Perhaps this is poor marketing on the part of the Israeli's, or maybe they're trying to let their products and innovations speak for themselves.

One of the more interesting examples of innovation was near the beginning of the book, with the "Better Place" car company. The idea of utilizing battery-swapping stations rather than battery-charging stations solves a number of problems that has hampered the electric-car industry.

I also noticed that Israel's entrepreneurial spirit has caused a steady shift away from the socialist roots of many of the settlers towards a more capitalist/free-market, mainly by necessity. The Israeli's have learned that startups and innovators flourish best under free markets, not burdensome regulations/mandates from the government.

The Israeli trait of chutzpah was refreshing to read about, and it made me wonder how much better the USA would be if more Americans questioned more and put their skills and education towards practical problem-solving more. America has many of the same problems that Israel has, but Israel seems more determined to fix them rather than push them off onto someone else to solve.

After reading the book, I have come to believe that it would greatly benefit the United States if we had a mandatory national service for 18-20 yr-olds and perhaps even a 'reserve' national service which gets everyone involved, perhaps for 2-3 weeks a year. Not only would this get more people involved in the task of governing the nation, it would push more private solutions into the public sector and force the government to be more efficient. Also, this policy would help reduce the size/power of the public unions and reduce the federal bureaucracy with many fewer permanent government employees.

Due to their difficult circumstances, the Israeli's have a purpose and will to survive and prosper despite the odds against them -- to do what most said cannot be done. However, will their growing affluence dampen it in the coming years? I hope not.

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ARMAN KIRIM, PhD
5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book on industrail policy
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2009
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Even though I am very far from being an Israeli fan, I sincerely enjoyed this book. OK, it is too much Israeli marketing&PR, but what can you say: it is legitimate. Despite the fact that I was intimidated until almost page 100 by authors' delving too much into the "goodness" of Israeli armed forces, and almost glorifying the neighbour-bashing Israeli army and air forces, I still kept reading the book which, in the end, turned out to be a very fruitful endeavour.

This is a good book. It provides a very nice vision for those who are interested in economic development, industrial policy and especially innovation/entrepreneurship policy. There are invaluable hints regarding those topics, however much they are hidden in between the lines. Nevertheless, as I said, the tips are invaluable and very teaching.

The main question I had in mind while reading the book was whether I could take home some of the experiences and lessons described in the book. Some definitely cannot be imported. They are those idiosyncratic things which are very much Israeli and Jewish-specific:

- For example the role of Jewish diaspora and the resultant "connectedness" that came with it,
- the geographical positioning of Israel, the 'culture' of Israeli jews,
- war-related chance-based motivations,
- reverse Jewish brain-drain en masse and
- the never ending US-support of Israel (though, in the book, you hardly trace any mention of this tremendously important fact, which I believe, is a major bias of the book).

There are, however, many other factors that you can take home regarding innovation and industrial policy, like:

- The importance of talent & human resources,
- critical roles of cross-training, of
- venture capital financing,
- multidisciplinary approach to business problems,
- proximity of the elements of an ecosystem,
- of sense of community membership for the success of business clusters, and
- culture of risk-taking, failure-welcoming and 'chutzpah'.
- Also very important is the book's verification of the positive and critical role of government intervention in a country's entrepreneurial push and economic development.

Those are very valuable aspects of the book.

Moreover, the book is also very enlightening for those people like me who have very little knowledge about Israel and never interested in learning about that country's inner workings. Because, while you read with a focus to find clues regarding innovation and entrepreneurial policy, you learn the history, predicaments and some aspects of the inner workings of Israel's economic system. This, I personally found very interesting; kind of buy one, get one free.

In a nutshell, even though this is a deliberate 'marketing' effort for Israel, it is still a very valuable book for those interested in industrial, entrepreneurial and innovation policy. It is, however, not at all a guide for company-specific innovation policies and certainly NOT a business-related book.
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Dalya Hakimi
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book very informative
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2022
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I really learned a lot about the Israel world of innovation
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Virat Sharma
5.0 out of 5 stars Book that summarises the Israeli Chutzpah
Reviewed in India on May 26, 2024
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Israel being a tiny country surrounded by enemy countries has developed a knack of not only coping with the adversaries but to leverage such forces into something that benefits the country. This book is worth reading to understand what makes Israel an exceptional state when it comes to innovation and start ups.
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Virat Sharma
5.0 out of 5 stars Book that summarises the Israeli Chutzpah
Reviewed in India on May 26, 2024
Israel being a tiny country surrounded by enemy countries has developed a knack of not only coping with the adversaries but to leverage such forces into something that benefits the country. This book is worth reading to understand what makes Israel an exceptional state when it comes to innovation and start ups.
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Comprador
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy recomendable
Reviewed in Spain on December 18, 2021
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Aurelio Ortiz
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buen libro sobre una nación emprendedora
Reviewed in Mexico on June 6, 2020
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Antes de leer este libro no sabía mucho sobre Israel; lo básico que uno sabe sin adentrarse mucho o sin conocer la historia específicamente. Es un libro bastante interesante sobre la creación del estado de Israel y, más en específico, de su increíble desarrollo económico como polo de innovación y desarrollo. A veces me pareció que los autores ponen demasiado énfasis en el aspecto militar, sin embargo también hay que entender que las fuerzas armadas son una pieza fundamental sin la cual la historia y el desarrollo de Israel no podría explicarse. Su redacción es muy buena y citan a muchísimas fuentes durante todo el libro. Muy recomendable sobretodo si uno tiene interés en la cultura del emprendimiento, sobre Israel o sobre el mundo en general.
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Milton Viegas
5.0 out of 5 stars Sensacional para entender o crescimento econômico de Israel
Reviewed in Brazil on May 1, 2019
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O livro passa por diversos exemplos e argumentos para tentar explicar o crescimento econômico de Israel, uma nação minúscula, em território inóspito e cercada de inimigos.
Mesmo frente a tantas adversidades, o povo israelense conseguiu criar uma pujante economia de startups de tecnologia, referência mundial.
Esse livro deveria servir de referência para nossos governantes, estudado e aplicado. Se Israel com tantas adversidades conseguiu êxito, por que não também o Brasil?
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