The Jeff Pulver Blog: Back in the Hi-Tech Startup Capital of the World: Tel Aviv

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August 26, 2008

Back in the Hi-Tech Startup Capital of the World: Tel Aviv

I’m spending this week in Tel Aviv and I look forward to spending time catching up with a number of (early) early-stage startups.

This morning I hosted a successful Keiretsu meeting which brought together many of the Israeli startups I’m involved with.

Tomorrow morning I am hosting my 4th “Real-Time Social Networking Breakfast” event in Tel Aviv this year. This looks like it may be my largest breakfast to date (out of 30 that I have hosted in 16 cities) as over 200 people are registered for the event. Tomorrow afternoon is a typical afternoon for me in Tel Aviv with meetings scheduled in a non-stop stream of back-to-back meetings.

I am not aware of any other city anywhere in the world where one can smell the entrepreneurship in the air. Every time I visit Tel Aviv I continue to be amazed by: the people I meet; the ideas I hear about; the innovation which is happening; and by the positive energy in the air. The people I know who are involved with startups in Israel are living the 24/7 lifestyle of working non-stop. Just about anything and everything is possible. All it takes is an open mind, vision, inspiration and opportunity.

I enjoy visiting Tel Aviv and the opportunity to catch up with my friends who collectively have become my source of inspiration for a lot of the work that I do. These are some of the people who have helped establish Tel Aviv as the Hi-Tech Startup Capital of the World.

Tags: Tel Aviv, startup, Jeff Pulver