antti.vilpponen.net » ecosystem http://antti.vilpponen.net Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:51:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Israel, The Start-Up Nation http://antti.vilpponen.net/2009/12/01/israel-the-start-up-nation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-the-start-up-nation http://antti.vilpponen.net/2009/12/01/israel-the-start-up-nation/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:07:07 +0000 admin http://antti.vilpponen.net/?p=1847 Back in January I helped a man called Saul Singer on some facts regarding Finnish entrepreneurship and the ecosystem we have. He told me he was writing a book about Israel and its startup ecosystem, thus I was glad to help the man in his project. Today I saw a tweet from Saul Singer that his book was #11 on New York Times Political Bestsellers list! Not only is the book doing well on NYT, but it’s also enjoying its third week on the Wall Street Journal business book list as well as on the Washington Post non-fiction/hardcover list. Well done!

Israel has been an inspiration to the Finnish startup ecosystem in a way that not many know. The current Vigo accelerators we have in this country are partly a result of the learnings from Israel and their ecosystem. The efforts being put across by our government are also a result of certain individuals hard work towards marketing growth entrepreneurship in Finland. So in summary, Israel has been somewhat of a benchmark for us Finns.

I managed to query the book with Amazon and in the end he did include a comment from me comparing Israeli and Finnish startup ecosystems. Mr Singer was kind enough to send me a copy of the book so I’m thrilled to read more about the reasons why Israel is doing so well compared to other parts of the world.

If you want your copy of the book, Amazon has Start-up Nation on sale for a mere $15.78 USD.

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