^{Democracy & Technology Blog} Israel is Now “The Startup Nation”

When it comes to technology, entrepreneur Jonathan Medved told George Gilder’s Telecosm 2009 conference in Tarrytown, New York this week, Israel is the world’s “startup nation,” now eclipsing everyone else in the world (even the U.S. on a per capita basis).
There was great enthusiasm for Medved and other speakers at this year’s Gilder show, which was built around The Israel Test, George’s new book. A video greeting from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened the conference.

On “Street Insider” at CNBC TV later, Jonathan Medved also <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1327103451&play=1 “>described the remarkable prominence of Israel in green technologies, including desalinization, geo-thermal power and electric cars (thanks to Shai Aggaziz, who spoke last year at Discovery’s Cascadia conference, “Beyond Oil”.)
Another Medved, radio star/author/Discovery Senior Fellow Michael, was also a resounding success at Telecosm 2009. We hope to have his and other speeches at the event posted soon.