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The author's words Chapter 1 Perseverance

At present, only some countries adjacent to Israel are shown on the map. He can see the names and capitals of these countries, which surround Israel: Beirut, Lebanon; Damascus, Syria; Amman, Jordan; Cairo, Egypt.

Now, Thompson began to panic: "Did I buy a company here? I flew to a war zone! "

Chapter II Entrepreneurs on the Battlefield

"At this time, the company commander is facing numerous troubles, and you can't expect to find a solution from books. Faced with this complicated situation, the commander returned to the base, and his soldiers began to look at him with new eyes, and he felt different himself.

He is on the front line-responsible for many lives: his soldiers, Palestinian students, journalists. Look, he can't conquer the whole of Eastern Europe, but he must find a way to deal with such a complicated situation, and he is only 23 years old. "The third chapter chasing" books "

Young Israeli backpackers have traveled all over the world, and Israeli technology entrepreneurs have penetrated into foreign markets. The connection between the two is obvious. As long as they are over 20, most Israelis try to explore opportunities in the outside world. They are never afraid to enter a strange environment, and they are not worried about what will happen when dealing with a completely different culture.

In fact, according to a rough estimate by Edward Luttwak, a military historian, most Israelis have been to more than 65,438+02 countries at the age of 35. Israelis are active in emerging economies and unknown areas, in part because they often chase the traces of "books" from outside.

Chapter IV Harvard, Princeton and Yale

"In Israel, to some extent, a person's academic experience is not as important as his experience in the army. In the process of applying for a job, one question that must be asked in every interview is: which department of the army do you serve in?

"Jill krebs said that he used to work in the intelligence department of the army-later began to follow the footsteps of" books ",and now he works in the field of venture capital, focusing on the technology market in China.

Chapter V The Edge of Chaos and Order

This is the environment in which Israeli entrepreneurs grow up. They benefit from the stable system and the laws of advanced democratic countries, and also benefit from the cultural atmosphere of Israel without hierarchy. Every businessman here lives in overlapping social circles, some are small clubs, some have served in the army, and some are neighbors, all of which are informal circles. Chapter VI The Story of Collective Farm

Collective farm commune is not only highly collectivized, but also highly democratic. Every question in the process of self-management, from what crops to whether members should have televisions, will be discussed repeatedly before making a decision.

Simon Perez told us: "In the collective farm community, there are no police and no courts;" Once I joined the commune, I had no private property. Before I came, there wasn't even a personal letter here. A letter has arrived and everyone can open it. "

Chapter VII Immigrant Treasure

Whether before or after the founding of Israel, Ben-Gurion always thought that immigration was the top priority of this country: for this fledgling country, those immigrants who are still wandering on the road and have no shelter need help, but more importantly, Jewish immigrants need to settle down, fight for Israel and devote themselves to the construction of a new economy.

Today, these still seem to be true. Russian students who once brought new glory to Shiva Murphy High School attracted legendary entrepreneurs Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as social entrepreneurs Arthur? Elias' Russian students may be the promoters of a new generation of innovation in Israel.

Chapter VIII "Snitch"

Although the US Federal Bureau of Investigation confiscated three Constellation passenger planes, which were the largest planes that schwimmer had ever bought, he and his companions managed to smuggle other planes out. Some people simply flew over the heads of FBI agents, even though they clamored for the plane to land. At the last minute, Hagana made another deal to buy German Mephisto fellers from Czechoslovakia, and these planes were also flown to Israel by schwimmer.

Chapter 9 Buffett experiment

When the deadline of 65438+ 10/5 came, froman was addicted to an imaginary board debate-somewhere in the United States-between a president who was keen on investing in Israel and a cautious director who thought he was reckless. What kind of support does this enthusiastic person need? I understand your concern, and I watch the news, but let's not forget that during the Gulf War, Intel Israel Company produced 386 chips, which is one of Intel's most important microchips. The Israelis never missed an order. They all finished it on time without delay ... not once ... not even when the missile fell.

Chapter 10 Fighting on the Edge of Cliff

At that time, a group of young officials in the Ministry of Finance put forward an idea, which was called Yozma, which means "initiative" in Hebrew. As Erna Berry told us, "John Lennon once said early rock music,' Before Elvis Presley, there was no rock music.' As for the success of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship in Israel, to paraphrase Lennon, "Before Yozma, there was no venture capital." "Chapter 11 Betrayal and Opportunity

On a mission in 1969, five Israeli gunboats faced a 20-foot wave in France, 3000 miles away from Israel, transporting ships worth millions of dollars. Before the new port closure order was issued, these ships had promised to be sold to Israel. Time magazine vividly described the scene at that time in 1970: "Since Bismarck's time, such pursuit at sea has been rare ... French reconnaissance plane, a Royal Air Force Canberra bomber from Malta, Soviet tank crew, radar array of the Sixth Fleet of the United States, photographers and even Italian fishermen are tracking the trail of Israelis from all angles."

Chapter XII National Mission

The story of Moon Hee's image is not only a story of technology transfer, but also tells us how a technology changed from military to civilian. Not only tell us how to become an entrepreneur from a large defense technology company. More importantly, it is a model of technology mix and match, which not only combines two completely separated fields-missile and medicine, but also integrates a lot of scientific and technological achievements, including optics, electronics, batteries, wireless data transmission and software to help doctors analyze. This form of mashup is the holy grail of technological innovation.

Chapter 13 Chief's Dilemma

Building Israel's economy, joining the cluster belonging to Israel, pushing Israel to the widest place in the world, and creating Israel's "for-profit patriotism" to some extent.

As the historian Barbara tuchman said before the arrival of the Israeli science and technology boom, "Although Israel has its own problems, one advantage plays a leading role: the sense of mission. Israelis may not be rich ... and there is no quiet life, but what they have is rich enough to kill people: motivation. "

Chapter XIV Threats to Economic Miracles

Of all the threats and challenges facing Israel, it is perhaps the most terrible to think that it cannot maintain economic growth, because it needs to overcome political obstacles and pay attention to those neglected issues.

Israel has a rare and perhaps unique cultural and institutional foundation, which can produce innovation and entrepreneurship; What it lacks is a policy foundation that can be further expanded and extended in the whole Israeli society. Fortunately, it is much easier to change policy than culture, which has been proved in countries such as Singapore. In fact, the reason why Israel is so powerful today is the result of many factors: the patriotism, mission, shortage and disaster awareness of the founders, as well as the curiosity and carefree nature of Israelis and Jews.

Perez said: "The biggest tradition of Jews is dissatisfaction, which may not be good for politics, but it is definitely good for science."

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