Presentation at Geekdom / San Antonio on insights from Startup Nation, Israel

1. INSIGHTS FROM STARTUP
NATION / ISRAEL
October 14, 2015
Geekdom
San Antonio

2. BACKGROUND
• Based in San Antonio - for 29 years
• Tech PR / Startup Communications Consultant - 35 years
• Part of Israel’s startup economy for 22 years
• 51 trips to Israel

3. Early Geekdom Member - in November 2011….

4. BACKGROUND
• Worked on….
• VoIP
• WiFi
• IPTV
• Tablet PC
• Enterprise everything
OEMs & ODMs who
shaped the plumbing of
the Internet

5. NOW…
• Rackspace Brand Ambassador to Israel (contractor)
• Brand Ambassador to Made in Jerusalem (July and August)
• Applying same skills sets and background… sponsored by
Rackspace…
• Focus on Rackspace Startups program

7. Very small geographic region

8. Small Geographic Region
8,000,000 people

9. 3TARGET MARKETS
• Startups
• VCs / Seed Investors
• Accelerators and Startup Programs

10. WHY ISRAEL?
• Sell into - to sell out of.
• Startups built to scale globally
• English is the main language
• Best test bed in the world - in every language in the world

11. LANDSCAPE
• 4,000 + “startups”
• 50 + accelerators, working spaces, programs
• 250 R&D centers
• 2nd largest startup ecosystem - geographical efficiency
• #3 in NASDAQ publicly traded companies

13. 2014 - A BANNERYEAR
• $3.4 billion raised inVC funding
• 7 IPO’s - $3.5 billion - largest one in the middle of Gaza War
• NY-based Israeli companies raised $1 billion / 235 in NYC alone
• 1,000 new startups

14. #BeHelpful

15. UNIQUE…
• Military service… can be a rough neighborhood :)
• Geographic contiguity & efficiency to get things done
• Everyone is degrees of separation
• Blending of cultures from all over the world

16. Compelling Migration Patterns
Israel
Asia
UK/
Europe
USA

19. EVANGELISM
• Speaking
• Writing
• Mentoring
• Community events
• Networking everywhere. Everyone is networking….

21. GapingVoid…

22. Content…

23. Media Coverage

24. ISRAEL NEXT:
• Solving problems of humanity - the API of humanity
• U.S. not always the place to grow
• Developing countries - especially Africa

25. NEW DEVELOPMENTS
• Techstars / Barclays
• 500 Startups
• Tel Aviv / Berlin cooperation
• Israel / UK cooperation
• SXSW Advisor

26. WHAT EXCITES ME
• Cross section of cultures
• Democratization of startups across all socio- economic spectrum
• Human R&D lab
• From Startup Nation to Scale Up Nation

27. GOING FORWARD
• San Antonio /Tel Aviv ( all of Israel)
• Regional startup ecosystems in Eastern and Central Europe
• Following the migration patterns of startups to NY / Silicon
Valley / Boston
• Story telling and sharing content

28. OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN
ANTONIO
• Cybersecurity
• Health Care - especially Diabetes
• Energy
• Water
• Agriculture
• Texas A&M Campus

29. thank you!
alan@weinkrantz.com