Tel Aviv Univ's IDEAS Forum brings start-up nation ingenuity to US business stage

How did Israel become branded "The Startup Nation?" American Friends of Tel Aviv University presents the IDEAS Los Angeles Forum annually at Santa Monica College's Broad Stage to explore technology venture development. 

The organizers describe IDEAS Los Angeles as a project in partnership with corporations, private businesses, community organizations, institutes of higher learning and media outlets to create a space where global business leaders, futurists, studio heads, movie and television producers, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, Tel Aviv University administrators, professors, and alumni can come together and share ideas. 

Tel Aviv Univ RAMOT's CEO,Shlomo Nimrodi
 at IDEAS Conference in L.A.

At last year's IDEAS forum, David Dorfman introduced me to Mr. Shlomo Nimrodi, who serves as CEO of Ramot Business-Engagement Center at Tel Aviv University. 

Mr. Nimrodi explains how his initiative prospects innovation developed through Tel Aviv University researchers and cultivates it towards commercialization. 

Register for the IDEAS Conference, which returns June 15-16th at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

Doing business with Israel and Israelis - at The Israel Conference in Los Angeles

How well do Israeli ventures provide for non-Jewish investors and business-people?  Oded Vardi at The Israel Conference in L.A. fields questions regarding Israel's practice and image in business in the world for investors, customers, and venture partners.

 

Mr. Mike Holstein has been attending The Israel Conference for years. Mr. Holstein explains why, though he has never travelled to Israel, he finds doing business with Israeli companies more western than Mid-Eastern in culture, practice, and law.



Why this African-American Pepperdine University graduate student volunteered to contribute her time and effort to promote Israeli business: