Author: David Rutman

Israeli Startup Autotalks Looks to $2 Billion IPO Yet another billion plus exit for Startup Nation. Autotalks – Onn Haran Co-founder and CTOand Hagai Zyss CEO (Courtesy company PR) Autotalks, and Israeli startup which develops V2X solutions for use in smart cars, is looking towards a NASDAQ IPO. Citing sources in the company, Israel’s Globes […]

Israeli Breakthrough in the battle against deadly brain cancer Researchers at Tel Aviv University activating the brain’s immune system against the deadliest cancer Prof. Ronit Satchi Fainaro (R) and Eilam Yeini / Photo Credit Tel Aviv University Groundbreaking research from Tel Aviv University may lead to a significant breakthrough in the battle against deadly brain […]

Muslims Sue Mark Zuckerberg Over Facebook Bias A group says Facebook doesn’t do enough to stop nti-Muslim hate speech. Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg are biased against Muslims, says one group which has filed a lawsuit. The civil rights group Muslim Advocates says that Facebook does not do enough to stop the proliferation of anti-Muslim rhetoric […]

Sackler Family Slammed in New Tell All Book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty comes out on Friday. The Sackler family is still reeling from the whole Oxycodone scandal which forced their Purdue Pharma company into bankruptcy. The family was forced out of the business and some of its members have […]

Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review Apr 4 – 10 Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC Funding AmplioSpeech Offers Special Education Platform (JBN)The company just raised $27 million. Israeli startup AmplioSpeech has developed a digital platform that connects students, educators and therapists with advanced technologies to help students with special needs. […]

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Home Prayer Covid Limitations This will make it easier for Jews to hold services in smaller groups. In a move which is certain to come as a relief to many Jews in America, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down limitations on the number of people allowed in a private […]

Why dealing with Iran is a non-starter Iran nuclear deal: agreement in Vienna. L-R Foreign ministers/secretaries of state Wang Yi (China), Laurent Fabius (France), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Federica Mogherini (EU), Mohammad Javad Zarif (Iran), Philip Hammond (UK), John Kerry (USA).14.07.2015 / Photo: Dragan Tatic by Neville Teller             On Friday, April 2 all the signatories […]

Israel Leads World in Unicorns – Two More Billion Dollar Startups This Week Alone It has nine new ones so far this year. Israel is not known as Startup Nation for nothing. And now Startup Nation may be known as Unicorn nation. A unicorn is a startup, which is still a privately held company that […]

Top 5 Inspirational True Story Movies About Entrepreneurs See them for their true stories and enjoy them because they are great movies. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator These are not just informative movies. These are really good movies, with great actors and performances, and compelling stories. They feature Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Blanchet, Jeff Bridges, Will […]

The Guide to Managing Seed Investments in Startups By Jonathan Gan You thought of an idea for a start-up; you started to build a cool technology product; you might have even started a company and launched a product. Indeed, at one point or another, you began to deal with one of the most burdensome, frustrating, […]