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אריק ורדי , יאיר גולדפינגר מייסדי מיראביליס 1998

Remember your ICQ number? The story behind how the messaging platform gave birth to startup nation

28.05.24|Galit Hemi and Sophie Shulman
In a month, after 28 years of activity, the ICQ messaging platform will be shut down. Its sale to AOL jump-started the startup nation in 1998, but at first, the founders just wanted to play ping pong together. How did four nerds from a basement in Israel reach the summit of global high-tech in just two years? An excerpt from the book “The Israeli Mind: The Story of Israeli Innovation”
Israeli investors switch from one rule book to another

Israel’s tech sector is the ultimate fashion victim

07.04.21|Shaul Olmert
The industry keeps changing the rulebook instead of erasing it altogether