Our first day in Tel Aviv!
Door: Stijn Frima en Thomas de Vrij
22 Mei 2014 | Israel, Tel Aviv
From the start of stepping out of this plane we became part of a different country. Enjoying the weather and the sleepiness of our fellow students, we arrived at our apartment. For our first lunch we walked out of the streets and were surprised by the amazing weather, and the beach that we will swim in on Saturday.
We were welcomed by our fellow countrymen at the Dutch Embassy in Tel Aviv. They told us about the drive of Israel as a Start-up Nation. We learnt of the importance of the Israeli army in creating the Israeli Start-up Nation. This was completely new to us. In the Netherlands the army is much smaller and we as students from the Delft University of Technology never served in the military. In Israel however the army is considered an innovative organization and according to the Israeli creates their start-up culture.
Another example of the difference between the Dutch, the Israeli government is how the Dutch government deals with top sectors and the way how the Israeli government funds companies. Israeli government does not give funding because it is in one sector, but because the business idea is thought to be the most economically viable.
At the embassy we learnt much about entrepreneurship from a government point of view. We expect that the upcoming days we will meet entrepreneurs in person, see different incubators, entrepreneurship organisations and larger businesses. This should give us a different perspective of entrepreneurship and more hands-on tips and experiences that will help us in creating our own start-up. This government point of view is an excellent way to start the trip; it gives a bird-eye view of Israel and thus gives us a framework to understand the necessity for the Israeli to create new start-ups. Paul Janssen and Emiel de Bont from the embassy also understand the Dutch culture and were the perfect persons to tell us about these cultural differences.
Tomorrow we will be able to tell more about great start-ups in Israel.
Best regards,
Stijn Frima en Thomas de Vrij
We were welcomed by our fellow countrymen at the Dutch Embassy in Tel Aviv. They told us about the drive of Israel as a Start-up Nation. We learnt of the importance of the Israeli army in creating the Israeli Start-up Nation. This was completely new to us. In the Netherlands the army is much smaller and we as students from the Delft University of Technology never served in the military. In Israel however the army is considered an innovative organization and according to the Israeli creates their start-up culture.
Another example of the difference between the Dutch, the Israeli government is how the Dutch government deals with top sectors and the way how the Israeli government funds companies. Israeli government does not give funding because it is in one sector, but because the business idea is thought to be the most economically viable.
At the embassy we learnt much about entrepreneurship from a government point of view. We expect that the upcoming days we will meet entrepreneurs in person, see different incubators, entrepreneurship organisations and larger businesses. This should give us a different perspective of entrepreneurship and more hands-on tips and experiences that will help us in creating our own start-up. This government point of view is an excellent way to start the trip; it gives a bird-eye view of Israel and thus gives us a framework to understand the necessity for the Israeli to create new start-ups. Paul Janssen and Emiel de Bont from the embassy also understand the Dutch culture and were the perfect persons to tell us about these cultural differences.
Tomorrow we will be able to tell more about great start-ups in Israel.
Best regards,
Stijn Frima en Thomas de Vrij
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