1. Moving Up In a Downturn: Gaining Competitive Advantage in a Recession Prof. Shlomo Maital Academic Director, TIM Global-Tel Aviv Trends in Today's Global Economy Thursday, November 20 th , 2008, 16:00- 20:00
3. Tsunami, meltdown, catastrophe, collapse, moving the deck chairs on the Titanic… earthquake, 100-year flood… Nothing Really Has Changed! Everything Has Suddenly Changed!
4. How Financial Bubbles Happen Use money to make goods, services Use money to make money for others Use money to make money for yourself
5. Survey: * how many of you are considering launching a startup?
7. In the last American recession, one company in five in the bottom quartile of each industry moved to the top quartile in the upturn. And one company in five fell from the top to the bottom. More companies failed during the recovery than failed during the recession.