The document discusses the evolution of smartphones and opportunities for augmented reality apps. It provides examples of hypothetical augmented reality apps that could offer contextual recommendations and notifications based on a user's location, preferences, schedule and social connections. The apps described aim to be helpful, harmless and honest by respecting user privacy and only providing suggestions when appropriate.
Simon Weintraub Yigal Arnon Israeli Company Ipo In CanadaMIT Forum of Israel
This document discusses three ways for an Israeli company to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange or TSX Venture Exchange:
1) A share swap, where an Israeli company exchanges shares for shares of a Canadian public company.
2) A reverse triangular merger, where a Canadian public company forms a subsidiary that amalgamates with the Israeli company.
3) An initial public offering (IPO) directly on the Toronto exchange. The document notes Israeli securities law requirements for public offerings and prospectuses that would apply in an IPO.
Passave was a fabless semiconductor company established in 2001 that specialized in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) telecom technology. It struggled initially, failing to gain traction or raise significant funding, but was eventually acquired by PMC-Sierra in 2006 after demonstrating steady growth in headcount, cash balance, and annual revenue over multiple years.
This document provides an overview of key legal and business issues for Israeli startup companies entering the US market through New York State. It discusses New York's startup programs and regions favorable for tech companies. While 600-700 Israeli startups are formed each year, only 1,000 successfully raise local funding, so some seek opportunities in the large and diverse US market. The document outlines steps for establishing a US entity, addressing taxation, intellectual property, financing, hiring employees, office space, and immigration status. It aims to help Israeli founders navigate important rules and regulations for entering the US market.
The document contains a safe harbor statement for Salesforce.com regarding forward-looking statements. It notes that actual results could differ from forward-looking statements if risks and uncertainties materialize or assumptions prove incorrect. It lists risks including those associated with new products/services, growth strategies, intellectual property litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and reliance on cloud computing. The safe harbor statement concludes that investors should make purchase decisions based on currently available features.
Daniel Avidor - Deciphering the Viral Code – The Secrets of RedmatchMIT Forum of Israel
This document summarizes Daniel Avidor's presentation on viral marketing and Redmatch's approach.
Redmatch uses viral marketing techniques to rapidly spread job listings. Like viruses, it takes advantage of social networks to exponentially multiply messages. Redmatch also localizes to different languages and markets, scales to large databases and traffic, and integrates with other systems. Its matching engine anonymously and interactively matches candidates to jobs in real time based on skills and requirements. This helps spread job listings virally through social sharing and networks.
The document discusses MIT's International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program. MISTI places MIT students in internships around the world and supports research collaboration between MIT faculty and international partners. The MIT-Israel program is highlighted, which places students in Israeli companies, research labs, universities, and non-profits. Reasons why companies benefit from hosting an MIT intern include gaining a fresh perspective, advancing their technology, accessing MIT's network, and leveraging the student's specific technological knowledge and training. Over 100 international companies have participated in MISTI internships.
The document discusses the evolution of smartphones and opportunities for augmented reality apps. It provides examples of hypothetical augmented reality apps that could offer contextual recommendations and notifications based on a user's location, preferences, schedule and social connections. The apps described aim to be helpful, harmless and honest by respecting user privacy and only providing suggestions when appropriate.
Simon Weintraub Yigal Arnon Israeli Company Ipo In CanadaMIT Forum of Israel
This document discusses three ways for an Israeli company to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange or TSX Venture Exchange:
1) A share swap, where an Israeli company exchanges shares for shares of a Canadian public company.
2) A reverse triangular merger, where a Canadian public company forms a subsidiary that amalgamates with the Israeli company.
3) An initial public offering (IPO) directly on the Toronto exchange. The document notes Israeli securities law requirements for public offerings and prospectuses that would apply in an IPO.
Passave was a fabless semiconductor company established in 2001 that specialized in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) telecom technology. It struggled initially, failing to gain traction or raise significant funding, but was eventually acquired by PMC-Sierra in 2006 after demonstrating steady growth in headcount, cash balance, and annual revenue over multiple years.
This document provides an overview of key legal and business issues for Israeli startup companies entering the US market through New York State. It discusses New York's startup programs and regions favorable for tech companies. While 600-700 Israeli startups are formed each year, only 1,000 successfully raise local funding, so some seek opportunities in the large and diverse US market. The document outlines steps for establishing a US entity, addressing taxation, intellectual property, financing, hiring employees, office space, and immigration status. It aims to help Israeli founders navigate important rules and regulations for entering the US market.
The document contains a safe harbor statement for Salesforce.com regarding forward-looking statements. It notes that actual results could differ from forward-looking statements if risks and uncertainties materialize or assumptions prove incorrect. It lists risks including those associated with new products/services, growth strategies, intellectual property litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and reliance on cloud computing. The safe harbor statement concludes that investors should make purchase decisions based on currently available features.
Daniel Avidor - Deciphering the Viral Code – The Secrets of RedmatchMIT Forum of Israel
This document summarizes Daniel Avidor's presentation on viral marketing and Redmatch's approach.
Redmatch uses viral marketing techniques to rapidly spread job listings. Like viruses, it takes advantage of social networks to exponentially multiply messages. Redmatch also localizes to different languages and markets, scales to large databases and traffic, and integrates with other systems. Its matching engine anonymously and interactively matches candidates to jobs in real time based on skills and requirements. This helps spread job listings virally through social sharing and networks.
The document discusses MIT's International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program. MISTI places MIT students in internships around the world and supports research collaboration between MIT faculty and international partners. The MIT-Israel program is highlighted, which places students in Israeli companies, research labs, universities, and non-profits. Reasons why companies benefit from hosting an MIT intern include gaining a fresh perspective, advancing their technology, accessing MIT's network, and leveraging the student's specific technological knowledge and training. Over 100 international companies have participated in MISTI internships.
Zeev Fisher Company Ip Policy In Light Of An Upcoming CrisisMIT Forum of Israel
The document discusses intellectual property trends and recommendations for companies. It notes that the patent landscape has become more challenging in recent years due to backlogs and anti-patent sentiment. However, granted patents are now more valuable assets that can be sold or licensed for revenue. The document recommends focusing patent strategies on important technologies, using alternatives like Patent Prosecution Highways to accelerate examination, and leveraging granted patents through licensing or enforcement to generate value from intellectual property portfolios.
Big Data in context provides new insights. With more data, predictions can be better by lowering false positives and negatives. More data also requires more context to make sense of it all. Space and time data in particular enables new levels of understanding identities and relationships.
Xplenty provides a cloud-based, Hadoop-as-a-Service solution that allows organizations of any size to easily harness the power of big data without needing Hadoop skills. Their platform includes visualization tools and support for both structured and unstructured data stored in cloud databases.
The document compares the growth in trading volume on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange from 2005 to 2009. It shows that both exchanges have experienced consistent increases in the volume of shares traded, with trading volume more than doubling on the TSX and increasing significantly on the TSX Venture Exchange as well over the five-year period. The increases demonstrate the sustained growth in liquidity that companies can benefit from by obtaining a listing on either of the two Canadian stock exchanges.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two institutions established by Congress to take on risk for almost half of U.S. mortgages by buying them or providing guarantees. They recently got into trouble and required a $200 billion bailout from Congress. An implied unlimited government guarantee led Fannie and Freddie to unlimited growth, and when governments distribute benefits without recording costs, the public will eventually pay dearly. Real house prices fell 15% as the economy began falling apart due to weaknesses in the legal and institutional framework governing the economic system.
Ben-Gurion International Airport implemented a security concept during Operation Protective Edge to protect the airport from rocket attacks by Hamas. The security division operates under the airport managing director and is responsible for preventing attacks on aircraft, in the airport grounds, and admitting explosives. The security concept combines human security officers and advanced technologies. It uses security circles and zones, as well as automated foreign object detection on runways to maintain airport operations during threats of rocket attacks. During Operation Protective Edge, over 4,000 rockets were fired at Israel but none struck the airport grounds, allowing airport activities to continue without interruption.
This document provides an overview of a counter terrorism management system that aims to increase national security capabilities. It describes the system's goal of managing all aspects of a national security service's operations, including mission planning, intelligence gathering and analysis, mission execution and control, and debriefing. It then outlines the system's concept of operations, scope, and key components such as command centers, communication systems, intelligence capabilities, and command and control functions to support counterterrorism operations and management.
This document discusses the challenges that businesses face in effectively marketing to customers and retaining them in today's digital landscape. It notes that identifying what customers want and better delivering it will be crucial to success, as competitors constantly try to win customers over. The document then outlines Software AG's experience in helping organizations transform digitally to better engage customers through solutions that leverage trends in social, mobile, cloud and big data. It highlights Gartner and Forrester rankings that recognize Software AG as a leader in several product categories.
This document discusses different approaches to scaling blockchain technology, including off-chain solutions, alternative blockchains, and merge mining. It then introduces a new concept called "tree chains" which aims to scale blockchains by splitting and distributing them. Tree chains claim to scale by dividing the blockchain across multiple distributed ledgers while maintaining security through cooperation between individuals.
Zeev Fisher Company Ip Policy In Light Of An Upcoming CrisisMIT Forum of Israel
The document discusses intellectual property trends and recommendations for companies. It notes that the patent landscape has become more challenging in recent years due to backlogs and anti-patent sentiment. However, granted patents are now more valuable assets that can be sold or licensed for revenue. The document recommends focusing patent strategies on important technologies, using alternatives like Patent Prosecution Highways to accelerate examination, and leveraging granted patents through licensing or enforcement to generate value from intellectual property portfolios.
Big Data in context provides new insights. With more data, predictions can be better by lowering false positives and negatives. More data also requires more context to make sense of it all. Space and time data in particular enables new levels of understanding identities and relationships.
Xplenty provides a cloud-based, Hadoop-as-a-Service solution that allows organizations of any size to easily harness the power of big data without needing Hadoop skills. Their platform includes visualization tools and support for both structured and unstructured data stored in cloud databases.
The document compares the growth in trading volume on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange from 2005 to 2009. It shows that both exchanges have experienced consistent increases in the volume of shares traded, with trading volume more than doubling on the TSX and increasing significantly on the TSX Venture Exchange as well over the five-year period. The increases demonstrate the sustained growth in liquidity that companies can benefit from by obtaining a listing on either of the two Canadian stock exchanges.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two institutions established by Congress to take on risk for almost half of U.S. mortgages by buying them or providing guarantees. They recently got into trouble and required a $200 billion bailout from Congress. An implied unlimited government guarantee led Fannie and Freddie to unlimited growth, and when governments distribute benefits without recording costs, the public will eventually pay dearly. Real house prices fell 15% as the economy began falling apart due to weaknesses in the legal and institutional framework governing the economic system.
Ben-Gurion International Airport implemented a security concept during Operation Protective Edge to protect the airport from rocket attacks by Hamas. The security division operates under the airport managing director and is responsible for preventing attacks on aircraft, in the airport grounds, and admitting explosives. The security concept combines human security officers and advanced technologies. It uses security circles and zones, as well as automated foreign object detection on runways to maintain airport operations during threats of rocket attacks. During Operation Protective Edge, over 4,000 rockets were fired at Israel but none struck the airport grounds, allowing airport activities to continue without interruption.
This document provides an overview of a counter terrorism management system that aims to increase national security capabilities. It describes the system's goal of managing all aspects of a national security service's operations, including mission planning, intelligence gathering and analysis, mission execution and control, and debriefing. It then outlines the system's concept of operations, scope, and key components such as command centers, communication systems, intelligence capabilities, and command and control functions to support counterterrorism operations and management.
This document discusses the challenges that businesses face in effectively marketing to customers and retaining them in today's digital landscape. It notes that identifying what customers want and better delivering it will be crucial to success, as competitors constantly try to win customers over. The document then outlines Software AG's experience in helping organizations transform digitally to better engage customers through solutions that leverage trends in social, mobile, cloud and big data. It highlights Gartner and Forrester rankings that recognize Software AG as a leader in several product categories.
This document discusses different approaches to scaling blockchain technology, including off-chain solutions, alternative blockchains, and merge mining. It then introduces a new concept called "tree chains" which aims to scale blockchains by splitting and distributing them. Tree chains claim to scale by dividing the blockchain across multiple distributed ledgers while maintaining security through cooperation between individuals.
The document discusses air pollution and how everything manufactured releases harmful gases into the air. It suggests using an app called BreezoMeter to check air quality levels so families know where and when is healthiest to exercise outdoors without risk of sickness from pollution. Brief biographies are provided for the Breezo co-founders who have backgrounds in environmental engineering, software, and business.
This document discusses factors for success in innovation, particularly for clean technologies. It outlines that innovation is the process of changing the world, not just invention. It then discusses several lessons learned for innovation, including that subject matter expertise is not always necessary, having a "can do" culture is important, thinking both inside and outside the box, taking unusual business approaches, advances enabled by nanotechnology, and setting new rules in areas like energy storage and sharing. The document advocates taking on big challenges through collaboration and outlines some examples of prize competitions to spur innovation.
GenCell provides backup power solutions using alkaline fuel cell technology. Their fuel cells can provide clean, reliable backup power for as long as needed. GenCell fuel cells offer several advantages over diesel generators and batteries including longer duration backup from a single fuel source, higher efficiency, and lower fuel costs through the use of ammonia. GenCell is also developing hybrid and off-grid solutions to provide continuous power using their fuel cells combined with batteries and renewable energy sources.
Two researchers, Boaz Melnik and Nitzan Hoorgin, have developed a super cheap and energy efficient air conditioner that can be built at home for a very low budget using common materials. Their design costs only $90 to make and uses passive cooling techniques to circulate air for up to 6 hours and cool an area of 1.5 meters. It has the potential to provide relief from heat for hundreds of millions of people worldwide who cannot otherwise afford air conditioning.
This document introduces GreenSpense, a new propellant-free continuous dispensing technology. GreenSpense aims to eliminate the drawbacks of traditional pressurized dispensing methods such as high costs, safety issues, and limited material options. It claims to be more eco-friendly by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and allowing for less preservatives. GreenSpense also aims to unleash packaging design creativity by enabling any material and shape. It is presented as reducing production and transportation costs. The technology has received recognition from cleantech competitions and the document promotes joining the "propellant-free revolution."
EVR Motors has developed a new direct drive generator for wind turbines that is at least 50% lighter than existing designs. Their generator uses a novel axial flux permanent magnet topology that reduces the overall costs of a wind turbine by approximately 20% compared to traditional radial flux permanent magnet designs. EVR's 27.5kW generator is over 200% lighter and 12% more efficient than comparable generators from Italy and China. EVR plans to initially produce and market small scale turbines under 100kW and license their technology for larger turbines over 1MW to wind turbine manufacturers.
This document summarizes the findings of the "Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2014" report. The report analyzed which countries have the greatest potential to produce entrepreneurial cleantech start-up companies over the next 10 years. Israel placed first overall, scoring highest in emerging cleantech innovation drivers. This is due to Israel demonstrating the greatest density of high-impact cleantech start-ups and strengths in areas like business sophistication, entrepreneurial culture, venture capital activity, and environmental patents.
AutoAgronom Ltd. is an agricultural technology company that has developed a system called AutoAgronom to precisely control nutrient delivery to plants. Field tests show their system has increased crop yields by up to 1200% while reducing water and fertilizer use by up to 75% and 50% respectively compared to traditional farming practices. The system monitors soil conditions and delivers nutrients as needed through capillary action and automatic delivery, adapting nutrient levels for day and night cycles to optimize plant growth. AutoAgronom's system outperformed competitors by better controlling nutrient levels, moisture, and oxygen availability in soils.
The document discusses two career paths: aerospace engineering and medical. Aerospace engineering involves designing and testing aircraft, spacecraft, satellites and missiles while medical careers focus on helping patients and involve roles like physician, nurse or physical therapist. Both fields offer rewarding work but require extensive education and training.
This document discusses big data and provides examples to illustrate key concepts. It begins by defining big data in terms of volume, velocity, and variety of data from various sources like the internet and social networks. It then discusses enterprise information systems and new paradigms for storing, processing, and communicating large amounts of data using cloud computing and distributed systems. Examples are given of how data can be analyzed to gain insights and knowledge to inform decision making, such as what products people buy before hurricanes. The document outlines the big data technology stack and discusses tools for capturing data, processing it, analyzing correlations and causality, and formulating hypotheses. Finally, it provides the specific example of SportVU, a player tracking technology, to demonstrate how
This document provides an overview of OR OFFER, a web measurement company founded in 2009. It discusses the company's history starting with the founder's background in jewelry and transition to web analytics. The company has 60 employees with $7 million raised. It describes the company's technology for crawling, analyzing clickstreams, and ranking websites. The goal is to provide competitive intelligence and democratize marketing insights for industries like internet, government, and marketing tools. The future may include consolidation of marketing tools.
GetTaxi is a taxi booking app that is available on Android, iPhone, and Blackberry. It operates in 4 countries and 24 cities, serving over 1.3 million users. The company has seen 50% quarterly growth in rides and revenues, and has received $42 million in funding. It aims to deliver a great customer experience and has 150+ employees.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread school closures around the world. This presents both challenges and opportunities for rethinking education. While remote learning is difficult and inequitable, it also allows for more flexible, self-paced and personalized approaches to be explored.
הפיכת רעיונות טכנולוגיים חדשניים לחברות הזנק נובמבר 2009
1. הפיכת רעיונות טכנולוגיים חדשניים לחברות הזנק משרד התעשייה , המסחר והתעסוקה לשכת המדען הראשי מאת : יוסי סמולר מנהל תוכנית החממות הטכנולוגיות
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