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David.com vs. Goliath Inc.

Israeli websites losing out to Google and Facebook

Local Internet ad market growing by NIS 100 million a year, but ‘all of it going to foreigners,’ says consultant.

By Nati Tucker | Sep 12, 2013 | 10:40 AM

Would you like kebab with your Instagram?
By Roy (Chicky) Arad
A provincial 'startup nation’
By Udi Nahshon and Udi Nahshon
Onavo acquisition could be just the start for Facebook in Israel
By Amir Teig | 1

Who wants to be a start-up nation?

Is creating companies with the explicit purpose of selling them, as opposed to investing in them and turning them into megaliths, actually sabotaging the country’s future?

By Liz Steinberg, Sivan Klingbail | Sep 29, 2012 | 03:08 AM

A tale of two nations

The start-up nation of Israel is booming − dynamic, innovative and most of all, highly profitable. For the fortunate few, that is. But the culture of quick exits and huge profits doesn’t do a thing for anyone else.

By Guy Rolnik | Sep 29, 2012 | 03:04 AM

Shadows in the cave

Israelis need to ask themselves: What parts of our reality are indeed real, and what is merely shadows that others want us to see?

By Eytan Avriel | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:59 AM

To exit or not to exit

That’s the billion-dollar question. Israel prides itself on being the start-up nation, but many contend that it would be better off creating its own homegrown multinationals.

By Ora Coren | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:50 AM

From innovation to greatness

Business guru Jim Collins talks to TheMarker about what makes companies great and how the winning formula could be applied in hyper-innovative Israel.

By Yoni Kish | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:44 AM

Their hearts belong to Iscar

Employees of the global cutting-tool giant are exceptionally satisfied and fiercely loyal. And the managers, known for their modesty and cohesiveness, are passionately committed to their company’s impressive performance.

By Tali Heruti-Sover | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:36 AM

Behind the scenes at the company behind the scenes

Amdocs has become the undisputed global leader in billing systems, customer relations management and operations support systems. The notoriously media-shy company talks about the secrets of its phenomenal success.

By Asher Schechter | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:20 AM

Helping ideas grow

Small companies are a risky profit for investors, which limits their ability to grow. Why and how the state should try to fix this market failure.

By Elah Alkalay | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:15 AM

In hard times, small is beautiful

Small-caps often fare poorly when markets are sluggish, but during the current crisis, larger companies have been hit the hardest. Could a wise, diversified investment in small companies yield better returns?

By Ami Ginsburg | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:10 AM

Mortgaging their future

The latest surge in housing purchases raises an old question: Are the people taking out these mortgages assuming obligations they won’t be able to meet?

By Hagai Amit | Sep 29, 2012 | 02:01 AM

Four reasons not to hate Israel's big business tycoons

Let’s face it, our tycoons are not all that bad. Here are four reasons not to loathe them.

By David Rosenberg | Sep 29, 2012 | 01:28 AM

Real Estate

Israeli dream of owning stand-alone home is semi-detached from reality

By Raz Smolsky | 04:02 AM

Tel Aviv beachfront apartments soar to new (price) heights

By Nimrod Bousso | 02:33 AM

The open secret behind the rise in Israel's housing prices

By Avichai Snir | 05:34 PM

Start-up of the Week

Startup of the week / Water your garden with your cellphone and save half the cost

By Amitai Ziv | 09:24 AM

Startup of the Week / How's Fido feeling? This device can tell you

By Inbal Orpaz | 05:20 PM

Startup of the week / Helping the little ISP in Uganda

By Amitai Ziv | 05:24 PM

Tech roundup

Tech roundup / Wake up and smell the (discount) coffee

By Ruth Schuster | 10:03 AM

Tech roundup / WhatsApp? Now everybody can know

By Ruth Schuster | 04:02 AM

Tech roundup / Psst. HOT makes offer you can’t refuse, because you can’t see it

By Ruth Schuster | 06:54 AM

Concentration in Business

120,000 marching to 'social justice' protest in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2011 (Tal Cohen)

Reluctant migrants || It isn't anti-Zionism that's causing Israelis to leave

By Guy Rolnik | 04:24 PM | 5

IDB likely to get more time for bailout proposals

By Shelly Appelberg | 07:41 PM

Koor and Discount merger wins vote by a landslide

By Shelly Appelberg, Orr Hirschauge | 08:25 PM