Start-UpNation_TheStoryofIsrael\'sEconomi.epub

Copyright Copyright © 2009 by Dan Senor and Saul Singer All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Twelve Hachette Book Group 237 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 Visit our website at www.HachetteBookGroup.com. www.twitter.com/grandcentralpub. Twelve is an imprint of Grand Central Publishing. The Twelve name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc. First eBook Edition: November 2009 ISBN: 978-0-446-55831-0 To Campbell Brown and Wendy Singer, who shared our enthusiasm for this story. To James Senor and Alex Singer, who would have marveled at what they worked to create. CONTENTS COPYRIGHT AUTHORS’ NOTE MAPS Introduction Part I: The Little Nation That Could Chapter 1: Persistence Chapter 2: Battlefield Entrepreneurs Part II: Seeding a Culture of Innovation Chapter 3: The People of the Book Chapter 4: Harvard, Princeton, and Yale Chapter 5: Where Order Meets Chaos Part III: Beg......