1. The Israeli Business Ecosystem Quotes from Around the World

2. Talking About the Israeli Business Ecosystem "If you’re going to the Middle East to look for oil, you can skip Israel. If you’re looking for brains, look no further. Israel has shown that it has a disproportionate amount of brains and energy." Warren Buffet, CEO and Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway “The United States is the number one place in the world for entrepreneurs, but after the U.S., Israel is the best.” Eric Schmidt, CEO and Chairman, Google “The innovation going on in Israel is critical to the future of the technology business.” Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft “We believe we have a lot to learn from Israel, which is well-known for its innovation." Liu Yandong, Chinese Vice Premier

3. Talking about the Israeli Business Ecosystem "In two days here I saw more opportunities than I saw in a year in the entire world.” Paul Smit, Senior Vice President, Philips Medical "Israel is the most exciting place I know. It’s great to come here and see the dynamic generation of ideas, the motivation to be first and the professional daring of Israeli start- ups." Buell Duncan, General Manager, ISV & Developer Relations, IBM “The quality of education is one of the key factors that made Israel so unique.” Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft "What sets it apart from us, as we look at GE around the world, is the spirit of the people and the commitment to innovation.“ Stephan R.Bolze, CEO GE Healthcare

4. Talking About the Israeli Business Ecosystem “We never gave another thought to water, and now we’re forced to conserve water and learn from Israel, a world leader in the field.” Richard Bloom, a California Assembly member “The Israeli audiovisual industry combines innovation and creativity with the cutting-edge use of new technologies to better engage the audience around programming.,” Laurine Garaude, Director of the Television Division at Reed MIDEM, producer of MIPTV "(Israel has) lots of talent and lots of growth and lots of good ideas." Judith Estrin, CTO, Cisco Systems “We have come here with open minds to benefit from Israeli technologies that can transform the lives of millions in our continent and country.” William Samoei Ruto, Vice President of Kenya

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