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Re:Europe's Software Problem by atq2119 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:19PM (#27518473)
How many unicorns are from Israel, though?

Israel should be lauded for managing to be an intensely vibrant and high-tech country, and European countries should try to learn from that, but even that is apparently not quite sufficient. So I think GP has a point.

Re:Europe's Software Problem by mikevm on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:11PM (#27519264)
Re:Europe's Software Problem by boulos on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:14PM (#27524133)
Annoyingly, that list includes companies with Israeli founders that aren’t companies founded in Israel (e.g., WeWork). There’s no need to do that though, there are plenty of Israeli companies! (Oh, I see they have a pie chart of companies in Israel and it’s about 25% by value)

It’s also too bad that it excludes public companies or large exits (e.g., Wix and Waze) since those are even better retorts to the “can’t build companies” claim.

Re:Europe's Software Problem by hardolaf on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:59PM (#27519077)
None. But they have tons of startups that provide services to the military-industrial complex which is why they're so successful. They copied the USA's SBIR system but provide much bigger grants.