From the Trenches to Traction: How Unit 8200 is Transforming Israel's Tech Scene
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Transcript of From the Trenches to Traction: How Unit 8200 is Transforming Israel's Tech Scene
F R O M T H E T R E N C H E S T O T R A C T I O N
H O W U N I T 8 2 0 0 I S T R A N S F O R M I N G I S R A E L’ S T E C H S C E N E
L E G A L D I S C L A I M E R
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G A D I M A Z O R , O U R C R O W D C T O A N D 8 2 0 0 G R A D
• A renown entrepreneur in the enterprise software and the mobile space, Gadi is OurCrowd’s CTO and general partner
• Major in the IDF, finished officers’ course with honors
Z A C K M I L L E R , H E A D O F C O M M U N I T Y, O U R C R O W D
• NOT 8200 grad (but I did graduate from Harvard and Kellogg and have a lot of respect for these guys)
A B O U T O U R C R O W D
• Investors from over 30 countries have invested over $70M in 52 portfolio companies
I S R A E L I S T H E # 2 T E C H E C O S Y S T E M I N T H E W O R L D
– S T E V E B A L L M E R , PA S T M I C R O S O F T C E O
“Microsoft is an Israeli company almost as much as it is American.”
I S R A E L C O N T I N U E S T O L E A D G L O B A L I N N O VAT I O N
W I T H A V I B R A N T S TA R T U P E C O S Y S T E M
Israel’s tech scene succeeds because of its startup infrastructure
W H AT I S I T ?
T H E I S R A E L D E F E N S E F O R C E ’ S U N I T 8 2 0 0
– R E S E R V E C O L O N E L , 8 2 0 0 U N I T
“The central mission of the unit is to save lives, to prevent terror and other attacks. We teach our
people that the mission is so important that there is no possibility of failure.”
In Israel, 8200 is the entrepreneur’s Harvard
8 2 0 0 A L U M N I
W H Y 8 2 0 0 I S S O S U C C E S S F U L I N P R O D U C I N G A G E N E R AT I O N O F T O P T E C H N O L O G I S T S A N D E N T R E P R E N E U R S
B E S T O F T H E B E S TV E R Y S E L E C T I V E P R O C E S S
H I G H ( E S T ) S TA K E S
T E A C H E S B O O T S T R A P P I N G
– E D W A R D L U T T W A K
“Instead of the quiet acceptance of doctrine and tradition, the growth of the Israeli army has been marked by a turmoil of innovation, controversy,
and debate.”
8 2 0 0 F U N C T I O N S A S A T E C H I N C U B AT O R
8 2 0 0 A L L O W S F O R C R O S S -P O L L I N AT I O N O F I D E A S
8 2 0 0 E M P L O Y S A F L AT S T R U C T U R E
• the power to improvise
• challenge authority, tradition, group think
8 2 0 0 A N D B E Y O N D
8 2 0 0 I N T H E O U R C R O W D P O R T F O L I O
A B O U T O U R C R O W D
• Investors from over 30 countries have invested over $70M in 52 portfolio companies