10 reasons to bring your startup to Tel Aviv
Startups from Korea will be participate in Start Tel Aviv 2014. This year I was invited by the Israeli embassy in Seoul to the promotion event to speak about the Israeli startups ecosystem and why Tel Aviv is so great place to be. The event being held on 24th of June in MARU 180 incubation place which run and managed by Asan Nanum Foundation.
Start Tel Aviv is a global competition held by The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tel Aviv Global that brings together startups from eighteen different countries to compete for the opportunity to take part in an intense, five-day startup experience in Tel Aviv's unrivaled startup ecosystem. Start Tel Aviv will be launched in then eighteen participating countries on June 1st. This is the third annual competition, formerly known as Bizcamp Tel Aviv. In 2014 Startup founders from around the world are competing against startups from their own country for the prize!
Last year the winner of Start Tel Aviv 2013 competition in Korea was Flitto. I participated as a judge.
Since I had to to find good way how to promote Tel Aviv and the Israeli startups ecosystem, I chose to create a presentation based on HD photos. I ended up with "10 reasons to bring your startup to Tel Aviv" - All the photos took in Tel Aviv by different photographers.
As for the prize, the prize is an intense, all-expense-paid, five-day startup experience in the heart of Tel Aviv, during the exciting and innovative DLD Festival. The winning startup experience takes place during the DLD Festival week, and participants have the opportunity to meet the coolest and smartest companies, techies, investors, designers, artists, scientists, and cultural drivers from Israel and abroad. The DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival, a global gathering of innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world, is held throughout Tel Aviv in mid-September. The Festival is comprised of a long list of events, conferences, meet-ups, mingles and gatherings, all focusing on different sides of digital, technological, social and urban innovation.
