Israel and the Silicon Valley: Building Entrepreneurial Bridges

The Entrepreneurial Society of San Jose State University will hold an event to showcase business ties between Silicon Valley and tomorrow from 6 – 9 p.m. in the Barrett Ballroom in the Student Union.

The event, “ and the Silicon Valley : Building Entrepreneurial Bridges,” will feature a panel discussion among top personnel at the high-tech companies SanDisk, Zoran and Partech International.

The Entrepreneurial Society of San Jose State University will hold an event to showcase business ties between Silicon Valley and tomorrow from 6 – 9 p.m. in the Barrett Ballroom in the Student Union.

The event, “ and the Silicon Valley : Building Entrepreneurial Bridges,” will feature a panel discussion among top personnel at the high-tech companies SanDisk, Zoran and Partech International.

The Entrepreneurial Society president Ryan Baird said the event aims will show how venture capitalism is done beyond the Bay Area.

“I’m hoping people can see the types of businesses flourishing overseas,” Baird said in a phone interview.

The event, organized by the Entrepreneurial Society, Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship, the Consulate General of Israel in San Francisco and Hillel of Silicon Valley, is free and open to the public.

Dean of the College of Business Bruce Magid and consul general of Israel David Akov will open the event, speaking on the links between and the Silicon Valley .

The goal is to show the business relationships between the two regions, said Jarad Bernstein, director of media relations for the consulate general of in San Francisco .

“It’s really an emergence over the past few years …,” Bernstein said. Many companies find using for research and development advantageous, Bernstein said.

“Many start-up companies were created in and bought by companies here,” said David Ben-Israel, who helped organize the event. “Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Intel—just to name a few—all have research facilities in .”

The college of business is looking to expand its programs by bringing international programs to the San Jose State University and having faculty and students more involved in international activities, said Professor Burton Dean in a phone interview.

“This may be the first of such events,” said Dean, who will moderate the panel discussion. He hopes that it will be replicated in other countries.

Bernstein said the consulate held similar events at Stanford and the University of California-Berkeley, which attracted large crowds. He said he hopes to bring the event to major business schools in the area.

Based on the turnout from E-Society’s previous event featuring venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, the organizers expect more than 200 people to show up for Thursday’s event.

Rheinheimer, Laura
Spartan Daily