Hi,

I just got back from a TechAviv meetup of founders and investors at the IDC in Herzliya. Hillel and I were invited as bloggers to cover a little about the event.

What is TechAviv? “TechAviv is a global organization of Israeli hi-tech entrepreneurs and investors that gather monthly in Israel, New York, Silicon Valley, and Boston to showcase, discuss, and help fellow Israeli startups.”  There tag line is “For, by and about Israeli Tech Startups.”

Every month 3 of the startups that are members of TechAviv get a chance to present and take Q&A on their product. This gives them the opportunity to pool the resources in the room and network, to help them progress as a company.

This week’s companies were:  SundaySky, FlyScreen and HYPick. We will be blogging more about the companies soon, but I want to focus on my impressions of the event and the organization as a whole.

Yaron, Founder of TechAviv

It is very refreshing for me to see people  and organizations that just want to help. There is no motive other than just trying to help out startups raise some capital and grow. Yaron and all the organizers are very much needed in today’s dog-eat-dog competitive world. They really do bring a breath of fresh air and remind the startup world that if we just stop for a minute and lend a hand, everyone will benefit. The “paying it forward” aspect and the good heartedness of the organization is truly remarkable to me.

I wish them the best of luck and that at Tech N’ Marketing we are able to “pay it forward” as much as we can to the members of TechAviv. We will start off with posting about the presenters last night, Hillel, get to work 🙂

-Aryeh