Israelis don't like to pat themselves on the shoulder too
often. Quite the contrary, in fact – Israelis probably feel
more comfortable when they're providing constructive criticism,
casting doubt, or downright complaining. And while this cultural
trait is a critical driver of the Startup Nation and therefore
shouldn't be downplayed or stifled, it wouldn't be
reprehensible to say that 2019 was probably the best year of the
past generation of Israeli high-tech.
Since its blooming in the late 80s, the Startup Nation has faced
many existential questions. It started with "how can we build
a thriving tech ecosystem?", continued with "how will we
integrate Russian olim?" and "will this be a national
growth engine?" in the 90s, and continued with tougher
questions in the beginning of the 21st century. Primarily, there
was doubt around our ability to work with large international
companies, our ability to build big companies at scale, our
potential at doing anything that
