[akie]

I disagree that having successful startups requires diversity. Israel is a counter example.

[otheotheothe]

A lot of israelis come to Berlin btw. and vice versa - there's a whole kind of exchange from .il and .de tech workers, not too ure why but i think both sides find the other side interesting.

A lot of people in Berlin i know are tech guys from tel aviv.

http://www.jpost.com/Metro/Start-up-Berlin-472928 seems to be quiet a common thing.

[m_fayer]

A lot of young Israeli artists and designers are in Berlin too. When I go outside here, what I hear is a mix of German, English, Turkish, Italian, and Hebrew - not a mix I ever thought I'd encounter.

[Jean-Philipe]

> Israel is a counter example.

What? Israel is one of the most diverse places I have ever seen. Everyone there has origins all over the world.

[eli_gottlieb]

I'm not sure what sense of diversity Israel lacks.

[mahyarm]

Viber had/has a big ukraine engineering office and many IL startups open offices in the USA or move there eventually.