Now we have a bunch of "Silicon tecnies" here in the Los Angeles area.. I wonder if something will be started for them to get back and forth to Tel Aviv.
Wheels up: SF techies get direct flight to Israel
Ari Levy | @levynews
7 Hours Ago
Alessio Romenzi | AFP | Getty Images
The picture shows a tricycle with a mounted camera to capture images for Google Street in front of Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on September 26, 2011. Street View, which was launched in 2006, lets users view panoramic street scenes on Google Maps and take a virtual 'walk' through cities such as New York, Paris or Hong Kong.
It took the Israelites 40 years in the desert to reach the Holy Land. Silicon Valley techies can now get there in 14 hours.
United Airlines 954, the first nonstop flight from San Francisco to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport, takes off at 8 p.m. Pacific Wednesday. The initial return flight, United 955, leaves Tel Aviv early Friday morning.
Technology executives, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have been anticipating this day for many years, and for obvious reasons. Outside the U.S., Tel Aviv is the world's most vibrant city for start-up activity, according to data from Compass.
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Bay Area techies get direct flight to Israel
Wheels up: SF techies get direct flight to Israel
Ari Levy | @levynews
7 Hours Ago
Alessio Romenzi | AFP | Getty Images
The picture shows a tricycle with a mounted camera to capture images for Google Street in front of Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on September 26, 2011. Street View, which was launched in 2006, lets users view panoramic street scenes on Google Maps and take a virtual 'walk' through cities such as New York, Paris or Hong Kong.
It took the Israelites 40 years in the desert to reach the Holy Land. Silicon Valley techies can now get there in 14 hours.
United Airlines 954, the first nonstop flight from San Francisco to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport, takes off at 8 p.m. Pacific Wednesday. The initial return flight, United 955, leaves Tel Aviv early Friday morning.
Technology executives, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have been anticipating this day for many years, and for obvious reasons. Outside the U.S., Tel Aviv is the world's most vibrant city for start-up activity, according to data from Compass.
Continue reading at:
Bay Area techies get direct flight to Israel
