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INTERVIEWS

Abizaid, General John (ret.), former commander, U.S. Central Command; May 2009.

Agassi, Reuven (Shai’s father), member of the start-up council for Technion; December 2008.

Agassi, Shai, founder and CEO, Better Place; March 2008 and March 2009.

Air Force trainer, IDF; May 2008.

al-Allawi, Riad, Jordanian entrepreneur; March 2009.

Alon, Ruti, partner, Pitango Venture Capital; chairperson, boards of BioControl, BrainsGate, and TransPharma Medical; December 2008.

Amir, David (fictitious name), pilot, Israeli Air Force; August 2008.

Andreessen, Marc, founder, Netscape; July 2009.

Applbaum, Isaac (Yitz), venture partner, The Westly Group; May 2008.

Ariav, Yoram, director general, Israel Ministry of Finance; January 2009.

Asa-el, Amotz, founding president, BusinessWeek Israel, and former executive editor, Jerusalem Post; May 2008.

Avner, Yehuda, adviser to Israeli prime ministers Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Shimon Peres; ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia; April 2008.

Bachar, Yossi, former director general, Ministry of Finance; May 2008.

Barkat, Eli, chairman and cofounder, BRM Group; January 2009.

Ben-David, Dan, Department of Economics, Tel Aviv University; June 2008.

Ben-Ephraim, Brigadier General Rami, head of personnel division, Israeli Air Force; November 2008.

Berry, Orna, venture partner, Gemini Israel Funds; January 2009.

Bialkin, Kenneth J., partner, Skadden, Arps; January 2009.

Brodet, David, former director general, Ministry of Finance; May 2008.

Brokaw, Tom, author, The Greatest Generation; April 2009.

Catalano-Sherman, Joni, corporate director of technology transfer and academic relations, Corporate Office of Science and Technology (COSAT); December 2008.

Chaliva, Colonel Aaron, commander of officer training base, Bahad 1, IDF; December 2008.