They lap up books like “Start-Up Nation” and delight in talking about their country’s successful IPOs.

他们美滋滋地翻阅《启动之国》，也为IPO的成功而欢欣雀跃。

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Israel lives up to its reputation as the start-up nation. Israeli start-ups are everywhere. It is what people aspire to. It is what they dream of.

以色列没有辜负它作为“创业之国”的美名。在以色列，新成立的企业随处可见。这是以色列人的期盼。这是他们的梦想。

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PayPal is experimenting in this area through a partnership with Bling Nation, a start-up providing stickers that can attach to mobile phones, which would link to special terminals at stores.

PayPal正在与Bling Nation合作在该领域开展试验，初始阶段推出一种粘贴在手机的标贴，可以连接到商店的终端设备。

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One important question that "Start-Up Nation" raises is: Why Israel and not elsewhere?

WSJ: Book Review: "Start-Up Nation"

The authors would have us believe that government played a big role in generating prosperity in this start-up nation.

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Where Start-Up Nation is less impressive is when the authors opine on why Israel is in fact a start-up nation full of innovators.

FORBES: Dan Senor and Saul Singer's "Start-Up Nation" Explodes Economic Myths, Promotes Some Too