Welcome, Jerusalem Professionals!

The JBNF promotes business networking among English speaking professionals in business, high tech and investment fields in Jerusalem. Each meeting will feature a speaker on a different topic relating to business in Jerusalem.

Even you don't live in Jerusalem (or even Israel) or never come to the lectures- it is still worthwhile to post your profile up.

The Next Meetup will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. It is to be a Mega-Networking event that will include short presentations from some Business "Matchmakers" and a "speed" networking session designed to boost each participant's connections.

This is the first of more Meetup events designed by the core committee that has been formed to develop mega-networking event planning. The committee is centering on meetings that aim at increasing our networking contacts and encouraging business development. If you want to be part of this committee, be in touch with us.

Also hold this date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 for another up-coming Meetup event.

We are ethusiastic about future events and business to be generated!

Our last Meetup, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, on "The Business of Starting Up in Israel", featured giants in encouraging entrepreneurship in Israel, Ayla Matalon, Executive Director, MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel, who spoke on "Starting Up in Israel", and Drew Tick, CEO of Code Red, who spoke on “Developing the Business Plan”. Over 100 JBNF Meetup members enjoyed their talks and then networked with each other. Networking continued outside after our Nefesh B'Nefesh sponsors/host closed their doors. Follow-up on contacts made at this Meetup are continuing.

Past events have included presentations by Dr Orna Be'eri, from Gemini, Nir Barakat, from the Jerusalem City Council and founder of BRM, Minister Michael Eithan, and Boaz Dolev, who is responsible for the Israel government portal, Paula Stein, Jack Katz from New York, Shmaya Reichman, CEO, BH comm, Dahlia Meggido from 7 Health ventures, Pinchas Lachover, CEO of Verisense and Julie Rouzaud from the Glazier group in France. We also had a panel discussion on Starting business in Jerusalem with JBNF members, Miriam Schwab CEO, Illuminea, Brian Bloom, CEO, Bloggerce, Barbara Shaw from the Women's Business Development Network, Ben Goldfarb, owner, PSC, Libbie Affen, COO of MAtrix global and Allan Jerichover.