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Happy and Safe 4th of July to all those who are celebrating today. :)

Congratulations to the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Class of 2009:July 1

Earlier today I had an opportunity to visit and speak at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) on the day that members of the graduating class presented their senior projects. I first visited BGU on their 2007 Senior Projects Day and was looking forward to once again catching up with some of the future leaders of the Israeli Hi-Tech industry.

Being on campus at BGU was an amazing experience and I was totally blown away by the people I met and senior projects presented, including a number of robots which were demonstrated. I enjoyed talking with a number of the students and having a chance to ask them what they learned during the past year while they were working on their one year projects. In my eyes these were not really students, but rather groups of micro CEOs given the challenge that in one year they need to deliver on the project assigned to them. And while not everyone in every team was able to complete their project, it really didn’t matter. What many of these students learned is that sometimes it is the journey that is more important than where they started from or ended up. And that on that road from inception and creation of a project to the eventual fulfillment and delivery, the knowledge that they picked up and the things which they experienced can be just as important contribution to their future as anything they could possibly learn from attending classes.

While Israel may not have much oil amongst it’s natural resources, being at BGU w

TechCrunch: Sense Of Fashion Is A Social Marketplace For Indie FashionJune 30

"Sense of Fashion is an Israeli startup that aims to be a marketplace for both Indie fashion designers to sell their designs and for consumers to be able to access clothes made by aspiring designers. The site also serves a social purpose—it lets any user create a fashion homepage of sorts where you can add photos of what you wear your favorite clothes and designs. Designers can create storefronts on this platform as well."

Click here to read the entire story.

Nice to see Sense of Fashion recognized by TechCrunch.

For related story see: Spotlight on: Sense of Fashion

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Tags: Sense of Fashion, StartUp, Tel Aviv,Israel, Daria Shualy, Social Media, Jeff Pulver

Event: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Tel Aviv (today)June 29

This morning I am in Tel Aviv, Israel and hosting another edition of “Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends)” in Tel Aviv, this time at Tel Aviv University.

I am looking forward to hosting my 14th breakfast of the year and my 3rd in Tel Aviv this year. Special thanks to Sharon Kuper for helping to make this breakfast happen.

Friends attending today's breakfast are asked to include #09BWF14 in the title of their Facebook photo albums.

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Tags: breakfast, Personal Social Media Toolkit, Tel Aviv, social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Pulver

Are you a Character?June 28

I am looking for a new "Cast of Characters" for the 140 Characters Conference: LA (Oct 27/28) and 140 Characters Conference: London (Nov 10/11).

If you are a character or would like to nominate someone, you can either contact me directly by sending email to: jeff@pulver.com or tweet your nomination and include #140conf. The casting call will end on July 24th.

For more information regarding the 140 Characters Conference, please visit: http://140conf.com

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver