Stock markets may be faltering and economies are beginning to wobble. Yet investments in Israeli high-tech firms continue at record levels. Investors are impressed by the relatively short period of time that it takes from the first investment to exit on the stock exchanges. A case in point is the ForeScout company that was valued at $1 billion after it recently raised $76m.The startups are fed by graduates friom the country's universities as well from the army's fabled 8200 Unit. Young people are attracted by the working conditions as well as by the salaries that exceed those in other areas.
Moreover, high-techies are rated high on the social scale and exceed that of medicine.