A Start Up special of The Cost of Doing Business




The Cost of Doing Business show

Summary: Israeli start-up PointGrab develops CamME, a ‘selfie’ app that helps you get EVERYONE into your group shots and solves all your selfie-related problems. Avital Rabani, director of marketing at PointGrab, explains how gesture-based apps will change electronic appliances. MobileOCT has developed a way to detect cervical cancer using the humble smartphone. How does it work and can this technology be applied to other cancers? MobileOCT Ariel Be’ery has the answers Startappist is not your typical start up, but more of a “cooperative with a business model” that attempts to fight ageism in the Israeli high-tech sector by strictly hiring workers aged 45 and above to develop mobile apps. Co-Founder and CEO Yehuda Ben Yaakov tells us how it works. At the end of March, an Israeli e-commerce company Borderfree went public and enjoyed a successful IPO on NASDAQ. What does Borderfree do and why doesn’t it want to sell? Nir Zalik, capital market reporter for financial newspaper Calcalist, explains. Replay Technologies are spearheading the FreeD revolution. You’ve never seen sports the same way before. Matteo Shapira, CTO of Replay Technologies, explains how it works and when’s it coming to our TV sets. Songs:  Amanda Palmer – Leeds United The Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ramblin’ Man 16 Horsepower – Black Soul Choir Sparklehorse – Sick of Goodbyes