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In the 1990s, a scrappy instant messaging service from Israel became an international sensation. A hundred thousand new users joined every day, and the young internet couldn’t get enough. The man who backed the company early, Dr. Yossi Vardi, knew the world was about to change when he first saw the software in action, but he never imagined it would change this much.
This time, we will tell the story of the improbable rise of ICQ. How one company created a generation of tech dreamers and helped turn Israel into the Startup Nation.
Guest: Dr. Yossi Vardi
Host: Elad Simchayoff, Executive Producer: Gusti Yehoshua Braverman, Producer: Nir Goraly, Sound Design and Mix: Daniel Shemer
