Over the past decade, startup competitions have become an unavoidable part of the Israeli innovation landscape. They appear across universities, at conferences, inside accelerators, and even within government-backed entrepreneurship programs.
To many founders, they offer a tempting combination of visibility, networking, and prize money. To sponsors and institutions, on the other hand, they offer a way to support innovation without committing long-term capital.
Yet beneath the photo ops and pitch stages lies a question that matters to anyone trying to build a real company: do these competitions actually change outcomes for startups, or do they mostly reward teams that were already on track to succeed?
A new analysis conducted with the Co
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