update 15 july: Duncan from TechCrunch.com decided to post the video. Not sure i would have done it. Like i said below the video is very funny but only if you understand the cultural specifics and israeli expressions. I am not sure i would have posted there. and the reactions seem to prove i was right.
I received this video 5 times in 15 minutes. I thought i should share it with you. The official title is "How to raise money from VCs". But 5min is a smart startup. They made a funny movie (only in hebrew and most of the humor is not translatable i am afraid) to generate buzz around them and it is working (nearly 15k views already according to the site). Expect to see that video on most Israeli VC's blogs.
So for me the official title of this video is more "How to get buzz on my startup from VCs". One advice though to 5min do not follow the recommendations of this guy :) (a good actor btw)
As far as i am concerned i really like the "Say you are not a Web2.0 company"
It's an awesome video! I really liked the way he acted, so Israeli in a way.
Posted by: adam benayoun | 11 July 2007 at 02:03 PM
i agree, actually this is the problem of that video. it is SO israeli i doubt it can be viral out of israel or israeli community
Posted by: ouriel | 11 July 2007 at 02:13 PM
great video.
by the way, this version: http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-raise-money-from-VCs-4661
has subtitles in english.
Posted by: Raanan Bar-Cohen | 12 July 2007 at 05:58 AM
lol.. I don't understand Israeili language but the translation seems to work fine. And yeah, he's a good actor ;)
Posted by: Chee Kui | 15 July 2007 at 11:12 AM
So did they succed getting VC's buzzing about there start-up?
Posted by: lior | 16 July 2007 at 12:57 PM
at least one with me :)
Posted by: ouriel | 16 July 2007 at 05:05 PM