Avraham Hermon is a Senior Partner at JMB Davis Ben-David, a US Patent Agent and an Israel Patent Attorney. He has a BA in Chemistry and a Master's in Law.

Prior to joining the firm Avraham worked in a number of Israeli pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries where he led a team of patent attorneys in providing opinion on potential new developments and prosecuting patent portfolios related to Teva's products.

Barak Hullman, the marketing director at JMB David Ben-David sat down with Avraham in his office to discuss what he's learned from interviewing over 20 Israeli startup founders, how patents help startups and when to pursue a patent, when to bootstrap and when to seek funding, why Israeli startups are so successful and much more.

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