A review of the book in The Irish Times calls on Ireland to follow Israel's model.[22] Andrius Kubilius, the prime minister of Lithuania, has cited Start-up Nation as his favorite book.[23] Yrjö Ojasaar, managing partner of Solon Partners, an executive consulting and angel investor company in Estonia, says "there is much to be learned from the Israeli experience of venture capital incubation through building incentives for privatization."[24] CNN's Fareed Zakaria called Start-up Nation "a book every single Arab businessman, Arab bureaucrat, and Arab politician should read."[25] The book is cited as a handbook of "classic economics." It teaches small businesses "how effective a cohesive team can be, especially when that team places an emphasis on chutzpah first."[26]