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Ep73: Anat Binur | Co-founder and CEO of UkkoPrev. Investment Partner, Innovation Endeavors
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anat is the co-founder and CEO of Ukko Inc., a biotech startup backed by top-tier Silicon Valley VCs which is solving food allergies and sensitivities...
Ep72: Daniel Tal Mor | Co-founder and CEO at Lumen
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel is the co-founder and CEO of Lumen, a company developing consumer nutrition management platform based on a small device that measures metabolis...
Ep75: Keren Herskovici | Co-Founder and Managing Director, Woman2Woman
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Keren is Co-Founder and Managing Director of 8200 Woman2Woman. She works as a Finance Manager at a cybersecurity company founded by 8200 alumni. Previ...
Ep66: Hadar Pode | Director of Porsche Digital Tel Aviv
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hadar is the Director of Porsche Digital in Tel Aviv, responsible for scouting for companies and technologies that can transform Porsche through proje...
Ep67: Larry Diamond | Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He is the founding coeditor ...
Ep69: Liran Yaacobi | Theater Educator
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liran is a theater educator at the Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel. She teaches Drama from pre-school to high school students...
Ep70: Dani Arnaout | Tech Speaker & Author at Forbes 30 Under 30
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dani is the co-founder and CTO of Saily, one of the top ranking shopping apps on the App Store with over 500,000 users (acquired). He was featured on ...
Ep68: Jeremy Rossmann | Co-Founder of Make School
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy dropped out of MIT to found Make School, a new college offering a project-based Bachelor's in Applied Computer Science. Their students hav...
Ep63: Gigi Levy Weiss | Founding Partner at NFX
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gigi is a founding partner of NFX (www.nfx.com), a $275m leading seed venture firm in Silicon Valley and Israel. He founded 6 startups over the years ...
Ep64: Or Matias | Broadway Musical Director, Composer & Writer
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Or is a composer, music director, and music producer. He has worked extensively on and off Broadway (The Great Comet of 1812, Preludes, Octet), and ha...
Ep61: Itai Pinki | Professional Stand Up Magician
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Itai is an Israeli magician & stand-up comedian, having performed and emceed conferences all over the world for over 15 years (most notably in fro...
Ep62: Nadine Kreisberger | President of Neidan Inc
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In her counseling work, Nadine combines her original background in psychology, business, politics, the media, shamanism & wisdom schools. She gre...
Ep60: Zoe Littlepage | Trial Lawyer at Littlepage Booth
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe is one of America’s most respected litigators, having achieved more than $500M in jury verdicts and settlements for her clients. This includes m...
Ep59: David Paluy | CTO of Stride Travel
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David is a serial entrepreneur, co-founded 3 startups, and built 6 marketplaces (3 of which exited). He has almost 20 years of engineering and startup...
Ep58: Yaron Carni | Founder of Maverick Ventures
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yaron is the founder of Maverick Ventures. Previously, he founded the Tel Aviv Angel Group where he was involved in business development for its portf...
Ep56: Marcel Kornacker | Founder of Apache Impala
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Marcel Kornacker is a tech lead at Cloudera and the architect of Apache Impala (incubating). Marcel has held engineering jobs at a few database-relate...
Ep57: Sapir Ben Harosh | Associate at Pitango Venture Capital
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sapir focuses on early stage investments, focusing on her expertise in deep technology, from idea stage to B Rounds. Within Pitango she is responsible...
Ep51: Adi Wallach | Co-Founder and CEO of CalmiGo
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Calmigo, an innovative calming device that uses guided breathing, grounding techniques, and relaxing scents to provid...
Ep52: Doron Ish Shalom | Previously, Partner | Head of Strategic Partnerships at fresh.fund
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Doron is a partner at fresh.fund and has extensive experience in the education sector. After studying education and philosophy he became the Director ...
Ep55: Sheryl Chamberlain | Global Alliances | Board Director | Diversity & Inclusion | Corporate Social Responsibility
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a global technology executive, Sheryl drives businesses to success, cultivates forward strategies, and aligns business goals. She is a leader and e...
Ep53: Sean Sternbach | Co-founder of Venture Out, previously Senior PM at Amazon, Co-Founder at Gingr (acquired)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sean is the co-founder and a Managing Director of Venture Out, a company dedicated to helping founders with big tech day jobs validate their startup i...
Ep54: Shahar Markovich | Chief Digital & Information Officer of EL AL Israel Airlines
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shahar is the Chief Digital and Information Officer of El Al Israel Airlines, aiming to make it “the Smart Airline for the Startup Nation". Pre...
Ep46: Laura Smoliar | Founding Partner at Berkeley Catalyst Fund
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laura has spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley’s technology sector, with vast experience in building strategic partnerships and raising funds ...
Ep49: Dan Seider | Founder of Misu
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by deep depression and advice from his mental health professionals, Dan taught himself to code and built one of the highest rated manual mood...
Ep50: Pamela Becker | VP Marketing at prooV | Author | Speaker
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pamela has been a marketing executive for some of Israel’s leading tech companies including prooV, ironSource, SafeCharge and Payoneer. After she wa...
Ep48: Dovi Frances | Financial Investor, contestant on Israeli Survivor
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dovi is an entrepreneur and Founding Partner of Group 11. He has invested over $150M in many of Silicon Valley’s most prominent and disruptive techn...
Ep47: Gadi Ezra | Human Rights Lawyer
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gadi holds an unparalleled perspective on war – as both a human rights and as a soldier in the Israeli Special Forces. He was selected by Forbes Mag...
Ep41: Omer Rozen | Financial Investor, contestant on Israeli Survivor
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Omer began working in finance on Wall Street, and during the global financial crisis moved to work in Israel (followed by Australia and South America)...
Ep42: Logan Ury | Director of Relationship Science of Hinge
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Logan Ury is a behavioral scientist who focuses on dating. She wrote a forthcoming book with Simon & Schuster on how to use insights from behavior...
Ep45: Amir Zwickel | Co-Founder of SHOWFIELDS
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amir is the Co-Founder and Chief Real Estate Officer of SHOWFIELDS, the “most interesting store in the world”. He is a serial entrepreneur with sp...
Ep44: Alnisa Allgood | Founder of Collaboration for Good
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alnisa Allgood is the founder/director of Collaboration for Good— a dual focus nonprofit working to both 'change the face' of entrepreneur...
Ep43: Etai Beck | Co-Founder and CEO of Folloze
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Etai Beck is CEO and Co-founder of Folloze, provider of the leading Personalized Marketing Platform for B2B companies. A frequent industry speaker abo...
Ep36: Haim Shafir | Board Game Inventor (100+ games)
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Haim is passionate about researching and exploring the common denominator between people all over the world. With over 100 inventions, he is one of Is...
Ep38: Joel Peterson | Chairman of Board at JetBlueAirways, a Stanford GSB Professor
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joel is the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways, as well as a leadership Professor at Stanford Business School. He served on more than three doze...
Ep39: Mikey Fischer | PhD student at Stanford University
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mikey Fischer is a PhD student at Stanford University in Computer Science studying Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, where he i...
Ep40: Liat Aaronson | Co-Founder, Horizen Labs, Prev. Exec Director of Zell (IDC)
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liat is the co-founder of Horizen Labs, helping create tools for businesses to deploy blockchain applications. Previously she served as the COO of Sel...
Ep37: Maital Rasmussen | Head of Marketing | DIS at Roche
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maital is shaping the health-tech industry and driving the commercialization of advanced technologies that enable personalized care as head of global ...
Ep31: Yair Vardi | Co-Founder and Partner of Fusion LA
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yair Vardi is a founding partner of Fusion LA - a venture-backed accelerator for Israeli start-ups in the US. To date, they invested in 43 startups, w...
Ep33: Stuart Friedman | CEO of Stu Friedman Associates
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart is an industry recognized coach and trainer with an extraordinary understanding of how overcoming limiting beliefs and blind spots leads to str...
Ep35: Ivan Lee | CEO of Datasaur.ai
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan serves as the Founder and CEO of Datasaur.ai. Datasaur builds data labeling software for ML teams working on NLP. After graduating from Stanford ...
Ep32: Neta Rivkin | Olympian (3 times), World Championship Medal
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Neta is a 3 time Olympian competitor in rhythmic gymnastics and the first Israeli gymnast in history to win a medal in the world championship. She too...
Ep26: Tatyana Kanzaveli | Founder and CEO of Open Health Network
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tatyana is known for guiding Fortune 500 and startup companies through business challenges. Today she is the founder and CEO of Open Health Network, a...
Ep30: Omer Davidi | Co-Founder and CEO of BeeHero
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Omer Davidi is CEO and Co-Founder at BeeHero. Davidi is a serial entrepreneur, world-class father, and mentor to the Israeli Cyber Center. With two co...
Ep27: Jonathan Schipper | Chief Experience Officer of Virtual Johnny
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan (Virtual Johnny) is the Chief Experience Officer at his studio which brings to life delighting new services with awesome tech. Some noted cus...
Ep29: Tal Ben Shahar | Founder of Happiness Studies Academy, prev lecturer at Harvard University
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tal is an author and lecturer, and has taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of ...
Ep28: Katherine Tole | Professional Voice Actor
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine is a voice actor who has been singing and acting since she could hold a microphone. Professionally trained at Voicetrax in San Francisco, sh...
Ep25: Danielle Strachman | Founder and General Partner at 1517
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle helped found the Thiel Fellowship, which provides $100k grants to young entrepreneurs. She's worked with some of the most prestigious fo...
Ep24: Lior Zagury | an Entrepreneur, Operations & Business Development
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lior is one if the most modest talented and impressive people I have met. A distinguished lawyer and public servant, having worked for many years in t...
Ep23: Larry Klein | Mayor of Sunnyvale, California
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mayor Larry Klein represents the City of Sunnyvale’s over 155K residents, and moved to Sunnyvale more than 30 years ago. Prior to serving on the cit...
Ep17: Mickey Haslavsky | Founder & CEO of Avian
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey is the CEO of Avian, a startup that enables airlines and online travel agencies to optimize revenue. Previously, he co-founded RapidAPI (raised...
Ep16: Shimon Tolts | CEO and Co-Founder of Datree
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At 15 years old Shimon started his first company, providing web hosting on top of Linux servers in the pre-cloud era. He later managed the Software En...
Ep19: Sergey Gribov | Partner at Flint Capital
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sergey is a Partner at Flint Capital, an early stage venture fund which invests across USA, Israel and Europe. He is a board member at CyberX, Socure,...
Ep22: Alyssa Rapp | CEO at Surgical Solutions, LLC, Author
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alyssa has done more than one can imagine. She fell in love with entrepreneurship at the Stanford Business School, later to become a lecturer at the U...
Ep21: Zack Rinat | President, DARE Foundation, Founder of ModelN
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zack is the President of the DARE Foundation. Previously, he was the Founder & CEO of Model N (NYSE:MODN), Co-Founder & CEO of NetDynamics (NA...
Ep20: Michal Waltner Levi | Campus Tel Aviv Program Manager at Google
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michal is one of the founders of Campus Tel Aviv, Google's space for startups, representing “Google for Startups” in Israel. She is an Israel...
Ep15: Chloe Treat | Theater Director and Choreographer
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chloe Treat is a New York based director and choreographer. Born and raised in the great, if not occasionally problematic state of Texas; she directs ...
Ep14: Dan Feld | Head of Global Enterprise Business, Devices and Services at Google
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan is focused on the growth of Google's global enterprise hardware business. Previously, he served as the Head of Enterprise Solutions for Googl...
Ep13: Roy Munin | Co-Founder and CEO of Made in Jerusalem
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Roy is a community builder and the CEO of Made in JLM, a nonprofit organization developing the Jerusalem tech ecosystem. He was nominated Forbes Under...
Ep12: Efrat Dagan | Global Head of Talent at Next Insurance
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Efrat Dagan has joined as Head of Talent at Next Insurance a few months back. Previously, she has been with Lyft Level 5, Google and Waze. Efrat has...
Ep11: Slavik Markovich | SVP Product, Demisto at Palo Alto Networks
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Slavik is a serial entrepreneur with a passion to solve hard technology problems. Along with co-founding Demisto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) and ...
Ep8: Cliff Weitzman | Founder and CEO of Speechify
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cliff is an American Israeli entrepreneur, Founder of Speechify Text To Speech software - the 10th highest grossing productivity app on Apple's A...
Ep6: Oded Hermoni | Managing Partner at J-Ventures
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
J-Ventures is a community empowered VC fund based in Silicon Valley and backed by over 150 leading investors. Previously a Partner at Rhodium, and was...
Ep10: Hillel Fuld | Startup Advisor and Tech Columnist
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hillel Fuld has been named the 7th top tech blogger worldwide, Israel’s top marketer, and on Forbes, was dubbed “The Man Transforming Startup Nati...
Ep9: Katrina Yaukey | Broadway Actress and Musician
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katrina Yaukey is an actor musician who has appeared on Broadway, Film and TV and toured internationally. She runs an accordion repair business in N...
Ep7: Noa Shafir | Co-Founder & CPO of Odo Security
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Noa started her journey as a network researcher in Israel's elite intelligence Unti 8200. Following that, Noa graduated with honors from her doub...
Ep3: Alon Matas | Founder & President of BetterHelp
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BetterHelp is the world’s largest counseling service. They connect people facing life's challenges with a counselor from their network of licen...
Ep4: Yasmin Lukatz | Executive Director of ICON
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yasmin Lukatz, MBA Stanford, Startup Investor and Philanthropist, is the Founder and Executive Director of ICON - Israel Collaboration network, helpin...
Ep5: Izhar Shay | Israeli Knesset, former VC
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prior to joining the Israeli Parliament, Shay was a high-tech entrepreneur, CEO of start-up companies, member in boards of directors, mentor for entre...
Ep2: Shuly Galili | Founding Partner of Upwest
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shuly is the co-founding Partner at UpWest, a Silicon Valley seed fund investing in startups at the Israel-US technology junction. UpWest portfolio cr...
Ep1: Amir Shevat | Co-Founder and CPO, Reshuffle
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amir is a co founder at reshuffle, early-stage investor, and an author. Previously, he led initiatives at companies such as Google, Slack, Amazon Twit...
Welcome to 20 Minute Leaders!
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Twenty Minute Leaders! In this introductory episode, host Michael Matias dives into his intentions for the show and what listeners can expe...