Invested by Aleph

By Michael Eisenberg

How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of tec... more

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January 06, 2025The Information Founder Jessica Lessin on Building the World’s Top Tech Media Outlet, Why Citizen Journalism Won’t Replace Traditional Media, and the Future of Journalism | Jessica Lessin on Invested
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jessica Lessin. Jessica is the founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about technology and business. In eight years, Lessin has grown The Information into one of the largest subscription journalism communities in the world, attracting an influential audience of business leaders globally. Lessin has covered Silicon Valley and the technology industry for almost two decades and was previously a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in the Bay Area, with her husband and three boys. When not trying to keep up with her children, she enjoys surfing and skiing.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:01:50] Motivation for Founding The Information
[00:04:25] Why Leave the Mainstream Media Model
[00:07:55] What Causes Legacy News to Become “Clickbaiters”
[00:12:50] “Selling Your Soul to the Devil”
[00:15:52] Will News Organizations Go Out of Business?
[00:21:10] Business Models vs. Journalism Quality
[00:23:56] The Free Press vs. The Information
[00:26:35] Modern Media and Community Building
[00:31:30] How Tech Reporting has Evolved
[00:34:25] Does Modern Journalism Need Specialized Experts?
[00:36:55] Is The Information Mainstream Media?
[00:38:00] Why “Citizen Journalism” Won’t Replace Traditional Media
[00:44:23] How to Regain Trust in the Media
[00:51:40] The Information’s Media Startup Accelerator
[00:53:30] What’s Next for The Information
[00:57:08] Mistakes in Running The Information
[00:58:10] Message to Younger Self
[00:59:25] What is Your Core Value?

RESOURCES

Follow Jessica on X: https://twitter.com/Jessicalessin
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
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For the transcript of this episode, go to: www.aleph.vc/content/jessica-lessin
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/
‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring
Design: Rony Karadi
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1h 7min
December 18, 2024Vee Founder May Piamenta on Selling Her First Company at 16, Smuggling a Computer Onto an Army Base, Laying Off Her Entire Company and Knowing When to Pivot | Invested
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts May Piamenta, the co-founder and CEO of Vee. May started her first business, Pineapple, at 14 years old and sold it right before she turned 17. She was a community services manager at RoboActive, followed by a role as an international project lead at First, a global robotics community. May then joined the IDF, where she was an electronics warfare commander and started working on her current company, Vee. After her military service, May mentored at Google Activate and took Vee full time. Following a sharp pivot in 2021, Vee now enables nonprofit teams and founders to grow their teams efficiently without hiring people, by giving them AI agents that can do everything from hiring to grant writing, social media management, bookkeeping and admin work, etc.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:03:25] Impact of Losing a Best Friend to Cancer
[00:06:20] May’s Role Models
[00:09:05] The High School Robotics Team
[00:11:54] May’s First Business
[00:15:14] Israeli Military Experience
[00:16:28] May’s Core Value
[00:17:45] The Story Behind May’s Company, Vee
[00:25:00] Finding Co-Founders and Investors
[00:27:00] Pivoting Vee and Layoffs
[00:37:25] Is Non-Profit a Lucrative Sector?
[00:40:55] How the Tech Industry Has Evolved for Female CEOs
[00:44:10] Does Age in Leadership Matter?
[00:45:40] What Changed in May after Oct. 7
[00:48:28] What Changed in Michael After Oct. 7
[00:50:17] On Speaking Out About Anxiety
[00:53:45] Her Belief That Changed in the Last Year
[00:54:20] Closing

RESOURCES

Follow May on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maypiamenta/
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
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For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/may-piamenta---episode-36
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
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‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring
Design: Rony Karadi
...more
56min
December 04, 2024Adam Fisher, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, on What it Takes to be a Great VC, Lessons from Wix and Fiverr, and Why Israel Should Let Go of the “Startup Nation” Narrative
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Adam Fisher, one of the most prolific early stage investors in Israel with over two decades of experience investing across the technology stack. He established Bessemer's Israel office in 2007 and has invested in more than 60 companies primarily at the Seed and Series A stages. Over his career, Adam has helped 24 companies reach successful exits, including some of Israel's most notable companies like Wix, Fiverr, and Habana. His current portfolio has some of Israel's largest cloud companies such as Hibob, Melio, Yotpo and Cloudinary.

Adam’s life experiences–like his investments–are uniquely global. Born in South Africa, Adam was raised and educated in the US, where he studied at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before joining Bessemer, he spent nine years at Jerusalem Venture Partners, where he was a partner in their New York, Jerusalem, and Beijing offices.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:04:25] Core Values
[00:05:20] Being an Introvert in Venture Capital
[00:08:52] Writing Poetry
[00:11:15] Importance of Speaking Out
[00:16:35] Hate Comments & Anti-Semitism
[00:19:12] The Problem With Tenure
[00:21:10] How Can We Enable People to Speak Out?
[00:22:45] Advantage as an Israeli VC Who Grew Up in the U.S.
[00:25:30] Core Trait of Successful Venture Capitalists
[00:29:50] Being Anti-Bitcoin
[00:36:10] Government Vs. Individuals
[00:41:20] Investments in Fiverr and Wix
[00:50:45] Are Board Meetings Useful?
[00:53:52] Investing Over Zoom Calls
[00:57:55] How to Pitch Entrepreneurs on Partnering
[00:59:02] Foreign Investment in Israel and Misconception of the Market
[01:02:05] First Investment Success & Lessons
[01:05:52] Relation Between Company and Country
[01:08:40] Work With Beit Issie Shapiro
[01:12:38] How Do You Stay Grounded and Humble?

RESOURCES

Follow Adam on X: https://x.com/AdamRFisher
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/
For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/adam-fisher---episode-35
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/
‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
...more
1h 16min
November 20, 2024Harvard Professor Roland Fryer on Relentlessly Pursuing Truth, ‘Closing Social Gaps with Market Caps,’ and Celebrating Failure
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Roland Fryer, a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a co-founder of Equal Opportunity Ventures, an early stage seed fund, and several start-ups.

Roland sits on several boards with an emphasis on business analytics, talent management, and product strategy. His research combines economic theory, big data, AI, and randomized social experiments to help design policies that can increase social mobility in America. Roland was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, the John Bates Clark Medal (given by the American
Economic Association to the best American Economist under age 40), the Presidential
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, among others. He was a member of the
2009 Time 100 (most influential people in the world) and has been twice featured in
Esquire "Genius issue." Roland earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in economics from
the University of Texas at Arlington and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Penn
State University.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:02:50] How Did You Meet Your Wife?
[00:05:50] What if the Data and Anecdotes Don’t Match?
[00:07:40] Roland’s Bombshell Paper on Police Brutality
[00:14:22] The Need for Firsthand Experience
[00:17:15] Roland’s Guiding Principle for Truth
[00:20:22] Data And Truth in an Era of AI
[00:23:08] Can Data Cause Change?
[00:25:20] How Harvard Students Have Changed
[00:28:17] Working Odd Jobs as a Kid
[00:31:46] Speaking Out on Harvard Antisemitism
[00:33:55] Is There Still Value in Higher Education?
[00:40:52] How to Incentivize Faculty to be Truthtellers
[00:42:53] The Misapplication of DEI & the Need for Meritocracy
[00:49:50] Is Harvard Safe for Jews and Israelis?
[00:51:20] Why Become a Venture Capitalist?
[00:57:18] Use of AI for Hiring
[01:05:50] Increasing Social Mobility with Forage
[01:14:00] What is the Biggest Problem You Want to Solve?
[01:16:40] What’s Changed in Your Worldview Since Visiting Israel?

RESOURCES

Follow Roland on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-fryer-9889b7183
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/
For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/roland-fryer---episode-34
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/
‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS
Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
...more
1h 21min
November 04, 2024AI Expert Oren Etzioni on How Deepfakes are Influencing Global Events, Our Moral Obligations Around AI & the Fight Against Disinformation | Invested
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Oren Etzioni, Harvard’s first computer science graduate, venture partner, startup founder and a prominent AI researcher.

Oren Etzioni is Professor Emeritus of computer science, and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). Etzioni is the founder and CEO of TrueMedia.org, a non-profit dedicated to fighting political deepfakes, which launched in April 2024. Etzioni is a Technical Director of the AI2 Incubator, and a venture partner at the Madrona Venture Group.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:02:55] Core Values
[00:04:35] The Power of Political Deepfakes
[00:06:55] Why is it So Easy to Undermine Trust?
[00:08:53] Truth in Mainstream and Social Media
[00:12:17] Deepfake Influence on World Events
[00:16:43] How to Approach Online Content
[00:18:04] The Goal of TrueMedia
[00:23:46] Notable Deepfakes TrueMedia Detected
[00:25:05] Why Make TrueMedia a Nonprofit?
[00:27:32] Is TrueMedia Nonpartisan?
[00:30:15] Is Society in Devolution?
[00:33:30] The Evolution of AI
[00:37:49] How Oren’s Perspective on AI Has Changed
[00:42:00] What Niche Area Will AI fix?
[00:43:30] What Worries You About AI?
[00:46:45] Allen Institute’s Medical Research
[00:48:55] Future of Programming with AI
[00:53:10] Should You Still Study Computer Science?
[00:56:39] AI Progress is a Moral Obligation
[01:00:30] Responsibility to Bring AI to All Humanity
[01:03:40] How Can We Onboard People to AI?
[01:05:25] Oren’s Approach to Mentoring Students
[01:07:37] How Oren’s Father Influenced Him
[01:10:00] UBI & How to Treat Chatbots
[01:12:55] AI Energy Usage

RESOURCES
Follow Oren on X: https://x.com/etzioni
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/
For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/oren-etzioni---episode-33
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/
‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
...more
1h 15min
October 28, 2024 Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale on Fixing America, Disrupting Defense Innovation & Building the University of Austin
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Joe Lonsdale, a venture capitalist, serial founder and philanthropist.

Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR), a global software company known for its work supporting US and its allies’ defense and intelligence. Since then, he has founded more than a dozen prominent companies, including Addepar, a wealth management platform with about $5 trillion, and OpenGov, the leading cloud software provider for local governments. He continues to create and scale companies through the 8VC Build program.

As an investor, Joe was an early backer of companies like Anduril Industries, Oculus (acq. FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH), Oscar (NYSE:OSCR), Illumio, Wish (NASDAQ:WISH), JoyTunes, Blend (NYSE:BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY), Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ (acq. CRM), Yugabyte, and others.

Joe and his wife Tayler are active in a variety of philanthropic and institutional pursuits. In 2018, they founded the non-partisan Cicero Institute, which crafts and advances policies to promote effective and accountable governance, and is now successfully battling special interests with teams in over a dozen states. In 2021, Joe became the founding chairman of the board of the University of Austin (UATX), a new university dedicated to restoring the pursuit of truth in higher education. He also sits on the board of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute.

Joe, Tayler, and their four daughters live in Austin, TX.

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KEY TOPICS

[00:00:00] Intro
[00:01:36] - Founding University of Austin
[00:06:02]- Is America a Liberal Society?
[00:08:53] - AI’s Relation to Liberty
[00:14:00] - Can the Wealthy Speak Their Mind?
[00:17:30]- The Heroes of Today
[00:19:28]- Has American Exceptionalism Eroded?
[00:23:05] - Founding OpenGov
[00:27:12] - The Role of Government and its Incompetency
[00:34:40]- Why Austin is Better Than San Francisco
[00:37:45] - Having Daughters Changed Joe’s Perspective
[00:39:55] - Boom of Modern Defense Companies
[00:45:18] - How to Improve Defense Innovation
[00:48:30] - Government Efficiency and Accountability
[00:51:05] - Solution to American Healthcare System
[00:53:50] - AI Services Wave
[00:57:55] - Politics Hold back innovation
[01:05:25] - Joe’s Wokest View and Final Questions

RESOURCES
Follow Joe on X: https://x.com/JTLonsdale
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
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For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/joe-lonsdale---episode-32
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
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‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS
Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
...more
1h 8min
October 07, 2024 Invested: After October 7
On this episode of Invested, Michael looks back on the incredible and tragic stories from October 7th within the Israeli tech ecosystem, that were shared on the Invested podcast over the past year.

The guests whose stories are featured on this episode, in order of appearance:

Ami Daniel - CEO and co-founder of Windward
Izhar Shay - Venture Partner with Disruptive AI
Beezer Clarkson - Partner at Sapphire Partners
Stefan Thompson - Founder of Visegrad 24
Yoav Shoham - Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs
Eyal Waldman - Chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox
Ben Lang - Angel investor
Marc Rowan - Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc
Barak Herscowitz - Former employee of TikTok & Political Advisor
Sam Lessin - General Partner at Slow Ventures

Listen and subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00:00] Michael Remembering October 7th
[00:06:52] Ami Daniel His Oct 7 Experience
[00:17:57] - Michael on Israeli Resilience
[00:19:16] - Ami Daniel on Kvar Baim
[00:22:20] - Michael Introducing Izhar Shay
[00:23:08] - Izhar Shay on his son Yaron
[00:33:10] - Michael Introduces Izhar’s Initiative
[00:34:21] - Izhar Shay’s Next October Initiative
[00:35:26] - Michael on Post Oct. 7th Israeli Investment
[00:37:25] - Michael Introduces Eyal Waldman
[00:38:05] - Eyal Waldman on his Daughter Danielle
[00:41:35] - Eyal on Peace Moving Forward
[00:47:32] - Michael Introducing Stefan Tompson
[00:49:08] - Stefan on the Fight for the West
[00:53:20] - Michael on Moral Clarity
[00:54:20] - Michael Introducing Marc Rowan
[00:56:12] - Marc Rowan on Anti-Semitism
[00:59:45]- Michael on Meritocracy
[01:00:35] - Michael Introducing Sam Lessin
[01:02:13] - Sam Lessin on the Problems at Harvard
[01:05:33] - One Year Later

RESOURCES
Follow Ami Daniel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amidaniel/
Follow Izhar Shay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izharshay/
Follow Eyal Waldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/
Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson
Learn more about Marc Rowan: https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan
Follow Sam Lessin on X: https://x.com/lessin
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/
For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/
‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS
Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
...more
1h 10min
September 25, 2024Bradley Tusk on How to Save Democracy Before it’s Too Late, the Problem With Our Political Structures, and the Power of Mobile Voting
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and the author of “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot At Saving Democracy.”

Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 22 different states, helping to feed over 12.5 million people.

Before Vote With Your Phone, Bradley authored “The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups
From Death by Politics” and “Obvious in Hindsight.” He hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics and recently opened an independent bookstore, P&T Knitwear, on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Bradley is currently the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first
venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and
the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. He is also an adjunct professor at
Columbia Business School.

Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00] - Intro
[2:05] - Why Is Democracy At Risk?
[9:30] - Tech Likes Things As They Are
[12:30] - Aligning Social Media With Public Good
[14:20] - On Regulating Free Speech
[21:55] - Assumptions Behind Mobile Voting
[26:24] - Risk of Misinformation With Mobile Voting
[27:35] - Technology’s Impact on Voting Accessibility
[33:35] - The Gen-Z Vote and Social Media Reform
[37:35] - Why We Need Mobile Voting
[39:25] - Using AI to Reform Government Procurement
[45:05] - Where Should Technology be Introduced?
[48:35] - Arguments Against Mobile Voting
[52:30] - U.S. Immigration Problem
[56:30] - Tension Between Tech and Regulation
[1:02:35] - Religions’ Antidote to Evolution
[1:09:10] - Conclusion

RESOURCES

Follow Bradley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btusk/
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/
For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/
‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
...more
1h 11min
September 11, 2024Sam Lessin on What Entrepreneurs Don’t Realize About VCs, When the State Should Intervene with Tech, the Future of Crypto and the Evolution of Truth
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sam Lessin, a General Partner at Slow Ventures.

Sam is currently an intern at The Information and has co-founded two companies, Fin and drop.io (acquired by Facebook in 2010). Between 2010 and 2014 he was a VP of product management at Facebook, where he managed the People, Places, and Things product group and the Identity product group. Sam started his career at Bain and Company, and attended Harvard ('05). In his spare time Sam enjoys skiing and kite-surfing.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:03:15] Core Personal Values
[00:08:40] Dealing With Bad Investments
[00:10:30] The World as a VC Model
[00:13:40] The Chaos of AI
[00:15:55] Relationship Between Investing and Family
[00:20:35] The Risk of Pavel Durov
[00:24:00] When Should the State Take Action?
[00:29:40] Safety of Tech Leaders in a Borderless World
[00:36:30] The Evolution of Truth
[00:42:18] Communities as Brokers of Trust
[00:45:45] Crypto Replacing Trust
[00:49:15] Investing in Solana
[00:51:40] The Silicon Valley Narrative
[00:56:38] Being an Outsider-Insider
[1:01:30] Making Change at Harvard
[1:07:15] Antisemitism on College Campuses
[1:10:10] Personal Lessons and Motivation
[1:16:30] Closing thoughts on Future of Tech

RESOURCES
Follow Sam on X: https://x.com/lessin
Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/
For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
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Executive Producer: Erica Marom
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1h 21min
August 28, 2024Alon Arvatz on the Future of Israeli Cybersecurity, Exiting Multiple Companies, Leaving Money on the Table, and Making Financial Literacy Accessible
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alon Arvatz, the CEO & Co-founder of PointFive.

PointFive is a leader in cloud cost management. Prior to that he co-founded IntSights, a cybersecurity and threat intelligence startup, and led it to a successful acquisition for $350M to Rapid7. He authored the book “The Battle for Your Computer” that depicts the success story of the Israeli cybersecurity industry. Alon is also involved in social impact, founding the non-profit "Kanfey Kesef" that promotes financial literacy.

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KEY TOPICS
[00:00] Intro
[04:40] Becoming an Entrepreneur
[08:40] Writing “The Battle for Your Computer”
[17:30] Feedback on the Book
[21:40] Future of Israeli Cyber
[25:00] Founding PointFive
[30:57] Going With Your Intuition
[33:00] Why Stop Angel Investing
[35:15] Do We Need Cyber School?
[38:45] Believing in God
[40:00] Does Financial Education Work?
[47:05] Israeli vs. American Entrepreneurs
[53:15] Advice to Young Entrepreneurs
[54:40] Crypto and Hamas

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Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer
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Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
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59min

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