Startup Nightmares

No one knows more about the Israeli startup scene than this week's guest.

He spends his days behind the scenes, with the smartest entrepreneurs in the world.

Companies launch when he mentions them on social media

Alysa Milano follows him on Twitter.

He writes regularly for TechCrunch, Venturebeat, Inc., and the Jerusalem Post.

And what does he do with all of this clout?

Whares with the world how a country smaller than New Jersey in the most unstable region on earth became a unicorn factory and a global leader innovation leader.

Join us for a soulful conversation that will teach you to think longterm and how to turn relationships into a business.

Hint?

Don’t treat them as such.

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When this episode was recorded, she had just secured a $40M round.

By the time we publish it, 6 months later, she completed another round, this time for $100M.

She catapulted her startup into unicorn status and become the first Israeli female-entrepreneur to do so.

To think these are the least-interesting details of her biography is mind-blowing:

Growing up as an immigrant child to a handicapped mother, the identity-forming decade of hustling as a teenager, one global financial meltdown, two businesses and three kids later, Eynat Guez, Fo-Founder and CEO of Papaya Global, shares her story.

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In her 20 years of startup experience, she saw it all.

The lows were devastating and included the dot-com bubble, 2008's financial meltdown, and, most recently, 2020's global collapse.

Luckily, equally extreme, were the highs:

She catapulted a bunch of startups into international scale, as its COO, helped Fiverr grow from a startup to an IPO, and, most recently, navigate her current company through the worst year in its industry's history.

Meet Vered Raviv Schwarz, the President & COO of Guesty, and one of the most sought after professionals in Startup Nation.

In this week's episode, Vered speaks about how to stay calm under pressure, what's the best way to get experience and how to bulletproof yourself to future crisis. 

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Tommy Barav is the Co-Founder and CEO of Magical, and in this week's episode, he shares how being bullied at school pushed him to build and sell a company, at 16.

Until, of course, his parents found he was doing business with strangers on the internet.

Fast forward 15 years and Tommy’senemies' took on a very different form:

Tommy believes that distractions, procrastination and the lack of prioritization are robbing us of our productivity and that by surrendering to the demands of our work environments, we are compromising our happiness & future.

And it's only getting worse.

Tune in to learn how to bulletproof your time.

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The #1 reason startups fail?

They ran out of money.

We can talk about innovation, culture and values as much as we'd like, but it won't change reality:

Sustainable business = Sales.

Luckily, we have David Garcia onboard.

Few possess such a track record: David saw 3 startups through to a successful exit:

Imperva, IPO-ed in 2011.ARX, acquired by DocuSign in 2015. Cloudyn, acquired by Microsoft in 2017.

What do all of these companies have in common?

They sold real products, to real users, the right way.

Here's what we covered in this episode:

• Hiring and incentivizing salespeople
• Aligning Sales and Marketing teams
• Preparing a company for scale
• And... how to build a career in Sales, when your current role isn't preparing you for the next one.

A must-listen episode for anyone who's looking to level-up their commercial acumen.

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Few have crossed the chasm as successfully as this week's guest.

A mathematician, entrepreneur and innovator, Lyron Wahrmann is unlike most folks you'll meet:

An esteemed lecturer, he taught at the NYU Stern School of Business and the Israeli Interdisciplinary Center. He founded and lead Citi Bank's Innovation Center in Tel Aviv, and recently launched his own venture - Topicx.

Lyron is a remarkable example of the grit, depth and ingenuity required to successfully merge the wealth of academia with the harsh reality of building, running and scaling a startup.

Join us as we spend an hour with one of the brightest, most experienced folks in tech, exploring the tension between innovation and legacy and advise those who are caught in the middle.

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Ambition is the curiosity & willingness to go to some mentally dark places.

This week's guest didn't just go there.

He sprinted.

Yam Regev, an entrepreneur and CMO speaks to us about the cost of his ambition - from his hair to his health, he looks back on his choices and shares highlights and tips from his career:

How to negotiate your terms for your first senior role?

When is it time to throw in the towel and quit?

Why stepping down as CEO saved his startup?

What's the value of a personal brand in a self-obsessed world?

All of the knowledge, none of the fluff.

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Knowing when and how to let go is the only way to make progress in life, and in startups.

In this week's episode we're interviewing Nitzan Gal, CEO of Clique.ai who helps us settle contradiction between perseverance and the ability to move on:

• When is passion 'optional', and when is it a must?
• How to have a clean and healthy separation with former partners?
• Why startups are a long-term game, played in short intervals?
• What to do when the stakes are high and there are no 'right' answers?

And finally - useful advice for men seeking to understand the challenges women in tech face.

Join us to learn how to hone and refine your internal compass when navigating the treacherous waters of innovation

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For most, selling a company for $25M is where the story end.

But not for Iris Shoor.

The 3-times Founder and CEO used the momentum created by her early success to venture even further, but not in pursuit of money or fame.

Driven by her curiosity and authenticity, Iris is using startups as her canvas,

In this week's episode, we explore what happens when Iris challenged managerial conventions, tested the boundaries of honesty, and the price she paid for her refusal to align with the cultural norms of the startup scene.

Tune-in to get to know the startup CEO that builds companies & products as a form of self-expression

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On his father's deathbed, Boaz Gaon committed to solving the problem of... loneliness.

Disappointed from the type of knowledge and support he was able to access online, Boaz founded Wisdo, an app for those facing life’s biggest challenges.

In the space of just a few years, Boaz went from being a journalist, playwriter and activist into becoming a startup CEO.

And as if this wasn't hard enough, Wisdo took on a huge task:

Fill the knowledge gap that Google's algorithms can't, and re-connect us as humans, like Facebook won't.

Join us, as Boaz shares how his personal mission became a wakeup call for the entire world.

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