For the last few months, I have been sharing written work and short video interviews conducted on behalf of my work at CTech. Today, I wanted to share for the first time here a long-form interview from its popular BiblioTech series.

A few months back I spoke to Judah Taub, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures, about his book ‘How To Move Up When The Only Way Is Down’. It is designed to transform readers’ decision-making by recognizing Local Maximums and skill-building based on lessons from AI.

I first read Judah’s book in October 2024 when I was on a long-haul flight to the Philippines and it was a pleasure to speak to him about his experience, his writing process, and some of the practical lessons that can be gleaned by readers. The conversation was wide-ranging, but we managed to discuss some of the following topics:

* His IDF experience

* Jewish philosophy and ‘The Devil's Advocate Unit’ [known as ‘Ipcha Mistabra’ in Hebrew]

* The Netflix/Blockbuster competition and the Theranos story

* What modern-day businesses can learn in their journeys

Judah Taub is co-founder and managing partner at Hetz Ventures. Previously, he served as Head of Data for Lansdowne Partners as well as an advisor to multiple young startups. In the Israel Defense Forces, Taub served as an officer in a classified intelligence unit where he engineered a large-scale project that won the IDF 2014 Creativity Award.

Please enjoy the video, and feel free to read the (slightly edited) transcript directly on CTech.

I hope that there will be more video content in the future, so watch this space!

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