Ep5: Izhar Shay | Israeli Knesset, former VC

Max is the founder of Finimize. The brand helping retail investors become smarter investors through bite-sized, jargon-free, expert content. Finimize is the world’s largest and most engaged finance community, with over 1m users. Before Finimize, Max co-founded an e-commerce startup with 200 employees and sold it in 2015. He also mentors at Techstars and Startup Bootcamp and was named one of Forbes "30 under 30”.

4 Jun 202119min

Avi is the Founder & CEO at Elevation. An entrepreneur, husband, father, and believer. Loves Hummus, consistently lives in a village outside of Tel Aviv and spends his spare time wondering about the future of work, skills, careers, and in between.

3 Jun 202122min

Adi Diner is the CEO and co-founder of iFocus, she is a physicist (Ph.D.) with extensive experience in product development in the biotech and medical device industries.1 in 10 children and adults have ADHD, today- the treatment relies only on subjective feedback- "do you feel it is working" as a result, many do not get treated properly. iFocus will change the way ADHD is treated by providing objective treatment efficacy measures.

3 Jun 202121min

Kathy is the CEO of the MKE Tech Hub Coalition, a non-profit focused on inclusively doubling tech talent in the Milwaukee region with over 75 members. Kathy is a long-term tech executive, leading sales and partnerships for $500M+ businesses in hardware, software, and services.   After receiving her master's in Workforce and Talent Development, specifically in response to AI and automation, Kathy helped large multi-national organizations transform their talent in alignment with their digital transformation.   Kathy also serves on multiple non-profit boards in the Milwaukee region.

2 Jun 202121min

Amanda Lannert is the CEO of Jellyvision, maker of benefits engagement platform ALEX. More than 1,500 companies (including 114 of the Fortune 500 and two-fifths of the country's 25 largest companies) use ALEX to help their employees understand complex topics, from choosing a healthcare insurance plan to saving for retirement or navigating a leave of absence.

2 Jun 202120min

Boaz is the founder and CTO of Tactile Mobility (formerly MobiWize). He is a veteran technologist and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in signal processing, algorithms research, and systems design in the automotive and networking industries.Prior to founding Tactile Mobility, Boaz was System Design Group Manager for Zoran Micro-Electronics (acquired by CSR).

1 Jun 202121min

For the last decade, Tal Florentin has been one of the leading UX specialists in the Israeli market. Florentin is a published author, speaker, winner of the UX award (San Francisco), and founder of the Israeli UX certification program. After leading more than 180 UX design projects for fortunate - 100 companies - it became clear to him that audio is going to be bigger than video. Florentin founded Summurai – the world’s first branded audio CMS – with the promise to allow busy people to know more with less effort. Summurai allows companies to create branded audio channels, add branded audio content to their customer journeys and promote audio marketing.

1 Jun 202122min

Tal is an executive in the Israeli high-tech industry for over 20 years. He was the Chief Revenue & Business Development Officer at SimilarWeb. Tal also held leadership positions as the VP of Business at McCann Erickson and was part of the Business Development team at ICQ / AOL. Tal is now the General Manager at CodeFuel, the Search Technology division of Perion Network.

1 Jun 202122min