Ep770: Gil Horsky | Senior Director of Venture Investments, Mondelēz

Eli's experience spans entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and politics. As an early employee at Coursera, Eli helped lead the company's international expansion, growing the platform to a million Chinese users in just over a year. Eli has also consulted on housing policy for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and on education for Bloomberg Philanthropies, and managed a winning political campaign in rural Alaska.

28 Aug 202020min

Alon is the Co-Founder, CMO & CCO of Bizzabo, an all-in-one Event success platform and one of the fastest-growing event tech companies in the world. He was named one of the meetings industry's "40 under 40 young leaders” by Collaborate Magazine, and one of the top 10 Israeli CMOs by Geektime.com. Alon was a member of the exclusive NYC Venture Fellows Program and graduated with high honors from the IDC and the Zell Entrepreneurship program.

28 Aug 202021min

Jeremy dropped out of MIT to found Make School, a new college offering a project-based Bachelor's in Applied Computer Science. Their students have gone on to get jobs at Facebook, Google, Apple, and other top companies and startups. They recently designed a new student loan protection plan to ensure that no graduate has to pay their student loans unless they have a job.

27 Aug 202020min

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 Forbes’s 2018 30 Under 30 list in Enterprise Technology for his work on Abstract Layer, programming AI that automates software development. He is a Global Facilitator at Techstar’s Startup Weekend and has hosted various events all over the Middle East, Europe, & the US.

27 Aug 202020min

Liran is a theater educator at the Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel. She teaches Drama from pre-school to high school students and directs two theater productions each year.  After years of academic studies and working in start-up companies, she decided to go back to her childhood passion and studied physical theater under the instruction of Sofi Moskowitz. She found her true passion combining her love for the stage and her love of teaching, and has been doing so for over a decade.

27 Aug 202024min

Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He is the founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy and also serves as senior consultant at the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy. His research focuses on democratic trends and conditions around the world and on policies and reforms to defend and advance democracy.

27 Aug 202021min

Hadar is the Director of Porsche Digital in Tel Aviv, responsible for scouting for companies and technologies that can transform Porsche through projects and investments. Previously, she led Deloitte’s new startups practice, where she and her team provided growth opportunities to leading startups as well as tech scouting services for Fortune 500 companies. Hadar is a certified lawyer with experience in the M&A space, and is an alumni of the IDF 8200 unit.

27 Aug 202018min

In her counseling work, Nadine combines her original background in psychology, business, politics, the media, shamanism & wisdom schools. She grew up in Paris, developed a classical music company in New York, spent time near the lava flows in Hawai’i, was the right hand of the leading female politician in Mongolia, had a therapy practice and TV shows in New Delhi. She is now working as a “Joint Journeyer” (a term she prefers to coach or therapist) in the Bay Area and around the world.

26 Aug 202025min