Ep31: Yair Vardi | Co-Founder and Partner of Fusion LA
Yair Vardi is a founding partner of Fusion LA - a venture-backed accelerator for Israeli start-ups in the US. To date, they invested in 43 startups, where 70% of their alumni have continued to raise $500K-$5M. Vardi completed military service as an officer in Israel's Intelligence Corps, Unit 8200. In 2018, Forbes Magazine named Vardi to its annual "30 Under 30" Israel list.
20 Aug 202021min
Ep28: Katherine Tole | Professional Voice Actor
Katherine is a voice actor who has been singing and acting since she could hold a microphone. Professionally trained at Voicetrax in San Francisco, she has trained and worked as a voice actor since 2016. With a degree in Chemical Engineering and then a decade working in the fast-paced world of tech startups, she realized she was craving a return to her creative roots and started her own business.
19 Aug 202020min
Ep29: Tal Ben Shahar | Founder of Happiness Studies Academy, prev lecturer at Harvard University
Tal is an author and lecturer, and has taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and have appeared on best-sellers lists around the world. He is a serial entrepreneur, and is the co-founder and chief learning officer of Happiness Studies Academy, Potentialife, Maytiv, and Happier.TV.
19 Aug 202020min
Ep27: Jonathan Schipper | Chief Experience Officer of Virtual Johnny
Jonathan (Virtual Johnny) is the Chief Experience Officer at his studio which brings to life delighting new services with awesome tech. Some noted customers are Will.I.Am, Lior Suchard, Microsoft, and Google. He is fascinated with exploring the limits between body, tech and our surroundings, an enthusiastic advocate of natural interfaces and fun learning.
19 Aug 202020min
Ep30: Omer Davidi | Co-Founder and CEO of BeeHero
Omer Davidi is CEO and Co-Founder at BeeHero. Davidi is a serial entrepreneur, world-class father, and mentor to the Israeli Cyber Center. With two corporate exits and an MS in Computer Science from IDC, Davidi is now focused on using technology to save the bees and feed the world.
19 Aug 202018min
Ep26: Tatyana Kanzaveli | Founder and CEO of Open Health Network
Tatyana is known for guiding Fortune 500 and startup companies through business challenges. Today she is the founder and CEO of Open Health Network, a mentor at 500Startups and Richard Branson Entrepreneurs Centre and serves on boards for private companies. She also is the organizer of highly notable TEDxBayArea conferences.
19 Aug 202019min
Ep23: Larry Klein | Mayor of Sunnyvale, California
Mayor Larry Klein represents the City of Sunnyvale’s over 155K residents, and moved to Sunnyvale more than 30 years ago. Prior to serving on the city council, Mayor Klein served 9 years on the Sunnyvale Planning Commission, as well as serving as board member for several local non-profits. Larry has extensive experience in Silicon Valley’s tech industry, trained as a software engineer, his current "day-job" is as a program manager at the East Bay Start-up, Qnovo.
18 Aug 202021min
Ep24: Lior Zagury | an Entrepreneur, Operations & Business Development
Lior is one if the most modest talented and impressive people I have met. A distinguished lawyer and public servant, having worked for many years in the Prime Minister’s office on the most sensitive and of global influence matters, he shares his passion for Israel through his remarkable tour guides and the founding of non-profit group FFI (Friends for Israel). He is a devoted father and has recently completed a marathon (42km) doing 100m intervals (Corona lockdown), at his son’s request. He believes that the “cheapest” hours of the day are those when the kids are asleep; often he’ll complete 3-hour training sessions prior to sunrise in order to be able to cook his family breakfast as they wake up.
18 Aug 202019min
