Ep106: Mark Schwartz | Board Member & Exec of public/private companies, Prev. a Board Member of Starbucks Coffee
Mark has 28 years of experience as a CEO, CFO, investment banker and board member of public and private companies. He was on the board of Starbucks Coffee and assisted the company in raising its first round of institutional financing. Mark also co-founded the largest U.S. Hispanic Supermarket company, Bodega Latina Corporation (El Super), and is on the board of Bartell Drug Stores.
11 Sep 202021min
Ep115: Tal Tochner | Investment Director at PICO Venture Partners
Tal is on the investment team at PICO Venture Partners, where she leads deal flow across all software enabled sectors, serves on several boards and supports portfolio companies on growth trajectory. Previously she was one of the youngest investment partners at Tel Aviv Capital and part of the Founding Team and Head of Business Development at WMN, the first co-working space for female-led ventures in Tel Aviv. Tal is a Kauffman Fellow and was a Forbes Under30 recipient in 2017.
11 Sep 202021min
Ep112: Amy Cohen Dagan | Global Innovation Manager at AB Inbev
Corporate lawyer turned Global Tech Innovation Manager for the biggest beer manufacturer in the world, Amy believes that when opportunity comes knocking, bold decisions need to be made. Prior to joining AB Inbev this year, Amy led Business Development and Strategic Projects at Weissbeerger, a big data startup that was acquired by AB Inbev in 2018. She holds the belief that nothing grows in a comfort zone: embracing learning new things and acquiring new skills. All while running a half marathon and doing puzzles with her 2 year old.
11 Sep 202023min
Ep113: Doron Reuveni | Co-Founder and CEO of Applause
Doron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Applause (formerly uTest), a crowdtesting market and a market leader. His leadership made him an internationally-recognized expert in software development, testing and entrepreneurship. Additionally to running Applause, Doron is an avid runner and cyclist, competing in the Boston Marathon more than 10 times and triathlons regularly (Board Member of RunKeeper).
11 Sep 202022min
Ep109: Eran Sandhaus | Managing Director at Copia Growth Partners
Eran is a Managing Director at Copia Growth Partners and advises and serves on the boards of leading corporates and startups in the field of autonomous driving, connected services, and advanced mobility. Additionally, he is active with J-Ventures, PlugNPlay (Silicon Valley), Target Global Ventures and NextGear Ventures. Previously Eran was a senior executive in Fortune 500 companies and deployed over $1B in investments and acquisitions.
11 Sep 202021min
Ep108: Rachel Efrat | Senior Legal Counsel at Lightricks
Rachel is a versatile in-house lawyer serving as Senior Legal Counsel at Lightricks, where she implements strategic initiatives across the company, including bizdev partnerships, VC investments, product compliance and privacy matters. She is passionate about the interplay between law and technology and especially enjoys finding pragmatic solutions to complex legal issues.
11 Sep 202021min
Ep121: Jorge Myszne | Co-founder and CEO of Kameleon
Jorge is a passionate serial entrepreneur, always learning and discovering new things. With over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor arena, Jorge started his journey at Intel, building the first Centrino WiFi chips, and then co-founded Wilocity (acquired by Qualcomm in 2014) to develop 60GHz WiFi. Currently, Jorge is co-founder and CEO at Kameleon (a hardware security start-up) and spends his spare time investing in early technology and piloting light planes.
11 Sep 202021min
Ep118: Itamar Novick | Chief Business Officer at Life360
Itamar Novick is the Chief Business Officer @Life360 during the day, and Founding Partner @RecursiveVentures (www.recursiveventures.com), a Micro Seed fund, at nights and on weekends. Recursive Ventures has supported over 40 early stage companies in the Bay Area and Israel, including Life360, Credible, Ring, Automatic, and MileIQ
11 Sep 202023min
