Ep798: Steve Pockross | CEO, Verblio

Cliff is an American Israeli entrepreneur, Founder of Speechify Text To Speech software - the 10th highest grossing productivity app on Apple's App Store, used to read more than a billion words every month. Cliff is one of the youngest people named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list. He is a Dyslexia advocate, listens to 100 books a year, & has the first chapter of harry potter memorized. Cliff is one of the CEOs discussed in the book The Great CEO Within.

15 Aug 202019min

Shuly is the co-founding Partner at UpWest, a Silicon Valley seed fund investing in startups at the Israel-US technology junction. UpWest portfolio crossed $1B in VC funding and includes companies such as SentinelOne, HoneyBook, Stampli, CyCognito, Airobotics and more.

15 Aug 202021min

Prior to joining the Israeli Parliament, Shay was a high-tech entrepreneur, CEO of start-up companies, member in boards of directors, mentor for entrepreneurs and a social activist. He wrote a popular weekly column at Globes for 11 years, authored two books, and founded Israel’s largest digital community for entrepreneurs (“Start-Up Stadium”) with about 45 thousand members. Previously, Shay was a Managing General Partner with Canaan Partners Israel and was a board member with promising start-up companies, some of which reached significant ‘exit’ events.

15 Aug 202023min

Yasmin Lukatz, MBA Stanford, Startup Investor and Philanthropist, is the Founder and Executive Director of ICON - Israel Collaboration network, helping Israeli entrepreneurs penetrate the US market by bridging Silicon Valley and Israel. ICON's members are VC Partners, Executives at Fortune 500 companies and Founders of rising-star startups. Yasmin only asks, is to pay it forward, and also pay it back by rallying the ICON community to support and mentor children in Israel's periphery.  Yasmin is also a respected startup investor, starring in the new season of the Israeli TV version of Shark Tank.

15 Aug 202019min

BetterHelp is the world’s largest counseling service. They connect people facing life's challenges with a counselor from their network of licensed, accredited, and board-certified therapists. Each month, over 2,000,000 counseling messages, chats, voice calls, and video sessions are facilitated through BetterHelp’s secure website and mobile app!

15 Aug 202020min

Amir is a co founder at reshuffle, early-stage investor, and an author. Previously, he led initiatives at companies such as Google, Slack, Amazon Twitch and Microsoft. Amir is an innovator at heart.

12 Aug 202020min

Welcome to Twenty Minute Leaders! In this introductory episode, host Michael Matias dives into his intentions for the show and what listeners can expect from future episodes.

10 Aug 20202min