Ep46: Laura Smoliar | Founding Partner at Berkeley Catalyst Fund
Laura has spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley’s technology sector, with vast experience in building strategic partnerships and raising funds from Asia, harnessing the best assets of large corporations and small companies. Recently she has developed a hybrid investment model (containing non-profit and for-profit components), working closely with the University of California, Berkeley, to create the Berkeley Catalyst Fund.
23 Aug 202021min
Ep43: Etai Beck | Co-Founder and CEO of Folloze
Etai Beck is CEO and Co-founder of Folloze, provider of the leading Personalized Marketing Platform for B2B companies. A frequent industry speaker about the strategies and tools B2B marketers need to be successful today, Beck has uniquely sat at the intersection of product and field throughout his career. Previously, Beck served as Head of Strategy at Juniper Networks’ Campus and Branch (annual revenues of $800M).
22 Aug 202017min
Ep44: Alnisa Allgood | Founder of Collaboration for Good
Alnisa Allgood is the founder/director of Collaboration for Good— a dual focus nonprofit working to both 'change the face' of entrepreneurship and grow the capacity of the social sector. We use entrepreneurship, technology, and capacity building to make a social impact. Additionally, as a tech generalist, Alnisa founded Nonprofit Tech in 1998 as a national technology consultancy for nonprofits and public sector organizations.
22 Aug 202023min
Ep45: Amir Zwickel | Co-Founder of SHOWFIELDS
Amir is the Co-Founder and Chief Real Estate Officer of SHOWFIELDS, the “most interesting store in the world”. He is a serial entrepreneur with specialization in Real Estate Development, having founded five of the most successful hospitality businesses in Israel. He is a lawyer, has a Masters in Political Science and a Masters in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York.
22 Aug 202020min
Ep42: Logan Ury | Director of Relationship Science of Hinge
Logan Ury is a behavioral scientist who focuses on dating. She wrote a forthcoming book with Simon & Schuster on how to use insights from behavioral science to make better decisions in romantic relationships. She studied psychology at Harvard University and ran the Irrational Lab, Google’s behavioral science team. She was a 2018 TED Resident.
22 Aug 202020min
Ep41: Omer Rozen | Financial Investor, contestant on Israeli Survivor
Omer began working in finance on Wall Street, and during the global financial crisis moved to work in Israel (followed by Australia and South America). There, he discovered Ayauasca and meditation, which paved his way to practice minimalism, spirituality, consciousness exploration and traveling. He was one of the most loved “survivors” of the Israeli Survivor reality show.
22 Aug 202020min
Ep37: Maital Rasmussen | Head of Marketing | DIS at Roche
Maital is shaping the health-tech industry and driving the commercialization of advanced technologies that enable personalized care as head of global marketing for Roche Diagnostics Information Solutions. Previously, Maital held numerous senior leadership roles across industries in start-ups and Fortune 100 companies. She served as vice president at JPMorgan and led the vision and marketing strategy for Oracle healthcare solutions.
21 Aug 202020min
Ep40: Liat Aaronson | Co-Founder, Horizen Labs, Prev. Exec Director of Zell (IDC)
Liat is the co-founder of Horizen Labs, helping create tools for businesses to deploy blockchain applications. Previously she served as the COO of Selina Hospitality, and was an Investment Partner at Marker LLC. Liat was the Executive Director of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program at the IDC, allowing undergraduates to experience entrepreneurship hands-on.
21 Aug 202021min
