High Tech On The Low

Digital coins and cryptocurrencies have become popular assets in the last few years with the explosion of web3 products and ecosystems. While some coins are hype, others are there redefining the world of value, even if they may not turn people into overnight millionaires. Ortal Tevel, founder of the Urban Change Protocol and CEO at Colu, envisioned a world that did not have digital coins being used just as money but in a way to address the unique needs each community has. With Colu and the Urban Change Protocol, she has developed a localized city coin environment that local governments can use to incentivize communal engagement on multiple levels, thereby changing the very way in which people interact both physically and digitally. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ortal Tevel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shortal/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

The world of mobile growth technology is vast and has only been growing as the mobile experience takes over the customer journey. Adam Rakib, president of mavens, formerly Storemaven shares his wealth of experience and insights into the challenges and opportunities he faced growing mavens into the company it is today. From innovative product development, pivots, fundraising and more, Adam's episode is filled with expert advice and inspiration on how to navigate the ever-changing startup landscape. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Adam Rakib - https://linkedin.com/in/adamrakib/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Farming needs a drastic facelift if we are to survive the effects of climate change and other environmental factors changing the way we grow food. Max Knight, CEO and Co-Founder at Urban Farms, has envisioned a new agricultural process, relying on robots and vertical space-saving technology to meet our food needs in a localized capacity. With pilot programs in the works and several hundred thousands of dollars invested, the potential for this technology is only, well, vertical. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Max Knight - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-knight/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Startups are no easy business, and often, in the middle of growing one, founders need to pivot. A pivot is essentially shifting business directions, perhaps changing the product or the business model, but the main point is that it is a significant change from the startup's original trajectory. As we continue our third episode following up with entrepreneur Ian Sanders, CEO and Founder of Blue Cape, we come to understand more about how founders should go about assessing a potential pivot and how sometimes certain elements of the business are just "out of your hands". Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ian Sanders - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-sanders-7a02301b2/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

We all know content is king, but then why are not more companies investing in their content and public image? Omri Hurwitz, a well-known tech PR expert who writes for the likes of Forbes, Hackernoon, and Entrepreneur, and his public relations firm, Omri Hurwitz Media are changing the way companies and journalists relate to tech news. With a focus on stories that go beyond just funding news, Omri is focusing on data insights to propel his company's portfolio clients forward while helping them to realize that becoming their own media company is critical to their success. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Omri Hurwitz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/omrihurwitz/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Through their unique ecosystem and platform, Team8 is leading the charge in creating a value-adding venture firm and accelerating founders path to success. Liran Grinberg, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Team8, discusses how Team8 is de-risking company-building with its validation-obsessed foundry model, amongst other useful resources, while also diving into the current state of venture capital investments during a bear market. Together, we explore the future of venture capital and see how Team8 is helping to shape it. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Liran Grinberg- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lirangr/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When you think of digital transformation, many different topics and services come to mind. For Philippe Cohen, CEO and Founder at Shefing, who has made it a priority for the last two decades to help companies develop digital solutions that will improve and streamline processes that grow their businesses, he sees digital transformation as a necessary step in today's simplification of the user journey. Therefore, your user becomes your most important stakeholder in digital development with the guiding light of simplicity leading the way. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Philippe Cohen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippejosephcohen/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

The world often innovates faster than larger institutions, namely government. However, can the government be considered more of a partner in innovation? Hagai Dror, Managing Director of Healthcare Israel, has managed to create a new situation, one where the government is an active stakeholder in pushing and adopting new, groundbreaking medical tech. And, this model, as well as the innovation it breeds, can be exported to change governments the world over. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Hagai Dror - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hagai-dror-735a4927/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

There's no doubt that agriculture, worldwide, is facing some type of impending crisis. Between climate change, aging farmer populations, more comfortable jobs for young people, and other economic concerns, farms are shutting down and leaving the rest of us in a precarious situation.  In Israel, Michael Eisenberg, Partner at Aleph VC, who has long valued a connection to the physical land, joined the organization over a known as "Hashomer Hahadash", The New Guard, over a decade ago to promote agriculture as an industry by reaching young and innovative farmers who wish to inject a fresh, new energy into the agricultural industry. With a recent initiative, he hopes to redefine agriculture in the mind of young people and keep Israel and international partners on the right path to adapt to the changes in agriculture that we are already seeing. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Michael Eisenberg - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Sports technology as a field is growing as teams, clubs, and management all look for new ways to improve their performance. However, another unmet area is fan engagement - how do you keep the younger generations interested in sports in a digital age?  Amir Raveh, Founder & CEO of Hype Sports Innovation, has built a global arena that has over 300 portfolio companies and 100 partners spanning the Premiere League, NFL, NBA, and more with the goal of connecting these teams with the technological solutions that will help them succeed and stay relevant in the future. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Amir Raveh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-raveh-a2939017/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In recent years, sustainability and green tech experts have touted the idea of a circular economy: one that supports a model of targeted economic development based on principles of repurposing and reuse. Ron Gonen, Founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, an investment firm focused on the development of the circular economy, has long been working in championing this form of sustainable economic development by supporting goods and packaging companies, innovative recycling technologies, and advanced supply chains. He does so because he believes in its power to change our systems and he sees in the Israeli startup ecosystem a genuine partner in the sustainability revolution. Ron was interviewed regarding his participation as a judge in a unique Toyota-funded project that encourages entrepreneurship for the environment. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ron Gonen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-gonen-807a49/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

It may seem weird to think that your car is actually more computer than machine these days. With onboard computers, the rise of electric vehicles and autonomous driving, and more ways to remain connected while on the road, your car is no longer just a machine for transporting you from point A to B, it is a digital device that must be treated as such. Roy Fridman, CEO & co-Founder at C2A Security, has his eyes set on creating a safer paradigm for the new generation of automobiles - one that actually sees them as computers on wheels that need a relevant level of cybersecurity. As our lives and cars become ever more digitally integrated into daily processes, Roy wants to make sure the general population is protected from malicious cyber attacks that target their cars and other automobile-related infrastructure. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Roy Fridman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-fridman-22ba3769/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

The world of medical diagnosis is, sadly to say, outdated. Where people are still using the naked eye to draw serious medical conclusions, Erez Naaman, Co-Founder and CTO at Scopio Labs, and his partner found an opportunity to advance medical diagnostic technology. The Scopio team has developed a unique solution combining computational photography, AI, and hardware to improve the blood sample analysis workflow with the goal of diagnosing the disease earlier and ultimately saving lives. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Erez Naaman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erez-naaman-8654972/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

It may be surprising, but a vast majority of law enforcement agencies are underprepared for the digital age. Relying still on dated storage, transfer, and data analysis techniques, Oren Yosifon, Chief of Technology at Cellebrite, aims to revamp these organizations with the tools needed to properly manage digital evidence and investigate crime. Now with a novel SaaS offering, not only does he believe Cellebrite will inevitably provide us with a safer society, but it will help these bodies, often the last to take on innovation, to adapt to the changing realities of crime. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Oren Yosifon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/orenyosifon/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Secondary investments have been growing in popularity in the last several years as tech companies see a new opportunity to both give liquidity to shareholders and receive value back as an enterprise. Moran Chamsi, Managing Director of Amplefields Investments recognized this burgeoning new field and capitalized on it by establishing a fund that specializes in secondary offerings for late-stage tech companies. With portfolio companies spanning cyber security to ad tech and everything in between, he is confident that secondary investments will become a pillar of startup financial roadmaps in the years to come. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Moran Chamsi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/moran-chamsi-92340b47/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When you think of a major American health insurance company, you might be surprised to learn they have an innovation branch in the center of Startup Nation. Elevance Health (formerly known as Anthem) has established a local Israeli company to build collaborations and integrations that can help implement and  integrate important technologies that can then be used by the Elevance ecosystem and its members in the US. Udi Goori, General Manager of the Elevance Health Israel branch, known as Carelon Digital Platforms, Israel, has been aiming to find the right solutions that can bring Elevance into a new era of health services: one where insurance companies are proactive care partners in the fight against chronic diseases, in the treatment and prevention of illnesses, and in helping their members to stay healthy. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Udi Goori -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/udi-goori-digital-health-innovation/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Web accessibility has been an issue since the internet's adoption. In recent years, many software products and services have been developed to solve this growing need. Menashe Shani, CEO and Co-Founder of Purple Lens, aims to innovate on the traditional web accessibility offering by creating a software product that focuses on usability for all users as opposed to just accessibility for some. He hopes in time to re-educate web developers and business owners to understand how critical accessibility is for the user experience from the start of the web development process and how it will end up helping to increase business revenue and growth. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Menashe Shani - https://www.linkedin.com/in/menashe-shani-9815b617/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

It is easy to say "just breathe", but do you really know what breathing can do for you? Somatic therapist and movement instructor, Edo Ceder, co-founder and CEO of Anicca, sees breath as a pillar of mental health and stress reduction. He and his team have therefore entered the wellness market at a point where breath meets body, building a wearable solution to help reconnect people to their breath to help them get through the day more calm. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Edo Ceder - https://www.linkedin.com/in/edoceder/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

There is more to communication than words - that we are all aware of in our daily interactions. And, in business negotiations and dealmaking, this subtext is even more significant. Ori Manor Zuckerman, CEO and Founder of Substrata, is building a machine-learning-based solution that can accurately interpret the subtext in emails and video calls. While initially trying to better map office politics, Ori has instead developed a methodology that can help dealmakers close more by better understanding the hierarchy, emotional expressions, and complexities they are presented with in any dealmaking environment. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ori Manor Zuckerman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/orimanor/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

With all the hype surrounding autonomous vehicles, it can be hard to remember that at the end of the day, they are cars and they need to be met with proper regulations. After all, with tragedies showcased throughout the news about self-driving vehicles gone wrong, these types of safety measures could save lives. Fortellix is changing the game of automated vehicle safety by developing its very own language to be used in testing these cars and the various challenges and obstacles they could face on the road. This digital language has been recognized as a global standard and Gil Amid, co-founder of Fortellix, hopes that this development will lead to a safer, self-driving, driving future. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Gil Amid - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gil-amid-90a34/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Real estate is considered to be one of the greatest investment assets that a person can acquire, even more so when it is based in the USA. With opportunity that abounds and one of the world's biggest housing markets, US real estate is in many ways the dream for many real estate investors. But, what if you come from abroad, did you know it's virtually impossible to get financing to buy US real estate? Tim Mironov, Chief Data Scientist and co-founder at Lendai, believes in helping to level the playing field for global investors in the US real estate market and sees his solution as the next evolution in real estate financing, so foreigners can finally be able to buy that dream beach house in Maui or apartment in New York. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Tim Mironov - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsonrisa/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Web3 is a term used to describe the next evolution of the internet, as some claim. With a focus on virtual reality and immersive experiences, Web3 and the 'Metaverse' have the ability to transform the way we interact with each other, purchase goods, and engage with entertainment. Bonnka Lim, CMO of Tetavi, has embraced Web3 and the Metaverse while promoting volumetric capture technology that brings real people into the digital world and enables the creation of immersive content and interactive experiences.  In the near future, perhaps all our content will be powered by volumetric technology enabling creators to fully express their creativity and create more engaging digital content for Web3 and the Metaverse, making it hard to distinguish between real and volumetric-based videos. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Bonnka Lim - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnka-lim-42a57b1/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When technology comes along to change the medical field, it is often met with lengthy testing and legal procedures, after all, people do not want to get something in their body if it is not safe. But would you believe that maybe what doctors are diagnosing, may not be entirely accurate and in fact are basing their assessment on outdated models? Eddy Benami, CTO & Co-Founder of Neuralight, is trying to create a method that innovates the current diagnosis procedure for neurological and psychological disorders so that people can actually be treated for what they have, and not what some professionals may think they have. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Eddy Benami - https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-benami-76aa641b7/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Cryptocurrency markets tanked. NFT markets have gone down dramatically. What are we witnessing, is it a crypto winter, apocalypse, or what? Tomer Niv, Crypto Investor at Entrée Capital, one of Israel's leading VC firms, suggests it is an opportunity for founders and entrepreneurs to enter the nascent industry and innovate. As the Web3 industry gains prominence, Tomer sees the current market slump as just another step in a market that is maturing, and the time to get in is - now! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Tomer Niv - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomer-niv/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

As companies consistently look to expand globally, East Asian markets look ever more promising. Rani Shifron, founder of Healthier Globe and Israel Director for the IP2 Launchpad Taiwan-Israel Program, believes that Taiwan, more than any other nation, is the number one location for founders when trying to take their solution overseas, especially into Asia. With a booming tech sector, an ambition to grow, and their proximity to major Asian markets, Taiwan is poised to even replace giants like China and Japan when it comes to acting as the right point of entry for tech ventures as they scale internationally. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Rani Shifron - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronshifron/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

The news lately has been covering a wide range of financial topics that seem to spell some type of economic slowdown or recession, especially when it comes to the hi-tech sector globally. VCs are pulling back funding after a record 2021 year and companies are cutting down on expenses and staff. But, are we in for something much bigger, or is this simply a market correction? While no one has definite answers, Tzvika Gross, partner and head of financial services and global outsourcing at BDO Israel, offers his own theories about what is in store for the tech sector over the next year and suggests companies and founders prepare themselves accordingly. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Tzvika Gross - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzvika-gross-5807a6b/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Proving that your idea works is one of the most important and hardest parts of founding a startup. So when you finally do so, what's left to prove? Irad Eichler, Founder and CEO of Circles, has proven that his digital solution for specially curated support groups works and is more than a good idea. After a recent successful round A, he catches up with me to show that now he must work to scale. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Irad Eichler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/iradeichler/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Startups are popping up all the time but it is not like there is a guide for how to build a startup. But, why shouldn't there be? Ron Navon, Co-founder, Chief Design & Director of Marketing at ThinkUp, is on a mission to create a digital solution that will be the global platform for ideating, validating, and building a startup. The goal: to provide guidance to anyone who has a good idea and break the barriers of entry that currently exist for accelerating a startup. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ron Navon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-navon-b71ba050/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When we think about travel and tourism, there are so many aspects in which technology has vastly altered and improved our experience. Yet, Bookaway.com started because of one main area that was missed: ground transportation. David Yitzhaki, Bookaway.com CEO and co-Founder, and his team have since navigated a pandemic that devastated the travel industry while devising new ways to meet the needs of consumers wanting a better process when it comes to the last mile in travel. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ David Yitzhaki - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwido1/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Episode 44, "Stealth Mode: Locked", introduced us to Ian Sanders, a CEO of a promising stealth startup who talked to us about his decision to stay in stealth and still manage to develop his company. As part of a follow-up series on Ian's growth, I caught up with him 6 months down the line, after he has officially come out of stealth mode, kinda. His company, called Blue Cape, already has some incredible traction, and we dive into Ian's journey to understand how he plans to revolutionize the world of epidemiology, as he flows with the twists and turns of his entrepreneurial journey. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ian Sanders - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-sanders-7a02301b2/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

The tech space abounds with interesting job titles, one such title, and a highly sought-after position is that of the product manager. As those who are in charge of the product trajectory, product managers have the utmost control over a company's development as they decide on key features. Yet, how do you manage a product which is software directed to product managers? Elad Simon, CEO of Craft.io, joined the company at a time when the company was reorganizing itself, understanding its market better, and deciding on a new method for reaching its clientele. Now, a few years down the line, Elad sees the world of product management as evolving with more agile teams and sees his customer base growing outside typical software companies. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Elad Simon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elad-simon/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

As technology evolves, the barrier to access grows and for businesses, this poses a challenge in terms of budgeting for talent and resources. Assaf Egozi, co-founder and CEO of Noogata, is building a no-code artificial intelligence platform that helps businesses assess major pains and applies AI-based models for a solution. As data becomes even more critical to business processes, Assaf sees his platform as transforming the commercial sector as it provides a top-down approach of solving business problems and makes AI accessible to organizations across the board. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Assaf Egozi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/assafegozi/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

A special episode from the Momentum Accelerator Startup Competition live podcast studio with my guest co-host, Eran Bracha from the podcast Lo Rak Studentim (Not Just Students). Eran and I talk with some students from the prestigious Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel, a center for technological innovation and known for producing leaders of the future, internationally and in Israel. The two students we met are Racheli Danziger co-founder and CEO of the Detopp, changing the way companies manufacture specialty goods and, Jonathan Salem, co-founder and CEO of RECIV, combining investments and solar energy to help better society. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Eran Bracha - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranbracha/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Beyond weird pictures of monkeys and such, NFTs are pushing the frontier of what it means to own digital property, experience community, and join the Web 3.0 ecosystem. Ben Kovalis, founder and CMO of EpoLabs by Art AI, jumped on the NFT bandwagon when he and his co-founder decided to embark on the path of creating an artificial intelligence art generation system based on words people input into the system. Ideally, it could be used to create the art pieces often associated with NFTs. Though not originally coming from art and design, Ben realized the attraction of such a tool and, apparently, so did others, to the point that when the team launched their first project they quickly turned into overnight successes with their Eponym collection. Today, Ben and his team are revolutionizing the NFT space with AI-generated art that soon may be the industry standard when it comes to Web 3.0 art and more! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ben Kovalis - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-kovalis/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

A special episode from the Momentum Accelerator Startup Competition live podcast studio with my guest co-host, Eran Bracha from the podcast Lo Rak Studentim (Not Just Students). Eran and I talk with some very special people in the Israeli tech ecosystem that are helping to position student entrepreneurs better and redefine their tech journeys. In today's episode, you will hear from 1) Adv. Dan Fischer, partner at the Gornitzky & Co. law firm and manager of the high-tech team that supports amongst many clients, student-led ventures, 2) Michael Lavie Salomon, Arieli Capital's VP of Innovation and Business Development who himself was a graduate of the Momentum Accelerator, and discusses what's hot right now in tech, and 3) Or Meir Levy, Lead Product Manager at ONE ZERO, the first digital bank, who presents to us what his bank brings to the market and how it can help students founders. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Eran Bracha - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranbracha/  Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Startup investments come in many different forms and are critical resources entrepreneurs can leverage to push their ventures forward. Yet, not all investors are created equal and not all investments are necessarily right for each founder. Renana Ashkenazi, General Partner at Grove Ventures, a leading VC started by Israeli high-tech legend Dov Moran, lays down her criteria for what she believes to be the foundation of a startup worthy of investment. As Renana hints, beyond doing their homework, they must show it, proving that strong teams combined with product-market validation is the way to convince an investor and successfully raise a round. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Renana Ashkenazi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/renana-ashkenazi-94515850 Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

There's truth in the saying that sometimes coming from outside of a situation gives you added perspective. At other times, familiarity with a specific industry or market actually gives you the ability to come from inside and disrupt. Yariv Omer, co-founder of Reigo Investments, took this approach with his partners when trying to solve longstanding real estate financing challenges. With a high-powered tech and real estate savvy team, Reigo is on track to helping financing processes evolve for good. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Yariv Omer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yariv-omer-6912421/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Often it is the path we create for ourselves that leads us unexpectedly to some of our biggest accomplishments. Before founding Mon4t, Dr. Ziv Yekutieli, spent many years connecting between neurology and technology, dabbling in music, ex-vivo neural networks, brain signals from epileptic patients, and a PC-based model of the brain. By listening to the challenges neurologists face on a daily basis, he realized that he could use his unique experience to help them, by enabling for tele-neurology. Though not always the easiest topic to bring up to investors, Ziv has successfully navigated his startup into a prime position, providing Mon4t's products to hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device companies, now reaching out directly to the insurers. Through these channels, Mon4t's goal is to reach millions of patients who suffer from neurological conditions, and become "the google of neurological data". Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Dr. Ziv Yekutieli - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziv-yekutieli/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

The holy grail of startup growth is reaching the US market. Yet, so many startups go about it the wrong way, without knowing the market, and end up failing. Ken August, an experienced commercial lawyer and founder of the August Law Group, specializes in helping international startups and other companies to be properly prepared to enter the American market. His piece of advice: do your homework! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ken August - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-s-august-09000a1/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

With the world migrating ever more towards a digital reality, SaaS and other cyber companies are being met with increased regulatory oversight. For better or for worse, this is the reality and companies that are audited and shown to be failing in compliance measures will be met with serious obstacles. Meiran Galis, founder and CEO of Scytale, learned from his time at EY Israel just how real this challenge was. So he decided to begin by providing a better regulatory service and in 18 months it has developed into a leading AI-based product suite meant to help companies achieve compliance at the click of a button. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Meiran Galis - https://www.linkedin.com/in/meiran/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Adtech veteran and current President of Martin, Lewis Rothkopf, has long been at the forefront of developing innovative solutions to revolutionize the digital media and marketing space. Yet, in his new venture, he has been pushed to flip his conventional thinking and look to improve advertising through incrementality. As we discuss, Lewis' career has positioned him at the forefront of changing the way the marketing space operates, showing that both experiences mixed with a fresh perspective can lead to exciting new directions. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Lewis Rothkopf - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Creativity is known for spurring innovation - so how does that translate when you move from comedy television to tech? Eran Fine, TV show creator and director, a serial entrepreneur and currently CEO/Founder of Nanolock Security, says his humor and knack for production gave him the tools to be able to actually view issues from a unique perspective and solve them with disruptive technology. Today, in his latest venture, he is working to secure industrial IoT devices and machinery from unwanted breaches for customers around the world so processes are safer and smoother than ever before. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Eran Fine - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranfine/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Early-stage founders and teams are often super concentrated on developing their solutions and products, and rightfully so. Yet, Keren Halperin, VP of People at Swimm.io, warns against focusing solely on progress without the right base. Having developed company culture and worked in human resources with companies at the forefront of high tech, her experience shows her that the people you hire at the start and how you treat them can make big differences down the line. Now, as she grows the Swimm team to almost 4X of its original size, she encourages startups to invest in quality team members and solid processes so that they can reach major success. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Keren Halperin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/keren-halperin-7044365/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

You may know Amazon as the world's biggest marketplace, but you may not know that it also has another side to its technological prowess, Amazon Web Services. With cloud computing services growing as a trend, enterprises and startups alike are using AWS as a platform to manage their data, workloads, and other assets. Efrat Nir Berger, senior partner solutions architect at AWS, explains how AWS can assist customers to reduce costs, improve business agility, innovate faster and make more efficient use of resources. As more and more companies move to the cloud and AWS constantly expands to broader domains such as IoT, ML and Edge services, Efrat sees AWS as a key player in companies' future growth. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Efrat Nir Berger - https://www.linkedin.com/in/efrat-nir-berger-007168/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

As Ran Korber, CEO and Founder of BreezoMeter, was trying to find a place to settle and raise his family, he wanted to make sure he was doing so in an area that had minimal air pollution. However, he soon found that there was no solution that catered to his need of localized air and climate data. An experienced environmental engineer, Ran set out to build a system that could provide targeted information about climate conditions in various locales. A few investments, UN recognition, and now a 400 million person user-base later, Ran is redefining climate tech with BreezoMeter and believes that environmental data, aka intelligence, is the way forward in truly understanding how to combat the effects of climate change. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ran Korber - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-korber-aa721a29/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Defining your company's position in relation to your competition is key to create a unique offering that speaks to your client base. As Fiverr's Head of Global Brand, Liron Smadja makes it clear that for every entrepreneur to succeed, you need a solid branding strategy behind your work. Having moved from studying law to animation to tech, Liron draws on a range of experiences that inform his processes in building Fiverr into the international powerhouse community it is today. But, at the end of the day, Liron sees that it's knowing your customer that can make all the difference. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Liron Smadja - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lironsmadja/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When Meirav Harel began her career as a developer during the Dot.Com era, she never once imagined her career would take her down the path of becoming one of the leading international fintech authorities. After gaining professional investment skills and leading the development of the award-winning LeumiTrade trading platform for Israeli Bank Leumi, she dove deep into the blockchain and crypto finance space and has since been chosen as "100 Most Inspirational Women in Blockchain 2020" and has been recognized twice for the "Women in Fintech Powerlist" by Innovative Finance UK. She sees the blockchain space as ultimately being guided by people: we will decide what becomes of it and how it will affect our lives. But, there is no doubt that it will become a part of our lives if it hasn't already. Between centralized blockchain tools being established by governments worldwide, the explosion of cryptocurrencies, and the real-world applications of web 3 technologies making their debuts, Meirav has one piece of advice for every entrepreneur or tech enthusiast: don't ignore this next stage of the digital age. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Meirav Harel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/meirav-harel-mhfintechs/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When developing a technology that flips traditional methods on its head, it starts with a process. See, Know, Guide (SKG) developed by Gal Rotman, one of the co-founders of Sency.Ai, and his team, was the secret sauce to Sency's groundbreaking technology for sports and wellness lovers around the world to receive digital instruction and feedback to improve their game. Now, as one of the most popular apps in the sports and wellness market, Sency's trajectory is bright, but its beginnings were humble. The idea started during Gal and his co-founders' active time in the army, extending to their careers, and finally coalescing in a brave decision to go for the gusto, and get their venture up and running, even at a time when a virtual workout session was a novel idea. While the bet may have paid off, Gal shares with us how his career in high-tech prior to founding Sency set him up for success down the line, and, even with the uncertainty that comes from entering a new, burgeoning market, how it is the team you have with you that can make all the difference.  Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Gal Rotman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gal-rotman-270b6794 Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When entrepreneurs mention 'stealth mode', or the time before their startup goes live to the world, the response is either for people to run away or join in. Ian Sanders is currently working on a groundbreaking startup that has the ability to, WHOA!, not so fast, we still have some time before he launches publicly. Stealth mode carries with it a lot of serious and thoughtful considerations, not the least being the decision when to finally expose your company's solution publicly. Ian talks about the reasons he decided on remaining in stealth mode during his business process, how to create a system of promotion even without disclosing too much, and the trials and tribulations that come with not telling people too much. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ian Sanders - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-sanders-7a02301b2/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

It turns out that financial modeling and banking require similar skillsets to what you need as a product manager. At least, that's what Benjamin Franck, Senior Product Manager at Yoobic, found out. Combing through large amounts of data, inferring possible solutions, and developing new ways to express these takeaways, his role as a product manager makes him a key player in the development of Yoobic's Digital Workplace for Frontline Teams. Benjamin sits down with us to discuss his move from finance to product management, the potential he sees in high-tech as a tool for career growth, and how he controls and directs the data innovation for Yoobic's set of tools. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Benjamin Franck - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-franck/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In an era when your network can often make your net worth, how can people work to extract greater value from their connections? Ofir Yogev, Chief Business Officer for Meetengo, came to the conclusion that this value comes from a person-to-person business model, which can be the best foundation for building trust and retention. By helping to facilitate these connections using a novel networking as a service (NaaS) method, he sees the future of networking as growing ever more tech-oriented, with interpersonal characteristics in mind that include specialized features to pinpoint relevant professionals and platforms that provide entirely new ways of interacting. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ofir Yogev - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofir-yogev/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In tech, the industry can often be divided between technical experts in charge of the actual solution development and business professionals who help with the actual go-to-market strategy of the product. As chief engineering officer for Skai (formerly Kenshoo), Nir Feldman has to balance both hats, understanding what clients need for a better product and translating that into actual technical features. Having moved between the corporate world at HP to the startup world, Nir values the dynamic character of startups, which allows him to take a more lead role in shaping the company's growth trajectory. Of course, he needs the right people to enact the vision, so for him, finding the talent that can be the foundation for R&D processes, which is critical for any software company, is the key to the company's success. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Nir Feldman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nir-feldman-7648606/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

We all know excel; you may love it, you may hate it, but it's the tool every entrepreneur needs. Manage marketing? Excel. Fix your budget? Excel. Dr. Isaac Gottlieb has taught Excel over the last 15 years to over 30,000 MBA, executive MBA, MS, Ph.D. and undergraduate students at Columbia, NYU, Temple, and other universities. He has conducted numerous corporate seminars in the United States and abroad, and now exclusively through PLATFORMUST you can register to an amazing Excel seminar in Israel in Hebrew or in English. I sit down with him to understand why everyone needs to crack excel to make their lives easier, and it's not even that hard. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Isaac Gottlieb - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaac-gottlieb/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

New markets are every entrepreneurs' dream. Breaking into a new country, city, or industry, is key for growth, but how you do it is even more important. Kapil Kane, Director of Innovation for Intel China, understands the Chinese and East Asian markets in-depth and sees entering a new market as a special balance. Being able to identify the key players on the ground and how you can fit your solution to meet each market's need are just some of the topics we go into, and, of course, there is much more. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Kapil Kane - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kapilkane/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Most entrepreneurs and startup founders have a dream to be "acquired". That buzzword can often be the driving force behind much of an entrepreneur's decisions, the hopeful exit. I sat down with Jeremy Lipshitz, Director leading the Post-Merger Integration (M&A) team at PWC in Israel and who has had extensive experience in the space, to discuss what many founders may not know regarding the acquisition and post-M&A integration process. Jeremy highlights just how important the people element is in any deal and how to best protect your interests as a company during such a process. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Jeremy Lipshitz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremylipshitz/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Meetings, events, conferences, they are here to stay, but the question is how will their look and feel change? If corona hadn't already proved to us that video will revolutionize the event space, announcements of virtual worlds and other innovative platforms are continuing to shape how we meet each other. Tal Mor, CEO and Founder of EventPlace, sees the future of events as a hybrid - mixing high-quality production, interactive video, and physical attendance to create a comprehensive event experience. He joins us to discuss his company's mission to transform the way we interact, society's pivot to digital events, and the journey of growing such a forward-thinking company. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Tal Mor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tal-mor-marketing/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Angel investors. We know them as those who have the means and experience to invest individually in various commercial projects. The storied few. But, have you really ever stopped to think who is the person behind the title? Amos Talmor, Chairman of Talmor Group & Partner at Seedbiz.co.il, is an active angel investor. With over a dozen years of experience, Amos details for us how he sees an entrepreneur winning over an angel, both as an investor and a partner for success. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Amos Talmor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amostalmor/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Anna Leizerovici Ekstein has been through it all in the startup ecosystem. From working with early-stage companies on growth to helping them set up their Business strategy and revenues, Anna has had some key takeaways in regards to building a successful startup. Now, in her current role at Mobilion Ventures, she now sits on the opposite side of the funding table, focused on finding the next big Mobility and Automotive disruptor Understanding the world of funding and startups from multiple angles, she has a few tips for entrepreneurs about how to go about getting funding from a venture capitalist firm to develop their venture. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Anna Leizerovici Ekstein - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaleizerovici/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Zviki Ben Ishay started his venture Lightico from his backyard, at night, after his day job, making calls with potential clients to grow his business and test his idea. Six years, several phone calls, and a few product iterations later, Zviki has successfully developed his venture into a solution for businesses to digitize overly complex, bureaucratic commercial processes. Beyond the dedication and perseverance, Zviki's journey shows the demanding aspects of becoming a successful startup entrepreneur. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Zviki Ben Ishay - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zviki-ben-ishay-7406187/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Irad Eichler started his entrepreneurial journey helping disabled people get matched with the right jobs. As an excellent operations manager, he understands how to build processes and systems for organizations to grow and for people to succeed. At his new venture, he perfectly combines his socially conscientious mindset and his operations background in the tech world by creating Circles, a platform and solution that drastically helps minimize people's feelings of isolation and helps provide them a personally catered support community. It's the new way to "communitize". Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Irad Eichler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/iradeichler/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When you are building your technological solution, it is always important to make sure you have the right partners. Gavriel Ariel founder of B–Solution helps startups and other ventures with properly defining and creating their software. In this episode, we learn the best ways to go about choosing software design partners and what you should be looking for when developing your solution. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Gavriel Ariel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavriel-ariel/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When Omri Moran's future wife was late to their date because of her manicure, the entrepreneurial bug kicked into full gear. Next thing he knew, Omri was on his way to developing a novel product in the beauty and cosmetics industry that would allow people to get their hand nails painted - all at the touch of a button. Sound too much like the Jetsons? Well, the future is here. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Omri Moran - https://www.linkedin.com/in/omrimoran Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Thought you had an amazing idea only to have it upended? What do you do? Ally Wolodarsky, serial entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Vacayz, is no stranger to the business world, and, from her first businesses helping generate leads for SMBS to managing rental properties in New York City, Ally understands that to succeed you must continually move forward. She saw coronavirus' serious disruption of her real estate management software business as a major opportunity. As tourist property owners began losing money due to wide-scale cancellations, she developed a novel model to help owners generate and retain revenue while giving tourists flexible travel accommodations. Now Vacayz is slated to become a new standard in travel property management and booking. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ally Wolodarsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allywolodarsky/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Oren Yeger is one of Israel's foremost experts in information technology and especially cloud security. He sees the cloud as an ever-evolving technology that builds off itself, almost like the legos of his childhood. Now, with much of his work focusing on securing cloud networks, he has turned to facing down an unlikely foe using his expertise: cyberbullying. With the rise of cyberbullying in recent years, Oren sees the cloud as being a solution to tracking and monitoring cyberbullying while helping to educate parents and children more about cyberbullying's implications and countermeasures. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

When the corona pandemic struck, many people found themselves stuck or out of work. While some people struggled to overcome this, Haggai Anson, founder of Ad Pure Media, took the opportunity to change his direction. As a talented videographer and studio manager, he understood the value of content but with shoots all but drying up he leaned onto another relatively untapped medium -- audio! Haggai now produces podcasts for a variety of startup ventures and high-tech companies who are trying to bring this raw, real audio experience to their customers. Haggai and I had the pleasure of discussing the future of audio content, what it means for business, and the new trajectory his business took.  Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Haggai Anson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/haggaianson/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

As a fellow community enthusiast, I was lucky to share insights with Mike Silberg, founder of the IS-CL Network, and community building expert. It's always a pleasure to pick the brain of someone who's in a similar space as you. And, Mike shares with me a very interesting community-building principle related to space. Listen here! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Mike Silberg - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmikesilberg/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Gilad Laor found that his dyslexia sometimes made it hard for him to interact online writing in English. When he dove into the issue more, he realized that it wasn't just him, but foreign-language speakers who had trouble writing in English as well. So he decided to come up with OtterWriter, a chrome extension that can be used on a variety of media platforms with ready-made templates that remove the accessibility barrier for non-native English speakers and those with dyslexia. He credits his time at Front-Team for giving him the tools to move his new venture forward and believes the community is the main driver behind his product's future success. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Gilad Laor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilad-laor-001232157/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In today's episode, Roma Timoshpolski, experienced tech expert and current head of Yozma.tech shares with us what it means to pivot in business and how you can use out-staffing to meet your business' needs. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Roma Timoshpolski - https://www.linkedin.com/in/romatim/ Join our community:  Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In today's episode, Dor Zilbershtain, experienced salesman and current head of sales at EnterGreat.io shares with us his experience in the world of sales, what's important to understand regarding sales in the startup ecosystem, and some of the common mistakes startups make with sales. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Dor Zilbershtain - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dor-silverstin-295b426a/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

I was especially happy to have this podcast as it was slightly different than other episodes. Michal Grundland, a business development executive and long-time media professional and personality, shares with me some of the secrets she has picked up throughout her career that have helped her on her way to success and her position today. Rather than talk about a specific business topic, Michal and I discuss life and her path and all that there is to enjoying the professional journey, a bit more than the destination. Listen here! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Michal Grundland - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michalgrundland/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Partners are an often undervalued source of business revenue and opportunities. Yet, there is one startup out there looking to change up that reality, and that is PartnerStack. I was pleased to sit down with the Director of Partnerships at PartnerStack, Nikita Zhitkevich, to hear what makes partnerships so useful and how startups should be leveraging partnerships and PartnerStack's unique management solution to grow thier businesses. He also shared with me some personal anecdotes about his time in the startup ecosystem and what he recommends for those just entering the space. Listen here! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Nikita Zhitkevich - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikita-zhitkevich/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Alex Lyhovez, VP Marketing for Yozmatech and director of many Israeli high tech communities, sees international teams as a key to business growth. Having grown international operations and currently managing international software developers and creatives, he understands the ways to best optimize an international workforce. But when do you know it's right for you? And how do you manage teams of diverse people over many time zones? Alex sat down with me to answer these questions and many more. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Alex Lyhovez - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lyhovez-mba/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Hillel Fuld, leading startup marketer, tech blogger, and online influencer, doesn't believe in self-promotion when it comes to business. Promote others and you promote yourself, as simple as that. And, when you understand how people want to be promoted then they start to open even more. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Hillel Fuld - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilzfuld/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Haim Carmel, an experienced programmer for decades, never thought he'd one day take his skills to the world of construction management. Now, as CTO of HomeConnex, a venture helping create transparency and clarity in the construction industry, he sees the inherent value in providing a credible platform for future apartment and homeowners to manage their building projects. With the HomeConnex platform, Haim is revolutionizing the way suppliers, contractors, and property developers all interact with their clientele. They aim to minimize headaches while maximizing client awareness and satisfaction in the building process. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Haim Carmel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/haim-carmel/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Everyone knows it: content is king. But, how do you balance high-quality, engaging content with production times in our fast-paced media consumer culture? Daniel "Chuck" Chekalov, Creative Director at Black Box Creative Media, thinks that no matter what, at the end of the day, your content's appeal is what sets you apart in the market. With Black Box having worked on some major video productions and creative strategies for clients such as Electra Air and Osem Nestle, Chuck sits down with us to share his take on the future of content and why you should be investing in the right resources to develop your "wow" factor in content so people know who you are. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Daniel Chekalov - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-chekalov-7229b663 Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Ron Shimoni never thought his path as an entrepreneur would lead him into the cannabis sector, specifically creating innovative CBD products to help people suffering. Today, his science-led company Neswell is revolutionizing the cannabis industry by bringing a new standard of effective and consistent cannabis therapeutics. Though he believes we are still in the early stages of the industry, his journey shows us that sometimes the paths we take lead us into opportunities we wouldn't even dare imagine. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ron Shimoni - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-shimoni-mba-aa775439/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Dr. Maya Huber's background in occupational therapy made it clear to her that our workplace suffers from misused parameters for acquiring top talent. She and her co-founder Mor came up with the idea of devising simulations to test employee capability rather than using dated methods. Initially focusing their efforts in the handicapped space to help those with disabilities gain entry into relevant workplaces, Skillset has moved on to general simulations for all peoples and the sky's the limit! Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Maya Huber - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-huber-a9791926/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Dr. Theodore (Teddy) Lazebnik, biomathematics researcher and co-founder of DataClue, is going for his second PhD, just sold another company, and is an algorithm guru. And, the man is only 23 years old!  Having originally made his mark at DNC-Algo, the company he established to provide outsourced algorithmic solutions and then sold, Teddy has moved on to some bigger, more exciting projects that include using an innovative data model to map the coronavirus pandemic (which was picked up by the Israeli government) and advising Israeli startups on data and algorithmic solutions. He sees data as the key for most anything, but cautions against people seeing algorithms as the godsend to all their problems. For Teddy, the algorithm is only as good as what it's meant for and that's why he's here for Israeli startups, so they don't wander into any of the same pitfalls he did when first starting out in the data algorithm world. Listen here: Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Teddy Lazebnik - https://www.linkedin.com/in/teddy-lazebnik/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

With peace in the air, I was fortunate enough to sit down with my colleague, Ines Shaim, Business Development Manager at Hamdan Alshamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants, based out of Dubai, to understand what it's like there on the ground after the signing of the Abraham Accords. We compare the do's and don'ts of doing business in the UAE and Israel, and Ines explains to us the best way to go about forging new, strong professional relationships in the country.  Listen here! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Ines Shaim - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ines-shaim-25413011a/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Thought you knew everything there is to know about PR? How do you think PR went during 2020, especially internationally? And did you know that the PESO is not just used in Mexico? All this and more with leading international PR expert, Amy Kenigsberg, COO and Founder of K2 Global Communications. Listen here! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Amy Kenigsberg - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amykenigsberg/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

What's the link between sales, job hunt, and creating meaningful connections? Marna Becker, high-tech marketer turned sales and biz-dev professional, weaves her sales knowledge into her side work as a career consultant and job hunt specialist to show how a combination of sales tactics and interpersonal skills can help people make connections and land their dream jobs. Marna shares with us some anecdotes from her time helping people in the job search, illustrating the best practices when it comes to the job hunt process. Take a listen! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Marna Becker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marnabecker/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Today's episode features Hanan Farber, esteemed patent and IP lawyer once again to discuss with us even more about the world of patent law. What do you do when you have a device without an inventive process? How do you patent an aesthetic design? What is a trademark exactly? And how does this all apply to my business? Come listen to this episode to level up your IP protection! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Hanan Farber - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanan-farber-9963636/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Today's episode features Oana Manolache, an entrepreneur revisioning the events industry through her startup, Introvoke. We have a truly fascinating discussion about what the future trends in events and conference production look like and the digital transformation happening throughout the industry. We also talk about her unique journey as an immigrant and female entrepreneur in the tech space, having begun her career at HP in the UK and moving only recently to the US to start her own business. Learn the ways of a true go-getter in an innovative space! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Oana Manolache - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oana-m-manolache/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Today's episode features Hanan Farber, experienced IP and patent lawyer, where I get to talk to him about the do's and don'ts of patent law especially in the startup ecosystem. Hanan shares with us his experience in the field and some of his tips when going about seeking a patent as well as finding the right lawyer to set it up. Very useful information for all entrepreneurs trying to make that cool, new invention! Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Hanan Farber - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanan-farber-9963636/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Today's episode features Noa Schechter, business coach and mentorship expert, where we discuss how to start looking ahead for your organization after a year like 2020 and how to appropriately manage mishaps and issues that may arise in your business from management to employee culture and everything in between. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Noa Schechter - https://www.linkedin.com/in/noa-schecter-b0772118/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

Today's episode features Guy Tal, marketing and affiliate expert, where we get down to business to discuss the future of marketing and specifically, what he terms, "Omni-Channel Marketing". Join us as we discuss what companies and brands need to focus on in our digital age to really stand out from the rest. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Guy Tal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-tal-a167b85/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In today's episode, Omri Levavi explains how entrepreneurs tend to undervalue market research and how reevaluating its position in your venture or organization can influence your trajectory. He also provides us with the essential steps behind conducting market research, both before establishing a venture and continuously throughout your business' lifecycle.  Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Omri Levavi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/omri-levavi/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In today's episode, Episode 5, Michal Ner-David of Fresh Fund shares with us her non-traditional entry into the tech space and describes to us why she thinks the startup ecosystem underserves university students and why entrepreneurs and investors alike need to focus on this population for future innovations. Michal also gives a brief insight into Fresh Fund, a unique, student-led VC, and how they work to better help students looking to enter the innovative technology fields. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Michal Ner-David - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-ner-david-26b59a139/ Join our community: Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

In today's episode, Sharon Schreiber, one of Israel's top 100 high-tech influencers, goes a bit into her journey in the startup world and talks about what it's like to work on both sides of the startup process, both in funding and as a founder. It's an exciting opportunity to learn from one of the best in the ecosystem. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Sharon Schreiber - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-schreiber-816169/ Join our community:  Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team

We are honored to have had as our first guest, Gilad Lepitz, entrepreneur, and founder of ILBDExec, a premiere Israeli business development community network. We got to talking about the beauty of networks, how to create them, and the important aspects to consider when trying to maintain high-quality groups. Jordan Kastrinsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-kastrinsky-9b8b2370/ Join our community:  Front Team website - https://www.front-team.com Our telegram channel - https://t.me/front_team