Startup Nightmares

28/02/2021

Startups run on coffee & WiFi. We’re doing what we can to help with the former 👻 what’s your favorite?

16/02/2021

👻 Only a few people in the world have done what Lyron did.

Lyron holds the secret key to Innovation and FinTech:

As a mathematician, an esteemed lecturer in NYU and Israel's IDC, a brilliant entrepreneur, and the manager of Citibank's innovation lab - Lyron has seen all sides of it.

And he is here to bust some myths:

Is it better to study innovation and business or skip school and go straight to work?

What do startups miss when pitching corporates?

Where is the Fintech industry headed? And what's the one key to measuring the success of any Fintech enterprise?

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04/02/2021

👻 Nitzan Didn't want to come to the show.

"I don't think of my work as a nightmare", she said.

"Not even in the darkest times?", I wondered.

"Being an entrepreneur is hard enough without burdening yourself with negative framing. I chose this life and I'm privileged to be living it. So no. Not a nightmare".

Optimism, intuition and loads of experience this weeks episode: https://bit.ly/3pwtAO3

03/02/2021

🕺 Female advice for men in tech & why dance classes can prove critical to boardroom dynamics:

02/02/2021

Knowing when and how to let go is the only way to make progress in life, and in startups.

In this week's episode we're interviewing Nitzan Gal, CEO of Clique.ai who will help us settle contradiction between perseverance and the ability to move on:

✨ When is passion 'optional', and when is it a must?

✨ How to have a clean and healthy separation from former business partners?

✨ Why startups are a long-term game, played in short intervals?

✨ What to do when the stakes are high and there are no 'right' answers?

Join us to learn how to hone and make use of your internal compass:

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29/01/2021

Happy Birthday, Timothee de Mierry!

Tim, an aeronautical engineer, venture investor and today, Biofire's CFO was on a guest on the show back in August.

Revisit our conversation with Tim, where we covered everything from admitting failure, misconceptions on VC Founder relationships and how managing risks is as important as being willing to take them.

28/01/2021

"Don't let success take away what made you successful in the first place"

Raw, honest and rooted in experience, the 3-time CEO Iris Shoor opens up about her experience as a startup founder.

For most, selling a company for $25M is where the story end. But not for Iris Shoor. The 3-times Founder and CEO used the momentum created by her early success to venture even further, but not in pursuit of money or fame. Driven by her curiosity and authenticity, Iris is using startups as her canvas...

27/01/2021

Automatically reframing your failures and challenges as a positive think will kill your self-awareness.

😔 We all know everything is not always 'amazing'.

🤯 Some days just suck.

🤷Some weeks end without achieving anything meaningful.

😴 Some setbacks don't end up becoming success stories.

And the sooner we acknowledge this reality, the sooner our work life will improve.

Wise words from entrepreneur and Oribi's CEO, Iris Shoor.

26/01/2021

For most, selling a company for $25M is where the story ends.

But not for Iris Shoor.

The 3-times Founder and CEO used the momentum created by her early success to venture even further - driven by her curiosity and authenticity, Iris is using startups as her canvas.

⚖️ What happened when Iris challenged managerial convention and tested the boundaries of honesty?

🏚️ What was the price Iris paid for her refusal to align with the cultural norms of the startup scene?

👟 How Iris keeps a strong cadence of mistakes, and why is it critical for a startup's culture?

Tune-in to get to know the startup CEO that builds companies & products as a form of self-expression.

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24/01/2021

"Try and find out where is the best place to die"

Boaz Gaon, the CEO of Wisdo, opens up and speaks about the moment that signalled the demise of social networks, and the rise of emotional networks.

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19/01/2021

🧩 On his father's deathbed, Boaz Gaon committed to solving the problem of... loneliness.

Disappointed from the type of knowledge & support he was able to access online, Boaz founded Wisdo, an award-winning app for those facing life’s biggest challenges.

Join us, as Boaz shares how his personal mission became a wake-up call for the entire world

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14/01/2021

👐 Are you brave enough to trust?

😌 Are you self-aware enough to feel?

👌 Are you smart enough to delegate?

These seemingly simple questions may hold the key to your success, and we have a startup psychologist to help us answer them.

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Listen to Startup Nightmares, the podcast that brings you stories from the dark side of the innovation ecosystem.

13/01/2021

Entrepreneurs need a safe space in which the can be themselves.

Where they can let their guard down.

Take off their masks.

Stop performing.

Noa Matz, to a startup psychologist & operating partner at F2 Capital, shares her insights about these powerful moments and their importance.

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12/01/2021

🛋️ Noa Matz is Startup Psychologist and an Operating Partner at the venture capital firm, F2

Noa's job is to mentally & emotionally support the fund's entrepreneurs throughout the ups, downs and sideways jerks of their journey.

Tune in this week as Noa lets us into her clinic.

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07/01/2021

Gratitude goes a long way.

Boris Korenfeld, formerly Gett CTO, looks back on his career, 30 years after leaving the collapsing USSR and immigrating to Israel.

06/01/2021

"What makes us bad drivers, makes us great engineers"

On of a few hilarious quotes from Boris Korenfeld, formerly CTO of Gett.

A heartfelt episode dealing with immigration, sacrifice and... the Mossad.

As the CTO of Gett, Boris's job was to hire a team of hundreds of engineers and programmers to address the company's needs as it expanded globally. These pro...

05/01/2021

Tech democratized the world, and startups are taking it to the extreme.

This week's episode is one of the most important ones we've ever published, as it deals with how tech & immigration can go hand in hand.

Tune in to hear Boris Korenfeld, formerly Gett CTO and today, Head of Waze Carpool, as he shares his story.

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04/01/2021

Start your week smiling 👻

03/01/2021

😱 Sometimes, creating crises is the best way to avoid one.

Check out the latest episode with seasons entrepreneur, Yosi Taguri:

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29/12/2020

We want to make 2021 so good that we'll forget 2020 ever happened.

To do draw some inspiration, we spoke with the #1 expert on failure.

Yosi Taguri raised $20M over 10 years, for 4 different startups he led.

One of them almost became Instagram.

Others established dominance or introduced groundbreaking innovations.

And yet, judging by magazine-cover standards, they all 'failed'.

Tune in as Yosi shares his most scarring stories, including the one where his company got shot, shortly after they signed a definitive acquisition agreement and announced the exit.

Check it out: https://www.startupnightmares.com/podcast

17/12/2020

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16/12/2020

👔 Dress for the job you want, not for the one you have 👠

It's exactly the same when thinking of your career.

You get hired based on how you fit the job description, but you ger promoted based on your ability to go beyond it.

Inbal Perlman, VP Business Development at TAU Ventures, with her insights.

Inbal Perlman, ex-Google and today, the VP Business Development of TAU Ventures, shares what allowed her to ascend the career ladder quickly, effectively, an...

15/12/2020

Values are a powerful career accelerator.

Playing to one's values is the answer to some of our lives most complicated dilemmas.

Inbal Perlman, VP Business Development at TAU Ventures, Tel Aviv University's VC, relied on them heavily throughout her career, and in this week's episode, she shares with us exactly what she did, and how:

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07/12/2020

Imagine you are a hotelier,
about to open 24 new hotels in 2020, employing 600 people, all of which you know by name - and then COVID hits and everything shuts down.
What do you do?
If you are Leon Avigad, you Adopt the same mindset that got you through it when 87 missiles were fired at your hotels during the peak of the high-season.
In tomorrow's episode of Startup Nightmares -
Leon Avigad, founder of the Brown Hotels, will share with us how he navigates the ship in turbulent waters, again and again.
Stay Tuned.

06/12/2020

06/12/2020

01/12/2020

Igniting Social Impact & Change, with Tzameret Fuerst:

We couldn't have asked for a better way to start the season, as this episode has a little bit of everything in it:

From inspiration to operational know-how, from spontaneity to careful consideration, and... from laughter to tears (and vice versa).

Tune in to this week's episode to learn about:

👀 How (and why) you should hack your blindspots
🧠 Transitioning from 'thinking' to 'thinking BIG'
💡 Encouraging Intrapreneurship in your company

And perhaps most excitingly - what does it feel like to be a first-time CEO in a new industry and an unfamiliar market 🙋‍♀️

Link to the first episode in the comments!

30/07/2020

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