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Events, Featured July 6, 2014

[photos] The best of Bubbles – a new format of gathering that’s serious on questions and light on everything else

Passionate speakers burst intellectual bubbles (and some created new ones), the panels went in all sorts of unpredictable directions, there were laughs, and a whole lot of drinking. People said they had fun and learned a lot. And so did we. It was a good … Continue reading[photos] The best of Bubbles – a new format of gathering that’s serious on questions and light on everything else

Entrepreneurship, Featured February 3, 2014

Some people have life and their business all figured out. I’m not one of them. Together with a group of Israeli entrepreneurs, I recently co-founded EO Israel – a local chapter to join a network of 9500 EOers worldwide. Entrepreneurs join for different reasons. For me it’s about stripping off the omniperfect facade with peers, and learning from each other. There’s also the guilt-free travel.

Failcon, a global initiative to reshape the negative cultural sentiment towards failures, and create a platform for learning from other’s failed ventures, happened for the first time in Israel on Jan 23rd, 2014. One speaker I admire for sharing his role in a business failure … Continue readingSome people have life and their business all figured out. I’m not one of them. Together with a group of Israeli entrepreneurs, I recently co-founded EO Israel – a local chapter to join a network of 9500 EOers worldwide. Entrepreneurs join for different reasons. For me it’s about stripping off the omniperfect facade with peers, and learning from each other. There’s also the guilt-free travel.

Entrepreneurship, Events, Featured, New Media, Technology January 10, 2014

Hosting Failcon TLV on Jan 23rd – an afternoon that’s all about entrepreneurs sharing their failures and what they learned

Few people are brave enough to attempt audacious goals. Far fewer are big enough to admit they failed and be willing to share what they learned. Many have said NO to the request to speak at this event and I admire Yanki Margalit, Naftali Benet, Liad … Continue readingHosting Failcon TLV on Jan 23rd – an afternoon that’s all about entrepreneurs sharing their failures and what they learned

Featured November 12, 2013

Hosting the live stream of SF TEDWomen program in TLV, Dec 5th

Thousands of women in more than 150 TEDx events around the world will take part in watching TEDWomen live from SF on Dec 5th. Together with my bosom buddies Abigail Tenembaum [TED speakers’ coach] and Liat Aaronson [TEDxTelAviv and TEDxHolyLand co-organizer], I’lll be hosting the live viewing of TEDWomen … Continue readingHosting the live stream of SF TEDWomen program in TLV, Dec 5th

Entrepreneurship, Events, Featured, Technology June 30, 2013

Bringing Techonomy to Israel to ask: Can Israel Be the Tech Capital for the Next Five Billion?

In partnership with Campus Tel Aviv (powered by Google Entrepreneurs), Techonomy will facilitate a series of conversations on June 5th in Tel Aviv about Israel’s emerging role as a tech superpower. The two-hour event will begin with a talk by Techonomy’s David Kirkpatrick, followed by … Continue readingBringing Techonomy to Israel to ask: Can Israel Be the Tech Capital for the Next Five Billion?

Featured, Movies & Videos January 8, 2013

I can’t believe it’s been a year since I didn’t become a better person!

But I have gained Zoe, well earned pounds, and some important life lessons. From Cape Coral, this is Noam and me, sharing our new-found wisdom with you, and wishing you a year which you will one day be strangely nostalgic for..

Entrepreneurship, Events, Featured July 25, 2012

The Behavioral Economics Summit for Startups 2012 is Back

And so is the Israeli extension of it. We’re keeping everything that worked last year and fixing the broken. Here’s when, where, who, why and how. Last year I was pumping during breaks and saving the milk in the yogurt department of the Google HQ … Continue readingThe Behavioral Economics Summit for Startups 2012 is Back

Events, Featured May 25, 2012

The conversation continues this June at the first TEDxTelAvivSalon

I’m thrilled to join forces with TEDxZurich co-organizer Guy Spier in keeping the TED conversation going, the spreading of elevating ideas by Israeli thought-leaders flowing, and the people who made TEDxTelAviv happen connected. The first TEDxTelAvivSalon features Avi Barliya, Enon Landenberg, Yanki Margalit, Lior Manor, … Continue readingThe conversation continues this June at the first TEDxTelAvivSalon

Entrepreneurship, Evolution, Featured, Technology, The Brain May 2, 2012

Singularity University Executive Program should come with a warning

Don’t be fooled by this seemingly innocent graduation class photo. Or by this well put Guardian introduction to the people creating our future. Singularity University at the serene NASA Research Park in CA is a dangerous place. I just returned from a week of SU … Continue readingSingularity University Executive Program should come with a warning

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