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Ariel Sterman (Bessemer Venture Partners): The Pass Note That Won the Deal, Making Partner, and Playing VC's Long Game

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Israel Duanis (CEO, Linx Security) The Loneliness of Building a Company, Saying No to 7 Figures & the Drive to Prove Yourself

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Erica Brescia: From Founder to GitHub COO to VC | Grit, Guilt & Trusting Your Gut

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Secret Service, Wiz & The Money That Was For His Son | Steve Ward, BrightMind

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Niv Braun (CEO, Noma Security): Winning Mentality, $100M Series B, and the Hidden Cost of Building Fast

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Raj (CEO, Jetstream): Two Traffic Lights to $34M — and Why CrowdStrike Funded the Founder Who Left

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How Elite Founders Think | Shachar Hirschberg, CEO of Artemis

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Dean Shahar (DTCP) How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions With Incomplete Information

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Lia Cromwell (UpWest): What VCs Really Think After Your Pitch

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Shay Sandler (Vega) Grit, Sales, and Security, The Founder Mindset

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Rom Carmel (Apono): From Nigeria to Series B. The Journey of Apono

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Ori Barzilay (Team8): Winning Mentality, Humility, and Founder Excellence

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Zohar Einy Founder Port.io: Building a $800M Company with Belief and Discipline

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Jacques Benkoski (USVP): Money, Mentors & The Lost Art of Venture Capital

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Dan Povitsky: The Vine Ventures Story: Faith, Focus, and Founders

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Dor Fledel: Building Spera, Getting Acquired by Okta & Lessons from the Founder Journey

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Dean Sysman: The Relentless Founder Behind a $2B Cyber Unicorn

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From $900 to Billion-Dollar Ventures: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation | Dheeraj Pandery Founder DevRev & Nutanix

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Inside the VC Game: Conversations with Rising Stars Morgan Gerlak TCV, Jordan Segall Redpoint Ventures, James Green CRV

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Funding Announcement: Anecdotes on Series B Funding, Leadership & Growth | Yair Kuznitsov

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I Was on the Verge of Death Twice - Tomer Tagrin Cancer Battle & Yotpo Success

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How Orca Security became a $1B+ Cloud Security Company | Gil Geron CEO Orca

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Building with Heart: Life Lessons from Venture Capitalist Bruce Taragin Blumberg Capital

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From Food Stamps to $1B: A 14-Year-Old Immigrant's Cybersecurity Journey

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Immigrant Roots to VC success: Conversation with Mo Koyfman, Shine Capital

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From Stealth to $3B: The Cyera story | Scaling Secrets: with Yotam Segev CEO Cyera

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From Bioengineering to VC | Jonathan Lehr managing partner Work-Bench | Betting on New York

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Lior Mallul Battery Ventures | VC Life | Stop chasing trends | Focus on long-term impact over quick wins | Make time for life outside work

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The $350 Million Pivot: Alon Arvatz on Cloud, Family, and Changing the World | Alon Arvatz CEO PointFive

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How Kindness, Faith & Humility Fueled Ron Rofe Remarkable Venture Capitalist Journey

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Building a $60 Billion Fintech Giant: Edward Kolodenko on Daily Rituals, Overcoming Challenges, and the Questrade Journey| Elevating Life through Faith and Business

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Aaron Rosenson Cofounder Aption

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Eran Bielski GP Entree Capital |

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Roy Rubin VC @ R-Squared Ventures | Founder @ Magento | Finding meaning after selling Magento

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Adam Fisher, Bessemer Venture Partners

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Amitai Ratzon CEO Pentera | Live Conversation at RSA

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Amiram Shachar CEO Upwind Security | Navigating Entrepreneurship, Purpose, and Impact

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Ami Daniel CEO Windward | Learning from the Past | Why the #1 Trait for Leadership: Be a Mensch

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Crafting Your Identity: Insights from a 14-Year VC Journey | Daniel Frankenstein Joule Ventures

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Steve Kaufer Founder TripAdvisor, GiveFreely

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From Tragedy to Triumph: Ido Neeman, CEO of Firefly | Reflections on OCT 7th | Navigating The Loss of His Co-founder | Resilience of Israeli Startup's

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Amit Garg Tau Ventures | What makes a VC tick | Inside look into venture

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Amitai Ratzon CEO Pentera | Your never ready to be CEO | growing to $100 Million & unicorn status

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Nathan Shuchami Hyperwise Ventures

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Startup Struggles to a $200 Million Acquisition to CheckPoint | Zohar Alon, Co-founder of Dome9 and Angel Investor | Luck, Skill, and Perseverance and why you need it

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Danny Leshem Managing Partner INT3

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VC Turned Founder | William Lin Previously Forgepoint Capital now Founder | "The VC Field Guide" | Using Gratitude to get ahead

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Amit Kurz Sweetwood Ventures | $250 Million Fund of Funds | Why FoF is the best Venture model | Choosing the best managers | What we can learn from baseball

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Value based leadership | Nurit Shiber Chief people officer Axonius | How to live by your values

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Guy Gamzu, Serial Angel Investor 40+ companies |

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Itamar Novick GP Recursive Ventures | Solo GP | Scaling from $0 to IPO

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Uncovering Life Lessons 3: A Special Episode with Ran Ribenzaft, Shahar Erez, Dan Scheinman, Guy Benjamin, Alon Arvitz. What Message They'd Give Their Younger Selves

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Unscripted conversation with Kobi Samboursky founder Glilot Capital | How he got into VC | Market environments | Israeli Tech

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Uncovering Life Lessons 2: A Special Episode with Lee Kappon, Roey Dor, Asaf Horesh, Yotam Segev, Bar Mor. What Message They'd Give Their Younger Selves

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Unscripted conversation with Brian Rosenzweig GP Joule Ventures | Building a venture fund |

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Uncovering Life Lessons: A Special Episode with Nadir Izrael, Dror Berman, Lotan Levkowitz, and Ben Rabinowitz on the Message They'd Give Their Younger Selves"

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Ron Gura CEO Empathy | Building a mission driven company | Helping bereaved families navigate their loss

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Arik Solomon CEO Cypago | Launching a startup at 46 | Why every company needs compliance | Lessons from a first time founder | Creating Goals & meaning

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VC on Founder StorieZ | Pranav Pai Founding Partner 3one4 Venture | How India is becoming the largest startup ecosystem | Investing in India

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VC on Founder StoreiZ | Part 2: Eze Vidra, Managing Partner Remagine Ventures

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VC on Founder StoreiZ | Part 1: Eze Vidra, Managing Partner Remagine Ventures

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VC on Founder StorieZ | Part 2: Dror Berman, Managing Partner Innovation Endeavors

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VC on Founder StoreiZ | Part 1: Dror Berman, Managing Partner Innovation Endeavors

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VC on Founder StorieZ | Part 2, Ben Rabinowitz founder & managing partner Amiti Ventures

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VC on Founder StorieZ | Ben Rabinowitz founder & managing partner Amiti Ventures | Part 1

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Grish Redekar CEO & Cofounder Sprinto HQ | Building a venture funded startup | Changing your mindsets

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VC on Founder StorieZ | Lotan Lefkowitz Co-founder & GP Grove Ventures | Always be curious, naive, and take chances |

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Kobi Samboursky Founder, Managing Partner Glilot Capital Partners | Shai Morag CEO Ermetic | Founder Investor relationship | Israeli startup scene

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VC on Founder Storiez | Asaf Horesh GP Vintage Investment Partners

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Shahar Erez CEO Stoke Talent | Acquired by Fiverr for $110 Million

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Adam Gavish CEO & Cofounder DoControl |

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Dan Scheinman | Serial Angel Investor | First check in Zoom, SentinelOne, Arista Networks

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Bar Mor CEO & Cofounder Agora |

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Ran Ribenzaft Cofounder Epsagon | Building a startup and selling for $500 Million to cisco

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Jonathan Friedman CEO Demostack |

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Yotam Segev CEO Cyera |

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Guy Benjamin CEO Healthee | Creating healthier employees | Employee wellness

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Alon Arvatz CPO & Co-founder IntSights | Selling a company for $335 Million |

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Roey Dor CEO & Co-founder Obligo | Building a rocketship | Leading with vulnerability

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Lee Kappon Founder & CEO Suridata | Staying positive through the challenges | Overcoming all odds

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Maxim Melamedov CEO & Co-founder Zesty | Overcoming all odds

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VC on Founder StorieZ | Eitan Reisel Managing director Vgames

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Amir Orad CEO Sisense

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Nadir Izrael Co-founder & CTO Armis | Emotional rollercoaster of being a founder | The startup ride to sale of $1.1Billion

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VC on Founder Storiez | Don't take the conventional path| Boaz Albaranes Partner Mindset Ventures

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What it takes to build a global unicorn company | Social Impact Company |Ronni Zehavi CEO Hibob |

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Vladi Sandler CEO & Cofounder Lightspin

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From a side project to raising $72Million | Eran Shirazi CoFounder CTO Easysend

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Yevgeny Dibrov CEO Armis |

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Yotam Cohen, CEO Daisy | How to stay curious 2nd time around

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How to become 1% better every day. Omer Glass. CEO GrowthSpace

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How to anticipate luck and take advantage. Noam Schwartz CEO &Cofounder ActiveFence

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From Idea to a Billion Dollars! How to dream big and accomplish the impossible. Yaron Inger Co-Founder & CTO at Lightricks

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First time founder to public company. Omer David Keilaf CEO Innoviz

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Startups from Latam America. Gerry Giacomán Colyer. Founder & CEO Clara "How to make an impact"

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Amichai Neiderman CEO NYM

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Zviki ben-ishay CEO & Cofounder Lightico

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Combating Lonliness with Irad Eichler CEO Circles

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Dvir ben-aroya CEO Spike. How to live beyond the edge and just jump.

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Frida Polli CEO Pymetrics