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The Spiro CircleStartup Nation's Most Expensive Lesson - #0078, Giora Gil-AdLast week, I heard a number that should terrify every founder raising a Series A.Between 50% and 60% of Israeli tech startups that reach round A never make it to round B. Think of it: You’ve pitched, hustled, and convinced initial investors that your idea is worth betting on… yet statistically, you’re more likely to flame out before the next round than not.The reasons are messier than most founders want to admit. It’s not always the product or market. A lot of the time, it comes down to one hire. The first real sal...
2026-06-0553 min
The Spiro Podcast: Managing your Real Estate Photography & Videography BusinessUsing Video to Build Brands, Not Just Listings - James BottomleyTodd and Shannon welcome James Bottomley of Haven Creatives to the Spiro Podcast for a conversation about creating more intentional, effective real estate video content. James shares how he got started in real estate media as a teenager, how Haven Creatives grew into a luxury real estate media agency, and why great video is not just about gear or flashy visuals.
The heart of the episode is James’ approach to building video content around a clear purpose. He explains why agents often try to make one video do too many things at once — sell the listing, grow thei...
2026-06-0356 minThe Spiro Podcast: Managing your Real Estate Photography & Videography BusinessUsing Video to Build Brands, Not Just Listings - James BottomleyTodd and Shannon welcome James Bottomley of Haven Creatives to the Spiro Podcast for a conversation about creating more intentional, effective real estate video content. James shares how he got started in real estate media as a teenager, how Haven Creatives grew into a luxury real estate media agency, and why great video is not just about gear or flashy visuals.
The heart of the episode is James’ approach to building video content around a clear purpose. He explains why agents often try to make one video do too many things at once — sell the listing, grow thei...
2026-06-0356 min
The Spiro CircleThe Clock Is Ticking on Encryption - #0077, Itamar SivanI’ll be honest: I entered into this most recent conversation for The Spiro Circle knowing almost nothing about quantum computing. I said as much to my guest, Itamar Sivan, co-founder and CEO of Quantum Machines, before we even started recording. That’s alright - most people don’t really understand it, he told me. Even scientists used to laugh at the idea that quantum computing would ever be commercially viable.But then, about halfway through our conversation, he said something that piqued my curiosity and made me put down my notes.The threat isn’t that q...
2026-06-0146 min
The Spiro CircleThe Future of Cybersecurity May Look Like Swarms of AI Hackers - #0076, Shahar PeledImagine the scene: A developer at a large financial institution merged a routine code update. Nothing alarming yet, just a minor change that, on its own, meant little.But Terra Security’s AI agents were watching.AI agents flagged the change, verified a potential vulnerability, and then did something a human penetration tester probably wouldn’t have done. They kept looking. Eventually, they found two more vulnerabilities nearby, each individually insignificant. But they spotted a pattern and connected all three together.“1+1+1 = 1,000,” said Shahar Peled, co-founder and CEO of Terra Security. The result was a Remote...
2026-05-2044 min
The Spiro CircleEmployees Are Leaking Corporate Secrets Through ChatGPT - #0075, Itamar GolanThere’s a new security risk out there, and it’s come to be known as The Shadow AI Problem.It suggests that the next major corporate data breach may not come from a sophisticated nation-state actor or a phishing campaign, but rather from an employee asking an AI chatbot to read or summarize sensitive company data.That’s the reality Itamar Golan has spent the last two years building a company around. As co-founder and CEO of Prompt Security (acquired by SentinelOne earlier this year for $250 million), he has become one of the voices warnin...
2026-05-1551 min
The Spiro CircleIsrael's FoodTech Story Was Never About Fake Meat - #0074, Ilanit Kabessa CohenThis isn’t the first time I’ve covered Israel’s foodtech sector. Back in 2022, reporting for CTech, I mapped the ecosystem at a moment of tension, when investment was holding up better than in any other tech vertical, but the skeptics remained.I was, and still am, bullish on Foodtech - at least at the start. I tasted 3D-printed burgers in Tel Aviv and called them “technically perfect, albeit creatively void.” I interviewed investors who compared the industry to early mobile phones — primitive first iterations, but with everything still to come. I wanted to delay a full...
2026-05-1250 min
The Spiro CircleWhy Israeli Marketers Beat Americans at Their Own Game - #0073, Aviv CanaaniDatarails CRO Aviv Canaani has an unusual vantage point. He runs the full revenue engine of the financial planning and analysis platform for Microsoft Excel users — sales, marketing, partnerships — from New Jersey, while his marketing team operates out of Israel. He relocated to be closer to the North American customer base as the marketers stayed put. And after years of sitting inside both ecosystems at the same time, attending CMO sessions in Tel Aviv and building pipelines in the US, he’s reached a verdict most people in his position wouldn’t say out loud: the Israelis are bett...
2026-05-0742 min
The Spiro CircleThe Middle Eastern Map No US President Can Escape - #0072, Gidi GrinsteinEvery few years, a new American administration arrives in the Middle East convinced it can start fresh. Trump’s team was no different. They came to the problem with a clean slate and nothing but the confidence of a New York real estate mogul. They produced two documents across both his terms: the January 2020 plan and the October 2025 twenty-point Gaza framework.The result, according to my guest Gidi Grinstein, was that they landed exactly where everyone always lands.“Even Trump ends up landing very close to where Nixon landed, to where Carter landed, to where Clin...
2026-05-0344 min
The Spiro CircleThe Operating System Of War Is Up For Grabs - #0071, Udi OsterAs conflict dynamics shift across the Middle East, from disrupted shipping lanes to drone warfare, a new question is emerging: who controls the software behind autonomous systems?Military power used to depend on access to advanced weapons systems, often built through international supply chains and dominated by a handful of large contractors. Today, conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, and tensions with China, are highlighting bottlenecks on critical technologies and the instability of disrupted supply chains. One Israeli company may have an answer to this new challenge. Udi Oster is the co-founder of eyesAtop, a startup...
2026-04-3042 min
The Spiro CircleTelling Israel’s Story When It’s Hardest to Hear - #0070, Alona SteinI know better than anyone that there’s a version of Startup Nation that the world is perfectly happy to celebrate. The record exits, the Wiz acquisition - $15.6 billion raised in 2025, with exits totalling $74 billion. Those stories write themselves. I know that because I spent five years doing it, too.But the other story, the one about what it actually takes to keep a company’s messaging intact in wartime, is harder to tell, and rarer to find someone willing to tell it honestly.So I spoke to Alona Stein, co-CEO of ReBlonde, one of Tel...
2026-04-2750 min
The Spiro CircleGoing Independent Isn't the Risk Anymore. Staying Employed Is. - #0069, Tom LahatThere is a record being broken in America right now, and almost nobody is talking about it. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, 5.48 million new businesses were formed in 2023 — the highest annual total ever recorded. That number has barely dipped since, running at over 5.1 million annually through 2025, a figure that represents a near-50% increase on the pre-pandemic baseline. February 2026 alone saw a 12% year-over-year jump in new entity formations, according to Registered Agents Inc., which tracks state-level filings in real time.To some, this looks like a boom. But if we look closer and learn th...
2026-04-2354 min
The Spiro CircleThe AI Chaos Was Just the Beginning - #0068, Tom FindlingThe last two years in AI have been disorienting.Every week brought a new model, a new product launch announced on X, and a new reason to reconsider assumptions that felt settled only months before. For startups trying to keep up, the experience has been less like riding a wave and more like trying to read a map while the terrain keeps shifting beneath you.It was something I discussed on another episode of The Spiro Circle only a few weeks ago. But this time, according to Tom Findling, Co-founder and CEO of Conifers, the...
2026-04-1937 min
The Spiro CircleFinance's $200 Trillion AI Problem - #0067, Lior YogevLior Yogev says he’s barely been home in three months.The FundGuard CEO and co-founder has spent the better part of the year in client meetings, and the conversation at every stop has been a variation of the same thing. “Everybody is now thinking, how do we remodel how we’ve worked over the last 30 years?”The forcing function is agentic AI and the shift toward autonomous systems capable of taking action across complex workflows without human instruction at each step. In asset management, the implications are massive. Compliance flags that require manual review could be...
2026-04-1633 min
The Spiro Circle“There Are Good Guys And Bad Guys”: When Founders Decide Who Gets Battlefield Tech - #0066, Itzik Daniel MichaeliWhen the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, the opening moves were not B-2 bombers or Tomahawk missiles. Before the first strike aircraft crossed into Iranian airspace, Iran’s radars had already been blinded, its command-and-control links severed, its communications networks dismantled.Within this context, one Israeli startup has spent four years building the communications infrastructure that conflicts like this one keep exposing as absent. Commcrete, which raised $29 million in seed and Series A funding — backed by investors including Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua — makes narrow-band satellite connectivity solutions that connect to geostationary satellites 36,000 kilometers away without requir...
2026-04-1248 min
The Spiro CircleTrust is the Internet’s Most Important Infrastructure Layer - #0065, Yair TalWe were told never to get into a stranger’s car. Yet millions of us do it every day. The rules most people grew up with (“don’t talk to strangers online”, “never open the door to someone you don’t know”) have been dismantled by the platforms we now use without thinking. Sharing economy platforms like Uber, Airbnb, Amazon Marketplace, and DoorDash run entirely on the assumption that strangers can be trusted at scale. “We live in a generation that buys everything online,” said Yair Tal, CEO of AU10TIX. The Israeli identity verification helps organization...
2026-04-0940 min
The Spiro CircleEurope’s Path to Tech Independence Runs Through Israel - #0064, Eran WestmanI’ve written extensively about Europe and its tech sector for many years. For some, it seems slow, stagnant, and tied up in regulatory bureaucracy. For others, it is a champion in responsible data protection and privacy laws that spread across the world. Either way, the continent should not be disregarded when we discuss tech ecosystems and innovation coming from startups and large corporations. The bloc has undergone a bit of scrutiny since Mario Draghi delivered his report on European competitiveness to the European Commission in September 2024. Its diagnosis showed slowing productivity, demographic ch...
2026-04-0544 min
The Spiro CircleIsrael's Battlefield Is Now a Startup Factory - #0063, Lital Leshem & Lee MoserThe joint US-Israeli operation against Iran — the most significant military collaboration between the two countries in modern history — validated a thesis that Protego Ventures had been building since October 7, 2023. The fund, one of the first in Israel to explicitly target defensetech, had already placed bets on the idea that the US-Israel alliance was evolving from a diplomatic relationship into something more structural. Founders Lital Leshem and Lee Moser imagined a technology pipeline backed by private capital, battlefield data, and a generation of founders who had seen war up close.“When an Israeli company wants to sell t...
2026-04-0241 min
The Spiro CircleClaude Updates Are Killing Startups. How Should Founders Respond? - #0062, Eyal FisherEvery time Anthropic drops a product update on X, a startup somewhere dies.That’s the sentiment across the startup world right now. Claude can do new things each week that were once considered core products of companies, not just simple feature additions. Each week, founders watch their whole business become a footnote, and the post-mortems begin. I recently spoke to Eyal Fisher, co-founder and CPO of Sweet Security, and former head of the cyber operations center in IDF Unit 8200, about this. Even though the concerns are real, the lesson is being misread.Wh...
2026-03-2940 min
The Spiro CircleThe Invisible Workforce Behind the World’s Biggest Events - #0061, Omri DekaloWhen fans walk into Wembley Stadium or Wimbledon, they see the show - but what they don’t see is everything underneath it: An ‘invisible’ workforce working hard in unison, powering the global experience economy to make sure the event is running seamlessly.“In order to make an experience… it can be thousands of workers,” Omri Dekalo explained.The hidden infrastructure behind modern events is a fragmented labor force made up of temporary workers, contractors, and staffing agencies. It spans industries (from sports and concerts to catering, security, and hospitality) and often operates in clear view but wit...
2026-03-2637 min
The Spiro CircleHe Hacked Instagram. Now, He's Building the Future of Cybersecurity - #0060, Gal ElbazWhen Gal Elbaz decided to hack Instagram, he didn’t need much convincing.“We wanted to hack Instagram because they’re Instagram, right? We don’t need a lot of motivation,” the co-founder and CTO of Oligo Security told me in a recent interview. What followed was a lesson in how modern cybersecurity actually works - not through confrontations with shadowy figures, but through the quiet exploitation of a single overlooked library buried deep inside one of the world’s most downloaded applications.I’ve spoken to many cybersecurity companies over the years, each of which addresse...
2026-03-2249 min
The Spiro CircleAI Needs Its Spotify Moment - #0059, Yair AdatoWhen Bria AI CEO Yair Adato talks about AI, he sounds more like an economist watching a familiar crisis unfold in slow motion, as opposed to the typical startup founder I have spoken to over the years.“People think about this revolution as a technology revolution,” he said. “It has nothing to do with technology. It’s all about the economy and society. The technology is just an enabler.”Bria AI is an Israeli company building licensed generative image infrastructure for enterprise clients. It ensures that AI-generated images and videos are controlled, accountable, and compliant by working...
2026-03-1841 min
The Spiro CircleThe Missing Metric In The AI Boom - #0058, Liad ElidanEveryone is talking about AI. And Generative AI adoption, especially, has practically become a corporate mandate - everywhere you look, it is being deployed.Across industries, executives are urging teams to integrate AI into their workflows. Engineers want access to AI coding assistants, and consumers are constantly being introduced to new AI products whether they want them or not. But amid the rush to deploy new tools, many organizations are overlooking a simple question. Is it doing its job and making anything any better? “We are helping engineering leadership to govern AI and ad...
2026-03-1551 min
The Spiro CircleIran Mined the Strait of Hormuz. Now AI Has to Navigate It. - #0057, Yarden GrossAs tensions rise between Iran and Israel, one narrow stretch of water is once again holding the global economy hostage: the Strait of Hormuz.Nearly a third of the world’s seaborne oil passes through the corridor each day. This week alone, Iran deployed sea mines in the channel - and GPS spoofing, which is the manipulation of satellite navigation signals, continues to disrupt ships moving through the region.For Yarden Gross, co-founder and CEO of maritime technology company Orca AI, this is exactly the kind of moment his industry has feared. “90% of the goods toda...
2026-03-1139 min
The Spiro CircleCybersecurity's Hidden Human Problem - #0056, Guy TeverovskyThose who follow my show know that I speak to many cybersecurity founders. While the explosion of AI has certainly made the sector a fascinating place for technical discussions, there are also many areas where we can explore the human side of cybersecurity.Take security operations centers (SOCs), for example. These SOCs operate within large organizations that rely on dozens of monitoring tools to detect suspicious activity across networks, devices, and identity systems. Each system generates alerts when something unusual occurs.In theory, those alerts help security teams identify attacks early. But in...
2026-03-0830 min
The Spiro CircleWhy the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Is Rising During War - #0055, Ezra Gardner & Travis VapThe airports may be closed, but that isn’t stopping the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) from soaring. As Israel navigates renewed conflict with Iran, the country’s stock exchange did something surprising. Instead of tanking, it did the opposite. The TA-125 Index climbed to record highs of around 4,200 points, which represents a 66% increase compared to this time last year. At the same time, the Israeli shekel strengthened against the U.S. dollar. That isn’t to say the conflict hasn’t caused disruption and anxiety across the country, but it does demonstrate that there is confi...
2026-03-0551 min
The Spiro CircleThe Jewish Case for Bitcoin - #0054, Josh Varon“Imagine you were a family in Eastern Europe during World War Two or during the Holocaust, and you had tremendous wealth, and you had houses, or you had gold in the bank, or money in the bank,” said Josh Varon. “All of a sudden, all you could leave with was a backpack, a coat, and a hat on your head.”This week, I spoke to Varon, who started BHforBitcoin, an online course where users can learn to understand Bitcoin, money, and global change. He does so through a specific lens: through the context of Jewish historical vulnerability to confi...
2026-03-0337 min
The Spiro Circle"Keep It Platonic": Why Founders Shouldn’t Date Their Product - #0053, Eylam MilnerWhen Argon Security was acquired by Aqua Security in 2021, Eylam Milner experienced a different kind of startup shock. Not the chaos of building a company, but the sudden absence of it.For years, he had operated on his own time. As the co-founder, decisions were immediate, and progress was measured in days, not quarters. But once moving into part of a larger company, movement required consensus.“We had to do some mind-shifting,” he told me. “For example, large companies don’t move like startup companies, and employees cannot move things like founders can. So I had to f...
2026-03-0139 min
The Spiro CircleHow Military Thinking Is Reshaping AI Startups - #0052, Ido GeffenAI is forcing companies into environments where they are no longer competing against rivals, but with adversaries. In cybersecurity, where attackers adapt in real time, the competitive advantage for defenders is no longer just about efficiency, but in how companies learning and revise their assumptions. Instead of optimizing for speed alone, some of the biggest AI security companies are being built around principles closer to IDF intelligence operations that include constant simulation, adversarial thinking, after-action reviews, and learning under uncertainty.To better understand this, I spoke to Ido Geffen, Co-Founder and CEO at Novee Security...
2026-02-2438 min
The Spiro CircleIt's Time to Stop Asking if AI Will Replace Creators - #0051, Victor VarnadoI spend a lot of my time talking to investors and entrepreneurs about AI. But the adoption of this tech goes way beyond Silicon Valley or Startup Nation. A few weeks ago, I spoke with Victor Varnado, an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer, and tech creator. He has worked with local improv troupes and has also appeared in Hollywood movies such as "The Adventures of Pluto Nash with Eddie Murphy.So Victor is a creative - there’s no doubt about that - but he also stretches his entrepreneurial muscles: He’s the CEO of S...
2026-02-2242 min
The Spiro CircleHistory, One Social Media Post at a Time - #0050, Manny MarottaObviously, it’s no surprise to people that I’m a huge fan of history. Working in news for years, I’ve always appreciated that the stories breaking each day (and the people reporting them) are contributing to what will eventually become history.“News is just history in real time”, right?I’ve long been fascinated by how social media, AI, and mass communication have reshaped the way we experience and understand those moments.Last week, I spoke to Manny Marotta. He’s the creator and curator of the Live History Project, which takes a couple...
2026-02-1851 min
The Spiro Circle"Democracy is in Limbo": Can Voting Be Trusted Again? - #0049, Shai BargilFor the past decade, election debates in the United States and some European countries have revolved around access, accountability, and security.The discussion has become deeply politicized, especially since the 2000 American election. One side pushes expanded mail-in and remote voting, whereas others push for voter-identification laws and stricter eligibility checks. In the USA, moves are being made to introduce the SAVE America Act, which would ensure identification for voting. But the voter-ID debate is solving identity, not legitimacy — and a new industry is emerging to solve the second problem.This week, I spoke to...
2026-02-1546 min
The Spiro CircleIsrael Can Win the AI Boom - #0048, Amir FishelovMuch of the global conversation around artificial intelligence focuses on models, interfaces, and applications. But Amir Fishelov, managing partner at Square One Labs and, before that, co-founder of SolarEdge, believes that narrative is incomplete. What’s more, it is potentially misleading about the current state of high tech, especially in Israel. “It doesn’t matter if Google will win the race or OpenAI,” Fishelov says. “They all need the same infrastructure.”I spoke to Fishelov about Square One Labs, a venture creation and investment platform that helps founders build transformative tech companies from the earliest stages. Foun...
2026-02-1346 min
The Spiro CircleAI Didn’t Break the Cloud. It Revealed What Was Already Broken - #0047, Roi RavhonFor years, cloud computing quietly rewired how companies build products, scale infrastructure, and manage costs. And the widespread sudden adoption of AI has accelerated it. In doing so, it exposed a far more dangerous problem than rising bills: how little most enterprises actually understand about what they’re spending and why.This week, I spoke to a company that understands how the financial stakes have changed. “We’re spending all that money on something that we’re not really sure what the ROI is,” Roi Ravhon, Co-founder and CEO of cloud cost management platform Finout, told me. What once...
2026-02-1037 min
The Spiro CircleThe Art of Being a "Disciplined Generalist" in Investing - #0046, Brian SackFor much of the past decade, venture capital has been moving in one direction: specialization. Funds are starting to brand themselves as ‘cyber-only’, ‘fintech-only’, or ‘defensetech-only’, each promising deeper expertise and sharper focus.But in Israel’s startup ecosystem, a counter-trend is growing that favors pattern recognition and intellectual flexibility over narrow vertical obsession. To understand this concept better, I spoke with Brian Sack, a partner at TLV Partners, an Israel-based early-stage venture capital firm.TLV Partners was founded in 2015 and specializes in early-stage investments, particularly in AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer tools, and cloud-native systems, as well as ver...
2026-02-0850 min
The Spiro CircleMedia narratives in the AI Age - #0045, Hunter StuartIn my latest episode, I speak with Hunter Stuart, founder of Big Game PR. Our discussion centered around Hunter’s journey from journalism to public relations, particularly in the context of cybersecurity. Headquartered in Chicago, Big Game PR “brings results-driven public relations and marketing services to B2B technology companies”, including those from Israel.Hunter also shared his experiences as a journalist in Israel, highlighting how living here transformed his understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.In 2017, he penned an article for JPost that outlined his journey and how his experience here changed his percep...
2026-02-0642 min
The Spiro CircleWhen Product-Market Fit Is Only the Beginning - #0044, Shay GrinfeldThere is a moment in every startup’s life when imagination eventually gives way to math.I’ve heard this story hundreds of times before. Founders are rewarded for vision and lauded as dreamers. They pitch an idea, raise a Seed round, build their first product, and iterate.As Shay Grinfeld, a General Partner at Greenfield Partners, said, companies repeat this loop “20 or 30 times” until they land on the one product when the penny drops. “‘They said ‘You know what, actually hits a nerve’,” he told me. For this episode, I spoke to Grinfeld about bei...
2026-02-0252 min
Real Life SuperpowersE93 - James Spiro (Journalist, editor, and independent creator of The Spiro Circle)In this episode, we speak with James Spiro, a journalist and editor who spent years inside Israel’s tech ecosystem, including as a senior journalist and editor at CTech by Calcalist, where he wrote roughly 1,800 stories and conducted around 350 video interviews.
In recent years, James moved beyond legacy media and built The Spiro Circle - an independent publication and podcast focused on long-form, trust-based conversations, often collaborating with Forbes Israel.
This conversation is about independence, credibility, and what it takes to build real media value in a noisy ecosystem.
What We Dig Into:
The Courage to “Jump Off the Cliff”
James...
2026-02-0152 min
The Spiro CircleInside Cybersecurity’s AI Arms Race - #0043, Itai TevetThe cybersecurity world is grappling with proliferating AI-based attacks, expanding attack surfaces, and surging daily alerts riddled with false positives. With potentially thousands of warnings flooding Security Operations Centers (SOCs) that something could be amiss, the sheer volume creates endless headaches for security teams.It’s the newest cybersecurity nightmare in the AI era. “In cyber, you have this interesting angle where AI doesn’t only disrupt the ‘normal’ industry that everybody is familiar with, but it also disrupts how cyber attackers operate,” said Intezer Co-founder and CEO Itai Tevet. “There’s an arms race of AI not only o...
2026-01-2941 min
The Spiro CircleWhy Software Is Moving Beyond “Move Fast and Break Things” - #0042, Ben BernsteinIn the early years of tech innovation, software development was driven by a simple cultural assumption that was born in Silicon Valley: that speed equals progress. Entrepreneurs, founders, and developers were encouraged to move fast, experiment freely, and ship continuously. Restraint, social consequences, or legality were often treated as obstacles to overcome or avoid; necessary evils at best, innovation killers at worst.My latest conversation showed me how that era is coming to its end, and that a more conservative movement is growing from the ashes of the Wild Wild West of progress that saw...
2026-01-2542 min
The Spiro CircleHow Noma Security Engineers Culture for Hypergrowth in the AI Era - #0041, Niv BraunIn the AI boom, speed is being celebrated. Funding rounds are closing quickly, teams can double in quarters, and products ship before the market has time to catch its breath. But for Niv Braun, co-founder and CEO of AI security company Noma Security, the real challenge isn’t how fast a company grows, but about it’s what breaks when it does.“One of the biggest challenges in a fast-moving and fast-growing company is how you grow the team very fast and in a way that will be aligned with the great business growth that we see...
2026-01-1930 min
The Spiro CircleWhy a “Family First” Mentality Strengthens Leadership - #0040, Zack LevineIn the mythology of company leadership, founders are expected to trade stability for scale. Long hours, constant travel, personal sacrifice. Family life is often framed as something to be balanced later, once the company is big enough to afford it.This week, I spoke to Zack Levine from Checkout.com, who tells a different story.Levine leads Checkout.com’s North American and Israel operations and moved to Israel two years ago from the United States. Today, he is preparing to return to the United States, this time to Dallas, Texas, ahead of the birth of...
2026-01-1534 min
The Spiro CircleAccounting's Netflix Moment - #0039, Isaac HellerThis week, I spoke with Isaac Heller, the Founder and President of Trullion, an AI-powered accounting platform that automates financial workflows for accounting and audit teams.It’s a sector long-viewed as conservative and slow-moving, but one that is increasingly vulnerable to disruption. The stakes are high, not just for young professionals entering the workforce, but also for the legacy firms that have dominated the accounting industry for decades and may assume their scale makes them untouchable to change.Institutional firms like KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, and EY still loom over city skylines - but history of...
2026-01-1148 min
The Spiro CircleBuilding the Google Maps of the Immune System - #0038, Noam SolomonThe world of biotech and drug development has long relied on trial and error and statistical averages. While we often associate this approach with diseases like cancer or autoimmune disorders, it has left the immune system, one of the most important systems in the human body, among the least systematically understood in medicine.That gap is becoming harder to ignore. In the United States, funding cuts threaten to slow basic research at the very moment when the complexity of biological problems is increasing. As public support tightens, the pressure grows to build new kinds of infrastructure that...
2026-01-0558 min
The Spiro CircleStorytelling, Branding, and AI: What's Next for New Media - #0037, Noa EshedThis week I spoke to Noa Eshed about all things AI, marketing, podcasting, and branding. Our chat highlighted how the media landscape has transformed over the years. She noted that while print media was once king, the shift to digital has redefined how content is consumed and monetized. The emergence of social media as a primary traffic source has created challenges for traditional publications, as they now compete for attention in a crowded online space. This change emphasizes the importance of adaptability for brands and marketers.As the conversation progressed, the discussion turned...
2026-01-0131 min
The Spiro CircleHow Israeli Tech is Modernizing the World’s Biggest Asset Class - #0036, Lior DolinskiLast week, I sat with Lior Dolinski, co-founder and CPO of Agora, to discuss how a team of veterans of Israel’s Unit 8200 is modernizing the traditional world of real estate investment. “It’s important to understand the real estate sector is the biggest asset class in the world,” he said. “And it’s not only the biggest asset class, but it’s also the most complex one and the most old-fashioned. It’s a business that is built on handshakes, communication, and relationship building. And the biggest technological advancement in the real estate space over the last 50 years wa...
2025-12-2839 min
The Spiro CircleVerbit: Bringing AI to a courtroom near you - #0035, Yair AmsterdamIn a world where AI is transforming industries, Israeli startup Verbit stands out by operating in the legal transcription space. Founded in 2017, Verbit has been at the forefront of AI-driven transcription and captioning, offering accuracy and insights.Today, Verbit’s technology is tailored for the legal sector, a field that’s famously slow to innovate and that demands precision and accountability. By leveraging AI, the company provides real-time transcription services that help legal professionals navigate complex cases by acting as a ‘second chair’ in the room. The platform, Legal Visor, can capture voice signatures and provide...
2025-12-2435 min
The Spiro CircleHow Israel Became NVIDIA’s "Second Home" - #0034, Aya PeterburgWhen S Capital first backed Run:ai in 2018, there was no AI boom to ride. Large language models weren’t part of the mainstream vocabulary and ChatGPT was still far into the future. GPUs were powerful but inefficient, and the problem Run:ai set out to solve, orchestrating and optimizing GPU usage at scale, was largely invisible.“The word of AI was not as it is considered today,” investor Aya Peterburg recalled. “No one knew to say even ‘LLM’ or what that means.”Seen through that lens, NVIDIA’s ultimate 2024 acquisition of Run:ai was not a bet on hyp...
2025-12-2136 min
The Spiro CircleBritain in Decline: Migration, economy, and the cursed HS2 - #0033, Michael GrossToday’s episode looks at HS2 — the UK’s massive high-speed rail project that promised to connect London with major cities across the country.HS2 was meant to boost economic growth, cut travel times, and modernize the transit network. Instead, it became a lightning rod for political debate: skyrocketing costs, environmental concerns, shifting government commitments, and fierce disagreement about whether the benefits justify the price.For those who haven’t been following: In 2009, HS2 was sold as a £40 billion high-speed railway connecting the Northern cities of Leeds, York, and Manchester with Birmingham and London.But alm...
2025-12-1642 min
The Spiro CircleStorytelling, Resilience, and Israel’s AI Moment - #0032, Yonatan SelaRecently, I spoke to Yonatan Sela, Partner at Square Peg. Today, he invests in Israeli companies, but he used to be an entrepreneur and founder himself. Before Square Peg, Yonatan helped build YouNow into a consumer live-streaming platform; he co-founded Props, a decentralized protocol designed to give users ownership in consumer apps; and he worked across early-stage investing, consulting, and product leadership roles.I could relate to that idea of ‘crossing the picket fence’ - starting your career in one area and then flipping it to the other. Before I was a journalist, I was in p...
2025-12-1444 min
The Spiro CircleDeep Dive into Deeptech: Israel’s Role in the Next Wave of Innovation - #0031, Doron ZauerIn today’s tech landscape, deeptech has emerged as a critical player in shaping the future.To understand this better, I recently sat down with Doron Zauer, General Partner at Earth and Beyond Ventures. Together, we discussed the significance of deeptech and its growing influence, particularly in Israel and Startup Nation.Deeptech refers to technologies based on significant scientific advances and engineering innovation. Unlike ‘traditional’ tech, which often focuses on software or consumer gadgets, deeptech leans heavily on core scientific concepts in areas such as quantum computing, biotech, spacetech, or materials science.“There’s more dem...
2025-12-1036 min
The Spiro CircleThe Spiro Circle and Forbes: How AI Agents Are Transforming API Security - #0030, Roey EliyahuExciting news has hit The Spiro Circle: We have partnered with Forbes to broadcast stories from Israel’s high-tech sector. We start with Salt Security. Meet Co-Founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu: he turned a meeting with Sam Altman into a $1.4 billion cyber company.In 2016, Salt Security Co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu spotted a risk few others were focused on. As the internet evolved and companies became increasingly dependent on APIs to power their digital services, he recognized that vulnerabilities hidden in those interfaces would soon become one of the most significant threats facing businesses across ever...
2025-12-0445 min
The Spiro CircleIsrael's Revolutionary Role in AI Drug Discovery - #0029, Mati GillIn the evolving world of healthcare and pharmaceuticals, the intersection of AI and drug discovery has become a focal point for innovation - especially in Israel. This week, I spoke to AION Labs CEO Mati Gill, who shares insights on how the venture studio is transforming the landscape of drug development through collaboration and cutting-edge technology. Founded by global pharmaceutical partners Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, and Teva, AION Labs is located in Israel and leverages AI while fostering collaboration among legacy giants, emerging startups, and local government support. Israel’s unique position as a center for bi...
2025-12-0432 min
The Spiro CircleIsrael’s Philanthropic Response Post–October 7 - #0028, Maya NatanThis week, I spoke to Keshet CEO Maya Natan about Israel’s philanthropic efforts and how it helps citizens and corporations donate money and assets.Keshet is a donor-advised fund that offers a wide range of services to facilitate philanthropic giving, including advisory, operational, and strategic services. In 2024, it reached NIS 880 million ($270 million) of assets managed, and helped 155 donors grant NIS 420 million to more than 1,100 Israeli organizations.Our conversation explores the significant role of the civic sector in Israel following the events of October 7, highlighting how NGOs and philanthropy stepped up to support the nation du...
2025-11-2743 min
The Spiro Podcast: Managing your Real Estate Photography & Videography BusinessOwner Spotlight Series: Chris Powell - Lighthouse Studios - REPP 2025 SpeakerIt's been awhile since we've done an Owner Spotlight Series episode. This week, we're happy to welcome Chris Powell, owner of Lighthouse Studio in Seattle, WA. Chris was a speaker at the REPP 2025 conference, and we're excited to have him share part of his story that led him from resisting hiring, to loving it.
You can contact Chris via his Instagram at: @lhstudio.re or visit his website at: http://lh.studio
Book Suggestions from Chris:
"The Servant Leader" - James Autry - https://a.co/d/00D2DZO
"B...
2025-11-2647 minThe Spiro Podcast: Managing your Real Estate Photography & Videography BusinessOwner Spotlight Series: Chris Powell - Lighthouse Studios - REPP 2025 SpeakerIt's been awhile since we've done an Owner Spotlight Series episode. This week, we're happy to welcome Chris Powell, owner of Lighthouse Studio in Seattle, WA. Chris was a speaker at the REPP 2025 conference, and we're excited to have him share part of his story that led him from resisting hiring, to loving it.
You can contact Chris via his Instagram at: @lhstudio.re or visit his website at: http://lh.studio
Book Suggestions from Chris:
"The Servant Leader" - James Autry - https://a.co/d/00D2DZO
"B...
2025-11-2647 min
The Spiro CircleWhat Europe got right about food safety (and how MAHA can catch up) - #0027, Dylan McDonnellIn this episode, Founder and CEO of Foodini, Dylan McDonnell, shares his journey from being a corporate lawyer to founding a tech company focused on providing transparency in food ingredients for those with dietary restrictions. There are 33 million Americans who live with a variety of dietary restrictions, whether it’s an allergy, a religious choice, or even women who are pregnant. Dylan himself has Celiac disease, an autoimmune condition where the immune system reacts to gluten, sometimes causing damage to the small intestine, along with 3.2 million Americans.Foodini has created a Dietary Intelligence Platform that cr...
2025-11-1336 min
The Spiro CircleRecruitment's Deepfake Dilemma - #0026, Michael MatiasI’ve been interested in deepfake technology recently.We’ve all been exposed to it: fraudulent audio or video content usually created by AI. Our aunts and uncles might believe every meme they see on Facebook or other social media channels, but it can be a lot more nefarious. Deepfakes can trick us into believing fake news, they can mimic our voices to trick banks or insurance companies, or they can create untrue documentation designed to destroy the reputation of politicians, business leaders, or celebrities. But then there are more traditional use cases. This...
2025-11-0331 min
The Spiro CirclePitching with H.E.A.R.T for startup success - #0025, Ben WienerThere is so much in life that can be broken down into the simple understanding that everything is a form of storytelling - and that communication rests on the ears of the receiver. It was a lesson I first learned while I was reading Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior by Thomas Erikson. And it was reinforced this week when I spoke with Ben Wiener, Managing Partner at Jumpspeed Ventures. What is something we have in common? We both get pitched by tech founders!But one of us is an...
2025-10-2337 min
The Spiro CircleThe Hidden Costs of Performance Feminism - #0024, Dr. Stephanie WilsonThis episode is sure to raise a few eyebrows.I wanted to better understand society’s reaction to feminism, but through the experience of women who are balancing their work and personal life. No better person expressed concern for the current infrastructure in place more than Dr. Stephanie Wilson, founder of She’s In Business, a global not-for-profit business platform.Dr. Wilson is a PhD in Business, an autistic domestic abuse survivor turned award-winning entrepreneur, and her platform has helped more than 14,000 women across 85 countries move “from welfare to wealth” through fully funded, accredited business training...
2025-10-1539 min
The Spiro CircleTwo Years On: Trauma, Antisemitism, and the West's Redemption After October 7 - #0023, Gina RossI’ve been thinking a lot about trauma recently.As we reach the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, we can see now the effect and damage that the war is having on the country and its people, not just on a macro level, but on the single, granular level felt by each person.Trauma can manifest both collectively and individually, and how we respond to that trauma comes in how we can identify and treat it to avoid it getting worse. When our body fails to register its ‘fight or flight’ reflex...
2025-10-0736 min
The Spiro CircleTraining IDF Soldiers with Israel’s VR Revolution - #0022, Erel HerzogNote: This episode is the final of three recorded interviews conducted on the same day using a new platform. Some growing pains were expected, and this final edit is a bit rougher than I’d like, including some intermittent sound issues that could not be removed. Thanks for your patience as we refine the process — future episodes will appear smoother. - JS.A few weeks ago, I spoke with Erel Herzog, co-founder of Combatica, a company specializing in advanced tactical training simulators that utilize VR technology. We discussed the evolution of training technologies, the impact of VR on de...
2025-09-2929 min
The Spiro Circle"Food is never just food": From Manila to MasterChef - #0021, Maricel GentileAnyone who knows me understands just how much I love food. Good cuisine is nice, but bad dishes are sometimes even better! Anything from dining out with friends to ordering in on a lonely evening gets me excited to try new things.But another thing people know about me is that I absolutely hate to cook!It’s not that I don’t appreciate it, but I just find it too stressful, creative, and consuming. I leave it to close family and friends to explore a kitchen on my behalf. I’ll enjoy some time operat...
2025-09-2228 min
The Spiro CircleMental Health and Disability in Wartime Israel - #0020, Ahmir LernerNote: This episode is the first of three recorded on a new platform. Some growing pains were expected, and the final edit is a bit rougher than I’d like. Thanks for your patience as we refine the process — future episodes will appear smoother. - JS.For 45 years, non-profit Beit Issie Shapiro has been a pioneering leader and innovator in the field of disabilities, and championed equal opportunity, full community involvement, and improved quality of life for people with disabilities.They believe in the ability of people with disabilities and provide “innovative services, programs, knowledge-sharing models...
2025-09-1228 min
The Spiro CircleNeurodiversity and AI: Rethinking how we learn and work - #0019, Derek CragerThis week, I sat down with Derek Crager for a conversation on the intersection of neurodiversity and artificial intelligence. Both topics are often misunderstood by the wider public, sometimes leading to misinformation, stigma, or even apprehension. We explore how embracing different ways of thinking can unlock new opportunities in technology, why AI might be uniquely positioned to support neurodiverse communities, and what it means to build tools and workplaces that value every kind of mind. The Spiro Circle is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free...
2025-08-2535 min
The Spiro CircleA fresh take on climate entrepreneurship and moral ambition - #0018, Josh DorfmanThis week I listened to a podcast about the virtue of justice. It was hosted by Ryan Holiday and featured a conversation with Rutger Bregman - two of my favorite writers!The conversation was called “You’re Not Wasting Time, You’re Wasting Your Life,” and it talked about moral ambition, the truth about success, work, and impact. It tied in nicely with a separate conversation I had with my recent guest, climate entrepreneur Josh Dorfman, which took place for The Spiro Circle this week. “The idea always has been how I can identify solutions to help a...
2025-08-1427 min
The Spiro CircleTo Swipe or 'Shidduch'? - #0017, Aleeza Ben ShalomWelcome back to The Spiro Circle, where today I want to dive deep into identity, culture, and the people shaping Jewish life today.With Tu B’Av right around the corner (for those who don’t know, think ‘Israel’s Valentine’s Day’), I was excited to speak with Aleeza Ben Shalom: Matchmaker, dating coach, author, and star of Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking.She has helped thousands of Jews navigate the complex, emotional, and challenging world of modern Jewish dating. Aleeza is also a Voice of the People Council Member and is working with them on a new serie...
2025-08-0723 min
The Spiro CircleAI will win the IQ battle. But humans can still win the EQ war. - #0016Today, I wanted to dive into another episode from the CTech BiblioTech archive. This time, I am highlighting my conversation with Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of “I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique”, which was recorded in August 2023.The book is an exploration of how AI will change our lives and what we can do to ensure we maintain our personalities and uniqueness. Many of the topics we address in the conversation relate to how different generations might respond to the algorithms living beside us. For example, he cites tech...
2025-07-2426 min
The Spiro CircleThe birth of "October 8th Jews" - #0015, Neta DancigerThe Voice of the People, a global initiative spearheaded by President Isaac Herzog to unite and empower Jewish communities worldwide. The organization recently released its 2025 Jewish Landscape Report based on responses from over 10,000 Jews across six continents.The results were shocking.It revealed that rising antisemitism - across campuses, workplaces, and social media - has overtaken all other issues as the number one concern uniting Jews of all ages, backgrounds, and denominations.Some troubling figures that caught my eye highlighted that respondents in Israel (89%) expressed deep concern for the safety and stability of...
2025-06-1032 min
The Spiro CircleHow incentives really work: Getting what we want - #0014, Uri GneezyWe all have incentives. I have an incentive to produce this podcast well enough so that I attract more readers and listeners, and hopefully, you have an incentive to tune into new episodes with a goal to learn something or get enjoyment from it. I also carry personal incentives, such as being a good father, husband, brother, son, colleague, and member of my community. Some incentives are more cynical. Money or fame often drives people to big things, but not without risk or without affecting their ego, health, or safety. Reward and punishment...
2025-05-2724 min
The Spiro CircleWhat UK media gets wrong about climate reporting - #0013, Josh WheelerToday, I want to share a conversation with Josh Wheeler, founder of Be Broadcast, about the state of UK broadcast media and, notably, how it covers certain topics. The conversation follows a report written by Be Broadcast that outlines how TV and radio stations in the UK approach their reporting on climate change [linked below]. It was a 6-month analysis examining media coverage for events such as the Spanish floods, the Californian wildfire, and the US withdrawal from the Paris agreement. Specifically, I wanted to look at how the media presents its messaging versus how th...
2025-05-0135 min
The Spiro CircleStartups, smears, and speaking up: Hillel Fuld gets real about Israel - #0012This week, I spoke with Hillel Fuld, an American Israeli business technology advisor. A lot of you are probably already familiar with Hillel. He's got a large social media following online where he talks about all things Israeli high-tech, Startup Nation, Zionism, but also Israel's fight with Hamas.Importantly, he's also fighting for its reputation as it struggles to gain sympathy among young people.I wanted to speak to Hillel about a bunch of things. Honestly, we could have spoken all day. But we limited it to Israel's tech sector and also the...
2025-04-2231 min
The Spiro CircleHow ChatGPT helped write a book on happiness - #0011, Nimrod VromenToday, I wanted to dive into another episode from the CTech BiblioTech archive. This time, my conversation with Nimrod Vromen, author of “Prompting Happiness: A Guide to Prompting a Life Worth Living” recorded in July, 2024.The book is an exploration of the human condition and the pursuit of true happiness. Nimrod navigates the complexities of midlife challenges, leveraging the potential of AI to provide practical strategies for personal growth and well-being.In perhaps one of the first times I can think of, Nimrod also openly admits to using ChatGPT to help him pen his work.
2025-04-1629 min
The Spiro Circle“We all need to live our personal lives like a startup.” - #0010, Yaniv RivlinThis week, I decided to do something a bit differently. I wanted to post a video episode from BiblioTech, a CTech video series I produced just over a year ago. In the summer of 2023, I interviewed several authors about their newly published books, and today’s episode will be from its archive: Meet Yaniv Rivlin. Yaniv is the Founding General Manager of Bird in Israel, where he also ran the EMEA Government Partnerships department. Before that, he co-founded and served as the Executive Vice President of Comtribute, a company that provided organizations with an online pl...
2025-04-0820 min
The Spiro CircleYoung men seek inspiring leaders. But from where? - #0009, JP DumasI’ve been thinking a lot about parenthood recently. Those who know me personally will know that I have my first child on the way. In the summer, I’ll be the father to a little boy - and I couldn’t be more excited and more nervous.But today’s world isn’t easy for boys. They’re being raised to think that any masculinity they possess is somehow toxic. Or that they should or should not be acting a certain way.On top of that, western nations are seeing men as the victims of deaths of...
2025-03-1927 min
The Spiro CircleThe Power of Positive Mindsets- #0008, Swati ShirnameAs I approach the 10-episode milestone of this podcast, I have been on a journey to discover what exactly I want this to be. I am meeting with guests who all have unique insights or experiences in their personal lives or in a professional capacity.It’s been a challenge, but I feel each episode gets a little easier; every time I whip out the camera, I get a little more confident at producing these, and each episode gets a little better.I suppose what I’m trying to say is that I remained motivated to k...
2025-03-1026 min
The Spiro CircleIsrael's next battle: Reputation Management - #0007, Joanna LandauIt's no secret that Israel’s reputation has taken a tumble after the Hamas attack on October 7 and the subsequent war fought in Gaza, headed by Iran and its proxies.We’ve all seen the online conversation and the physical protests at college campuses and across the streets of European countries.Whereas many of Israel’s supporters suggest that a loud minority creates this noise, sadly data is showing this changing sentiment toward Israel has further intensified: a poll by YouGov shows that in the last five months, American sympathy toward Israel has dropped: despite mainta...
2025-03-0331 min
The Spiro CircleA lesson in resilience - #0006, Adir FreilichI first met Adir Freilich in October 2017, soon after I moved to Israel. For the first year, we worked on a podcast together called Startup Camel. I didn’t know it at the time, but that would be the first time I dabbled in Israeli high-tech and podcasting - something I would still be doing almost eight years later!In the time I have known Adir, he has remained optimistic and resilient despite four near-death experiences. * At age 7 he was hit by a car* At age 17 his appendix burst, requiring emergency surgery...
2025-02-1627 min
The Spiro CircleSomebody Stop Kanye - #0005, Tal-Or Cohen MontemayorLast Friday saw Kanye West, also known as Ye, unleash a tirade of antisemitic, sexist, and abusive tweets on X where he called himself a Nazi, praised Hitler, and blamed Jews for a myriad of problems.It was a return to a form we saw in December 2022, when his last outburst led to him being dropped by Addidas and largely canceled by the wider world.A little over two years have passed, and the world is different. Elon Musk purchased Twitter, turning it into X, and reinstated his account in a turn that was said...
2025-02-1027 min
The Spiro Circle"We need to make sure AI doesn't create the news." - #0004, Omri HurwitzThis week, I was joined by Omri Hurwitz, regarded by many as a media maven in marketing, tech, PR, and more.If you’re active in the Israeli tech ecosystem, you have certainly come across his content over various social media channels where he meets with prominent players in the sector while offering his analysis of news events.Omri and I have shared a few conversations in the past about New Media. Over the years we have discussed Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and its consequences, Fake News, and the general media landscape as it c...
2025-01-3026 min
The Spiro CircleMy Trip to Kfar Aza and Nova - #0003Here I tell the story of my experience visiting Kfar Aza and Nova, two sites impacted by the Hamas attack across Israel on October 7, 2023.I discuss the following topics:* The pain of the locals in the Kibbutz* The Nova site and modern-day memorials* Israel’s new responsibility as a site for “Tragedy Tourism”* UNRWA trucks were giving aid… but no one talks about it!My latest article, published in The Times of Israel, provides an in-depth review of my day. You can read it below: https...
2025-01-2522 min
The Spiro CircleA hostage deal is done. Now what? - #0002, Eitan GoldsteinThe world woke up today with the news that Israel and Hamas have finally secured a deal to release some of the hostages from the October 7 attack and slowly begin the end of the war. It was news met with mixed emotions: some thinking the deal was a bad one and many just praying for the return of as many hostages as possible. To discuss some of the details and emotions behind the arrangement, I invited Eitan Goldstein to share his views on the last 24 hours and predict the next stage in Israel’s journey of...
2025-01-1734 min
The Spiro CircleFacing rejection when starting a new venture - #0001, Yoel IsraelStarting a new media venture can be daunting, especially since the results are published online for the world to see. Of course, we all know that more often than not it is because the world does *not* see what is published. And it’s easy to be discouraged when your content is getting lost in the forest of creators. I’ve been interested in this for a while; I purchased my microphone in 2019 intending to start a podcast - truthfully, that would have been the best time to do it right before a pandemic! Fate had...
2025-01-1618 min
The Spiro CircleWATCH: I discuss ‘How To Move Up when the Only Way is Down’For the last few months, I have been sharing written work and short video interviews conducted on behalf of my work at CTech. Today, I wanted to share for the first time here a long-form interview from its popular BiblioTech series. A few months back I spoke to Judah Taub, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures, about his book ‘How To Move Up When The Only Way Is Down’. It is designed to transform readers’ decision-making by recognizing Local Maximums and skill-building based on lessons from AI. I first read Judah’s book in October...
2025-01-1426 min
IsraeltechTech Hype or Reality? Ft. James SpiroIsraelTech is proud to partner with HaGesher Group, a trusted partner of Israeli tech companies looking to recruit in the U.S.For more information on our partner HaGesher Group, you can go to https://hageshergroup.comFrom Startup Nation to Scale-Up Nation: A Visionary Conversation 🌐🇮🇱“Why do I need this?” 🤔 The question that could make or break your tech startup.James Spiro, writer and journalist at CTech, sat down with Yoel Israel to talk about what really makes a tech company stand out in today’s crowded market. His answer...
2024-11-2153 min
Lands of Milk and HoneyDigital Ecosystems | A conversation with Romane Delvallee, James Spiro and Peter GriffinIn this episode of Lands of Milk and Honey, Josh Brown catches up with Romane Delvallee of Startups and Angels, James Spiro of Calcalist and Peter Griffin of BusinessDesk to discuss and compare the attributes of the NZ, Australian and Israeli tech ecosystems, their respective challenges, government support and what makes them special.
2024-07-0355 min
Memoirs in MedicineAgainst All OddsSend us a textDr. Paulette Mehta knows about the fragility of life at its earliest and in the twilight years. She introduces us to James, a child whose battle with cancer defied the doubts of many. Our conversation with Dr. Mehta is not just about medical miracles, but the essence of compassionate care.
2024-04-1021 min
Ride AINYC enforces traffic cameras but falls down on their eBike replacement project | New vehicle launches | Interview with Patrick Wirth at Baloise GroupWe’re incredibly excited to introduce the first round of speakers joining us at Micromobility America in the SF Bay Area this October! Manufacturers, operators, brands, policymakers, investors, media—and this is just the start. https://micromobility.io/events/micromobility-america
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00:00 - 5:20 Announcements and giveaways
5:21 - 8:59 NYC enforces traffic cameras
9:00 - 14:18 NYC Equitable Commute Project off to slow start
14:19 - 17:18 Lavoie buys Vanmoof
17:19 - 19:52 Kenya shipping electric motorcycles at scale
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2023-09-121h 01
In Ya FaceMelbourne Queer Film Festival, Spiro Economopoulos & David Martin Harris; Independent Candidate for Bayswater & Save Lake Knox Campaigner Dr Chloe Mackallah; Playwright Kevin McGreal, An Unknown Song, Victorian Pride Centre, Melbourne FringeDavid Martin Harris, Spiro Economopoulos, Dr Chloe Mackallah, Kevin McGreal interviews with James McKenzie. Spiro Economopoulos & David Martin Harris discuss the 32nd Melbourne Queer Film Festival. https://mqff.com.au/ Proud trans woman, Independent candidate for Bayswater, climate scientist and Save Lake Knox campaigner Dr Chloe Mackallah discusses her Victoria state election campaign. https://chloemackallah.com.au/ Playwright, director, actor Kevin McGreal chats about his play An Unknown Song, staging at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda for Melbourne Fringe, October 20 to 22. https://www.kevinmcgreal.com/ An Unknown Song | Melbourne Fringe Sovereignty was never ceded. 3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of...
2022-10-1400 min
Rational RageLegendary: Marcelo! James! Coach Corberan...Huge signings were made but things are still the same. The fans are running out of patience and demand Coach Corberan's head on a platter. But is he really the one to blame?
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2022-09-1811 min
Master Connector ShowUnlock the Power of the Mind | Master Connector Episode 24Panelists: Bob DePasquale, DeeJae DuRante, Julian Sado, Bob DePasquale and Elizabeth Gabor ( and a surprise guest )
HOST: Steve Spiro - https://lnkd.in/gDwQy7P
CO-HOST: Cameron Toth - https://lnkd.in/gCUVcgk
EXPERT PANEL:
Bob DePasquale, CFP®CAP® https://lnkd.in/g25S8Mp
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2022-09-011h 19Master Connector ShowThe Power of a Master Mind | Master Connector Episode 23A mastermind group is a peer-to-peer mentoring group used to help members solve their problems with input and advice from the other group members. The concept was coined in 1925 by author Napoleon Hill in his book The Law of Success, and described in more detail in his 1937 book Think and Grow Rich.
HOST: Steve Spiro - https://lnkd.in/gDwQy7P
CO-HOST: Cameron Toth - https://lnkd.in/gCUVcgk
EXPERT PANEL:
Adam James - https://lnkd.in/gahAUsy
Ellen Sledge - https://lnkd.in/gY-t_pR
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2022-09-011h 14
In Ya FaceEntertainer Dean Arcuri, Queer Greens Victoria Convenor Ricki Spencer, Spiro Economopoulos, Melbourne Queer Film Festival Mini FestivalInterviews with Dean Arcuri, Ricki Spencer & Spiro Economopoulos. Entertainer & photographer Dean Arcuri discusses queer entertainment in Victoria over Easter and later in April and May and discusses positive change and growth in the local LGBTIQA+ community. Trans, Disability Rights and First Nations advocate and Queer Greens Victoria Convenor Ricki Spencer reflects on recent issues in the Greens and discusses her new shows on Bent TV. Program Director Spiro Economopoulos chats about films at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival's Mini Festival from April 29 to May 1st. Melbourne Queer Film Festival (mqff.com.au) QLife Rainbow DoorIn Ya Face will not broadcast on Good Fri...
2022-04-0800 min
In Ya FaceReligious Discrimination Bill, Anna Brown, Equality Australia; Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Spiro EconomopoulosInterviews with Anna Brown and Spiro Economopoulos. Equality Australia CEO Anna Brown discusses the Religious Discrimination Bill and the recent meeting between LGBTIQ community groups and Attorney General Michaelia Cash. Supporting LGBTIQ+ people - Equality Australia Melbourne Queer Film Festival Program Director Spiro Economopoulos discusses films screening in cinemas and online at the Festival from November 18 to 29. Melbourne Queer Film Festival (mqff.com.au) 3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded. QLife
2021-11-1200 min
The Omri Hurwitz Podcast ShowThe Art Of Tech Journalism | Omri Hurwitz Interviews James SpiroIn this interview, I had the pleasure to talk to leading tech journalist James spiro!
James is a journalist for Ctech by Calcalist and a Blogger for The Times Of Israel!
In this episode we talked about:
*What makes a great news story
*James shared valuable writing tips
*The art of Tech journalism
*Why modern journalism will be going to be more specific writer-based than specific media outlet-based.
*How can a PR agent improve his pitching for the press
And much more! J
ames Linkedi...
2021-02-2724 min
Rational RageCage Theory w/Bulletproof Blake Troop & Jay B ft James McIvor - UFC 257 PreviewThe title of this episode says it all. This is the go home show to UFC 257 and your Cage Theorists are back to discuss and break it down. Jay B and Blake Troop are joined by James McIvor as they give you their picks and predictions for McGregor vs Poirier.
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2021-01-221h 05
Rational RageCage Theory Presents The Cageis!The Big Announcement is finally here! Cage Theory debuts on the Rational Rage Network! On this episode Jay B and Bulletproof Troop are joined by Smokey Joey Henderson and James "Money" McIvor to give you their end of the year MMA awards! Which fight will win Fight Of The Year? Who will win Knock Out Of The Year? Who will win the made up award Troop didn't even know about! Find out all these things and more on CAGE THEORY!
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2021-01-061h 13