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The Connectors#10: How the Israeli Security Agency works with startups | Ido, Chief Innovation Officer @ the ISAThe Shin Bet, known in Hebrew by its acronym Shabak (Israel's security service - ISA), is one of the most secretive organizations in the world.
For the first time since its inception, the ISA has agreed to showcase a senior official on a podcast, providing Nitzan Gal and me the huge honor to Host Ido (Alias), Chief Innovation Officer of the ISA, on “The Connectors” for our season Finale! 🎧🍾
With over 20 years of experience leading the organization’s field operations and thwarting terrorist activity in some of Israel’s most critical security events, Ido’s understanding of...2021-05-0539 minThe Connectors#9: Samsung Next Ecosystem Playbook | Gary Coover, Ventures Operating MD and GM of Samsung Next @ Silicon ValleyIn the latest episode of the Connectors, we hade the pleasure to host Gary Coover, Ventures Operating Managing Director and General Manager of Samsung Next in Silicon Valley.
Samsung Next operates a global network of ecosystem hubs, providing founders with domain expertise and access to Samsung, through its ventures, partnerships, and M&A teams.
Over the past decade, Gary helped grow Samsung Next’s innovation footprint from a 3-person team in Korea to 200+ people globally across the Bay Area, New York, Tel Aviv, Europe and Korea, launching and leading startup-centric initiatives. As the Ventures Op...2021-04-0148 minThe Connectors#8: Elementor's Open Source Ecosystem | Nofar Ben Dror Paecht, Director of Community at ElementorIn the latest episode of the Connectors, we had the pleasure to host Nofar Ben Dror Paecht, Director of Community at Elementor, one of the world’s leading website builder platforms, powering 7 million active sites.
At its core, Elementor is an open-source product, making it a user-driven company. Today, it empowers a global ecosystem of professional web creators whose members play a key factor in its growth.
What steps has Nofar taken to identify and meet the evolving needs of Elementor’s growing ecosystem?
How can crisis be leveraged to build trust among user-communities and what are...2021-02-1441 minThe Connectors#7: Jerusalem's Tech Ecosystem: Igniting Innovation from within | Inbal Halperin Gottesman - Jerusalem Ecosystem Manager @ SNCWhen thinking of Jerusalem, most people imagine the holy sites and the city’s diverse demographic makeup.
But for Inbal Halperin Gottesman, the uniqueness of the city is its world-class startup ecosystem.
In the latest episode of ‘The Connectors”, we had the pleasure to host Gottesman, Jerusalem Ecosystem Manager at Start-Up Nation Central, and learn about her work elevating the city as a center of global innovation.
Recently ranked as the 6th most attractive ecosystem for #startups (alongside Tel-Aviv), there are over 400 active tech companies that operate in the city, which is a 102% increa...2021-01-0740 minThe Connectors#7: From Silicon Wadi to Silicon Valley | Yasmin Lukatz, Executive Director of ICON – Israel Collaboration NetworkYasmin Lukatz is the executive director of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON), a non-profit organization that aims to create a Silicon Valley-based community to harness and support Israeli startup technology and innovation.
ICON’s ecosystem includes prominent Silicon Valley investors, senior corporate executives, and Israeli founders of tech startups based both in Israel and the US, and serves as an entry point for Israeli entrepreneurs and their startups to Silicon Valley, helping them get connected and find funding.
What goes behind the scenes of the largest network today bridging the Israeli and Silicon Valley tech ec...2020-11-2800 minThe ConnectorsMeasuring the Business Impact of Community | Richard Millington, Founder of FeverBeeIn this episode, we had the privilege to interview one of the most influential voices in the community space today.
Richard Millington has spent the past decade helping 250+ companies develop some of the world’s largest online communities. He is the founder of FeverBee, an international community consultancy, and his clients have included Google, Facebook, Oracle, Wikipedia, EMC, Greenpeace, United Nations, and many more. Prior to FeverBee, Richard interned with Seth Godin in New York.
He started his first online community in 1999 and is the author of The Indispensable Community and Buzzing Communities, which have be...2020-10-2500 minThe Connectors#5: Harnessing the TAU ecosystem to boost portfolio success | Shira Gal, Business Development Manager at TAU VenturesOur latest episode is dedicated to all professionals who have job titles that may not directly reflect ecosystem building, yet understand and invest in growing the organization’s ecosystem to achieve its business goals.
We had a wonderful time recording this episode in our guest’s home-base, TAU Ventures in Tel Aviv, hosting Shira Gal, the fund’s s VP of Business Development.
During our conversation with Shira, we covered a variety of topics- from d what building a DNA for a fund looks like, how TAU’s innovative startups work environment affects the fund...2020-09-2128 minThe Connectors#4: Bridging two innovation ecosystems | Tue David Bak, Executive Director@ Innovation Centre DenmarkIn this episode we went behind the scenes of not a single ecosystem- but two.
As the Executive Director of Innovation Centre Denmark, Tue David Bak fostered innovation alliances between the Nordics and Israel, in an array of fields ranging from foodtech, healthcare, pharma, cleantech to education.
What does bridging two innovation ecosystems look like? What are the challenges and opportunities involved in connecting two different countries and cultures - and what is the skill-set and mindset required to do so successfully? How does Israel’s risk-taking culture play with the Danish cu...2020-08-0730 minThe Connectors#3: Leading an Innovation Managers Ecosystem | Romi Davidor, Director of CatalystILIn our third episode, we had the pleasure to host Romi Davidor, Director of CatalystIL, a professional community for innovation managers in the public and private sector, managed under the Israeli Innovation Institute.
Romi joined the Israel Innovation Institute in 2018 with a clear vision of creating a professional, first of its kind community in the field of innovation management in Israel. Soon after she became one of the co-founders of CatalystIL, today an ecosystem of over 1,900 community members, 250 innovation managers and over...2020-07-2127 minThe Connectors#2: Creating Value For Protfolio Companies | Nofar Amikam, Partner and Head of Value Creation at Glilot CapitalIn this episode, we had the pleasure to host Nofar Amikam, Partner and Head of Value Creation at Glilot Capital.
Glilot is one of Israel’s most successful VCs in recent years, and has been ranked as one of the five best performing VCs in the world by Preqin for three years in a row. Amikam joined Glilot in April 2018, after previously working at Microsoft as a business development lead for Israeli startups, and at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP).
How can VCs build a thriving ecosystem that provides structured, effective and valuable support to th...2020-06-2125 minThe Connectors#1: Building Global Networks | Yaron Samid, Founder of TechAvivOur first episode!
Join us to hear about Yaron Samid's journey of building TechAviv, and his valuable insights on motivating people and creating real value for his members.
Yaron Samid is an Israeli-American technology entrepreneur, CEO, board director, investor, and startup community organizer and the founder of TechAviv, an invite-only global network of top Israeli startup founders and investors established in 2007. Its 3,000 members are spread across 16 cities with 6 main branches - Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, LA and London, and meet regularly to harness collective knowledge and networks.2020-06-0346 min