Excel Talks

How do you build a career, raise a young family, and maintain sanity when everything feels like it’s peaking at once? In this episode of Excel Talks, we look back a decade with two alumni, host Guy Mizrahi (Excel ’15), a psychologist specializing in sports and performance, and guest Nati Miron (Excel ’15), Partner at OCI & Chairman of the Excel Israel Alumni organization. They get real about t...

Excel Talks EP4: In the new episode of Excel Talks, host Erel Tenenbaum (2024) sits down with Gilor Damari (2020), social entrepreneur and co-founder of RaaS, a venture transforming consumption habits in Israel and dramatically reducing the use of single use plastics. RaaS has already helped hundreds of organizations and events save over one million disposable items, powered by an innovative opera...

In the new episode, Omer Ran Cohen and Lisa Benzimra - co-founders of TAPP, graduates of both the Zell Entrepreneurship Program and Excel - share the unique story behind their entrepreneurial journey. A fter less than six weeks of working together, they managed to secure funding while starting the Excel program. They openly discuss the fundraising process, the relationship they built as co-founder...

In a special episode with Adam Lazovski, Founder and CEO of Dealigence, we dive into a question that’s shaking the world of entrepreneurship and investing: How is it possible that excellent founders fail to raise funds? Adam reveals the numbers behind the industry (95% of funds don’t meet the returns they promise), explains what “asymmetric risk” really means, and why most investment decisions are...

🚨 Introducing Excel Talks: The Excel Community Podcast Every impactful journey begins with a story - and today, we’re opening the door to many of them. We’re excited to launch Excel Talks, the ⁠Birthright Israel Excel⁠ Community’s new podcast created to spotlight the people behind the products, companies, and ideas shaping our network. Our first episode, recorded during the 2025 Excel Forum, brin...