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Strap in for a rollercoaster of a chat on 20 Minute Leaders! We're diving deep with Yotam Idan, Co-Founder & CEO of WeSki. Yotam shares how his team navigated the pandemic with the mindset of "survive and thrive." From glimpsing the "hockey stick" growth of success to the tough decision of whether to let go of a dream, Yotam opens up about the journey that has made WeSk...

Get ready to be inspired by the incredible Jhaymee Tynan! She's not just an award-winning strategist and culture leader, but also a wellness champion who's making waves in the world of healthcare. Known for her values of empathy and kindness, she's redefining workplaces everywhere. Former AVP of Integration at Atrium Health in Charlotte, now shining bright as a key player in Egon Zehnd...

In this episode of 20 Minute Leaders, Michael hosts Roy Akerman, former head of the operational unit for countering espionage and cyber terrorism in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, where he also met his Co-Founder of their cloud protection startup, Ori Amiga. After leading creative operations to protect the state's infrastructure, they decided to develop a platform that will solve wha...

Dive into the fascinating world of travel tech with the newest episode of 20 Minute Leaders! Join us on 20 Minute Leaders for a whirlwind adventure with Omer Egozi, Co-founder and CEO of Trip Plan! Discover his lifelong passion for travel and the origins of his innovative travel-tech venture. Tune in for an exciting exploration of travel, technology, and global experiences in just 20 minutes. Don&...

With the rising cost of living, millions of American seniors find themselves in economic hardship. Don't miss this episode with Tali Gross, CEO and Co-founder of SixtyFive. Discover how their home equity investment (HEI) product empowers seniors to transform their home equity into an accessible income on demand.

Donna Griffit, Corporate Storyteller, has worked globally for over 16 years with Fortune 500 companies, Start-Ups and investors in a wide variety of industries. She has consulted and trained clients in over 30 countries, helping them create, edit and deliver verbal and written presentations, pitches and messages. Donna has the ability to magically spin raw data into compelling stories that captiva...

Lior Handelsman is a General Partner at Grove Ventures, a leading early-stage VC fund with more than half-a-billion dollars under management. Grove Ventures partners early with exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs who believe that the Deep Future is now and are ready to build it. As a General Partner, Lior led the fund’s investments in companies like Protai, NoTraffic, Luminescent, Protai, Teramount,...

Andrew Schmertz is a seasoned entrepreneur and the CEO of Hopscotch Air, about 10 years ago, this former lawyer and TV contributor, discovered a very special demand in the air transport market- and set out to build his commercial airline company from scratch. This is a great episode about spotting opportunities and building crazy businesses from scratch. Enjoy!

Sascha is an advertising executive with over 15 years of experience in the industry, working in the USA and Germany. He has worked on a variety of campaigns for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, such as Fidelity Investments, Ahold-Delhaize, and Avocados From Mexico, and has a track record of delivering innovative solutions. His career began in digital media planning,...

Steve is President & CEO of Miller Ingenuity, an international manufacturer of high technology products that save lives and preserve the environment. Steve has published five books that teach senior leaders and CEOs how to increase profit, take market share, and destroy competition. He is an internationally recognized expert on leading change and business transformation. Steve is a highly-accl...

Jasmine Bharucha is the Founder and CEO of Katharos foods, a brand that crafts clean and healthy plant-based cheese. At the helm of the company, she spearheads all the growth-driven and business-critical decisions while charting the product roadmap. Having an MBA from Northeastern University, Boston, USA, Jasmine holds over 17 years of work experience with the leading multinational companies KPMG...

Ziv Peremen is a neuroscientist and business leader in the field of digital health. He is CEO and Co-Founder of X-trodes, a medical device company bringing wireless medical-grade monitoring solutions to the comfort of users’ home environments. Prior to cofounding X-trodes, Ziv served as VP Medical Solutions at ElMindA, a leading company in the field of brain health. He was also CTO of the Brain St...

laItay Dressler is the Co-Founder of TheGist; his previous roles include VP of Engineering at OpenWeb, as well as CTO &  Co-Founder of Salaryo

Izhak Paz is the founder and CEO of SafeGuard, an international construction-tech company that uses artificial intelligence to identify human behavior and predict and prevent construction accidents. Paz has a background in economics and public health and a passion for saving lives. Previous to SafeGuard Izhak served as a consultant to the Israeli Department of Occupational Health.

Ido Gonen is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Exodigo, the non-intrusive, multi-sensing subsurface imaging platform. Prior to Exodigo, Ido led multiple engineering teams focusing on innovative, inter-unit R&D projects inside one of Israel’s elite deep tech units, where he started his career as a software engineer. Ido graduated cum laude from Technion - Israel Institute of Techno...

Yael is a co-founder therapist and startup psychologist. She is the founder and CEO of YD scale up your business. Yael did extensive research, interviewing over 450 innovators, investors, and other ecosystem members. Yael's research focuses on the intangible factors that underpin the start-up growth life cycle: co-founder conflicts, the founding CEO's psychological elements of scale, and startup g...

Mark Gazit is prominent senior executive with 25 years of experience in Israeli and international high-tech companies, Mark is currently CEO of ThetaRay. Mark served as Managing Director of NiceTrack, which provides software and hardware solutions to government agencies worldwide in the areas of information intelligence and cyber where he transformed it into a fast growing, profitable revenue gene...

Eyal Webber-Zvik is the Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Cato Networks. In his role, Eyal manages a global team of product marketing directors that are tasked with driving the company's messaging, position, press and media relations, and more. Previously, Eyal ran Cato's product management organization, translating Cato's SASE vision into a global, successful cloud se...

Louwki’s entire career has been devoted to serving companies’ technical needs. After earning his Master Network Engineer qualification, he became a technical trainer for Torque-IT, and shortly after this, he was promoted to Technical manager. Louwki then joined Tronic Trade Technology Holdings and served as Technical Manager. He then spent over a decade at Netsurit starting as a Senior Technical C...

Josh Tyson is co-author of The Wall Street Journal business bestseller, Age of Invisible Machines, Director of Storytelling at OneReach.ai, and co-host of N9K, a podcast from the future.

Bio: Seth Bogner is a visionary entrepreneur with over three decades of experience in principal investing, structured finance, restructurings, and merchant banking. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of HeartPoint Global Inc., where he merges his exceptional leadership abilities with his long-time goal of creating a business that is both profitable and socially responsible. Bogner began his c...

Omer Glass is CEO and Co-Founder of GrowthSpace, the world’s first outcome-focused talent development platform. Omer’s passion for upskilling began with his first startup, Careerology, an online school for career development. Following this, he became a Management Consultant at Shaldor, Israel’s leading management consulting firm, where he focused on business strategy.

Efrat Dagan is Founder of WorkAround, Strategic Talent Acquisition Services. Simply put: Efrat can help figure out your growth pains. Efrat has led Google Israel’s Staffing for about a decade from the inception of the R&D offices in Israel (2006). Efrat managed the recruitment of six Google offices in Europe, including Israel, Russia and Northern Europe and Waze. Efrat has been with Google for...

Doron Naim is Co-Founder and CEO of DevOcean Security, a Cloud Application Vulnerability Remediation platform. DevOcean revolutionizes the process of fixing risks in the new environment of the cloud and is backed by Glilot Capital Partners with participation from angel investors, including former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelbeck and Amazon’s Head of Security Audit Adam Hirsch. Previously, Doron serv...

Rishi Agrawal, is the CEO and Co-Founder of TeamLease Regtech, India’s leading Regulatory SAAS company. His company helps India Inc navigate the complexity of the country’s regulatory ecosystem and stay on the right side of the law. He is envisioning Compliance 2.0, a paperless, presenceless and cashless ecosystem for digital India. Rishi works closely with Union and state governments in India to...