Bootstrap

Wow, crazy great episode this week!  We literally thought of a hilarious startup idea, and Guy ran it through an AI deck generator, and before you know it Sky Jumpers was born. Sky Jumpers- parachutes for drones. We also lost the first attempt at this episode, so it is sloppy seconds... Technically.  But still, enjoy :) Guy also got Dall-E access, so hilarity ensued. Shout outs for the week: - Hil...

Shark tank-like pitches are the worst, right?  Well, Hillel doesn't agree, but you might think otherwise. Unfortunately, there are more layoffs hitting the Israeli tech scene.  And we spoke a lot about where Facebook should be taking big blue and Instagram.  Product managers will both love this and be triggered. Shout outs! Hillel: Pitaka Itamar: Israeli consumers loving electric cars too muc...

Back with a vengeance!  A lot of iOS 16 public beta talk, tbh.  It's momentous- you gotta love summer iOS betas. Then of course we reviewed a few restaurants.  Deal with it.  Was a fun episode this week- enjoy! BYEEEEEE -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootstrappo...

What a hurricane of an episode!  We talked about drones, TikTok, autocorrect, restaurants, the recession,  cars,  intermittent fasting, nuclear submarines... (I may have made that last one up 😁) and more!  We were all over the place, try to keep up. Enjoy! BYEEEEEE -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedbac...

Guy has COVID.  Itamar calls out Netta.  Hillel is getting Crystal Lite.  A ball was had by all. We got some listener feedback calling one of our episode "semi unhinged".  BADGE OF HONOUR. Ok, so what did we chat about this week? The slap! (Of course) Bank Leumi supports crypto https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h11zqj6zc   Amazon starting drone delivery. https://www.business...

Itamar is back from the States... did he get the powder Hillel asked for... ? You'll never believe why 🤣 We spoke about: Apple planning an iPhone subscription service - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-24/apple-is-working-on-a-hardware-subscription-service-for-iphones   Elon musk tweeting about the need to replace Twitter https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507777913042571267...

Bootstrap went global!  Well, not completely, but some of us were traveling.  And it was a relatively slow tech news week, so the guys played a game that Guy prepared! And we got to hear about Hillel's latest obsession, as well as some hilarious travel related stories. This one was fun.  Trust me. Shout-outs and stuff we referenced: Family Guy: Invention of Reeses - https://www.youtube.com/wa...

It seems like the world is preoccupied with the more wheels vs doors debate, so we step in and help settle that. But what else is going on?  Well, the boys took a two week hiatus, so Hillel could travel, get pedicures, etc.  The man needed some TREAT Yo' SELF time. But we also spoke about: TikTok expands maximum video length to 10 minutes https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/28/tiktok-expands-max-v...

"I don't know anything about Peloton or fitness AND I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT" -Hillel Ok, so maybe that's not an exact quote, but it covers the spirit of what he said.  But guess what? Peloton was in the news and we talked about as best we could :)  What else did we chat about this week?  Spotify is acquiring two major podcast tech platforms https://www.theverge.com/202...

It was another hostful week!  Full cast :) We finally weighed in on the Spotify/Rogan thing.  It has been festering for weeks, so we couldn't ignore it any longer.  And we finally got some local startup product news in there too!  This week's news: We finally talked about the whole Joe Rogan and Spotify thing https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/07/spotify-will-invest-100m-in-content-from-unde...

Are you recovering from your whiplash from last week's episode?  Have no fear, Itamar is back, ba-by! And he finally tried Wordle, and his first score is the name of this episode, so it's now cemented in history.  Have you tried Wordle yet? It's great fun. This week's news: NYT bought Wordle! https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/31/popular-puzzle-game-wordle-is-being-purchased-by-the...

Itamar had a last minute emergency, but the show must go on! So it's a Guy-Hillel-full episode. We jumped right into it, straight-up tech-talk. Oh and we should have probably named this episode something about the answer to life, the universe, and everything (but we didn't 🤷‍♂️). Enjoy! BYEEEEEE -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bo...

41! This is the George H W Bush episode. You came to hear us talk about tech.  That's exactly what you're gonna get.  But the best nugget has to be how expensive Hillel's drone is.  Seriously.  WTF.   How much is it?  You gotta listen to find out :)  And this week's news: Calcalist report of NSO's Pegasus in use by Israel police https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/...

EPISODE FORTY!!! We upped it up.  A whole extra notch!   Sometimes we play games as a segment of the show, but this time, the entire episode is a game!  We played the "Hillel Secret Word Game", where Guy and Itamar had to compete to get Hillel to say certain tech buzzwords.  What were the words?  Who won?  You'll have to listen to find out... Stripe Opens Operations in Israel! https...

First Bootstrap pod of 2022! And we were off to a great start! First of all, #freeItamar .  Listen and you'll get it. Second, we found out that Hillel can eat a 1.2kg steak in one sitting.  But most importantly, we chatted about tech news!  Cafe Landver NFT's, Israel's First Digital Bank gets a new name before launch (and oh boy did we go on a tangent on this one), RIP Blackberry, a...

We did it! Year 1 of the Bootstrap Podcast in the bag.  #nailedit So what did we talk about this week? Survey of US internet users: 72% distrust Facebook, 63% TikTok, 60% Instagram, 53% WhatsApp, and 53% YouTube. Related: TikTok.com was the most popular domain globally between August and December 2021, after passing Google. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/22/tech-trust-survey/  ...

It was a hostful -Hillel this week, but we kept on going and managed to stay on the rails (sorry fans of going off-rails...)  We're deep in winter now, but there's still a lot going on in the tech world! We talked about:  Movie theaters are breaking records despite Omicron, thanks to Spiderman:No Way Home https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/17/22843051/movie-theaters-spider-man-no-way-home-...

WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 18 X 2!  But barely...  You see, we experienced yet another equipment failure.  Including the backup system 🤦🤦🤦.  And we lost the original Episode 36.  So technically this is 36b.  Yeah- this episode is late, and the news old...  But we had to post it anyway!  And have no fear, a fresh episode 37 is coming very soon :) And we mostly just talked about the original episode 3...

We thought it would be a slower news week thanks to Thanksgiving, but it turned out to be a regular-length episode!  We played a game, we talked about Apple's upcoming AR headset, Adele + Spotify, and how Tile (RIP) was acquired and murdered by AirTags. And Itamar aired some *slight* frustration, but you'll have to listen... Our shout-outs for the week: Hillel: iPhone text replacements h...

♫ Nothing last forever, even cold November brain... ♫ It's November, so that means all 3 of your favourite hosts have birthdays this month!  But sometimes those birthdays are responsible for missed episode weeks.  We apologize for that... But it was a great episode this week!  Guy prepared a "guess the stock ticker" game (yup, and yet it was fun), and we talked a lot about the Metav...

ALL THE BOYS ARE BACK! And we took out a billboard on the Ayalon to celebrate!  Just kidding, but that's what everyone else seems to be doing... What did we talk about? Elon's tax tweet of course.  Our friends at Neuralight raised a $5.5M round . And we heard all about Hillel's trip to Gran Canaria! (tl;dr nothing to eat, super nice place.).  And we discussed corporate theme songs....

WE'RE BAAAA-AAAAACK!! Yes, it has been a long two weeks off, but we're happy to be back! (Well, for those of us who are back :) Hillel needed to travel, but we don't hold that against him.  We're excited to hear all about it next week! But in the meantime, holy s*&t there was a lot in the news.  We talked about: Facebook rebranding to "Meta" Sequoia Capital blowin...

HILLEL DOESN'T KNOW WHO NORM MACDONALD IS AND WE ARE NOT OK WITH THAT But we also talked about international corporate tax law treaties.  And everyone moving to Texas.  And Instagram video. And our shout-outs for the week: Hillel:  LinkedIn creator status (psshhhhhhh) Guy: Photoshop Content Aware Fill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge9jsJZ3lA0   Itamar: Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gos...

EPISODE 30!! And Hillel's back!   People are excited about that, and we played the voicemail to prove it.   And our shout-outs for the week: Hillel:  iPhone 13 Pro Max's macro photography Guy: No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram https://www.amazon.com/No-Filter-Inside-Story-Instagram/dp/1982126809   Itamar: OOO by mmhmm on iOS! https://www.mmhmm.app/blog/introducing-ooo-the-mmhmm-io...

This was a hostful but also a Fuld-less episode.  Sorry Hillel, we miss you! Don't we look fabulous in the episode cover?  That's right, in honour of Lightricks' newest round of funding, we facetuned the s**t out of ourselves!   We also talked about: Apple's iPhone event!  New iPhone 13's, new iPads, and more. How to pronounce Giphy (super relevant and important) https://w...