Real Life SuperpowersLiron Azrielant: "Wanting to be a founder or wanting to be a startup is like wanting to be a celebrity."
Real Life Superpowers
Liron Azrielant: "Wanting to be a founder or wanting to be a startup is like wanting to be a celebrity."
In a conversation with Noa Eshed and Ronen Menipaz on the podcast Real Life Superpowers, Founding Managing Partner at Meron Capital Liron Azrielant speaks about resilience and investment strategies in challenging times.
"Wanting to be a founder or want to be a startup is like wanting to be a celebrity," said Liron Azrielant, Founding Managing Partner at Meron Capital on the Real Life Superpowers Podcast. "It doesn't make sense in a vacuum: you should want to play the piano really, really well, and hopefully, you'll become famous in it. You should want to be a singer. Just wanting to be famous, Kim Kardashian is that... but it's a little bit of the wrong looking at it from the wrong side."
In this episode, Ronen and Noa speak with Liron Azrielant, a Founding Managing Partner at Meron Capital - a VC at the forefront of investing in technology companies in Israel.
Her track record speaks volumes as she's led investments in tech successes such as Loom Systems, Clear Genetics, Testim, and many others which were subsequently acquired.
Before her venture capital career, she honed her skills as a Strategy and M&A consultant at top-tier firms like Bain & Co. and PwC's PE group in New York. She’s also a fellow of the Kauffman Fellowship, a highly sought-after two-year program for leading venture capitalists.
Topics discussed:
- Entrepreneurship and mental preparation during turbulent times
- Resilience, and investment strategies in challenging times
- Motivation, and Career Paths
- Focusing on solving a specific problem, rather than pursuing fame or money
- Developing a business partnership language to argue passionately but constructively
- Building skills through practice and repetition
- And much more...
Enjoy your listen!
Noa Eshed: recognized as a thought leader by the Daily Telegraph. Her book "The Smart Marketer's Guide to Google Adwords” was an Amazon no.1 bestseller. Her digital marketing agency Bold Digital Architects has acclaimed several industry awards. She previously co-founded and distributed Israel’s only national magazine for students, and is a certified lawyer (Hebrew U grad) and journalist.
Ronen Menipaz: an Israeli investor, entrepreneur, tech advisor, and founder of numerous business ventures in the entertainment, adtech, and fintech space. During his 25 years of entrepreneurial experience, Ronen has been involved with over 100 startups in Israel, 30 of which he founded or co-founded. Two of those startups went public, while five were sold and four more are currently privately profitable companies.
