20-Minute Leaders

20 stories about 20-Minute Leaders
Assaf Wand Hippo

"To attract the right talent, you need to let go and let them run their own stuff and not intervene"

22.04.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by Hippo CEO and co-founder Assaf Wand, who shares what it means to bring innovation to an otherwise lagging industry
Ben Casnocha Village Global

“I’m a huge believer in staying adaptive, staying flexible, and being opportunistic as things arise”

20.04.21|CTech
Michael Matias talks to Ben Casnocha, co-founder of Village Global, about his varied career and how his addiction to impact has become his drive to change the world
Alon Halevy

“It is crucial to social networks to keep the content on the network safe for the users ... doing this manually is impossible”

18.04.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by Facebook AI’s Alon Halevy, who shares the difficulties of balancing a user’s safety while maintaining one’s freedom of speech
Rom Eliaz

“I felt that all my life, I really wanted to help society and to help people”

15.04.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by Rom Eliaz, who shares how he encourages young entrepreneurs to venture outside their comfort zones
Nimrod Cohen

“I really believe that most of the things that happen to us in life happen by coincidence”

13.04.21|CTech
Despite achieving success in sports and entrepreneurship, TAU Ventures’ Nimrod Cohen joins Michael Matias to discuss what he thinks it all comes down to: coincidence
Rina Vernovskaya

“I love challenges, I love problems, and I love competing.”

11.04.21|CTech
Speaking with Michael Matias for 20-Minute Leaders, 280 Group CEO Rina Vernovskaya shares that demand for product management and the growing role of product managers is outpacing supply
Alon Alroy Bizzabo

“We were very passionate about doing something related to connecting people at events.”

08.04.21|CTech
Bizzabo's Alon Alroy joins Michael Matias on 20-Minute Leaders to advise entrepreneurs to stay agile, open minded, and optimistic when overcoming their own challenges
Anique Drumright

“In terms of great product management, I think it comes down to curiosity, leadership, and execution.”

06.04.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by Loom's VP of product, Anique Drumright, who discusses how being a classroom teacher is similar to being a tech executive
Slavik Markovich small

“Get enough in your war chest to make sure that you can execute through the bad times as well.”

04.04.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by Slavik Markovich, co-founder of Sentrigo and Demisto, who discusses his impact on the cybersecurity industry
Eran Sandhaus Copia Growth small

“While we go through this very difficult period, let’s think about what we can create, what we can envision.”

01.04.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by Eran Sandhaus, who emphasizes how entrepreneurs should feel proud of the steps they take to make the world a better place
Rona Segev

“I think that happy entrepreneurs are better entrepreneurs, and I really like the entrepreneurs I invest in"

30.03.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by TLV Partners' Rona Segev to learn how entrepreneurs sometimes need to step away from negotiation tables to create strong, trusting relationships
Larry Diamond

“We need to be proactive, to seek out multiple sources of information, and to check and verify the information we’re getting”

29.03.21|CTech
Michael Matias is joined by Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, to discuss the idea of liberal democracy and freedom of information
Aliza Peleg

“Vision without execution is actually not going to be a great way to succeed.”

23.03.21|CTech
Aliza Peleg, who helped found Better Place, speaks to Michael Matias and shares her insights as a board member for several companies
Yali Saar

“There's no reason to wait for anything; you can always do the things that you want to do”

21.03.21|CTech
Tailor Brands co-founder Yali Saar talk to Michael Matias about the 'try, fail, repeat' method of entrepreneurship
Eilon Reshef

“If you hire smart people, you don’t have to do that much because other people do the smart things"

18.03.21|CTech
Gong.io co-founder Eilon Reshef talks to Michael Matias about becoming the platform that sales teams "can't live without"
Eyal Lifshitz

“I didn’t know I wanted to be an entrepreneur up until I started BlueVine"

16.03.21|CTech
Eyal Lifshitz joins Michael Matias for 20-Minute Leaders on CTech to share stories about his journey into entrepreneurship and small business banking
Laura Lauder

“I think one of the most important elements for all of us is balance”

14.03.21|CTech
Philanthropist Laura Lauder joins Michael Matias for CTech's 20-Minute Leaders to discuss social good, Judaism, and how to balance our lives
Amir Shevat

“I don’t want to find people who are at my level. I want to raise the bar"

11.03.21|CTech
Amir Shevat, CPO and co-founder at Reshuffle, talks to Michael Matias about his career shift from product manager to investor
Gil Dibner

"It is almost easier to raise money with nothing than with something"

09.03.21|CTech
Gil Dibner, founder and general partner at Angular Ventures talks to Michael Matias a and shares advice on how best to manage relationships with entrepreneurs
Cindy Gallop

“I talk about Make Love Not Porn as my attempt to bring about world peace, and I’m not joking"

07.03.21|CTech
Cindy Gallop, founder and CEO of makelovenotporn.com talks to Michael Matias about how to change perceptions of consent by showing people what it looks like