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20-Minute Leaders

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Amnon Bar-Lev Alike.Health

“There's no other way than through hard work. But the rewards at the end are amazing.”

Bar-Lev is the co-founder and CEO of Alike.Health, which is building a social network that uses clinical data to help patients find others who are similar to them

Tamara Riseup 20

“The financial system is not incentivized to help us build assets.”

Financial systems are complex and many products are designed to make banks money rather than help people build assets, says Tamara Harel-Cohen, CGO and Co-Founder of RiseUp.

Yael Fainaro Synamedia 20

“Content owners want a direct relationship with the consumers.”

There is an ecosystem of people who helped create online content and are counting on revenues, reminds Yael Fainaro, CEO of the Israeli R&D Center and SVP security at Synamedia

“Startups aren't leveraging this amazing asset: board members.”

Communication is vital to the relationship between CEOs and board members, say panelists with a lot of experience with startups and VCs.

Or Haviv Arieli Capital 20

“Entrepreneurs should spend a lot of time thinking if they are in the right ecosystem.”

One aspect of startups that tends to get less attention is where they are located and the ecosystem around them, says Or Haviv, managing partner at Arieli Capital.

Avishay Bransky PixCell Medical 20

“Very few people start from a raw discovery and eventually reach a functioning product.”

An accidental discovery in his blood cell research was a remarkable find for Avishay Bransky, co-founder and CEO of PixCell Medical.

Guy Franklin 20

“The ecosystem already existed; I just connected it.”

What began as a weekend hobby has turned into a thriving business for Guy Franklin, founder and general partner at Israeli Mapped in New York.

Micha Breakstone NeuraLight 20

“We want to hire people that make us an integral part of their life.”

When Micha Breakstone and his co-founder were building NeuraLight, they knew how important it was to set the company’s values first.

Taly Nechushtan InnovoPro 20

“Processed food doesn't have to be bad. Right now, it's not that good.”

Chickpea products are the third generation of plant-based protein that will improve on the previous options, says Taly Nechushtan, CEO of InnovoPro.

Moran Leshem Bar, vice president of global operations at Semperis.

"Entrepreneurship is taking risks and doing stuff because it feels right."

Embracing opportunities is a theme of Moran Leshem Bar’s career, which she says is more a result of accident than choice.

Yotam Hod Gynica 20

“Cannabis and women’s health have each been neglected for many, many years.”

Not everyone is willing to tackle one taboo subject in their work, but CEO and co-founder of Gynica, Yotam Hod, is combining two often stigmatized and neglected topics: cannabis and women’s health.

Yochay Ettun Cnvrg.io 20

“My job as a CEO is evolving every quarter.”

Yochay Ettun, co-founder and CEO of Cnvrg.io, talks to Michael Matias about his journey from developer, founder, to being bought by Intel.

Ziv Binyamini Foretellix 20

“We have the most critical ingredient to make autonomous systems safe and efficient.”

Valuing the knowledge you bring to an industry or role is important, shares Ziv Binyamini, CEO of Foretellix

Miriam Mark Compete 20

“You can be a CRO and be a mom. I'm proud of it.”

The most important aspect of sales is listening to the customer, says Miriam Mark, CRO at Compete.

Edo Yahav SafeBreach 20

“We try to think as hackers do in order to assess the completeness of your security solution.”

Computers have fascinated Edo Yahav, vice president of R&D and general manager Israel at SafeBreach, since he was in middle school.

Amalia Adler-Waxman Teva Pharmaceuticals 20

“You have to walk the talk and have proof for everything that you say.”

Now vice president of Environmental, Social and Governance at Teva Pharmaceuticals, Amalia Adler-Waxman says that doing good requires being conscious and strategic

Tal Cohen Drive TLV 20

“I'm just curious, and I like to be part of disruption.”

For Tal Cohen, founding partner of both Drive TLV and Next Gear Ventures, the fascinating part of the automotive industry is being involved in the current changes and disruption

Leor Ben-Yakov Mitsubishi Corporation 20

“We are really the advocates for the Israeli ecosystem within this very broad corporate world.”

Leor Ben-Yakov, now chief innovation officer and head of partnerships and ventures at Mitsubishi Corporation, Israel, advises startups looking to work with corporations to be resilient and prepare for rejection

Ofir Chakon Datagen 20

“Our DNA is implanted so deeply in the culture that other people live and breathe the values we started with.”

Even in childhood, Ofir Chakon, CEO and co-founder of Datagen, loved making sure the things he built benefited someone

Ron Gonen Closed Loop Partners 20

“The most efficient economy is a circular one where you're continually reusing materials.”

Sustainability and impact were not hot topics when Ron Gonen, founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, was in high school, but he knew that was the field he wanted to be in.

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