Interview

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Zack Rinat

"Values are something that you need to ingrain in everything that you do in the company"

19.01.21|CTech
Dream, Align, Respect, and Excel: serial founder Zack Rinat talks to Michael Matias about the core values he lives and works by
Gigi Levy Weiss

"The core of every business’s success is love, passion, and care"

17.01.21|CTech
NFX founding partner Gigi Levy Weiss talks to Michael Matias about the significance of people to a business' prosperity
Yoav Sharon Joytunes

For JoyTunes, if music be the food of lockdowns, play on

17.01.21|James Spiro
When entire households were sent into lockdown due to Covid-19, JoyTunes saw an explosion in downloads for their music learning apps for the whole family
Taly Dunevich

“My first rule, even for myself, is follow your heart”

14.01.21|CTech
Taly Dunevich, VP of strategic partnerships and alliances at Ayehu Software and Tech, talks to Michael Matias about what it takes to build mutually beneficial relationships
Dovi Frances

"I think that the only answer at times of uncertainty is: do you have a fundamental belief that tomorrow will be better?"

12.01.21|CTech
Group 11 founding partner Dovi Frances talks to Michael Matias about what it means to have a winner’s mentality and the losses it sometimes takes to get there
Liat Aaronson

"Entrepreneurship is not about sitting around with a laptop and thinking about ideas; it's about understanding risks and downside"

10.01.21|CTech
Horizen Labs co-founder Liat Aaronson speaks to Michael Matias about her career-spanning love affair with entrepreneurship, from the sidelines and into the fray
עוז אלון מנכ"ל האניבוק HoneyBook

“2020 was the year we learned how to take risks”

05.01.21|Meir Orbach
HoneyBook’s co-founder and CEO talks about how his company that provides financial services to small businesses managed to thrive despite the blow of Covid-19
סיטק עם רון פרידמן Michael Matias creator of 20MinuteLeaders

Introducing 20-Minute Leaders, a new video series on CTech

31.12.20|CTech
Israeli-born entrepreneur Michael Matias tells about his passion for learning and how it led to an impressive Covid-19 era project
Anat Binur 20MinuteLeaders

“Sometimes you just have to take the risk and move forward and know that you're not just picking one path”

31.12.20|CTech
Anat Binur, the co-founder of Ukko and MEET, talks to Michael Matias about her path from investor to entrepreneur and the excitement of taking on the world's biggest challenges
Jeff Epstein 20MinuteLeaders

"My job as a board member is to ask questions and tell stories”

31.12.20|CTech
Veteran CFO and serial board member Jeff Epstein talks to Michael Matias about the importance of boiling matters down to a single key question and other insights from his 40-year career
Efrat Dagan 20MinuteLeaders

"The earliest employees’ contribution is very dramatic, so you want to make sure that the people who join you early are really, really good”

31.12.20|CTech
Talent acquisition expert Efrat Dagan offers Michael Matias her perspective on the changes that the human capital market has experienced over the last 20 years
Ron Diamant 20MinuteLeaders

"You acquire more experience if you’re willing to get out of your comfort zone"

31.12.20|CTech
Ron Diamant, a Principal Engineer & Lead Architect at AWS talks to Michael Matias about the differences between working at a startup and an established company and offers insights for budding entrepreneurs
אורי לוין יזם מייסד ווייז

"Google's acquisition of Waze gave birth to 50 other Israeli unicorns"

31.12.20|Sophie Shulman
Israel currently boasts around 10% of the world's unicorns and Waze founder and serial entrepreneur Uri Levine believes Waze has a lot to do with that
Steve Krawczyk 20MinuteLeaders

"When you're an entrepreneur, you're always on display. You're always performing, and you're always questioning how the audience is receiving you"

31.12.20|CTech
Silicon Valley investor Steve Krawczyk talks to Michael Matias about the importance of grabbing opportunities, how patents play out in the pharma industry, and his role as an “emotional support angel”
Ilan Frank 20MinuteLeaders

"It used to be that decisions were made at the top and then those orders came down. But that's almost reversed"

31.12.20|CTech
Ilan Frank, VP of product at Slack speaks with Michael Matias about how to increase productivity and have fun while doing it
Jacob Shulman  20MinuteLeaders

“Always be frugal. Don't throw away money when you don't need to, because markets are volatile”

31.12.20|CTech
Jacob Shulman, the CFO of JFrog and Mellanox, talks to Michael Matias about what it’s like to see his companies' revenues balloon
Meagen Eisenberg 20MinuteLeaders

"People think marketing is just events and billboards, it's not. It's actually a mix of art and science”

31.12.20|CTech
Meagen Eisenberg, CMO of TripActions talks to Michael Matias about the three things she focuses on when entering a new company
Yaron Yaniv 20MinuteLeaders

“I’m sitting right in the junction between engineering, business, and product and that’s my sweet spot”

31.12.20|CTech
Yaron Yaniv from the Silicon Valley Bank talks to Michael Matias about the digitalization and automation trend that’s taking over the banking sector and the challenges of finding solutions for tech companies of all sizes
ניר זוהר נשיא וויקס  WIX

“Forget about selling, that’s bullshit. You can build multi-billion dollar companies in Israel”

28.12.20|CTech
WIX President Nir Zohar speaks about his company’s phenomenal year and shares his thoughts on remote work
רונית אטד מנכ"לית מיקרוסופט ישראל כנס מיקרוסופט פיננסים

“We are witnessing a digital acceleration in nearly every aspect of life”

23.12.20|Hagar Ravet
Rapid digitalization, reliance on clouds, work from home, and cyberattacks: Ronit Atad sums up her bizarre first year running Microsoft Israel