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מוסף שבועי 22.11.19 רוברט קנדי ג'וניור

Pollution Violates the Public’s Property Rights, Says Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

05.12.19|Amir Kurz
Kennedy, a lawyer and environmental activist whose controversial views on vaccines and his own father’s assassination often raise eyebrows, spoke to Calcalist during a recent visit to Israel
אל"מ י' הפורש יחידה 9900 אמ"ן

Investment in Civil Development Helps Push the Military Forward, Says Israeli Colonel

02.12.19|Omer Kabir
Colonel Y, the exiting head of the Israeli military’s visual intelligence unit 9900, spoke to Calcalist about the intersectionality between the private sector and military operations
מוסף שבועי 28.11.19 דוד קליין

Stanley Fischer Got the Bank of Israel Addicted to Dollars, Says Former Bank Gov

01.12.19|Diana Bahur-Nir and Adrian Filut
David Klein, who served as the bank’s governor in 2000-2005, has plenty to say about the bank’s interference with the foreign currency exchange market, about its immense foreign currency reserves, and about the decision to keep the interest rate low
מוסף שבועי 28.11.19 ניר צוק מנכל חברת פלאו אלדו ישראלי לשעבר

Facebook Ruined Democracy, Says Palo Alto’s Nir Zuk

28.11.19|Sophie Shulman
In the race between two of the world’s most dominant cybersecurity companies, Palo Alto may have pulled ahead, but Check Point still looms in the rear view mirror
ארנה רביניביץ' עיני

75% of Lawsuits Will be Handled Online Within a Decade, Says Law Professor

27.10.19|Roni Dori
Orna Rabinovich-Einy is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa, focusing on online dispute resolution (ODR), which employs algorithms to solve civil disputes
ד”ר מריאלה אלפונסו עוסקת ב תיכנון ערים

Pedestrians Are Good for Business, Says Founder of City Planning Startup

20.10.19|Nimrod Busso
Mariela Alfonzo’s company, State of Place, develops software that analyzes how friendly a given environment is for pedestrians and calculates the costs of plans to improve walkability against their potential financial benefits
אורן זאב 1

To Reach Unicorn Status, Some Companies Make Great Compromises, Says Oren Zeev

04.10.19|Meir Orbach
In an interview with Calcalist, leading angel investor Oren Zeev talks about his investment approach and the end of the extreme valuations bubble
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים 11.5.16 אדם סינגולדה טבולה

The Merged Taboola-Outbrain Wants to Take on Facebook and Google

03.10.19|Meir Orbach
The industry’s two largest content distribution companies have announced a merger agreement Thursday
מגזין 100 המשפיעים 24.9.19 אייל ולדמן

A Public Company Owes it to its Shareholders to Consider all Options, Says Mellanox CEO

29.09.19|Meir Orbach and Diana Bahur-Nir
Mellanox co-founder and CEO Eyal Waldman spoke to Calcalist about the Nvidia deal, the struggle with activist hedge fund Starboard, and his business philosophy
פרופ' דן אריאלי

A Corrupt Leader Creates a Corrupt People, Says Dan Ariely

23.09.19|Yoghev Karmel
Bestselling author, behavioral economist, and entrepreneur Dan Ariely explains in an interview with Calcalist how corruption spreads and why even exposure to it can cause people to become unethical themselves
 מנכ"ל גרופ DSP עופר אליקים

DSP’s Chips Help Alexa Home In on Your Voice

26.08.19|Hezi Sternlicht
DSP has had to reinvent itself several times since its 1994 Nasdaq IPO, but today the company’s advanced voice recognition chips are installed in devices used by Amazon, Samsung, Google, Baidu, and Alibaba
ליעוז עמר מייסד ומנכ"ל Travaxy כנס תיירות 2019

Traveling Is Hard, Traveling With a Disability Is Harder, Says Accessible Tourism Startup CEO

25.08.19|Amir Kurz
Israel-based Travaxy offers an online service that lets people with various disabilities book flights, hotels, and even wheelchairs, crutches, and other mobility aids that will wait for them at their destinations
רים יונס מייסדת חברת הטכנולוגיה הרפואית אלפא אומגה

The Arab Minority in Israel Is in Despair, Says Alpha Omega Founder

15.08.19|Eti Aflalo
Reem Younis and her husband Imad co-founded the medical equipment company in 1993 and currently employ about 100 people in Nazareth, Israel’s largest Arab city
שלמה קרמר ממיסדי צ'ק פוינט אימפרבה קאטו נטוורקס

An Entrepreneur Is Like a Professional Basketball Player, Says Serial Entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer

05.08.19|Maayan Manela
Kramer, who previously co-founded firewall pioneer Check Point, cybersecurity company Imperva, and anti-fraud company Trusteer, is the co-founder and CEO of Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company Cato Networks
מוסף שבועי 25.7.19 תקציר מנהלים פרופ' דנוטה וסרמן

Suicide Is a Tendency, Not a Destiny, Says Suicide Researcher

02.08.19|Keren Tzuriel Harari
Danuta Wasserman, who is a professor of psychiatry and suicidology at Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute and the founder and head of the national Swedish suicide research and prevention center, spoke to Calcalist during a recent visit to Israel
ירון צהרי מנכ"ל מדטרוניק ישראל

The Medical Market Should Focus on Value, Not Price, Says Medtronic Exec

25.07.19|Tzally Greenberg
Medtronic Israel country director Yaron Itzhari, who scouts the Israeli startup scene for potential acquisitions and investments, talked with Calcalist about the company’s acquisition strategy, its special focus on Israel, and the current and future trends in the medtech industry
מאט בריטין גוגל

Google Wants In on 6,000 Israeli Startups Within the Next 3 Years, Says Exec

24.07.19|Elihay Vidal
Matthew John Brittin, Google’s president of business and operations, EMEA, spoke with Calcalist about the company’s role in Israel’s tech ecosystem, navigating regulation, and future plans
מוסף שבועי 18.7.19 ד"ר שחר ברבש

Paving the Way to Alzheimer’s Cure, One Algorithm at a Time

19.07.19|Tzipi Smilovitz
Israeli scientist Shahar Barbash is making waves in the pharmaceutical world with a new approach to image analysis that has even chemistry Nobel laureate Michael Levitt on board
אנטואן בורדס מדען AI הראשי של פייסבוק

Companies Must Invest in Research Unrelated to Their Product, Says Facebook Exec

19.07.19|Omer Kabir
With a PhD in machine learning, 36-year-old Antoine Bordes joined Facebook in 2014 after several years as a scholar
אייל מנור Google  גוגל Cloud

Credibility Is the Most Crucial Quality for Cloud Services, Says Google Cloud Executive

17.07.19|Omer Kabir
Eyal Manor joined Google in 2007 and has previously worked on an array of products including YouTube and Google Ads, before transferring to the company’s cloud division in 2016