Invested by Aleph en How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of technology on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization. Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner of Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6ec55f48-95f3-11ee-bc3c-d3e01dddf642/image/Invested_spotify.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Invested by Aleph no episodic Michael Eisenberg How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of technology on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization. Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner of Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of technology on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization. Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner of Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands.

]]> Michael Eisenberg invested@aleph.vc Amir Fischer, Teen Venture Capitalist, on Raising $2M, Cold-Emailing Billionaires, and Why His Generation May Have the Most Agency Ever On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Amir Fischer, a 16-year-old investor, podcaster, and emerging venture capitalist who is building an entirely new investing thesis: teenagers backing teenagers. In this sharp and unconventional conversation, Amir explains how he started investing in public markets at age 10, built a $15,000-a-month ad agency at 14, cold-emailed 3,000 financial titans to launch his podcast, and raised a $2 million venture fund - legally set up in his mother’s name - to back the most exceptional teenage founders in the world. Michael and Amir explore what makes this generation different: growing up with the internet, adapting early to AI, and developing leverage far earlier than previous generations ever could. They also debate whether school is still the best use of time for ambitious young builders, why maturity matters more than intelligence, and how short-form content and algorithms are creating a “Great Bifurcation” between high-agency and low-agency people. They discuss: Why teenagers may be the most overlooked investment category in the world How Amir landed guests like Steve Cohen through relentless persistence Why some of the most talented teens are already working in crypto, AI, and trading The dangers of algorithm-driven short-form content How access to information is reshaping ambition, learning, and opportunity Where elite teenage founders actually come from Why Amir sees himself as a “kingmaker” for his generation Amir also reflects on identity, conviction, and the fear of mediocrity - and why young people should use their age as an advantage, not a limitation. Amir Fischer is the founder of Noar Ventures, a venture fund focused on investing in exceptional teenage founders, and the host of Generating Alpha, where he has interviewed some of the most prominent investors in the world. If you want to understand where the next generation of founders, investors, and capital allocators is coming from, this episode is essential viewing. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 01:55 - Why Invest Only in Teenagers 03:22 - Maturity Matters More Than Intelligence 06:16 - The Teen Who Made $100M 07:15 - Dylan Field Said Drop Out 08:01 - Is School a Waste of Time? 09:43 - Use Your Age as a Weapon 11:33 - Teen Talent Stories Are Insane 16:00 - Started Investing at Age 10 17:56 - Built a $15K/Month Agency 19:30 - Cold Emailed 3,000 Billionaires 20:25 - How Persistence Landed Steve Cohen 24:02 - YouTube, AI, and High Agency 26:36 - The Great Bifurcation Is Coming 28:03 - Why Short-Form Content Is Dangerous 30:57 - Why Teen Founders Should Choose Amir 35:06 - Sometimes the Best Advice Is None 36:16 - Biggest Mistake: Moving Too Fast 41:20 - Why He Wants to Be Kingmaker 44:12 - Why More Jews Must Speak Up 46:47 - What Happens When Amir Ages Out 47:11 - Why This Generation Is Different 51:00 - What Being 16 Still Can’t Do 52:24 - Where He Finds Exceptional Teenagers 55:01 - The Secret Teen Networks Online 56:58 - Core Value: Be Genuine RESOURCES Follow Amir on X: https://x.com/AmirF15336  Subscribe to Generating Alpha Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@generatingalphapodcast  Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg Design: Nimrod Sapir Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:14:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Amir Fischer, a 16-year-old investor, podcaster, and emerging venture capitalist who is building an entirely new investing thesis: teenagers backing teenagers. In this sharp and unconventional conversation, Amir explains how he started investing in public markets at age 10, built a $15,000-a-month ad agency at 14, cold-emailed 3,000 financial titans to launch his podcast, and raised a $2 million venture fund - legally set up in his mother’s name - to back the most exceptional teenage founders in the world. Michael and Amir explore what makes this generation different: growing up with the internet, adapting early to AI, and developing leverage far earlier than previous generations ever could. They also debate whether school is still the best use of time for ambitious young builders, why maturity matters more than intelligence, and how short-form content and algorithms are creating a “Great Bifurcation” between high-agency and low-agency people. They discuss: Why teenagers may be the most overlooked investment category in the world How Amir landed guests like Steve Cohen through relentless persistence Why some of the most talented teens are already working in crypto, AI, and trading The dangers of algorithm-driven short-form content How access to information is reshaping ambition, learning, and opportunity Where elite teenage founders actually come from Why Amir sees himself as a “kingmaker” for his generation Amir also reflects on identity, conviction, and the fear of mediocrity - and why young people should use their age as an advantage, not a limitation. Amir Fischer is the founder of Noar Ventures, a venture fund focused on investing in exceptional teenage founders, and the host of Generating Alpha, where he has interviewed some of the most prominent investors in the world. If you want to understand where the next generation of founders, investors, and capital allocators is coming from, this episode is essential viewing. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 01:55 - Why Invest Only in Teenagers 03:22 - Maturity Matters More Than Intelligence 06:16 - The Teen Who Made $100M 07:15 - Dylan Field Said Drop Out 08:01 - Is School a Waste of Time? 09:43 - Use Your Age as a Weapon 11:33 - Teen Talent Stories Are Insane 16:00 - Started Investing at Age 10 17:56 - Built a $15K/Month Agency 19:30 - Cold Emailed 3,000 Billionaires 20:25 - How Persistence Landed Steve Cohen 24:02 - YouTube, AI, and High Agency 26:36 - The Great Bifurcation Is Coming 28:03 - Why Short-Form Content Is Dangerous 30:57 - Why Teen Founders Should Choose Amir 35:06 - Sometimes the Best Advice Is None 36:16 - Biggest Mistake: Moving Too Fast 41:20 - Why He Wants to Be Kingmaker 44:12 - Why More Jews Must Speak Up 46:47 - What Happens When Amir Ages Out 47:11 - Why This Generation Is Different 51:00 - What Being 16 Still Can’t Do 52:24 - Where He Finds Exceptional Teenagers 55:01 - The Secret Teen Networks Online 56:58 - Core Value: Be Genuine RESOURCES Follow Amir on X: https://x.com/AmirF15336  Subscribe to Generating Alpha Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@generatingalphapodcast  Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg Design: Nimrod Sapir On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Amir Fischer, a 16-year-old investor, podcaster, and emerging venture capitalist who is building an entirely new investing thesis: teenagers backing teenagers.

In this sharp and unconventional conversation, Amir explains how he started investing in public markets at age 10, built a $15,000-a-month ad agency at 14, cold-emailed 3,000 financial titans to launch his podcast, and raised a $2 million venture fund - legally set up in his mother’s name - to back the most exceptional teenage founders in the world.

Michael and Amir explore what makes this generation different: growing up with the internet, adapting early to AI, and developing leverage far earlier than previous generations ever could. They also debate whether school is still the best use of time for ambitious young builders, why maturity matters more than intelligence, and how short-form content and algorithms are creating a “Great Bifurcation” between high-agency and low-agency people.

They discuss:

  • Why teenagers may be the most overlooked investment category in the world

  • How Amir landed guests like Steve Cohen through relentless persistence

  • Why some of the most talented teens are already working in crypto, AI, and trading

  • The dangers of algorithm-driven short-form content

  • How access to information is reshaping ambition, learning, and opportunity

  • Where elite teenage founders actually come from

  • Why Amir sees himself as a “kingmaker” for his generation

Amir also reflects on identity, conviction, and the fear of mediocrity - and why young people should use their age as an advantage, not a limitation.

Amir Fischer is the founder of Noar Ventures, a venture fund focused on investing in exceptional teenage founders, and the host of Generating Alpha, where he has interviewed some of the most prominent investors in the world.

If you want to understand where the next generation of founders, investors, and capital allocators is coming from, this episode is essential viewing.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

01:55 - Why Invest Only in Teenagers

03:22 - Maturity Matters More Than Intelligence

06:16 - The Teen Who Made $100M

07:15 - Dylan Field Said Drop Out

08:01 - Is School a Waste of Time?

09:43 - Use Your Age as a Weapon

11:33 - Teen Talent Stories Are Insane

16:00 - Started Investing at Age 10

17:56 - Built a $15K/Month Agency

19:30 - Cold Emailed 3,000 Billionaires

20:25 - How Persistence Landed Steve Cohen

24:02 - YouTube, AI, and High Agency

26:36 - The Great Bifurcation Is Coming

28:03 - Why Short-Form Content Is Dangerous

30:57 - Why Teen Founders Should Choose Amir

35:06 - Sometimes the Best Advice Is None

36:16 - Biggest Mistake: Moving Too Fast

41:20 - Why He Wants to Be Kingmaker

44:12 - Why More Jews Must Speak Up

46:47 - What Happens When Amir Ages Out

47:11 - Why This Generation Is Different

51:00 - What Being 16 Still Can’t Do

52:24 - Where He Finds Exceptional Teenagers

55:01 - The Secret Teen Networks Online

56:58 - Core Value: Be Genuine


RESOURCES

Follow Amir on X: https://x.com/AmirF15336 

Subscribe to Generating Alpha Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@generatingalphapodcast 

Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20 

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld

Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg

Design: Nimrod Sapir


]]> 3539 Dr. Eli David, Top AI Researcher and Entrepreneur, on Free Speech, Woke AI, and Why We’re so Much Smarter Than Elephants On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Dr. Eli David, a leading AI researcher, entrepreneur, and one of the most outspoken voices in tech today. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael and Eli explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, free speech, geopolitics, and the future of global power. From building and selling AI startups to amassing nearly a million followers on X through unapologetically unfiltered opinions, Eli shares why controversy, not consensus, drives both innovation and influence. They dive deep into the current state of AI - why today’s models are fundamentally inefficient, how “woke” training and RLHF shape model behavior, and why Eli believes the future of AI will come from radically different architectures and massive efficiency gains. The discussion expands into the global AI race, where energy - not algorithms - may determine whether the US or China wins. Beyond technology, the conversation turns sharply into politics and society: censorship vs. free speech, the role of social media as the modern town square, the implications of October 7th on global narratives, and why Eli believes the West is at a critical inflection point. They discuss: How Eli grew from AI researcher to viral X personality Why unfiltered speech outperforms polished narratives The hidden biases inside AI models and training systems Why current AI is powerful - but deeply inefficient China vs. the US in the race for AI dominance Free speech, censorship, and the future of online platforms Israel’s role in the global AI ecosystem and talent war Why startups and controversy share the same DNA Dr. Eli David is a leading AI researcher and entrepreneur who has founded several successful AI-based companies. In 2025, the State of Israel selected Dr. David as a national Torch Lighter at the 77th Independence Day ceremony - one of the country's highest civilian honors - in recognition of his pioneering contributions to AI. If you want to understand where AI is really heading - and why the biggest debates around it are no longer technical but ideological - this is an essential and unfiltered conversation. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 01:30 - From Unknown Founder to X Influencer 02:30 - October 7 Broke My Career - Then Blew It Up 03:30 - Posting War Footage Got Me Cancelled 04:30 - Why Macron Became My Favorite Target 05:30 - AI Humor Still “Too Soft” 06:30 - AI Is Rigged by “Woke” Trainers 08:00 - RLHF = Forced Political Bias 09:30 - Truth-Seeking AI Should Offend You 10:30 - Free Speech Has No Moral Authority 12:30 - Censorship Is Pure Power Struggle 14:00 - “Don’t Like It? Leave the Platform” 16:30 - No One Took Neural Nets Seriously 20:00 - AI Is Powerful - but Fundamentally Stupid 24:30 - China Winning AI Through Energy 28:30 - Experts Kill Innovation – Outsiders Win 33:00 - My Team is Smarter Than I Am 36:30 - Startups Require Delusion and Arrogance 41:30 - Iran Is the Real Global Threat 47:30 - AI Will Destroy SaaS… Eventually 51:00 - Israel Risks Losing AI Talent RESOURCES Follow Eli on X: https://x.com/DrEliDavid  Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Dalit Merenfeld, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg Design: Nimrod Sapir Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:08:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Dr. Eli David, a leading AI researcher, entrepreneur, and one of the most outspoken voices in tech today. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael and Eli explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, free speech, geopolitics, and the future of global power. From building and selling AI startups to amassing nearly a million followers on X through unapologetically unfiltered opinions, Eli shares why controversy, not consensus, drives both innovation and influence. They dive deep into the current state of AI - why today’s models are fundamentally inefficient, how “woke” training and RLHF shape model behavior, and why Eli believes the future of AI will come from radically different architectures and massive efficiency gains. The discussion expands into the global AI race, where energy - not algorithms - may determine whether the US or China wins. Beyond technology, the conversation turns sharply into politics and society: censorship vs. free speech, the role of social media as the modern town square, the implications of October 7th on global narratives, and why Eli believes the West is at a critical inflection point. They discuss: How Eli grew from AI researcher to viral X personality Why unfiltered speech outperforms polished narratives The hidden biases inside AI models and training systems Why current AI is powerful - but deeply inefficient China vs. the US in the race for AI dominance Free speech, censorship, and the future of online platforms Israel’s role in the global AI ecosystem and talent war Why startups and controversy share the same DNA Dr. Eli David is a leading AI researcher and entrepreneur who has founded several successful AI-based companies. In 2025, the State of Israel selected Dr. David as a national Torch Lighter at the 77th Independence Day ceremony - one of the country's highest civilian honors - in recognition of his pioneering contributions to AI. If you want to understand where AI is really heading - and why the biggest debates around it are no longer technical but ideological - this is an essential and unfiltered conversation. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 01:30 - From Unknown Founder to X Influencer 02:30 - October 7 Broke My Career - Then Blew It Up 03:30 - Posting War Footage Got Me Cancelled 04:30 - Why Macron Became My Favorite Target 05:30 - AI Humor Still “Too Soft” 06:30 - AI Is Rigged by “Woke” Trainers 08:00 - RLHF = Forced Political Bias 09:30 - Truth-Seeking AI Should Offend You 10:30 - Free Speech Has No Moral Authority 12:30 - Censorship Is Pure Power Struggle 14:00 - “Don’t Like It? Leave the Platform” 16:30 - No One Took Neural Nets Seriously 20:00 - AI Is Powerful - but Fundamentally Stupid 24:30 - China Winning AI Through Energy 28:30 - Experts Kill Innovation – Outsiders Win 33:00 - My Team is Smarter Than I Am 36:30 - Startups Require Delusion and Arrogance 41:30 - Iran Is the Real Global Threat 47:30 - AI Will Destroy SaaS… Eventually 51:00 - Israel Risks Losing AI Talent RESOURCES Follow Eli on X: https://x.com/DrEliDavid  Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Dalit Merenfeld, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg Design: Nimrod Sapir On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Dr. Eli David, a leading AI researcher, entrepreneur, and one of the most outspoken voices in tech today.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael and Eli explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, free speech, geopolitics, and the future of global power. From building and selling AI startups to amassing nearly a million followers on X through unapologetically unfiltered opinions, Eli shares why controversy, not consensus, drives both innovation and influence.

They dive deep into the current state of AI - why today’s models are fundamentally inefficient, how “woke” training and RLHF shape model behavior, and why Eli believes the future of AI will come from radically different architectures and massive efficiency gains. The discussion expands into the global AI race, where energy - not algorithms - may determine whether the US or China wins.

Beyond technology, the conversation turns sharply into politics and society: censorship vs. free speech, the role of social media as the modern town square, the implications of October 7th on global narratives, and why Eli believes the West is at a critical inflection point.

They discuss:

  • How Eli grew from AI researcher to viral X personality

  • Why unfiltered speech outperforms polished narratives

  • The hidden biases inside AI models and training systems

  • Why current AI is powerful - but deeply inefficient

  • China vs. the US in the race for AI dominance

  • Free speech, censorship, and the future of online platforms

  • Israel’s role in the global AI ecosystem and talent war

  • Why startups and controversy share the same DNA

Dr. Eli David is a leading AI researcher and entrepreneur who has founded several successful AI-based companies. In 2025, the State of Israel selected Dr. David as a national Torch Lighter at the 77th Independence Day ceremony - one of the country's highest civilian honors - in recognition of his pioneering contributions to AI.

If you want to understand where AI is really heading - and why the biggest debates around it are no longer technical but ideological - this is an essential and unfiltered conversation.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

01:30 - From Unknown Founder to X Influencer

02:30 - October 7 Broke My Career - Then Blew It Up

03:30 - Posting War Footage Got Me Cancelled

04:30 - Why Macron Became My Favorite Target

05:30 - AI Humor Still “Too Soft”

06:30 - AI Is Rigged by “Woke” Trainers

08:00 - RLHF = Forced Political Bias

09:30 - Truth-Seeking AI Should Offend You

10:30 - Free Speech Has No Moral Authority

12:30 - Censorship Is Pure Power Struggle

14:00 - “Don’t Like It? Leave the Platform”

16:30 - No One Took Neural Nets Seriously

20:00 - AI Is Powerful - but Fundamentally Stupid

24:30 - China Winning AI Through Energy

28:30 - Experts Kill Innovation – Outsiders Win

33:00 - My Team is Smarter Than I Am

36:30 - Startups Require Delusion and Arrogance

41:30 - Iran Is the Real Global Threat

47:30 - AI Will Destroy SaaS… Eventually

51:00 - Israel Risks Losing AI Talent


RESOURCES

Follow Eli on X: https://x.com/DrEliDavid 

Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20 

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak, Dalit Merenfeld, Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg

Design: Nimrod Sapir

]]> 3435 Ami Daniel, Co-Founder and CEO of Windward, on Global Supply Chain Disruptions, How Much Ransom Costs to Cross the Strait of Hormuz, Global Navies’ Capabilities, and How Long This Whole Thing Will Last On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Ami Daniel, co-founder and CEO of Windward, for a deep dive into one of the most important global trade chokepoints: the Straits of Hormuz. In this urgent conversation, Michael and Ami unpack how the closure and disruption of the Straits of Hormuz could affect the global economy, oil prices, LNG and LPG exports, container shipping, fertilizers, steel, food supply chains, and the future of maritime security. Drawing on Ami’s expertise in maritime AI and naval strategy, he explores why the Strait of Hormuz is far more than an oil story, and why its disruption impacts nearly every country, industry, and consumer in the world. They discuss: Why the Straits of Hormuz matter to global trade How Iran’s actions could reshape shipping routes, energy markets, and maritime logistics The role of naval power, mines, drones, and maritime chokepoints The ripple effects on Europe, Asia, developing markets, and the wider global economy Why this crisis could have lasting implications for inflation, supply chains, and geopolitical stability Ami Daniel is the Co-founder & CEO of Windward, a leading Maritime AI company transforming global trade through predictive intelligence and big data analytics. As a former naval officer, he brings deep maritime expertise and a passion for AI-driven risk management, compliance, and operational optimization. Under his leadership, Windward has pioneered AI solutions for governments, financial institutions, and commercial entities. His insights on maritime AI, sanctions, and supply chain resilience have been featured in major publications, including The New York Times, The Economist, and Financial Times. If you want to understand the intersection of geopolitics, maritime trade, oil markets, shipping intelligence, and global risk, this episode is essential viewing. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:22 - “Not Just Oil” – Everything Is Hit 05:29 - Why Nobody Stopped Iran Earlier 07:40 - Mines, Drones, and Maritime Warfare 09:10 - Can Anyone Actually Reopen Hormuz? 09:20 - $500M Cargo Trips Becoming Normal 10:15 - Suicide Boats vs Global Trade 12:03 - Fuel Shortages Spreading Globally 12:50 - Modern Piracy: Iran’s Cash Playbook 14:30 - Hundreds of Ships Trapped in Gulf 15:40 - “Everything Is Stuck” – Global Supply Shock 19:38 - Why Oil Can’t Be Replaced 21:40 - US Quietly Allows Sanctioned Oil Trade 30:20 - 80% of Iranian Oil Goes to China 41:35 - One Mine Can Shut Global Trade Again RESOURCES Follow Ami Daniel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amidaniel/  Learn more about Windward: https://windward.ai/  More from Windward research: Iran War at Sea: How the Conflict Is Disrupting Global Trade and Energy Strait of Hormuz Shipping Falls After Insurance Pullback Bulk Carriers Find New Route Out of Hormuz Strait Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Dalit Merenfeld, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg Design: Nimrod Sapir Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:33:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Ami Daniel, co-founder and CEO of Windward, for a deep dive into one of the most important global trade chokepoints: the Straits of Hormuz. In this urgent conversation, Michael and Ami unpack how the closure and disruption of the Straits of Hormuz could affect the global economy, oil prices, LNG and LPG exports, container shipping, fertilizers, steel, food supply chains, and the future of maritime security. Drawing on Ami’s expertise in maritime AI and naval strategy, he explores why the Strait of Hormuz is far more than an oil story, and why its disruption impacts nearly every country, industry, and consumer in the world. They discuss: Why the Straits of Hormuz matter to global trade How Iran’s actions could reshape shipping routes, energy markets, and maritime logistics The role of naval power, mines, drones, and maritime chokepoints The ripple effects on Europe, Asia, developing markets, and the wider global economy Why this crisis could have lasting implications for inflation, supply chains, and geopolitical stability Ami Daniel is the Co-founder & CEO of Windward, a leading Maritime AI company transforming global trade through predictive intelligence and big data analytics. As a former naval officer, he brings deep maritime expertise and a passion for AI-driven risk management, compliance, and operational optimization. Under his leadership, Windward has pioneered AI solutions for governments, financial institutions, and commercial entities. His insights on maritime AI, sanctions, and supply chain resilience have been featured in major publications, including The New York Times, The Economist, and Financial Times. If you want to understand the intersection of geopolitics, maritime trade, oil markets, shipping intelligence, and global risk, this episode is essential viewing. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:22 - “Not Just Oil” – Everything Is Hit 05:29 - Why Nobody Stopped Iran Earlier 07:40 - Mines, Drones, and Maritime Warfare 09:10 - Can Anyone Actually Reopen Hormuz? 09:20 - $500M Cargo Trips Becoming Normal 10:15 - Suicide Boats vs Global Trade 12:03 - Fuel Shortages Spreading Globally 12:50 - Modern Piracy: Iran’s Cash Playbook 14:30 - Hundreds of Ships Trapped in Gulf 15:40 - “Everything Is Stuck” – Global Supply Shock 19:38 - Why Oil Can’t Be Replaced 21:40 - US Quietly Allows Sanctioned Oil Trade 30:20 - 80% of Iranian Oil Goes to China 41:35 - One Mine Can Shut Global Trade Again RESOURCES Follow Ami Daniel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amidaniel/  Learn more about Windward: https://windward.ai/  More from Windward research: Iran War at Sea: How the Conflict Is Disrupting Global Trade and Energy Strait of Hormuz Shipping Falls After Insurance Pullback Bulk Carriers Find New Route Out of Hormuz Strait Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Dalit Merenfeld, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg Design: Nimrod Sapir On this episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg sits down with Ami Daniel, co-founder and CEO of Windward, for a deep dive into one of the most important global trade chokepoints: the Straits of Hormuz.

In this urgent conversation, Michael and Ami unpack how the closure and disruption of the Straits of Hormuz could affect the global economy, oil prices, LNG and LPG exports, container shipping, fertilizers, steel, food supply chains, and the future of maritime security. Drawing on Ami’s expertise in maritime AI and naval strategy, he explores why the Strait of Hormuz is far more than an oil story, and why its disruption impacts nearly every country, industry, and consumer in the world.

They discuss:

  • Why the Straits of Hormuz matter to global trade

  • How Iran’s actions could reshape shipping routes, energy markets, and maritime logistics

  • The role of naval power, mines, drones, and maritime chokepoints

  • The ripple effects on Europe, Asia, developing markets, and the wider global economy

  • Why this crisis could have lasting implications for inflation, supply chains, and geopolitical stability

Ami Daniel is the Co-founder & CEO of Windward, a leading Maritime AI company transforming global trade through predictive intelligence and big data analytics. As a former naval officer, he brings deep maritime expertise and a passion for AI-driven risk management, compliance, and operational optimization.

Under his leadership, Windward has pioneered AI solutions for governments, financial institutions, and commercial entities. His insights on maritime AI, sanctions, and supply chain resilience have been featured in major publications, including The New York Times, The Economist, and Financial Times.

If you want to understand the intersection of geopolitics, maritime trade, oil markets, shipping intelligence, and global risk, this episode is essential viewing.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!

KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

02:22 - “Not Just Oil” – Everything Is Hit

05:29 - Why Nobody Stopped Iran Earlier

07:40 - Mines, Drones, and Maritime Warfare

09:10 - Can Anyone Actually Reopen Hormuz?

09:20 - $500M Cargo Trips Becoming Normal

10:15 - Suicide Boats vs Global Trade

12:03 - Fuel Shortages Spreading Globally

12:50 - Modern Piracy: Iran’s Cash Playbook

14:30 - Hundreds of Ships Trapped in Gulf

15:40 - “Everything Is Stuck” – Global Supply Shock

19:38 - Why Oil Can’t Be Replaced

21:40 - US Quietly Allows Sanctioned Oil Trade

30:20 - 80% of Iranian Oil Goes to China

41:35 - One Mine Can Shut Global Trade Again

RESOURCES

Follow Ami Daniel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amidaniel/ 

Learn more about Windward: https://windward.ai/ 

More from Windward research:

Iran War at Sea: How the Conflict Is Disrupting Global Trade and Energy

Strait of Hormuz Shipping Falls After Insurance Pullback

Bulk Carriers Find New Route Out of Hormuz Strait

Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to Aleph’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20 

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak, Dalit Merenfeld, Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Jackie Goldberg

Design: Nimrod Sapir


]]> 2933 Agency Under Fire: Israel’s Resilience, Innovation, and the Future of Techno-Geopolitics | An Invested Special Episode In this special solo episode, Michael Eisenberg shares reflections from Israel during wartime. Speaking from Tel Aviv shortly after a siren sends residents to shelters, Michael offers a firsthand perspective on how Israelis are living, working, and building amid ongoing rocket attacks and regional conflict. At the center of the story is Israel's remarkable ability to produce agency at scale – and the cultural forces that drive Israelis to act, innovate, and support one another even in moments of crisis. Michael also steps back to discuss the bigger picture. As global conflict intensifies and geopolitics increasingly intertwines with technology, he argues that resilience, sovereignty, and technological capability will define the next era. From defense technology and artificial intelligence-enabled coordination to the continued momentum of Israel's startup ecosystem, this episode examines how war accelerates innovation and reshapes global investment and power. Part reflection, part analysis, this episode offers a window into the mindset of a nation under pressure — and why Michael believes Israel's culture of resilience, entrepreneurship, and initiative will play an outsized role in the technological and geopolitical landscape of the coming decade. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:33:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg In this special solo episode, Michael Eisenberg shares reflections from Israel during wartime. Speaking from Tel Aviv shortly after a siren sends residents to shelters, Michael offers a firsthand perspective on how Israelis are living, working, and building amid ongoing rocket attacks and regional conflict. At the center of the story is Israel's remarkable ability to produce agency at scale – and the cultural forces that drive Israelis to act, innovate, and support one another even in moments of crisis. Michael also steps back to discuss the bigger picture. As global conflict intensifies and geopolitics increasingly intertwines with technology, he argues that resilience, sovereignty, and technological capability will define the next era. From defense technology and artificial intelligence-enabled coordination to the continued momentum of Israel's startup ecosystem, this episode examines how war accelerates innovation and reshapes global investment and power. Part reflection, part analysis, this episode offers a window into the mindset of a nation under pressure — and why Michael believes Israel's culture of resilience, entrepreneurship, and initiative will play an outsized role in the technological and geopolitical landscape of the coming decade. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! In this special solo episode, Michael Eisenberg shares reflections from Israel during wartime. Speaking from Tel Aviv shortly after a siren sends residents to shelters, Michael offers a firsthand perspective on how Israelis are living, working, and building amid ongoing rocket attacks and regional conflict.

At the center of the story is Israel's remarkable ability to produce agency at scale – and the cultural forces that drive Israelis to act, innovate, and support one another even in moments of crisis.

Michael also steps back to discuss the bigger picture. As global conflict intensifies and geopolitics increasingly intertwines with technology, he argues that resilience, sovereignty, and technological capability will define the next era. From defense technology and artificial intelligence-enabled coordination to the continued momentum of Israel's startup ecosystem, this episode examines how war accelerates innovation and reshapes global investment and power.

Part reflection, part analysis, this episode offers a window into the mindset of a nation under pressure — and why Michael believes Israel's culture of resilience, entrepreneurship, and initiative will play an outsized role in the technological and geopolitical landscape of the coming decade.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


]]> 663 Zach Greenberger & Eran Shir on Nexar’s Dominating the AV Market, Real-World Data Moats & the Playbook for Building an Agentic Company On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Eran Shir and Zach Greenberger of Nexar. Eran Shir is the Co-Founder, CPO & Chairman at Nexar. He is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Previously, he served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Aleph, focusing on IoT, big data, cryptocurrencies, and network-driven market disruption. Before that, Eran led Yahoo's global Creative Innovation Center following the acquisition of Dapper, a dynamic advertising startup that he co-founded. He began his career as a physicist specializing in complex systems and networks, later founding the DIMES Internet research project and co-founding the machine learning company Cogniview. Zach Greenberger is the CEO of Nexar, leading the company’s mission to build AI for the physical world using real-world driving data. Under his leadership, Nexar powers one of the largest connected vehicle networks, generating hundreds of millions of miles of data each month to advance mapping, mobility, and road safety. Prior to Nexar, Zach served as Chief Business Officer at Lyft and held leadership roles at Tesla, focusing on strategic partnerships and new growth initiatives. Nexar provides a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) network that prevents road collisions and enables autonomous mobility. They do this through a global, connected, and intelligent network of mobile cameras on the road that use data to deliver valuable insights, so Nexar can ultimately build transformative products in vehicle autonomy and safety. Nexar's technology is being used by the public sector, autonomous vehicle makers, OEMs, fleets, and insurance companies. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:10 - Uber Is 10 Years Too Late 05:20 - Fancy AV Fleets Were a Mistake 06:03 - Nexar Got Paid to Collect 1.2 Billion Miles of Data 07:39 - Nexar Dominates Waymo in Data Collection 09:19 - Google Burns $50 Per Mile 09:38 - Tesla and Nexar: the Only Market Players 12:48 - 100,000 Uber Drivers Already Use Nexar 16:40 - LLMs Won’t Solve the Real World 19:25 - Synthetic Data is Not Enough 21:55 - Rare Edge Cases Caught on Camera 24:09 - NVIDIA Needed Our Data 33:27 -  Inside an “Agentic” Organization 40:51 - We Pay Employees to Use AI 52:44 - Nexar’s World Model Outperforms ADAS 01:05:27 - Leading a Cross-Global Team  RESOURCES Follow Zach on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-greenberger-a3a3444a/  Follow Eran on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranshir/  Learn more about Nexar: https://www.nexar-ai.com/  Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring, Jackie Goldberg Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:37:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Eran Shir and Zach Greenberger of Nexar. Eran Shir is the Co-Founder, CPO & Chairman at Nexar. He is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Previously, he served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Aleph, focusing on IoT, big data, cryptocurrencies, and network-driven market disruption. Before that, Eran led Yahoo's global Creative Innovation Center following the acquisition of Dapper, a dynamic advertising startup that he co-founded. He began his career as a physicist specializing in complex systems and networks, later founding the DIMES Internet research project and co-founding the machine learning company Cogniview. Zach Greenberger is the CEO of Nexar, leading the company’s mission to build AI for the physical world using real-world driving data. Under his leadership, Nexar powers one of the largest connected vehicle networks, generating hundreds of millions of miles of data each month to advance mapping, mobility, and road safety. Prior to Nexar, Zach served as Chief Business Officer at Lyft and held leadership roles at Tesla, focusing on strategic partnerships and new growth initiatives. Nexar provides a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) network that prevents road collisions and enables autonomous mobility. They do this through a global, connected, and intelligent network of mobile cameras on the road that use data to deliver valuable insights, so Nexar can ultimately build transformative products in vehicle autonomy and safety. Nexar's technology is being used by the public sector, autonomous vehicle makers, OEMs, fleets, and insurance companies. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:10 - Uber Is 10 Years Too Late 05:20 - Fancy AV Fleets Were a Mistake 06:03 - Nexar Got Paid to Collect 1.2 Billion Miles of Data 07:39 - Nexar Dominates Waymo in Data Collection 09:19 - Google Burns $50 Per Mile 09:38 - Tesla and Nexar: the Only Market Players 12:48 - 100,000 Uber Drivers Already Use Nexar 16:40 - LLMs Won’t Solve the Real World 19:25 - Synthetic Data is Not Enough 21:55 - Rare Edge Cases Caught on Camera 24:09 - NVIDIA Needed Our Data 33:27 -  Inside an “Agentic” Organization 40:51 - We Pay Employees to Use AI 52:44 - Nexar’s World Model Outperforms ADAS 01:05:27 - Leading a Cross-Global Team  RESOURCES Follow Zach on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-greenberger-a3a3444a/  Follow Eran on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranshir/  Learn more about Nexar: https://www.nexar-ai.com/  Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to Aleph's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20  ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring, Jackie Goldberg Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Eran Shir and Zach Greenberger of Nexar.

Eran Shir is the Co-Founder, CPO & Chairman at Nexar. He is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Previously, he served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Aleph, focusing on IoT, big data, cryptocurrencies, and network-driven market disruption. Before that, Eran led Yahoo's global Creative Innovation Center following the acquisition of Dapper, a dynamic advertising startup that he co-founded. He began his career as a physicist specializing in complex systems and networks, later founding the DIMES Internet research project and co-founding the machine learning company Cogniview.

Zach Greenberger is the CEO of Nexar, leading the company’s mission to build AI for the physical world using real-world driving data. Under his leadership, Nexar powers one of the largest connected vehicle networks, generating hundreds of millions of miles of data each month to advance mapping, mobility, and road safety. Prior to Nexar, Zach served as Chief Business Officer at Lyft and held leadership roles at Tesla, focusing on strategic partnerships and new growth initiatives.

Nexar provides a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) network that prevents road collisions and enables autonomous mobility. They do this through a global, connected, and intelligent network of mobile cameras on the road that use data to deliver valuable insights, so Nexar can ultimately build transformative products in vehicle autonomy and safety. Nexar's technology is being used by the public sector, autonomous vehicle makers, OEMs, fleets, and insurance companies.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

02:10 - Uber Is 10 Years Too Late

05:20 - Fancy AV Fleets Were a Mistake

06:03 - Nexar Got Paid to Collect 1.2 Billion Miles of Data

07:39 - Nexar Dominates Waymo in Data Collection

09:19 - Google Burns $50 Per Mile

09:38 - Tesla and Nexar: the Only Market Players

12:48 - 100,000 Uber Drivers Already Use Nexar

16:40 - LLMs Won’t Solve the Real World

19:25 - Synthetic Data is Not Enough

21:55 - Rare Edge Cases Caught on Camera

24:09 - NVIDIA Needed Our Data

33:27 -  Inside an “Agentic” Organization

40:51 - We Pay Employees to Use AI

52:44 - Nexar’s World Model Outperforms ADAS

01:05:27 - Leading a Cross-Global Team 


RESOURCES

Follow Zach on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-greenberger-a3a3444a/ 

Follow Eran on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranshir/ 

Learn more about Nexar: https://www.nexar-ai.com/ 

Subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to Aleph's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20 

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld

Video and Editing: Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring, Jackie Goldberg

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 3975 SpotitEarly CEO Shlomi Madar on How Their Dogs Can Sniff Early-Stage Cancer, Why Dogs + AI is a Critical Combination, and Whether Cancer Screening Should be Regulated On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Dr. Shlomi Madar, the CEO of SpotitEarly. Madar is a PhD-trained molecular biologist with more than 15 years of leadership experience spanning oncology, diagnostics, and healthcare business development. At SpotitEarly, he leads the company’s U.S. buildout, overseeing strategic partnerships, clinical collaborations, and fundraising. He has held multiple leadership roles at the intersection of product strategy, commercialization, and clinical execution in high-stakes healthcare settings, across several biotech and digital health companies. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:50 - Theranos vs. Dogs: Why This Is Real 04:56 - Three Minutes to Detect Cancer 06:41 - Why Beagles Beat Other Dogs 09:02 - AI Watches Dogs’ Every Move 13:01 - Dogs + AI Break 90% Accuracy 13:43 - Blood Tests Miss Early Cancer Detection 16:26 - Stage One Cancer = 90% Survival 17:26 - Why Grail Fails at Early Detection 18:55 - Early Cancer Smells Stronger 22:26 - Selling Cancer Tests Direct-to-Consumer 27:22 - $250 a Year to Save Your Life 29:33 - Different Dogs for Different Cancers 30:10 - “This One’s for Ty” 42:22 - AI Can’t Replace Biological Sensors 46:00 - Dogs Smelled Disease 100 Years Ago 48:55 - You Can’t Buy a Cancer Test 50:46 - Message to RFK: Save Lives, Save Money 53:00 - Missile Strike Hit Cancer Labs 55:44 - Saving Lives vs Building Profits RESOURCES Follow Shlomi on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomimadar/  Learn more about SpotitEarly: https://www.spotitearly.com/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20 ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:23:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Dr. Shlomi Madar, the CEO of SpotitEarly. Madar is a PhD-trained molecular biologist with more than 15 years of leadership experience spanning oncology, diagnostics, and healthcare business development. At SpotitEarly, he leads the company’s U.S. buildout, overseeing strategic partnerships, clinical collaborations, and fundraising. He has held multiple leadership roles at the intersection of product strategy, commercialization, and clinical execution in high-stakes healthcare settings, across several biotech and digital health companies. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:50 - Theranos vs. Dogs: Why This Is Real 04:56 - Three Minutes to Detect Cancer 06:41 - Why Beagles Beat Other Dogs 09:02 - AI Watches Dogs’ Every Move 13:01 - Dogs + AI Break 90% Accuracy 13:43 - Blood Tests Miss Early Cancer Detection 16:26 - Stage One Cancer = 90% Survival 17:26 - Why Grail Fails at Early Detection 18:55 - Early Cancer Smells Stronger 22:26 - Selling Cancer Tests Direct-to-Consumer 27:22 - $250 a Year to Save Your Life 29:33 - Different Dogs for Different Cancers 30:10 - “This One’s for Ty” 42:22 - AI Can’t Replace Biological Sensors 46:00 - Dogs Smelled Disease 100 Years Ago 48:55 - You Can’t Buy a Cancer Test 50:46 - Message to RFK: Save Lives, Save Money 53:00 - Missile Strike Hit Cancer Labs 55:44 - Saving Lives vs Building Profits RESOURCES Follow Shlomi on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomimadar/  Learn more about SpotitEarly: https://www.spotitearly.com/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20 ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Dr. Shlomi Madar, the CEO of SpotitEarly. Madar is a PhD-trained molecular biologist with more than 15 years of leadership experience spanning oncology, diagnostics, and healthcare business development. At SpotitEarly, he leads the company’s U.S. buildout, overseeing strategic partnerships, clinical collaborations, and fundraising.

He has held multiple leadership roles at the intersection of product strategy, commercialization, and clinical execution in high-stakes healthcare settings, across several biotech and digital health companies.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

02:50 - Theranos vs. Dogs: Why This Is Real

04:56 - Three Minutes to Detect Cancer

06:41 - Why Beagles Beat Other Dogs

09:02 - AI Watches Dogs’ Every Move

13:01 - Dogs + AI Break 90% Accuracy

13:43 - Blood Tests Miss Early Cancer Detection

16:26 - Stage One Cancer = 90% Survival

17:26 - Why Grail Fails at Early Detection

18:55 - Early Cancer Smells Stronger

22:26 - Selling Cancer Tests Direct-to-Consumer

27:22 - $250 a Year to Save Your Life

29:33 - Different Dogs for Different Cancers

30:10 - “This One’s for Ty”

42:22 - AI Can’t Replace Biological Sensors

46:00 - Dogs Smelled Disease 100 Years Ago

48:55 - You Can’t Buy a Cancer Test

50:46 - Message to RFK: Save Lives, Save Money

53:00 - Missile Strike Hit Cancer Labs

55:44 - Saving Lives vs Building Profits


RESOURCES

Follow Shlomi on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomimadar/ 

Learn more about SpotitEarly: https://www.spotitearly.com/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://x.com/aleph?s=20

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 3756 Lightspark Co-Founder David Marcus on Bitcoin Hitting 7 Figures, Lessons from Building and Losing Libra (Diem), Why College is Cancer & Fighting for Existential Values On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with David Marcus, the CEO and co-founder of Lightspark. Most recently, he led all payments and crypto efforts on Meta/Facebook. In 2018, David started Diem (fka Libra). He joined Meta in 2014 to lead Messenger, which he took from under 200M monthly users to over 1.5B. Previously, he was PayPal’s President. A lifelong entrepreneur, David launched two companies in Europe and then founded mobile payments company Zong in Silicon Valley, which was acquired by PayPal in 2011.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 01:54 - Dropping Out of College 05:07 - Elite Colleges Are Radicalizing Students 07:45 - AI Makes College Mostly Obsolete 15:30 - Libra Threatened the Global Financial Order 17:36 - Janet Yellen Personally Killed Libra 18:55 - Why Centralized Crypto Always Fails 19:40 - Bitcoin Is the Only Neutral Money 23:38 - Bitcoin Can’t Work - Until Lightning 26:05 - Bitcoin Replaces SWIFT and Banks 30:11 - Stablecoins Are Corporate Control Tools 33:45 - Bitcoin Enables Real De-Dollarization 36:10 - Most Financial Crime Isn’t Crypto 41:30 - Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Bar Mitzvah Gift 43:10 - Bitcoin Will Hit Seven Figures 44:05 - US Education Is a National Security Threat 47:35 - Parents Are Letting Kids Be Radicalized 54:20 - Mark Zuckerberg Backed Libra Until End 56:10 - Why Governments Fear Neutral Money 57:30 - Politics Destroyed My Faith in DC 59:10 - Israel, Iran, and Regime Change Hopes 01:03:45 - Europe’s Point of No Return RESOURCES Follow David on X: https://x.com/davidmarcus   Learn more about Lightspark: https://www.lightspark.com/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:57:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with David Marcus, the CEO and co-founder of Lightspark. Most recently, he led all payments and crypto efforts on Meta/Facebook. In 2018, David started Diem (fka Libra). He joined Meta in 2014 to lead Messenger, which he took from under 200M monthly users to over 1.5B. Previously, he was PayPal’s President. A lifelong entrepreneur, David launched two companies in Europe and then founded mobile payments company Zong in Silicon Valley, which was acquired by PayPal in 2011.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 01:54 - Dropping Out of College 05:07 - Elite Colleges Are Radicalizing Students 07:45 - AI Makes College Mostly Obsolete 15:30 - Libra Threatened the Global Financial Order 17:36 - Janet Yellen Personally Killed Libra 18:55 - Why Centralized Crypto Always Fails 19:40 - Bitcoin Is the Only Neutral Money 23:38 - Bitcoin Can’t Work - Until Lightning 26:05 - Bitcoin Replaces SWIFT and Banks 30:11 - Stablecoins Are Corporate Control Tools 33:45 - Bitcoin Enables Real De-Dollarization 36:10 - Most Financial Crime Isn’t Crypto 41:30 - Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Bar Mitzvah Gift 43:10 - Bitcoin Will Hit Seven Figures 44:05 - US Education Is a National Security Threat 47:35 - Parents Are Letting Kids Be Radicalized 54:20 - Mark Zuckerberg Backed Libra Until End 56:10 - Why Governments Fear Neutral Money 57:30 - Politics Destroyed My Faith in DC 59:10 - Israel, Iran, and Regime Change Hopes 01:03:45 - Europe’s Point of No Return RESOURCES Follow David on X: https://x.com/davidmarcus   Learn more about Lightspark: https://www.lightspark.com/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with David Marcus, the CEO and co-founder of Lightspark. Most recently, he led all payments and crypto efforts on Meta/Facebook. In 2018, David started Diem (fka Libra). He joined Meta in 2014 to lead Messenger, which he took from under 200M monthly users to over 1.5B. Previously, he was PayPal’s President. A lifelong entrepreneur, David launched two companies in Europe and then founded mobile payments company Zong in Silicon Valley, which was acquired by PayPal in 2011. 

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

01:54 - Dropping Out of College

05:07 - Elite Colleges Are Radicalizing Students

07:45 - AI Makes College Mostly Obsolete

15:30 - Libra Threatened the Global Financial Order

17:36 - Janet Yellen Personally Killed Libra

18:55 - Why Centralized Crypto Always Fails

19:40 - Bitcoin Is the Only Neutral Money

23:38 - Bitcoin Can’t Work - Until Lightning

26:05 - Bitcoin Replaces SWIFT and Banks

30:11 - Stablecoins Are Corporate Control Tools

33:45 - Bitcoin Enables Real De-Dollarization

36:10 - Most Financial Crime Isn’t Crypto

41:30 - Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Bar Mitzvah Gift

43:10 - Bitcoin Will Hit Seven Figures

44:05 - US Education Is a National Security Threat

47:35 - Parents Are Letting Kids Be Radicalized

54:20 - Mark Zuckerberg Backed Libra Until End

56:10 - Why Governments Fear Neutral Money

57:30 - Politics Destroyed My Faith in DC

59:10 - Israel, Iran, and Regime Change Hopes

01:03:45 - Europe’s Point of No Return


RESOURCES

Follow David on X: https://x.com/davidmarcus  

Learn more about Lightspark: https://www.lightspark.com/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 4164 Special Episode: A Lookback on Some of the Strongest Business Leaders of 2025 On this special episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg curates the most compelling conversations and sharpest ideas from across our 2025 episodes. From Gavin Baker’s contrarian argument that climate change is already economically solved, to Nas Daily’s declaration that followers - and organic reach - are effectively dead, this episode captures the ideas that sparked the most debate, reflection, and conviction. We revisit investing legends through Sender Cohen’s comparison of George Soros and Stan Druckenmiller, explore post-acquisition realities inside Big Tech with Noam Bardin’s unfiltered reflections on Google, and unpack how companies like Fiverr and Wix reinvent perception and scale by building boldly for their next ten million users. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 00:46 – Gavin Baker: Why Global Warming Is a Solved Problem 03:54 – Sender Cohen on George Soros vs. Stan Druckenmiller 06:52 – Nas Daily: “Followers Are Dead” 07:45 – Noam Bardin’s Letter After Leaving Google 11:11 – Gali Arnon: the Genius Strategy for Growing Fiverr 13:01 – Micha Kaufman: Companies Don’t Owe You Career Growth 17:19 – Omri Casspi: Life After the NBA 19:07 – Adam Fisher: Sacrificing a Million Users for the Next 10 Million RESOURCES Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:45:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this special episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg curates the most compelling conversations and sharpest ideas from across our 2025 episodes. From Gavin Baker’s contrarian argument that climate change is already economically solved, to Nas Daily’s declaration that followers - and organic reach - are effectively dead, this episode captures the ideas that sparked the most debate, reflection, and conviction. We revisit investing legends through Sender Cohen’s comparison of George Soros and Stan Druckenmiller, explore post-acquisition realities inside Big Tech with Noam Bardin’s unfiltered reflections on Google, and unpack how companies like Fiverr and Wix reinvent perception and scale by building boldly for their next ten million users. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 00:46 – Gavin Baker: Why Global Warming Is a Solved Problem 03:54 – Sender Cohen on George Soros vs. Stan Druckenmiller 06:52 – Nas Daily: “Followers Are Dead” 07:45 – Noam Bardin’s Letter After Leaving Google 11:11 – Gali Arnon: the Genius Strategy for Growing Fiverr 13:01 – Micha Kaufman: Companies Don’t Owe You Career Growth 17:19 – Omri Casspi: Life After the NBA 19:07 – Adam Fisher: Sacrificing a Million Users for the Next 10 Million RESOURCES Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this special episode of Invested, Michael Eisenberg curates the most compelling conversations and sharpest ideas from across our 2025 episodes. From Gavin Baker’s contrarian argument that climate change is already economically solved, to Nas Daily’s declaration that followers - and organic reach - are effectively dead, this episode captures the ideas that sparked the most debate, reflection, and conviction.

We revisit investing legends through Sender Cohen’s comparison of George Soros and Stan Druckenmiller, explore post-acquisition realities inside Big Tech with Noam Bardin’s unfiltered reflections on Google, and unpack how companies like Fiverr and Wix reinvent perception and scale by building boldly for their next ten million users.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

00:46 – Gavin Baker: Why Global Warming Is a Solved Problem

03:54 – Sender Cohen on George Soros vs. Stan Druckenmiller

06:52 – Nas Daily: “Followers Are Dead”

07:45 – Noam Bardin’s Letter After Leaving Google

11:11 – Gali Arnon: the Genius Strategy for Growing Fiverr

13:01 – Micha Kaufman: Companies Don’t Owe You Career Growth

17:19 – Omri Casspi: Life After the NBA

19:07 – Adam Fisher: Sacrificing a Million Users for the Next 10 Million


RESOURCES

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 1328 David Magerman on Building Renaissance Technologies, Why AI is “An Automatic Machine Gun We’re Giving Children,” and Sacrificing Relationships for Success On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with David Magerman, a co-founder and Managing Partner at Differential Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund investing in deep technology companies that help power the data-driven economy. Previously, he spent the entirety of his career at Renaissance Technologies, widely recognized as the world’s most successful quantitative hedge fund management company. He helped found the equities trading group at Renaissance, joining the group in its earliest days, playing a lead role in designing and building the trading, simulation, and estimation software. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University where his thesis on Natural Language Parsing as Statistical Pattern Recognition was an early and successful attempt to use large-scale data to produce fully-automated syntactic analysis of text. David is also the founder and president of Tzemach David, an education-focused foundation working to make education in Israel more accessible to English-speaking immigrants. Outside of his foundation's work, he is a significant contributor to the OU-JLIC in Israel, Koren Publications, Lori Palatnik's Momentum Unlimited, The City of David, and Rabbi Shlomo Katz's Shirat David, as well as some other more under-the-radar projects supporting the development and strength of the Land of Israel. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:55 - Why Wall Street’s Smartest Fund Rejected Finance People 06:04 - If You Can’t Close, You’re Useless 08:42 - The Hedge Fund That Invented Google Culture 12:58 - We Got Rich Solving Problems That Didn’t Matter 15:55 - How Jim Simons Proved Economists Were Wrong 17:23 - Success Was the Only Thing That Made Me Happy 18:28 - Why My Team Was Afraid of Me 21:56 - The Day I Realized No One Actually Cared 25:42 - Why Renaissance Was a Moral Failure 27:51 - I’m Glad I Made All the Wrong Choices 39:08 - AI Has Always Been a Scam 41:53 - The Truth About AI Demos No One Admits 44:55 - We Gave a Dangerous Technology to Children 45:33 - This AI Bubble Makes the Dot-Com Crash Look Small 52:38 - AI Is Killing the Next Generation of Engineers 55:47 - We’re Raising a Workforce That Can’t Think 56:42 - Most AI Use Cases Are Stupid 1:03:39 - How Tech Makes Money by Hurting People 1:08:34 - Why “Startup Nation” Is the Wrong Story RESOURCES Follow David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-magerman-954b25174/ Learn more about Differential Ventures: https://www.differential.vc/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:06:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with David Magerman, a co-founder and Managing Partner at Differential Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund investing in deep technology companies that help power the data-driven economy. Previously, he spent the entirety of his career at Renaissance Technologies, widely recognized as the world’s most successful quantitative hedge fund management company. He helped found the equities trading group at Renaissance, joining the group in its earliest days, playing a lead role in designing and building the trading, simulation, and estimation software. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University where his thesis on Natural Language Parsing as Statistical Pattern Recognition was an early and successful attempt to use large-scale data to produce fully-automated syntactic analysis of text. David is also the founder and president of Tzemach David, an education-focused foundation working to make education in Israel more accessible to English-speaking immigrants. Outside of his foundation's work, he is a significant contributor to the OU-JLIC in Israel, Koren Publications, Lori Palatnik's Momentum Unlimited, The City of David, and Rabbi Shlomo Katz's Shirat David, as well as some other more under-the-radar projects supporting the development and strength of the Land of Israel. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 02:55 - Why Wall Street’s Smartest Fund Rejected Finance People 06:04 - If You Can’t Close, You’re Useless 08:42 - The Hedge Fund That Invented Google Culture 12:58 - We Got Rich Solving Problems That Didn’t Matter 15:55 - How Jim Simons Proved Economists Were Wrong 17:23 - Success Was the Only Thing That Made Me Happy 18:28 - Why My Team Was Afraid of Me 21:56 - The Day I Realized No One Actually Cared 25:42 - Why Renaissance Was a Moral Failure 27:51 - I’m Glad I Made All the Wrong Choices 39:08 - AI Has Always Been a Scam 41:53 - The Truth About AI Demos No One Admits 44:55 - We Gave a Dangerous Technology to Children 45:33 - This AI Bubble Makes the Dot-Com Crash Look Small 52:38 - AI Is Killing the Next Generation of Engineers 55:47 - We’re Raising a Workforce That Can’t Think 56:42 - Most AI Use Cases Are Stupid 1:03:39 - How Tech Makes Money by Hurting People 1:08:34 - Why “Startup Nation” Is the Wrong Story RESOURCES Follow David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-magerman-954b25174/ Learn more about Differential Ventures: https://www.differential.vc/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic  Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with David Magerman, a co-founder and Managing Partner at Differential Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund investing in deep technology companies that help power the data-driven economy. Previously, he spent the entirety of his career at Renaissance Technologies, widely recognized as the world’s most successful quantitative hedge fund management company. He helped found the equities trading group at Renaissance, joining the group in its earliest days, playing a lead role in designing and building the trading, simulation, and estimation software. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University where his thesis on Natural Language Parsing as Statistical Pattern Recognition was an early and successful attempt to use large-scale data to produce fully-automated syntactic analysis of text.

David is also the founder and president of Tzemach David, an education-focused foundation working to make education in Israel more accessible to English-speaking immigrants. Outside of his foundation's work, he is a significant contributor to the OU-JLIC in Israel, Koren Publications, Lori Palatnik's Momentum Unlimited, The City of David, and Rabbi Shlomo Katz's Shirat David, as well as some other more under-the-radar projects supporting the development and strength of the Land of Israel.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

02:55 - Why Wall Street’s Smartest Fund Rejected Finance People

06:04 - If You Can’t Close, You’re Useless

08:42 - The Hedge Fund That Invented Google Culture

12:58 - We Got Rich Solving Problems That Didn’t Matter

15:55 - How Jim Simons Proved Economists Were Wrong

17:23 - Success Was the Only Thing That Made Me Happy

18:28 - Why My Team Was Afraid of Me

21:56 - The Day I Realized No One Actually Cared

25:42 - Why Renaissance Was a Moral Failure

27:51 - I’m Glad I Made All the Wrong Choices

39:08 - AI Has Always Been a Scam

41:53 - The Truth About AI Demos No One Admits

44:55 - We Gave a Dangerous Technology to Children

45:33 - This AI Bubble Makes the Dot-Com Crash Look Small

52:38 - AI Is Killing the Next Generation of Engineers

55:47 - We’re Raising a Workforce That Can’t Think

56:42 - Most AI Use Cases Are Stupid

1:03:39 - How Tech Makes Money by Hurting People

1:08:34 - Why “Startup Nation” Is the Wrong Story


RESOURCES

Follow David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-magerman-954b25174/

Learn more about Differential Ventures: https://www.differential.vc/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic 

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4877 Founding Partner of Uncork Jeff Clavier on Being the First Seed Investor, When Your First LP is Your Wife, Passing on Uber & LinkedIn and the ‘3 Asses’ Rule On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Jeff Clavier, the Founding Partner at Uncork Capital, a seed-stage venture firm in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Clavier founded Uncork Capital in 2004 (then called SoftTech VC) to provide active support and capital for companies in their first 18 months of life. Jeff has helped numerous companies reach successful outcomes, including Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), SendGrid (NYSE: SEND, Twilio), Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), Postmates (Uber), and Poshmark (NASDAQ: POSH). His current investments include ClassDojo, DroneDeploy, Shippo, Front, Loft Orbital, and Carrot Fertility. Jeff was born in France and graduated from Université Paris Descartes with an M.S. in Computer Science. He was formerly the CTO and an early employee at Effix, a fintech startup that sold to Reuters. In 2000, he immigrated to the U.S. and joined RVC, Reuters’ $450 million corporate venture capital fund, as a general partner. He recently wrapped up his four-year term on the board of the National Venture Capital Association. One of the early VC bloggers in 2004, Jeff is now a popular conference speaker and social media/TV commentator. When he is not spending time with Uncork’s portfolio companies, Jeff enjoys traveling, skiing, hiking, scuba diving, collecting wine, and hanging out with friends and family. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 03:52 - Is Seed Investing Just “VC Tourism”? 06:08 - Why Being a “VC Lifer” Matters 08:35 - How Uncork Wins 91% of its Term Sheets 11:59 - GP Fundraising is Harder Than Startup Fundraising 14:15 - Capital Bottleneck in Private Markets  16:38 - Now it Takes 15 Years to Prove You’re a Good VC 20:46 - The Real Choke Point in Venture Isn’t Seed 26:13 - The “Three Asses” Rule 29:00 - Gut Feel vs. Process 32:54 - Passing on LinkedIn and Uber 37:45 - How Do You Know if You’re Actually Good at Venture? 41:19 - Succession Planning: Stepping Back After 21 Years 46:09 - Uncork Can’t Depend on One Person 47:05 - From Venture to Winemaking  52:15 - Go Narrow First RESOURCES Follow Jeff on X - https://x.com/jeff Learn more about Uncork Capital - https://uncorkcapital.com Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:06:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Jeff Clavier, the Founding Partner at Uncork Capital, a seed-stage venture firm in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Clavier founded Uncork Capital in 2004 (then called SoftTech VC) to provide active support and capital for companies in their first 18 months of life. Jeff has helped numerous companies reach successful outcomes, including Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), SendGrid (NYSE: SEND, Twilio), Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), Postmates (Uber), and Poshmark (NASDAQ: POSH). His current investments include ClassDojo, DroneDeploy, Shippo, Front, Loft Orbital, and Carrot Fertility. Jeff was born in France and graduated from Université Paris Descartes with an M.S. in Computer Science. He was formerly the CTO and an early employee at Effix, a fintech startup that sold to Reuters. In 2000, he immigrated to the U.S. and joined RVC, Reuters’ $450 million corporate venture capital fund, as a general partner. He recently wrapped up his four-year term on the board of the National Venture Capital Association. One of the early VC bloggers in 2004, Jeff is now a popular conference speaker and social media/TV commentator. When he is not spending time with Uncork’s portfolio companies, Jeff enjoys traveling, skiing, hiking, scuba diving, collecting wine, and hanging out with friends and family. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 03:52 - Is Seed Investing Just “VC Tourism”? 06:08 - Why Being a “VC Lifer” Matters 08:35 - How Uncork Wins 91% of its Term Sheets 11:59 - GP Fundraising is Harder Than Startup Fundraising 14:15 - Capital Bottleneck in Private Markets  16:38 - Now it Takes 15 Years to Prove You’re a Good VC 20:46 - The Real Choke Point in Venture Isn’t Seed 26:13 - The “Three Asses” Rule 29:00 - Gut Feel vs. Process 32:54 - Passing on LinkedIn and Uber 37:45 - How Do You Know if You’re Actually Good at Venture? 41:19 - Succession Planning: Stepping Back After 21 Years 46:09 - Uncork Can’t Depend on One Person 47:05 - From Venture to Winemaking  52:15 - Go Narrow First RESOURCES Follow Jeff on X - https://x.com/jeff Learn more about Uncork Capital - https://uncorkcapital.com Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Jeff Clavier, the Founding Partner at Uncork Capital, a seed-stage venture firm in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Clavier founded Uncork Capital in 2004 (then called SoftTech VC) to provide active support and capital for companies in their first 18 months of life. Jeff has helped numerous companies reach successful outcomes, including Fitbit (NYSE: FIT), SendGrid (NYSE: SEND, Twilio), Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), Postmates (Uber), and Poshmark (NASDAQ: POSH). His current investments include ClassDojo, DroneDeploy, Shippo, Front, Loft Orbital, and Carrot Fertility.

Jeff was born in France and graduated from Université Paris Descartes with an M.S. in Computer Science. He was formerly the CTO and an early employee at Effix, a fintech startup that sold to Reuters. In 2000, he immigrated to the U.S. and joined RVC, Reuters’ $450 million corporate venture capital fund, as a general partner. He recently wrapped up his four-year term on the board of the National Venture Capital Association.

One of the early VC bloggers in 2004, Jeff is now a popular conference speaker and social media/TV commentator. When he is not spending time with Uncork’s portfolio companies, Jeff enjoys traveling, skiing, hiking, scuba diving, collecting wine, and hanging out with friends and family.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

03:52 - Is Seed Investing Just “VC Tourism”?

06:08 - Why Being a “VC Lifer” Matters

08:35 - How Uncork Wins 91% of its Term Sheets

11:59 - GP Fundraising is Harder Than Startup Fundraising

14:15 - Capital Bottleneck in Private Markets 

16:38 - Now it Takes 15 Years to Prove You’re a Good VC

20:46 - The Real Choke Point in Venture Isn’t Seed

26:13 - The “Three Asses” Rule

29:00 - Gut Feel vs. Process

32:54 - Passing on LinkedIn and Uber

37:45 - How Do You Know if You’re Actually Good at Venture?

41:19 - Succession Planning: Stepping Back After 21 Years

46:09 - Uncork Can’t Depend on One Person

47:05 - From Venture to Winemaking 

52:15 - Go Narrow First


RESOURCES

Follow Jeff on X - https://x.com/jeff

Learn more about Uncork Capital - https://uncorkcapital.com

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3683 USVP GP Jacques Benkoski on What Entrepreneurs Get Wrong About Go to Market, Building Value as an Investor & Why ‘Crossing the Chasm’ is Outdated On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Dr. Jacques Benkoski, a seasoned technologist, operator, and venture capitalist with a career spanning research, corporate, startups, and international investing. As a partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Jacques brings decades of experience investing in the U.S. and Israel across cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and cybersecurity. A speaker and mentor, he has taught his Market Entry Strategy seminar to over 5,000 entrepreneurs and released an expanded version of these materials in the eponymous book to help entrepreneurs turn vision into execution, and scale with purpose. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 03:59 - Riding the Dot-Com Wave  08:09 - Joining USVP & the Israel Strategy 12:06 - Bubbles Are Good 14:50 - AI Adoption Will Follow Workflows, Not Replace Them 17:44 - 95% of AI Projects Fail - and That’s Normal 19:21 - Israel’s Biggest Founder Weakness 20:45 - Why Being Founder-Friendly isn’t Helpful  24:16 - The Wiz Effect 31:20 - Jacques’s Market Entry Strategy 38:49 - Why ‘Crossing the Chasm’ Is Obsolete 47:19 - War Doesn’t Affect Investment in Israel 52:00 - Israeli Trait That Hurts Sales 56:16 - The Galapagos Syndrome RESOURCES Follow Jacques on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-benkoski-ab9133 “The Market Entry Strategy” Book: https://a.co/d/etw96SX Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:58:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Dr. Jacques Benkoski, a seasoned technologist, operator, and venture capitalist with a career spanning research, corporate, startups, and international investing. As a partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Jacques brings decades of experience investing in the U.S. and Israel across cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and cybersecurity. A speaker and mentor, he has taught his Market Entry Strategy seminar to over 5,000 entrepreneurs and released an expanded version of these materials in the eponymous book to help entrepreneurs turn vision into execution, and scale with purpose. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 - Intro 03:59 - Riding the Dot-Com Wave  08:09 - Joining USVP & the Israel Strategy 12:06 - Bubbles Are Good 14:50 - AI Adoption Will Follow Workflows, Not Replace Them 17:44 - 95% of AI Projects Fail - and That’s Normal 19:21 - Israel’s Biggest Founder Weakness 20:45 - Why Being Founder-Friendly isn’t Helpful  24:16 - The Wiz Effect 31:20 - Jacques’s Market Entry Strategy 38:49 - Why ‘Crossing the Chasm’ Is Obsolete 47:19 - War Doesn’t Affect Investment in Israel 52:00 - Israeli Trait That Hurts Sales 56:16 - The Galapagos Syndrome RESOURCES Follow Jacques on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-benkoski-ab9133 “The Market Entry Strategy” Book: https://a.co/d/etw96SX Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Dr. Jacques Benkoski, a seasoned technologist, operator, and venture capitalist with a career spanning research, corporate, startups, and international investing.

As a partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Jacques brings decades of experience investing in the U.S. and Israel across cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and cybersecurity. A speaker and mentor, he has taught his Market Entry Strategy seminar to over 5,000 entrepreneurs and released an expanded version of these materials in the eponymous book to help entrepreneurs turn vision into execution, and scale with purpose.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 - Intro

03:59 - Riding the Dot-Com Wave 

08:09 - Joining USVP & the Israel Strategy

12:06 - Bubbles Are Good

14:50 - AI Adoption Will Follow Workflows, Not Replace Them

17:44 - 95% of AI Projects Fail - and That’s Normal

19:21 - Israel’s Biggest Founder Weakness

20:45 - Why Being Founder-Friendly isn’t Helpful 

24:16 - The Wiz Effect

31:20 - Jacques’s Market Entry Strategy

38:49 - Why ‘Crossing the Chasm’ Is Obsolete

47:19 - War Doesn’t Affect Investment in Israel

52:00 - Israeli Trait That Hurts Sales

56:16 - The Galapagos Syndrome


RESOURCES

Follow Jacques on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-benkoski-ab9133

“The Market Entry Strategy” Book: https://a.co/d/etw96SX

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4160 Carta CEO Henry Ward on the Death of CartaX, a Controversial AI Take, Only Hiring Missionaries & the EQ Mistakes That Break Companies On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Henry Ward, the CEO and co-founder of Carta. Carta is trusted by more than 50,000 companies, over 8,500 investment funds and SPVs, and over 1.6 million equity holders to manage cap tables, compensation, valuations, liquidity, and more. The company has been included on the Forbes World’s Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative list, and Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. Prior to Carta, Henry was founder and CEO of Secondsight, a portfolio optimization platform for retail investors. He also held leadership positions at software companies including Reddwerks Inc. and BetweenMarkets. Henry graduated from University of Michigan with a BGS in Mathematics and Computer Science and holds a MSC in Market Finance from EDHEC Business School. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 – Intro 01:24 – The Value Proposition of Carta 03:56 – Disrupting Traditional Professional Services 09:18 – How Carta Implements AI 17:16 – The Future of Accounting and Determinism vs. Stochasticism 20:39 – Branding vs. Product Quality in Professional Services 24:46 – Competing, Copycats, and Execution at Scale 27:02 – Core Values: Transparency and EQ 28:48 – Missionaries vs. Mercenaries: Carta’s Hiring Philosophy 31:37 – How to Find Missionaries: Recruiting Strategies 34:55 – Writing, Transparency, and Thought Leadership 36:32 – Clock Speed: Becoming a Fast-Execution Organization 48:03 – Work–Life Integration and Parenting as a CEO 51:01 – Navigating Crises: Trust, Resilience, and the CartaX Shutdown 53:57 – Future Predictions: What Will Shock Us in 20 Years RESOURCES Follow Henry on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/heward/  Follow Henry on X  - https://x.com/henrysward  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:17:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Henry Ward, the CEO and co-founder of Carta. Carta is trusted by more than 50,000 companies, over 8,500 investment funds and SPVs, and over 1.6 million equity holders to manage cap tables, compensation, valuations, liquidity, and more. The company has been included on the Forbes World’s Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative list, and Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. Prior to Carta, Henry was founder and CEO of Secondsight, a portfolio optimization platform for retail investors. He also held leadership positions at software companies including Reddwerks Inc. and BetweenMarkets. Henry graduated from University of Michigan with a BGS in Mathematics and Computer Science and holds a MSC in Market Finance from EDHEC Business School. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 – Intro 01:24 – The Value Proposition of Carta 03:56 – Disrupting Traditional Professional Services 09:18 – How Carta Implements AI 17:16 – The Future of Accounting and Determinism vs. Stochasticism 20:39 – Branding vs. Product Quality in Professional Services 24:46 – Competing, Copycats, and Execution at Scale 27:02 – Core Values: Transparency and EQ 28:48 – Missionaries vs. Mercenaries: Carta’s Hiring Philosophy 31:37 – How to Find Missionaries: Recruiting Strategies 34:55 – Writing, Transparency, and Thought Leadership 36:32 – Clock Speed: Becoming a Fast-Execution Organization 48:03 – Work–Life Integration and Parenting as a CEO 51:01 – Navigating Crises: Trust, Resilience, and the CartaX Shutdown 53:57 – Future Predictions: What Will Shock Us in 20 Years RESOURCES Follow Henry on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/heward/  Follow Henry on X  - https://x.com/henrysward  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Henry Ward, the CEO and co-founder of Carta. Carta is trusted by more than 50,000 companies, over 8,500 investment funds and SPVs, and over 1.6 million equity holders to manage cap tables, compensation, valuations, liquidity, and more. The company has been included on the Forbes World’s Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative list, and Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. Prior to Carta, Henry was founder and CEO of Secondsight, a portfolio optimization platform for retail investors. He also held leadership positions at software companies including Reddwerks Inc. and BetweenMarkets. Henry graduated from University of Michigan with a BGS in Mathematics and Computer Science and holds a MSC in Market Finance from EDHEC Business School.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 – Intro

01:24 – The Value Proposition of Carta

03:56 – Disrupting Traditional Professional Services

09:18 – How Carta Implements AI

17:16 – The Future of Accounting and Determinism vs. Stochasticism

20:39 – Branding vs. Product Quality in Professional Services

24:46 – Competing, Copycats, and Execution at Scale

27:02 – Core Values: Transparency and EQ

28:48 – Missionaries vs. Mercenaries: Carta’s Hiring Philosophy

31:37 – How to Find Missionaries: Recruiting Strategies

34:55 – Writing, Transparency, and Thought Leadership

36:32 – Clock Speed: Becoming a Fast-Execution Organization

48:03 – Work–Life Integration and Parenting as a CEO

51:01 – Navigating Crises: Trust, Resilience, and the CartaX Shutdown

53:57 – Future Predictions: What Will Shock Us in 20 Years


RESOURCES

Follow Henry on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/heward/ 

Follow Henry on X  - https://x.com/henrysward 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3145 Nuseir Yassin, AKA Nas Daily, on Being the First Israeli-Arab to Build a Unicorn, the Death of Organic Content & the New Marketing Playbook, and the Cost of Advocating for Peace Between Jews and Muslims On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Nuseir Yassin - better known as Nas Daily. Nuseir rose to fame by taking on an ambitious challenge: creating 1,000 videos in 1,000 days. After graduating from Harvard, he made the bold decision to leave a stable engineering job in America to pursue content creation full-time. More than eight years, 68 million followers, and thousands of videos later, Nuseir has connected people from 197 countries through his signature one-minute videos across platforms.Today, while continuing to be one of the world’s most influential content creators, Yassin is the Founder and CEO of Nas Company - an ecosystem of businesses transforming how people connect, both online and offline. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  02:00 – The First 270 Failures and One Viral Video 03:40 – When Success Makes You a Target 06:20 – Redefining Winning 08:40 – The One-Minute Revolution 11:30 – Using AI to Bridge Cultures 15:23 – “I Feel Israeli”: Identity and Belonging 21:07 – From a Village in Israel to Harvard 24:47 – The Power of Saying Yes 27:18 – The Golden Age of Solopreneurs 29:28 – Building Nas.io and the Future of Work 33:30 – Finding Talent Where Others Don’t Look 38:00 – Why Organic Reach Is Dead 44:45 – Discovering Hidden Global Talent 45:54 – Founders, Investors, and Control 49:50 – The Hardest Videos to Make 52:00 – Creator. Entrepreneur. Bridge Builder. 56:00 – The Cost of Bridge-Building 57:50 – Gratitude and the People Who Believed First RESOURCES Follow Nuseir on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyassin/  Follow Nuseir on X  - https://x.com/nasdaily/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:28:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Nuseir Yassin - better known as Nas Daily. Nuseir rose to fame by taking on an ambitious challenge: creating 1,000 videos in 1,000 days. After graduating from Harvard, he made the bold decision to leave a stable engineering job in America to pursue content creation full-time. More than eight years, 68 million followers, and thousands of videos later, Nuseir has connected people from 197 countries through his signature one-minute videos across platforms.Today, while continuing to be one of the world’s most influential content creators, Yassin is the Founder and CEO of Nas Company - an ecosystem of businesses transforming how people connect, both online and offline. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  02:00 – The First 270 Failures and One Viral Video 03:40 – When Success Makes You a Target 06:20 – Redefining Winning 08:40 – The One-Minute Revolution 11:30 – Using AI to Bridge Cultures 15:23 – “I Feel Israeli”: Identity and Belonging 21:07 – From a Village in Israel to Harvard 24:47 – The Power of Saying Yes 27:18 – The Golden Age of Solopreneurs 29:28 – Building Nas.io and the Future of Work 33:30 – Finding Talent Where Others Don’t Look 38:00 – Why Organic Reach Is Dead 44:45 – Discovering Hidden Global Talent 45:54 – Founders, Investors, and Control 49:50 – The Hardest Videos to Make 52:00 – Creator. Entrepreneur. Bridge Builder. 56:00 – The Cost of Bridge-Building 57:50 – Gratitude and the People Who Believed First RESOURCES Follow Nuseir on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyassin/  Follow Nuseir on X  - https://x.com/nasdaily/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Nuseir Yassin - better known as Nas Daily. Nuseir rose to fame by taking on an ambitious challenge: creating 1,000 videos in 1,000 days. After graduating from Harvard, he made the bold decision to leave a stable engineering job in America to pursue content creation full-time. More than eight years, 68 million followers, and thousands of videos later, Nuseir has connected people from 197 countries through his signature one-minute videos across platforms.Today, while continuing to be one of the world’s most influential content creators, Yassin is the Founder and CEO of Nas Company - an ecosystem of businesses transforming how people connect, both online and offline.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

02:00 – The First 270 Failures and One Viral Video

03:40 – When Success Makes You a Target

06:20 – Redefining Winning

08:40 – The One-Minute Revolution

11:30 – Using AI to Bridge Cultures

15:23 – “I Feel Israeli”: Identity and Belonging

21:07 – From a Village in Israel to Harvard

24:47 – The Power of Saying Yes

27:18 – The Golden Age of Solopreneurs

29:28 – Building Nas.io and the Future of Work

33:30 – Finding Talent Where Others Don’t Look

38:00 – Why Organic Reach Is Dead

44:45 – Discovering Hidden Global Talent

45:54 – Founders, Investors, and Control

49:50 – The Hardest Videos to Make

52:00 – Creator. Entrepreneur. Bridge Builder.

56:00 – The Cost of Bridge-Building

57:50 – Gratitude and the People Who Believed First


RESOURCES

Follow Nuseir on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyassin/ 

Follow Nuseir on X  - https://x.com/nasdaily/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider, Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3563 Gavin Baker, Managing Partner of Atreides, on Everything You Wanted to Know About Semiconductors & Why Global Warming is a Solved Problem On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Gavin Baker who is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Atreides Management, LP. In addition to overseeing investments and research at Atreides, he is responsible for the firm’s day-to-day portfolio management. Prior to founding Atreides in 2019, Gavin was at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2017, most recently as the portfolio manager of the Fidelity OTC Portfolio from 2009 to 2017. He also helped spearhead Fidelity’s venture capital investing from 2013 to 2017. Prior to managing the Fidelity OTC Portfolio, he was a portfolio manager of the Fidelity Select Wireless Portfolio from 2007 to 2011, the Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio from 2007 to 2009 and the Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio from 2002 to 2005. Gavin started his career at Fidelity as an analyst, and focused on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, retail, consumer packaged goods and telecommunications. Gavin earned an AB in economics and history from Dartmouth College. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00    Intro 02:10 Foundation Models: From Fastest Appreciating to Depreciating Assets 05:46 The Trillion-Dollar AI Club: OpenAI, Anthropic & xAI 10:25 The “Free Agency” Talent War and Religious Belief in ASI 12:55 Weaponizing Capital and the $600 Billion GPU Question 16:30  The 30-Year “Overnight Success” of Nvidia 20:22 Cerebras, NextSilicon, and the Power of Picking Niches 23:49 TSMC, Intel, and the Semiconductor “Chocolate Cake” Problem 26:40 Why Taiwan Semi’s Lead May Be Stabilizing, Not Existential 30:48 ”Intel Made Two Crucial Errors”  32:42   When Washington Bought a Piece of Intel 37:00 Israel’s Role in the Allied Semiconductor Supply Chain 40:54 The New Semiconductor Cold War 47:11 Toward an “Allied Supply Chain” for Chips and AI 50:54 Why Gavin Says Global Warming is a Solved Problem 55:34 Mars, Neuralink, and the Next Human Frontier 01:00:19 Would You Always Bet on Elon Musk? 01:03:01 Mission-Driven Investing and Avoiding “Bad for the World” Bets 01:07:37 Why Tel Aviv Feels Like the Most Exciting City in the World 01:09:43 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Return of Political Violence 01:15:37 X Saved the Truth About October 7th  01:23:57  SpaceX, Starlink, and the Future of Human Ambition RESOURCES Follow Gavin on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinbaker-portfoliomanager/ Follow Gavin on X - https://x.com/GavinSBaker Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:47:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Gavin Baker who is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Atreides Management, LP. In addition to overseeing investments and research at Atreides, he is responsible for the firm’s day-to-day portfolio management. Prior to founding Atreides in 2019, Gavin was at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2017, most recently as the portfolio manager of the Fidelity OTC Portfolio from 2009 to 2017. He also helped spearhead Fidelity’s venture capital investing from 2013 to 2017. Prior to managing the Fidelity OTC Portfolio, he was a portfolio manager of the Fidelity Select Wireless Portfolio from 2007 to 2011, the Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio from 2007 to 2009 and the Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio from 2002 to 2005. Gavin started his career at Fidelity as an analyst, and focused on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, retail, consumer packaged goods and telecommunications. Gavin earned an AB in economics and history from Dartmouth College. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00    Intro 02:10 Foundation Models: From Fastest Appreciating to Depreciating Assets 05:46 The Trillion-Dollar AI Club: OpenAI, Anthropic & xAI 10:25 The “Free Agency” Talent War and Religious Belief in ASI 12:55 Weaponizing Capital and the $600 Billion GPU Question 16:30  The 30-Year “Overnight Success” of Nvidia 20:22 Cerebras, NextSilicon, and the Power of Picking Niches 23:49 TSMC, Intel, and the Semiconductor “Chocolate Cake” Problem 26:40 Why Taiwan Semi’s Lead May Be Stabilizing, Not Existential 30:48 ”Intel Made Two Crucial Errors”  32:42   When Washington Bought a Piece of Intel 37:00 Israel’s Role in the Allied Semiconductor Supply Chain 40:54 The New Semiconductor Cold War 47:11 Toward an “Allied Supply Chain” for Chips and AI 50:54 Why Gavin Says Global Warming is a Solved Problem 55:34 Mars, Neuralink, and the Next Human Frontier 01:00:19 Would You Always Bet on Elon Musk? 01:03:01 Mission-Driven Investing and Avoiding “Bad for the World” Bets 01:07:37 Why Tel Aviv Feels Like the Most Exciting City in the World 01:09:43 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Return of Political Violence 01:15:37 X Saved the Truth About October 7th  01:23:57  SpaceX, Starlink, and the Future of Human Ambition RESOURCES Follow Gavin on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinbaker-portfoliomanager/ Follow Gavin on X - https://x.com/GavinSBaker Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Gavin Baker who is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Atreides Management, LP. In addition to overseeing investments and research at Atreides, he is responsible for the firm’s day-to-day portfolio management. Prior to founding Atreides in 2019, Gavin was at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2017, most recently as the portfolio manager of the Fidelity OTC Portfolio from 2009 to 2017. He also helped spearhead Fidelity’s venture capital investing from 2013 to 2017. Prior to managing the Fidelity OTC Portfolio, he was a portfolio manager of the Fidelity Select Wireless Portfolio from 2007 to 2011, the Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio from 2007 to 2009 and the Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio from 2002 to 2005. Gavin started his career at Fidelity as an analyst, and focused on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, retail, consumer packaged goods and telecommunications. Gavin earned an AB in economics and history from Dartmouth College.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

00:00    Intro

02:10 Foundation Models: From Fastest Appreciating to Depreciating Assets

05:46 The Trillion-Dollar AI Club: OpenAI, Anthropic & xAI

10:25 The “Free Agency” Talent War and Religious Belief in ASI

12:55 Weaponizing Capital and the $600 Billion GPU Question

16:30  The 30-Year “Overnight Success” of Nvidia

20:22 Cerebras, NextSilicon, and the Power of Picking Niches

23:49 TSMC, Intel, and the Semiconductor “Chocolate Cake” Problem

26:40 Why Taiwan Semi’s Lead May Be Stabilizing, Not Existential

30:48 ”Intel Made Two Crucial Errors” 

32:42   When Washington Bought a Piece of Intel

37:00 Israel’s Role in the Allied Semiconductor Supply Chain

40:54 The New Semiconductor Cold War

47:11 Toward an “Allied Supply Chain” for Chips and AI

50:54 Why Gavin Says Global Warming is a Solved Problem

55:34 Mars, Neuralink, and the Next Human Frontier

01:00:19 Would You Always Bet on Elon Musk?

01:03:01 Mission-Driven Investing and Avoiding “Bad for the World” Bets

01:07:37 Why Tel Aviv Feels Like the Most Exciting City in the World

01:09:43 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Return of Political Violence

01:15:37 X Saved the Truth About October 7th 

01:23:57  SpaceX, Starlink, and the Future of Human Ambition


RESOURCES

Follow Gavin on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinbaker-portfoliomanager/

Follow Gavin on X - https://x.com/GavinSBaker

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 5162 General Catalyst Co-Founder David Fialkow on Pitching VCs Through ‘Hot Buttons,’ Billion-Dollar Storytelling & Bringing Down a Cult On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts David Fialkow, co-founder and Managing Director of General Catalyst, one of the world’s leading venture capital firms managing over $40 billion. From early investments in companies like Airbnb, Stripe, and Warby Parker, to scaling global category leaders, General Catalyst has consistently backed transformative founders and ideas. David’s own career bridges entrepreneurship, film, and philanthropy. Before co-founding General Catalyst, he built and sold several companies across travel, specialty retail, and payments/financial services. Beyond investing, he’s an Academy Award–winning documentary producer, with credits including Navalny and Icarus, which exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping scandal. David is also deeply involved in civic and philanthropic initiatives. With a unique blend of business vision, creative storytelling, and social impact, David brings a rare perspective on how capital can be a force for both innovation and positive change. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00 Intro 02:30 College at Colgate and an ESL Shock 04:19 Discovering Storytelling and Filmmaking 09:06 Founding Last Minute Travel with Joel Cutler 11:32 Duty-Free Cruise Business and Sale to LVMH 13:55 How to Win Mentors: Relevance, Time & Opinions 15:53 Storytelling and “Hot Buttons” in Pitching 18:18 Crohn’s, Children’s Hospital Gift & the Ironman Bet 21:40 Why David Started General Catalyst 23:23 “Shots on Goal” and the VC Mindset 25:19 Starting Fund I and Raising Capital 28:11 Succession Planning 33:01 Ken Chenault Joins General Catalyst 39:28 Filmmaking with his wife Nina Fialkow 41:28 The Vow and Bringing Down NXIVM 46:16 Icarus: Pivot to Russian Doping Scandal 48:45 Navalny, Sugarcane, and Storytelling as Justice 57:00 Raising $12M through Film Screenings 59:26 Pan-Mass Challenge 01:01:27 Dana-Farber’s Impact on Oncology Drugs 01:02:21 On Luck, Teams, and Keeping Ego in Check 01:03:50 Why Israel: Mission, Resilience, and Tech Future RESOURCES Follow David on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fialkow Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:55:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts David Fialkow, co-founder and Managing Director of General Catalyst, one of the world’s leading venture capital firms managing over $40 billion. From early investments in companies like Airbnb, Stripe, and Warby Parker, to scaling global category leaders, General Catalyst has consistently backed transformative founders and ideas. David’s own career bridges entrepreneurship, film, and philanthropy. Before co-founding General Catalyst, he built and sold several companies across travel, specialty retail, and payments/financial services. Beyond investing, he’s an Academy Award–winning documentary producer, with credits including Navalny and Icarus, which exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping scandal. David is also deeply involved in civic and philanthropic initiatives. With a unique blend of business vision, creative storytelling, and social impact, David brings a rare perspective on how capital can be a force for both innovation and positive change. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00 Intro 02:30 College at Colgate and an ESL Shock 04:19 Discovering Storytelling and Filmmaking 09:06 Founding Last Minute Travel with Joel Cutler 11:32 Duty-Free Cruise Business and Sale to LVMH 13:55 How to Win Mentors: Relevance, Time & Opinions 15:53 Storytelling and “Hot Buttons” in Pitching 18:18 Crohn’s, Children’s Hospital Gift & the Ironman Bet 21:40 Why David Started General Catalyst 23:23 “Shots on Goal” and the VC Mindset 25:19 Starting Fund I and Raising Capital 28:11 Succession Planning 33:01 Ken Chenault Joins General Catalyst 39:28 Filmmaking with his wife Nina Fialkow 41:28 The Vow and Bringing Down NXIVM 46:16 Icarus: Pivot to Russian Doping Scandal 48:45 Navalny, Sugarcane, and Storytelling as Justice 57:00 Raising $12M through Film Screenings 59:26 Pan-Mass Challenge 01:01:27 Dana-Farber’s Impact on Oncology Drugs 01:02:21 On Luck, Teams, and Keeping Ego in Check 01:03:50 Why Israel: Mission, Resilience, and Tech Future RESOURCES Follow David on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fialkow Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts David Fialkow, co-founder and Managing Director of General Catalyst, one of the world’s leading venture capital firms managing over $40 billion. From early investments in companies like Airbnb, Stripe, and Warby Parker, to scaling global category leaders, General Catalyst has consistently backed transformative founders and ideas. David’s own career bridges entrepreneurship, film, and philanthropy. Before co-founding General Catalyst, he built and sold several companies across travel, specialty retail, and payments/financial services. Beyond investing, he’s an Academy Award–winning documentary producer, with credits including Navalny and Icarus, which exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping scandal. David is also deeply involved in civic and philanthropic initiatives. With a unique blend of business vision, creative storytelling, and social impact, David brings a rare perspective on how capital can be a force for both innovation and positive change.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 

KEY TOPICS 

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:30 College at Colgate and an ESL Shock

  • 04:19 Discovering Storytelling and Filmmaking

  • 09:06 Founding Last Minute Travel with Joel Cutler

  • 11:32 Duty-Free Cruise Business and Sale to LVMH

  • 13:55 How to Win Mentors: Relevance, Time & Opinions

  • 15:53 Storytelling and “Hot Buttons” in Pitching

  • 18:18 Crohn’s, Children’s Hospital Gift & the Ironman Bet

  • 21:40 Why David Started General Catalyst

  • 23:23 “Shots on Goal” and the VC Mindset

  • 25:19 Starting Fund I and Raising Capital

  • 28:11 Succession Planning

  • 33:01 Ken Chenault Joins General Catalyst

  • 39:28 Filmmaking with his wife Nina Fialkow

  • 41:28 The Vow and Bringing Down NXIVM

  • 46:16 Icarus: Pivot to Russian Doping Scandal

  • 48:45 Navalny, Sugarcane, and Storytelling as Justice

  • 57:00 Raising $12M through Film Screenings

  • 59:26 Pan-Mass Challenge

  • 01:01:27 Dana-Farber’s Impact on Oncology Drugs

  • 01:02:21 On Luck, Teams, and Keeping Ego in Check

  • 01:03:50 Why Israel: Mission, Resilience, and Tech Future

RESOURCES

Follow David on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fialkow

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 3917 Mati Gill, CEO of AION Labs, on Funding Life-Saving Startups, Lessons From Working at Teva Pharmaceuticals in Crisis & Life After Getting Shot On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Mati Gill, CEO of AION Labs, Israel’s first global biotech venture studio. Backed by Pfizer, Merck KGaA, AstraZeneca, Teva, and AWS, AION Labs pioneers a new model for company creation: uniting pharma giants, tech leaders, and investors to collaboratively build AI-first startups in drug discovery and development. Instead of the typical biotech trajectory—where most startups fail—AION ensures founders start with the right problem, data, talent, guidance, and backing from day one. Mati brings a rare blend of experiences across pharma, government, and security. Before AION, he was a senior executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals, leading global public policy and advising the CEO during major restructuring. Earlier, he served as Chief of Staff at Israel’s Ministry of Public Security, and as an IDF reserve officer he coordinated international operations with UN peacekeepers. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  01:13 Early Life in Ohio and Moving to Israel 04:55 Military Service and Law School: Path to Public Service 06:43 Teva’s Origins and Growth into a Global Leader 11:24 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Teva’s Challenges 13:59 Leaving Teva and Founding AION Labs 14:12 What AION Labs is and Why the Name Matters 18:10 Merck, Teva, AWS, and VC Partners Joining AION 20:22 DenovAI and Antibody Discovery 23:08 Accelerating Drug Development with AI and Pharma Partners 24:43 AI in Gene Editing and the Baby KJ Case 27:39 Why Biology Expertise Must Balance AI 34:01 From Doubt to Investment: DenovAI’s Validation 36:59 Government Support and the Israel Innovation Authority 39:33 Which Startup Could Be AION’s First Mega Hit? 40:17 Core Values: Israel, Family, and Mission 44:21 Why Most Drugs Fail and How AI Can Help 45:59 Enhancement vs. Health: The Ethics of Gene Editing 48:18 Theranos, Transparency, and Governance Lessons 51:25 The One Disease to Cure: Alzheimer’s 55:41 What Teva Taught Mati About Scale and Missed Opportunities 57:01 Being Shot Near Gaza and Lessons from Survival 01:02:05 Public Service: Always on Loan to Israel 01:02:45 Will AI Cure Cancer? RESOURCES Follow Mati on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matigill Follow Mati on X - https://x.com/matigill Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:42:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Mati Gill, CEO of AION Labs, Israel’s first global biotech venture studio. Backed by Pfizer, Merck KGaA, AstraZeneca, Teva, and AWS, AION Labs pioneers a new model for company creation: uniting pharma giants, tech leaders, and investors to collaboratively build AI-first startups in drug discovery and development. Instead of the typical biotech trajectory—where most startups fail—AION ensures founders start with the right problem, data, talent, guidance, and backing from day one. Mati brings a rare blend of experiences across pharma, government, and security. Before AION, he was a senior executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals, leading global public policy and advising the CEO during major restructuring. Earlier, he served as Chief of Staff at Israel’s Ministry of Public Security, and as an IDF reserve officer he coordinated international operations with UN peacekeepers. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  01:13 Early Life in Ohio and Moving to Israel 04:55 Military Service and Law School: Path to Public Service 06:43 Teva’s Origins and Growth into a Global Leader 11:24 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Teva’s Challenges 13:59 Leaving Teva and Founding AION Labs 14:12 What AION Labs is and Why the Name Matters 18:10 Merck, Teva, AWS, and VC Partners Joining AION 20:22 DenovAI and Antibody Discovery 23:08 Accelerating Drug Development with AI and Pharma Partners 24:43 AI in Gene Editing and the Baby KJ Case 27:39 Why Biology Expertise Must Balance AI 34:01 From Doubt to Investment: DenovAI’s Validation 36:59 Government Support and the Israel Innovation Authority 39:33 Which Startup Could Be AION’s First Mega Hit? 40:17 Core Values: Israel, Family, and Mission 44:21 Why Most Drugs Fail and How AI Can Help 45:59 Enhancement vs. Health: The Ethics of Gene Editing 48:18 Theranos, Transparency, and Governance Lessons 51:25 The One Disease to Cure: Alzheimer’s 55:41 What Teva Taught Mati About Scale and Missed Opportunities 57:01 Being Shot Near Gaza and Lessons from Survival 01:02:05 Public Service: Always on Loan to Israel 01:02:45 Will AI Cure Cancer? RESOURCES Follow Mati on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matigill Follow Mati on X - https://x.com/matigill Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Mati Gill, CEO of AION Labs, Israel’s first global biotech venture studio. Backed by Pfizer, Merck KGaA, AstraZeneca, Teva, and AWS, AION Labs pioneers a new model for company creation: uniting pharma giants, tech leaders, and investors to collaboratively build AI-first startups in drug discovery and development. Instead of the typical biotech trajectory—where most startups fail—AION ensures founders start with the right problem, data, talent, guidance, and backing from day one. Mati brings a rare blend of experiences across pharma, government, and security. Before AION, he was a senior executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals, leading global public policy and advising the CEO during major restructuring. Earlier, he served as Chief of Staff at Israel’s Ministry of Public Security, and as an IDF reserve officer he coordinated international operations with UN peacekeepers.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • 01:13 Early Life in Ohio and Moving to Israel

  • 04:55 Military Service and Law School: Path to Public Service

  • 06:43 Teva’s Origins and Growth into a Global Leader

  • 11:24 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Teva’s Challenges

  • 13:59 Leaving Teva and Founding AION Labs

  • 14:12 What AION Labs is and Why the Name Matters

  • 18:10 Merck, Teva, AWS, and VC Partners Joining AION

  • 20:22 DenovAI and Antibody Discovery

  • 23:08 Accelerating Drug Development with AI and Pharma Partners

  • 24:43 AI in Gene Editing and the Baby KJ Case

  • 27:39 Why Biology Expertise Must Balance AI

  • 34:01 From Doubt to Investment: DenovAI’s Validation

  • 36:59 Government Support and the Israel Innovation Authority

  • 39:33 Which Startup Could Be AION’s First Mega Hit?

  • 40:17 Core Values: Israel, Family, and Mission

  • 44:21 Why Most Drugs Fail and How AI Can Help

  • 45:59 Enhancement vs. Health: The Ethics of Gene Editing

  • 48:18 Theranos, Transparency, and Governance Lessons

  • 51:25 The One Disease to Cure: Alzheimer’s

  • 55:41 What Teva Taught Mati About Scale and Missed Opportunities

  • 57:01 Being Shot Near Gaza and Lessons from Survival

  • 01:02:05 Public Service: Always on Loan to Israel

  • 01:02:45 Will AI Cure Cancer?


RESOURCES

Follow Mati on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matigill

Follow Mati on X - https://x.com/matigill

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3813 Nir Zohar on His Evolution from Wix Coffee Maker to COO, Why the Wix Management Team Has Offsites in the Water, the Super Bowl Ad that Changed Everything and Why Wix Bought Base44–”One Guy”–for $80 Million On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Nir Zohar, President and former COO of Wix.com, who helped transform the company from a scrappy Tel Aviv startup into a global platform serving hundreds of millions. A former naval officer and Chief Engineer on a missile boat, Nir reflects on how military discipline and his years leading the Israeli Scouts shaped his philosophy that management is service, not status. He recounts pivotal moments in Wix’s journey—from the risky Super Bowl campaign to the bet-the-company decision to rebuild on HTML5—and the creation of Wix’s “companies and guilds” structure to empower teams at scale. Nir also discusses leading through crises, from evacuating hundreds of Ukrainian employees during the war to navigating Israel’s upheavals, and why he believes resilience, empowerment, and values-driven leadership are the keys to building enduring companies. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 – Intro 02:17 – Wix’s $10M Super Bowl Gamble 08:52 – Reinventing Retired NFL Legends 13:28 – Being in the Navy Taught Nir to Run a Startup 16:02 – Business Lessons from the Scouts 18:55 – Why Management Should be Service, Not Status 21:43 – Wix Strategy Offsites in the Water 27:25 – Why Wix Employees Bought Their Own Chairs 30:38 – Betting Wix on HTML5 39:41 – The Breakfast That Sparked Wix's IPO 46:18 – How Wix's Leadership Team Stayed Together for 18 Years 50:24 – Why Going Public Gave Wix More Control, Not Less 53:08 – Hiring a Chief Politeness Officer to Say "No" 55:57 – The $80M Bet on Base44 and Vibe Coding 01:02:31 – Cutting Off Russia While Protecting Small Businesses 01:03:33 – Chartering Planes and Building a Kibbutz in Krakow 01:12:22 – How to Lead a Company Through War 01:18:47 – Why Wix Runs on "Companies and Guilds" 01:25:10 – AI Inside Wix: Productivity, Process, and Team Flow 01:26:14 – Why Nir Is Bullish on Small Business in the AI Era RESOURCES Follow Nir on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirzo  Follow Nir on X  - https://x.com/nirzo  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:23:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Nir Zohar, President and former COO of Wix.com, who helped transform the company from a scrappy Tel Aviv startup into a global platform serving hundreds of millions. A former naval officer and Chief Engineer on a missile boat, Nir reflects on how military discipline and his years leading the Israeli Scouts shaped his philosophy that management is service, not status. He recounts pivotal moments in Wix’s journey—from the risky Super Bowl campaign to the bet-the-company decision to rebuild on HTML5—and the creation of Wix’s “companies and guilds” structure to empower teams at scale. Nir also discusses leading through crises, from evacuating hundreds of Ukrainian employees during the war to navigating Israel’s upheavals, and why he believes resilience, empowerment, and values-driven leadership are the keys to building enduring companies. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 – Intro 02:17 – Wix’s $10M Super Bowl Gamble 08:52 – Reinventing Retired NFL Legends 13:28 – Being in the Navy Taught Nir to Run a Startup 16:02 – Business Lessons from the Scouts 18:55 – Why Management Should be Service, Not Status 21:43 – Wix Strategy Offsites in the Water 27:25 – Why Wix Employees Bought Their Own Chairs 30:38 – Betting Wix on HTML5 39:41 – The Breakfast That Sparked Wix's IPO 46:18 – How Wix's Leadership Team Stayed Together for 18 Years 50:24 – Why Going Public Gave Wix More Control, Not Less 53:08 – Hiring a Chief Politeness Officer to Say "No" 55:57 – The $80M Bet on Base44 and Vibe Coding 01:02:31 – Cutting Off Russia While Protecting Small Businesses 01:03:33 – Chartering Planes and Building a Kibbutz in Krakow 01:12:22 – How to Lead a Company Through War 01:18:47 – Why Wix Runs on "Companies and Guilds" 01:25:10 – AI Inside Wix: Productivity, Process, and Team Flow 01:26:14 – Why Nir Is Bullish on Small Business in the AI Era RESOURCES Follow Nir on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirzo  Follow Nir on X  - https://x.com/nirzo  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Nir Zohar, President and former COO of Wix.com, who helped transform the company from a scrappy Tel Aviv startup into a global platform serving hundreds of millions. A former naval officer and Chief Engineer on a missile boat, Nir reflects on how military discipline and his years leading the Israeli Scouts shaped his philosophy that management is service, not status. He recounts pivotal moments in Wix’s journey—from the risky Super Bowl campaign to the bet-the-company decision to rebuild on HTML5—and the creation of Wix’s “companies and guilds” structure to empower teams at scale. Nir also discusses leading through crises, from evacuating hundreds of Ukrainian employees during the war to navigating Israel’s upheavals, and why he believes resilience, empowerment, and values-driven leadership are the keys to building enduring companies.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 – Intro

02:17 – Wix’s $10M Super Bowl Gamble

08:52 – Reinventing Retired NFL Legends

13:28 – Being in the Navy Taught Nir to Run a Startup

16:02 – Business Lessons from the Scouts

18:55 – Why Management Should be Service, Not Status

21:43 – Wix Strategy Offsites in the Water

27:25 – Why Wix Employees Bought Their Own Chairs

30:38 – Betting Wix on HTML5

39:41 – The Breakfast That Sparked Wix's IPO

46:18 – How Wix's Leadership Team Stayed Together for 18 Years

50:24 – Why Going Public Gave Wix More Control, Not Less

53:08 – Hiring a Chief Politeness Officer to Say "No"

55:57 – The $80M Bet on Base44 and Vibe Coding

01:02:31 – Cutting Off Russia While Protecting Small Businesses

01:03:33 – Chartering Planes and Building a Kibbutz in Krakow

01:12:22 – How to Lead a Company Through War

01:18:47 – Why Wix Runs on "Companies and Guilds"

01:25:10 – AI Inside Wix: Productivity, Process, and Team Flow

01:26:14 – Why Nir Is Bullish on Small Business in the AI Era


RESOURCES

Follow Nir on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirzo 

Follow Nir on X  - https://x.com/nirzo 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 5209 Gigi Levy-Weiss on How the Israeli Air Force is the Best Model for Running a Company, How Playtika Exploded Overnight by Accident, the Uncomfortable Truths About Working in Gambling, and the Coolest Companies in the NFX Portfolio On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Gigi Levy-Weiss, a former Israeli attack helicopter pilot turned entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the seed fund NFX. Gigi reflects on his journey from combat missions to leading companies like 888 and Playtika, highlighting lessons in leadership, military-style debrief culture, and the value of “good failures.” He shares his founder-first philosophy as a VC, his cautious stance on replacing CEOs, and his thoughts on the ethical complexities of tech - from online gambling to AI. Amid Israel’s political and security upheavals, Gigi also discusses civic responsibility and the vital role of grassroots leadership. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 – Intro 02:00 – Why My Name is Gigi: A Personal and National Story 03:10 – From Helicopter Pilot to CEO: Gigi’s Unconventional Career Path 05:05 – The Israeli Air Force Method of Failure 09:30 – Teaching Civilian Teams to Debrief Like Fighter Pilots 11:45 – How to Build a Culture That Embraces (Good) Failure 14:25 – Celebrating Failure at Playtika 16:50 – Experience vs. Fresh Eyes: Who Should Lead After Failure? 20:10 – Why Gigi Rarely Replaces Founders, Even When They Fail 23:59 – Gigi Selling His First Company and Learning What Not to Do 26:45 – 888 and the Crash: From Private Jet Dreams to Crisis Mode 35:30 – Gigi’s Biggest Lessons from Running 888 38:55 – Hire for Talent Over Experience 40:00 – Building Playtika and Accidentally Creating Slotomania 46:50 – Wrestling with the Ethics of Online Gambling 52:20 – Facebook, Games, and Losing Faith in Tech’s “Goodness” 54:10 – If Gigi Were the AI Ethics Czar, He Would… 56:00 – The AGI Arms Race and the Collapse of Trust in Truth 59:20 – Are the Ultra-Orthodox Ahead or Behind? 01:01:00 – Founding NFX: From Angel Investor to Seed VC 01:06:00 – The Startups Gigi is Most Proud of 01:08:50 – Building Line Five: A Response to October 7th 01:10:55 – Why Gigi Took a Public Role in the Judicial Reform Protests 01:13:30 – Israel’s Founders Agreement Problem 01:16:30 – October 7th and the Rise of Civilian Emergency Networks 01:19:25 – Feature or Bug? When Citizens Replace Government 01:20:10 – The Next Generation of VCs That Give Gigi Hope 01:21:53 – Reflections on Responsibility, Legacy, and Leadership RESOURCES Follow Gigi on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigilevy/  Follow Gigi on X  - https://x.com/gigilevy  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:36:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Gigi Levy-Weiss, a former Israeli attack helicopter pilot turned entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the seed fund NFX. Gigi reflects on his journey from combat missions to leading companies like 888 and Playtika, highlighting lessons in leadership, military-style debrief culture, and the value of “good failures.” He shares his founder-first philosophy as a VC, his cautious stance on replacing CEOs, and his thoughts on the ethical complexities of tech - from online gambling to AI. Amid Israel’s political and security upheavals, Gigi also discusses civic responsibility and the vital role of grassroots leadership. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  00:00 – Intro 02:00 – Why My Name is Gigi: A Personal and National Story 03:10 – From Helicopter Pilot to CEO: Gigi’s Unconventional Career Path 05:05 – The Israeli Air Force Method of Failure 09:30 – Teaching Civilian Teams to Debrief Like Fighter Pilots 11:45 – How to Build a Culture That Embraces (Good) Failure 14:25 – Celebrating Failure at Playtika 16:50 – Experience vs. Fresh Eyes: Who Should Lead After Failure? 20:10 – Why Gigi Rarely Replaces Founders, Even When They Fail 23:59 – Gigi Selling His First Company and Learning What Not to Do 26:45 – 888 and the Crash: From Private Jet Dreams to Crisis Mode 35:30 – Gigi’s Biggest Lessons from Running 888 38:55 – Hire for Talent Over Experience 40:00 – Building Playtika and Accidentally Creating Slotomania 46:50 – Wrestling with the Ethics of Online Gambling 52:20 – Facebook, Games, and Losing Faith in Tech’s “Goodness” 54:10 – If Gigi Were the AI Ethics Czar, He Would… 56:00 – The AGI Arms Race and the Collapse of Trust in Truth 59:20 – Are the Ultra-Orthodox Ahead or Behind? 01:01:00 – Founding NFX: From Angel Investor to Seed VC 01:06:00 – The Startups Gigi is Most Proud of 01:08:50 – Building Line Five: A Response to October 7th 01:10:55 – Why Gigi Took a Public Role in the Judicial Reform Protests 01:13:30 – Israel’s Founders Agreement Problem 01:16:30 – October 7th and the Rise of Civilian Emergency Networks 01:19:25 – Feature or Bug? When Citizens Replace Government 01:20:10 – The Next Generation of VCs That Give Gigi Hope 01:21:53 – Reflections on Responsibility, Legacy, and Leadership RESOURCES Follow Gigi on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigilevy/  Follow Gigi on X  - https://x.com/gigilevy  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with Gigi Levy-Weiss, a former Israeli attack helicopter pilot turned entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of the seed fund NFX. Gigi reflects on his journey from combat missions to leading companies like 888 and Playtika, highlighting lessons in leadership, military-style debrief culture, and the value of “good failures.” He shares his founder-first philosophy as a VC, his cautious stance on replacing CEOs, and his thoughts on the ethical complexities of tech - from online gambling to AI. Amid Israel’s political and security upheavals, Gigi also discusses civic responsibility and the vital role of grassroots leadership.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

00:00 – Intro

02:00 – Why My Name is Gigi: A Personal and National Story

03:10 – From Helicopter Pilot to CEO: Gigi’s Unconventional Career Path

05:05 – The Israeli Air Force Method of Failure

09:30 – Teaching Civilian Teams to Debrief Like Fighter Pilots

11:45 – How to Build a Culture That Embraces (Good) Failure

14:25 – Celebrating Failure at Playtika

16:50 – Experience vs. Fresh Eyes: Who Should Lead After Failure?

20:10 – Why Gigi Rarely Replaces Founders, Even When They Fail

23:59 – Gigi Selling His First Company and Learning What Not to Do

26:45 – 888 and the Crash: From Private Jet Dreams to Crisis Mode

35:30 – Gigi’s Biggest Lessons from Running 888

38:55 – Hire for Talent Over Experience

40:00 – Building Playtika and Accidentally Creating Slotomania

46:50 – Wrestling with the Ethics of Online Gambling

52:20 – Facebook, Games, and Losing Faith in Tech’s “Goodness”

54:10 – If Gigi Were the AI Ethics Czar, He Would…

56:00 – The AGI Arms Race and the Collapse of Trust in Truth

59:20 – Are the Ultra-Orthodox Ahead or Behind?

01:01:00 – Founding NFX: From Angel Investor to Seed VC

01:06:00 – The Startups Gigi is Most Proud of

01:08:50 – Building Line Five: A Response to October 7th

01:10:55 – Why Gigi Took a Public Role in the Judicial Reform Protests

01:13:30 – Israel’s Founders Agreement Problem

01:16:30 – October 7th and the Rise of Civilian Emergency Networks

01:19:25 – Feature or Bug? When Citizens Replace Government

01:20:10 – The Next Generation of VCs That Give Gigi Hope

01:21:53 – Reflections on Responsibility, Legacy, and Leadership


RESOURCES

Follow Gigi on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigilevy/ 

Follow Gigi on X  - https://x.com/gigilevy 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4932 Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman on How a Story in CNBC Beat Fiverr’s $8M Super Bowl Ad, the Right Way to Go Public, How Your Boss isn’t Responsible for Your Career, Why Freelancers Move Faster Than Employees, and How AI is Raising the Floor–not the Ceiling On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Micha Kaufman, the founder and CEO of Fiverr - the global freelance marketplace that helped define the gig economy. Since launching the platform in 2010, Micha has led Fiverr from a scrappy, bootstrapped startup into a publicly traded company offering millions of services across hundreds of categories. Before that, he built three other companies and began his career as an intellectual property lawyer, where he was involved in drafting what he describes as Google’s first patent in Israel. A vocal advocate for self-reliance in the age of AI, Micha believes freelancers are better equipped than corporate employees to adapt, automate, and thrive. He recently led Israel’s high-tech delegation to Auschwitz, a personal and national mission to preserve memory and meaning for the next generation. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:05:40 Why Fiverr Launched With a $5 Price Tag00:09:28 The Things You Can Do for Five Bucks00:17:42 The Infamous Four Seasons Debacle00:24:20 AI and the End of Low-Skill Tasks00:27:54 Freelancers Upskill Faster Than Employees00:33:30 You’re Responsible for Your Career Growth, Not Your Boss00:49:14 Automate Yourself, Then Create More Value00:58:00 Fiverr’s Mission in an AI-Driven Future01:04:32 Going Public: Lessons and Regrets01:16:17 Why Micha led a High-Tech Delegation to Auschwitz RESOURCES Follow Micha on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michakaufman/  Follow Micha on X  - https://x.com/michakaufman  Subscribe to Invested here: ⁠https://content.aleph.vc/invested⁠ Learn more about Aleph:⁠ aleph.vc⁠  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://newsletter.aleph.vc/⁠ Subscribe to our YouTube channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/⁠ Follow Michael on Twitter:⁠ twitter.com/mikeeisenberg⁠ Follow Michael on LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/⁠ Follow Aleph on Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg⁠ ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/⁠ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/⁠ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:54:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Micha Kaufman, the founder and CEO of Fiverr - the global freelance marketplace that helped define the gig economy. Since launching the platform in 2010, Micha has led Fiverr from a scrappy, bootstrapped startup into a publicly traded company offering millions of services across hundreds of categories. Before that, he built three other companies and began his career as an intellectual property lawyer, where he was involved in drafting what he describes as Google’s first patent in Israel. A vocal advocate for self-reliance in the age of AI, Micha believes freelancers are better equipped than corporate employees to adapt, automate, and thrive. He recently led Israel’s high-tech delegation to Auschwitz, a personal and national mission to preserve memory and meaning for the next generation. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:05:40 Why Fiverr Launched With a $5 Price Tag00:09:28 The Things You Can Do for Five Bucks00:17:42 The Infamous Four Seasons Debacle00:24:20 AI and the End of Low-Skill Tasks00:27:54 Freelancers Upskill Faster Than Employees00:33:30 You’re Responsible for Your Career Growth, Not Your Boss00:49:14 Automate Yourself, Then Create More Value00:58:00 Fiverr’s Mission in an AI-Driven Future01:04:32 Going Public: Lessons and Regrets01:16:17 Why Micha led a High-Tech Delegation to Auschwitz RESOURCES Follow Micha on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michakaufman/  Follow Micha on X  - https://x.com/michakaufman  Subscribe to Invested here: ⁠https://content.aleph.vc/invested⁠ Learn more about Aleph:⁠ aleph.vc⁠  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://newsletter.aleph.vc/⁠ Subscribe to our YouTube channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/⁠ Follow Michael on Twitter:⁠ twitter.com/mikeeisenberg⁠ Follow Michael on LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/⁠ Follow Aleph on Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg⁠ ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/⁠ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/⁠ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Micha Kaufman, the founder and CEO of Fiverr - the global freelance marketplace that helped define the gig economy. Since launching the platform in 2010, Micha has led Fiverr from a scrappy, bootstrapped startup into a publicly traded company offering millions of services across hundreds of categories. Before that, he built three other companies and began his career as an intellectual property lawyer, where he was involved in drafting what he describes as Google’s first patent in Israel. A vocal advocate for self-reliance in the age of AI, Micha believes freelancers are better equipped than corporate employees to adapt, automate, and thrive. He recently led Israel’s high-tech delegation to Auschwitz, a personal and national mission to preserve memory and meaning for the next generation.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

00:05:40 Why Fiverr Launched With a $5 Price Tag
00:09:28 The Things You Can Do for Five Bucks
00:17:42 The Infamous Four Seasons Debacle
00:24:20 AI and the End of Low-Skill Tasks
00:27:54 Freelancers Upskill Faster Than Employees
00:33:30 You’re Responsible for Your Career Growth, Not Your Boss
00:49:14 Automate Yourself, Then Create More Value
00:58:00 Fiverr’s Mission in an AI-Driven Future
01:04:32 Going Public: Lessons and Regrets
01:16:17 Why Micha led a High-Tech Delegation to Auschwitz


RESOURCES

Follow Micha on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michakaufman/ 

Follow Micha on X  - https://x.com/michakaufman 

Subscribe to Invested here: ⁠https://content.aleph.vc/invested⁠

Learn more about Aleph:⁠ aleph.vc⁠ 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://newsletter.aleph.vc/⁠

Subscribe to our YouTube channel:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/⁠

Follow Michael on Twitter:⁠ twitter.com/mikeeisenberg⁠

Follow Michael on LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/⁠

Follow Aleph on Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg⁠

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/⁠

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/⁠


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 5140 From DNA to Star Trek: Samuel Arbesman on Reconciling Science with Tradition, Building Personalized “Sims” for Your Body, and What it Means to be a Scientist in VC On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Samuel Arbesman, the Scientist in Residence at Lux Capital. In addition, he is an xLab senior fellow at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation. He is the author of The Magic of Code, Overcomplicated, and The Half-Life of Facts, and his writing has appeared in such places as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Wired, where he was previously a contributing writer. He lives in Cleveland with his family. The first computer he used was a Commodore VIC-20. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00:00 The Intersection of AI and Creativity 00:03:11 What it Means to Be a Scientist in VC 00:05:55 The Frontier of Computation and Biology 00:08:51 Biology as a New Computing Paradigm 00:11:45 The Future of Personalized Simulations 00:15:10 Applying Complexity Science 00:17:49 Sci-Fi Ideas in Biotechnology 00:21:07 Ethics of Biohacking and Human Enhancement 00:24:14 Humility and Personal Values in Science 00:36:57 Embracing Uncertainty in Knowledge 00:39:20 The Power of Incremental Progress 00:40:38 Learning from History and Tradition 00:43:59 Reconciling Science with Tradition 00:46:01 The Role of Community in Modern Life 00:48:41 Individualism vs. Community in Tech 00:50:06 Cultural Foundations in Tech Development 00:57:09 AI: Evolution or Revolution? 01:03:06 Finding Meaning in a Post-Scarcity World RESOURCES Follow Samuel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arbesman/  Follow Samuel on X  - https://x.com/arbesman  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:58:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Samuel Arbesman, the Scientist in Residence at Lux Capital. In addition, he is an xLab senior fellow at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation. He is the author of The Magic of Code, Overcomplicated, and The Half-Life of Facts, and his writing has appeared in such places as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Wired, where he was previously a contributing writer. He lives in Cleveland with his family. The first computer he used was a Commodore VIC-20. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00:00 The Intersection of AI and Creativity 00:03:11 What it Means to Be a Scientist in VC 00:05:55 The Frontier of Computation and Biology 00:08:51 Biology as a New Computing Paradigm 00:11:45 The Future of Personalized Simulations 00:15:10 Applying Complexity Science 00:17:49 Sci-Fi Ideas in Biotechnology 00:21:07 Ethics of Biohacking and Human Enhancement 00:24:14 Humility and Personal Values in Science 00:36:57 Embracing Uncertainty in Knowledge 00:39:20 The Power of Incremental Progress 00:40:38 Learning from History and Tradition 00:43:59 Reconciling Science with Tradition 00:46:01 The Role of Community in Modern Life 00:48:41 Individualism vs. Community in Tech 00:50:06 Cultural Foundations in Tech Development 00:57:09 AI: Evolution or Revolution? 01:03:06 Finding Meaning in a Post-Scarcity World RESOURCES Follow Samuel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arbesman/  Follow Samuel on X  - https://x.com/arbesman  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Myron Shneider, Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Samuel Arbesman, the Scientist in Residence at Lux Capital. In addition, he is an xLab senior fellow at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation. He is the author of The Magic of Code, Overcomplicated, and The Half-Life of Facts, and his writing has appeared in such places as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Wired, where he was previously a contributing writer. He lives in Cleveland with his family. The first computer he used was a Commodore VIC-20.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

00:00:00 The Intersection of AI and Creativity 00:03:11 What it Means to Be a Scientist in VC 00:05:55 The Frontier of Computation and Biology 00:08:51 Biology as a New Computing Paradigm 00:11:45 The Future of Personalized Simulations 00:15:10 Applying Complexity Science 00:17:49 Sci-Fi Ideas in Biotechnology 00:21:07 Ethics of Biohacking and Human Enhancement 00:24:14 Humility and Personal Values in Science 00:36:57 Embracing Uncertainty in Knowledge 00:39:20 The Power of Incremental Progress 00:40:38 Learning from History and Tradition 00:43:59 Reconciling Science with Tradition 00:46:01 The Role of Community in Modern Life 00:48:41 Individualism vs. Community in Tech 00:50:06 Cultural Foundations in Tech Development 00:57:09 AI: Evolution or Revolution? 01:03:06 Finding Meaning in a Post-Scarcity World


RESOURCES

Follow Samuel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arbesman/ 

Follow Samuel on X  - https://x.com/arbesman 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

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Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Myron Shneider, Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 4374 Dream Founders Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz on How Dream Became the World’s Fastest-Growing Cyber Startup Within 18 Months, Building the First AI Native Cybersecurity Company, and Whether it’s Possible to Ethically Use Offensive Cyber On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts two of the co-founders of Dream, Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz.  Sebastian Kurz is a former Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria from 2017 to 2019, and again from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), he began his political career in the party's youth wing, rising to prominence as State Secretary for Integration (2011–2013) and Foreign Minister (2013–2017). Kurz led the ÖVP to victory in the 2017 election, becoming one of the world's youngest heads of government at age 31. Since leaving politics, Kurz has worked as a global strategist and entrepreneur. Shalev Hulio is a serial entrepreneur and cybersecurity expert. He co-founded NSO Group in 2010, serving as CEO until August 2022, where he oversaw the development of Pegasus, a controversial spyware used by governments to track criminal and terrorist activity. Prior to NSO, Hulio co-founded several tech ventures, including CommuniTake and Kaymera Technologies.  Together with Gil Dolev, Sebastian and Shalev founded Dream Security in January 2023, which specializes in AI-powered cyber defense. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00:00 The Unexpected Birth Story of Dream 00:05:50 From Politics to Tech Entrepreneurship 00:11:48 Cybersecurity: From Offense to Defense 00:14:35 Why AI Matters in Cybersecurity 00:17:32 Cyber Attacks and National Security 00:20:55 NSO & Building Trust in High-Stakes Environments 00:23:54 The Future of Cybersecurity and Ethics 00:26:53 Investing in Times of Crisis 00:29:34 Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Tensions 00:32:59 Dream’s Vision and Market Strategy 00:35:42 Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities 00:44:48 The Importance of Leadership 00:56:29 The Birth of Dream 01:02:01 Cybersecurity as a National Threat 01:06:23 The Changing Landscape of Defense Spending 01:10:32 The Growth of Dream 01:12:01 Navigating Ethical Boundaries in Cybersecurity RESOURCES Follow Sebastian on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-kurz/  Follow Shalev on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalevholy/  Follow Sebastian on X  - https://x.com/sebastiankurz  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:21:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts two of the co-founders of Dream, Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz.  Sebastian Kurz is a former Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria from 2017 to 2019, and again from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), he began his political career in the party's youth wing, rising to prominence as State Secretary for Integration (2011–2013) and Foreign Minister (2013–2017). Kurz led the ÖVP to victory in the 2017 election, becoming one of the world's youngest heads of government at age 31. Since leaving politics, Kurz has worked as a global strategist and entrepreneur. Shalev Hulio is a serial entrepreneur and cybersecurity expert. He co-founded NSO Group in 2010, serving as CEO until August 2022, where he oversaw the development of Pegasus, a controversial spyware used by governments to track criminal and terrorist activity. Prior to NSO, Hulio co-founded several tech ventures, including CommuniTake and Kaymera Technologies.  Together with Gil Dolev, Sebastian and Shalev founded Dream Security in January 2023, which specializes in AI-powered cyber defense. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  00:00:00 The Unexpected Birth Story of Dream 00:05:50 From Politics to Tech Entrepreneurship 00:11:48 Cybersecurity: From Offense to Defense 00:14:35 Why AI Matters in Cybersecurity 00:17:32 Cyber Attacks and National Security 00:20:55 NSO & Building Trust in High-Stakes Environments 00:23:54 The Future of Cybersecurity and Ethics 00:26:53 Investing in Times of Crisis 00:29:34 Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Tensions 00:32:59 Dream’s Vision and Market Strategy 00:35:42 Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities 00:44:48 The Importance of Leadership 00:56:29 The Birth of Dream 01:02:01 Cybersecurity as a National Threat 01:06:23 The Changing Landscape of Defense Spending 01:10:32 The Growth of Dream 01:12:01 Navigating Ethical Boundaries in Cybersecurity RESOURCES Follow Sebastian on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-kurz/  Follow Shalev on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalevholy/  Follow Sebastian on X  - https://x.com/sebastiankurz  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts two of the co-founders of Dream, Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz. 

Sebastian Kurz is a former Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria from 2017 to 2019, and again from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), he began his political career in the party's youth wing, rising to prominence as State Secretary for Integration (2011–2013) and Foreign Minister (2013–2017). Kurz led the ÖVP to victory in the 2017 election, becoming one of the world's youngest heads of government at age 31. Since leaving politics, Kurz has worked as a global strategist and entrepreneur.

Shalev Hulio is a serial entrepreneur and cybersecurity expert. He co-founded NSO Group in 2010, serving as CEO until August 2022, where he oversaw the development of Pegasus, a controversial spyware used by governments to track criminal and terrorist activity. Prior to NSO, Hulio co-founded several tech ventures, including CommuniTake and Kaymera Technologies. 

Together with Gil Dolev, Sebastian and Shalev founded Dream Security in January 2023, which specializes in AI-powered cyber defense.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

00:00:00 The Unexpected Birth Story of Dream 00:05:50 From Politics to Tech Entrepreneurship 00:11:48 Cybersecurity: From Offense to Defense 00:14:35 Why AI Matters in Cybersecurity 00:17:32 Cyber Attacks and National Security 00:20:55 NSO & Building Trust in High-Stakes Environments 00:23:54 The Future of Cybersecurity and Ethics 00:26:53 Investing in Times of Crisis 00:29:34 Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Tensions 00:32:59 Dream’s Vision and Market Strategy 00:35:42 Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities 00:44:48 The Importance of Leadership 00:56:29 The Birth of Dream 01:02:01 Cybersecurity as a National Threat 01:06:23 The Changing Landscape of Defense Spending 01:10:32 The Growth of Dream 01:12:01 Navigating Ethical Boundaries in Cybersecurity


RESOURCES

Follow Sebastian on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-kurz/ 

Follow Shalev on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalevholy/ 

Follow Sebastian on X  - https://x.com/sebastiankurz 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer, Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 5188 Israel Vs. Iran War: Special Episode of Invested In this deeply personal episode, Michael Eisenberg pauses the usual cadence of Invested to deliver a powerful message about the unfolding war between Israel and Iran. Five days into a conflict triggered by Iran’s escalating aggression, Michael shares an unfiltered account of the situation on the ground, from nightly missile attacks targeting civilians to Israel’s unprecedented precision response across 2,000 kilometers. He explains the motivations behind Israel’s military strategy, the human toll on Israeli families, and the indomitable resilience of a nation innovating under fire–including the story of Shalev Hulio, the CEO of Dream and IDF reservist, who is currently saving lives by day and taking customer calls at night. This episode is more than a wartime update. It’s a call to understand the moral clarity of the moment, the sacrifices being made, and the profound implications for the future of Israel, Iran, and the broader Middle East. Listen for a rare, intimate window into a pivotal moment in history–and what it means for the world. Listen and subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested RESOURCES Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:01:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg In this deeply personal episode, Michael Eisenberg pauses the usual cadence of Invested to deliver a powerful message about the unfolding war between Israel and Iran. Five days into a conflict triggered by Iran’s escalating aggression, Michael shares an unfiltered account of the situation on the ground, from nightly missile attacks targeting civilians to Israel’s unprecedented precision response across 2,000 kilometers. He explains the motivations behind Israel’s military strategy, the human toll on Israeli families, and the indomitable resilience of a nation innovating under fire–including the story of Shalev Hulio, the CEO of Dream and IDF reservist, who is currently saving lives by day and taking customer calls at night. This episode is more than a wartime update. It’s a call to understand the moral clarity of the moment, the sacrifices being made, and the profound implications for the future of Israel, Iran, and the broader Middle East. Listen for a rare, intimate window into a pivotal moment in history–and what it means for the world. Listen and subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested RESOURCES Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi In this deeply personal episode, Michael Eisenberg pauses the usual cadence of Invested to deliver a powerful message about the unfolding war between Israel and Iran. Five days into a conflict triggered by Iran’s escalating aggression, Michael shares an unfiltered account of the situation on the ground, from nightly missile attacks targeting civilians to Israel’s unprecedented precision response across 2,000 kilometers. He explains the motivations behind Israel’s military strategy, the human toll on Israeli families, and the indomitable resilience of a nation innovating under fire–including the story of Shalev Hulio, the CEO of Dream and IDF reservist, who is currently saving lives by day and taking customer calls at night. This episode is more than a wartime update. It’s a call to understand the moral clarity of the moment, the sacrifices being made, and the profound implications for the future of Israel, Iran, and the broader Middle East. Listen for a rare, intimate window into a pivotal moment in history–and what it means for the world. Listen and subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested RESOURCES Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 752 Ex-Fiverr Chief Business Officer Gali Arnon on the Strategy That Turned Fiverr From the Cheap Services Brand into the World’s Top Talent Marketplace, How the Role of the CMO Has Changed, and Making Your Mother-in-Law Proud On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Gali Arnon, former Chief Business Officer at Fiverr, the global freelance marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent. Gali joined Fiverr in 2017 as Chief Marketing Officer, helping lead the company’s transformation into a globally recognized brand and guiding its growth through a successful IPO. She later served as Chief Business Officer, overseeing Fiverr’s core marketplace operations and strategic business initiatives.           Prior to Fiverr, Gali held executive roles at Brightcom, an ad tech company, where she served as CEO, and at 888 Holdings, where she led multiple departments and business units and served as VP of Professional Services. She began her career at Wall Street Institute Israel, eventually becoming its CEO. Gali holds a BA in Communication and Psychology and an MBA, both from Tel Aviv University, and is a longtime advocate for women in tech and leadership. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] The Evolving Role of the CMO [00:03:05] Core Values and Personal Journey [00:05:58] Gali’s Competitive Drive and Leadership Style [00:09:03] Fiverr Rebranding from $5 Services  [00:12:02] How AI Is Shaping Freelancing and Work [00:15:08] Women in Tech and AI Adoption [00:17:58] The Future of Work: Humans vs. AI [00:21:08] Embracing Change in the Age of AI [00:25:50] AI FOMO and Information Overload [00:28:00] Choosing Between AI and Human Services [00:35:07] Branding as a CMO in a Changing World [00:38:59] Emotional Branding in the AI Era [00:46:55] Brand Lessons from Fiverr’s Journey [00:51:02] Personal Values and Branding Responsibility RESOURCES Follow Gali on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gali-arnon/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:50:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Gali Arnon, former Chief Business Officer at Fiverr, the global freelance marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent. Gali joined Fiverr in 2017 as Chief Marketing Officer, helping lead the company’s transformation into a globally recognized brand and guiding its growth through a successful IPO. She later served as Chief Business Officer, overseeing Fiverr’s core marketplace operations and strategic business initiatives.           Prior to Fiverr, Gali held executive roles at Brightcom, an ad tech company, where she served as CEO, and at 888 Holdings, where she led multiple departments and business units and served as VP of Professional Services. She began her career at Wall Street Institute Israel, eventually becoming its CEO. Gali holds a BA in Communication and Psychology and an MBA, both from Tel Aviv University, and is a longtime advocate for women in tech and leadership. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] The Evolving Role of the CMO [00:03:05] Core Values and Personal Journey [00:05:58] Gali’s Competitive Drive and Leadership Style [00:09:03] Fiverr Rebranding from $5 Services  [00:12:02] How AI Is Shaping Freelancing and Work [00:15:08] Women in Tech and AI Adoption [00:17:58] The Future of Work: Humans vs. AI [00:21:08] Embracing Change in the Age of AI [00:25:50] AI FOMO and Information Overload [00:28:00] Choosing Between AI and Human Services [00:35:07] Branding as a CMO in a Changing World [00:38:59] Emotional Branding in the AI Era [00:46:55] Brand Lessons from Fiverr’s Journey [00:51:02] Personal Values and Branding Responsibility RESOURCES Follow Gali on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gali-arnon/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer, Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Gali Arnon, former Chief Business Officer at Fiverr, the global freelance marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent. Gali joined Fiverr in 2017 as Chief Marketing Officer, helping lead the company’s transformation into a globally recognized brand and guiding its growth through a successful IPO. She later served as Chief Business Officer, overseeing Fiverr’s core marketplace operations and strategic business initiatives.          

Prior to Fiverr, Gali held executive roles at Brightcom, an ad tech company, where she served as CEO, and at 888 Holdings, where she led multiple departments and business units and served as VP of Professional Services. She began her career at Wall Street Institute Israel, eventually becoming its CEO.

Gali holds a BA in Communication and Psychology and an MBA, both from Tel Aviv University, and is a longtime advocate for women in tech and leadership.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] The Evolving Role of the CMO

  • [00:03:05] Core Values and Personal Journey

  • [00:05:58] Gali’s Competitive Drive and Leadership Style

  • [00:09:03] Fiverr Rebranding from $5 Services 

  • [00:12:02] How AI Is Shaping Freelancing and Work

  • [00:15:08] Women in Tech and AI Adoption

  • [00:17:58] The Future of Work: Humans vs. AI

  • [00:21:08] Embracing Change in the Age of AI

  • [00:25:50] AI FOMO and Information Overload

  • [00:28:00] Choosing Between AI and Human Services

  • [00:35:07] Branding as a CMO in a Changing World

  • [00:38:59] Emotional Branding in the AI Era

  • [00:46:55] Brand Lessons from Fiverr’s Journey

  • [00:51:02] Personal Values and Branding Responsibility


RESOURCES

Follow Gali on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gali-arnon/

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer, Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3414 StarkWare Co-Founder Eli Ben-Sasson on the Future of Blockchain, Zero Knowledge (ZK) Proofs and How They “Solve Integrity” and Why We No Longer Have to Trust the Banks or Government On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eli Ben-Sasson, a co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, and Chairman of its Board of Directors. StarkWare is a Sequoia-backed startup whose latest fundraise was at a $8b valuation. StarkWare specializes in the productization of zero knowledge proofs via Starknet, a permissionless blockchain that scales both Ethereum and Bitcoin. Eli has been researching cryptographic and zero knowledge proofs of computational integrity ever since he received his Phd in Theoretical Computer Science from the Hebrew University in 2001. Eli is a co-inventor of the STARK, FRI and Zerocash protocols and a Founding Scientist of the Zcash Company. Over the years he held research positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Harvard and MIT, and, most recently, was a Professor of CS at Technion, which he left to co-found StarkWare. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS   [00:00:00] The Core Innovation of Blockchain  [00:02:59] What Starkware Is and Why It Matters  [00:05:59] Zero-Knowledge Proofs Made Simple  [00:09:09] Building Trust and Integrity in Blockchain  [00:11:51] Foundational Principles of Blockchain  [00:15:02] Why Decentralization Matters  [00:17:52] From Academia to Blockchain  [00:21:09] Blockchain and the Future of Finance  [00:23:50] Barriers to Blockchain Adoption  [00:26:56] Israel’s Contribution to Cryptography  [00:30:08] Blockchain and the Future of Governance  [00:36:33] Rethinking Banking with Blockchain  [00:40:05] What’s Broken in Financial Systems  [00:42:13] Trust and Integrity in Transactions  [00:47:51] Making Sense of the Crypto Cycle  [00:51:05] Trust, Integrity, and What’s Next  [00:54:36] Why Math Will Always Matter  [01:01:27] Personal Reflections and Takeaways RESOURCES Follow Eli on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-ben-sasson Follow Eli on X - https://x.com/EliBenSasson Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer + Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 21 May 2025 16:10:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eli Ben-Sasson, a co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, and Chairman of its Board of Directors. StarkWare is a Sequoia-backed startup whose latest fundraise was at a $8b valuation. StarkWare specializes in the productization of zero knowledge proofs via Starknet, a permissionless blockchain that scales both Ethereum and Bitcoin. Eli has been researching cryptographic and zero knowledge proofs of computational integrity ever since he received his Phd in Theoretical Computer Science from the Hebrew University in 2001. Eli is a co-inventor of the STARK, FRI and Zerocash protocols and a Founding Scientist of the Zcash Company. Over the years he held research positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Harvard and MIT, and, most recently, was a Professor of CS at Technion, which he left to co-found StarkWare. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS   [00:00:00] The Core Innovation of Blockchain  [00:02:59] What Starkware Is and Why It Matters  [00:05:59] Zero-Knowledge Proofs Made Simple  [00:09:09] Building Trust and Integrity in Blockchain  [00:11:51] Foundational Principles of Blockchain  [00:15:02] Why Decentralization Matters  [00:17:52] From Academia to Blockchain  [00:21:09] Blockchain and the Future of Finance  [00:23:50] Barriers to Blockchain Adoption  [00:26:56] Israel’s Contribution to Cryptography  [00:30:08] Blockchain and the Future of Governance  [00:36:33] Rethinking Banking with Blockchain  [00:40:05] What’s Broken in Financial Systems  [00:42:13] Trust and Integrity in Transactions  [00:47:51] Making Sense of the Crypto Cycle  [00:51:05] Trust, Integrity, and What’s Next  [00:54:36] Why Math Will Always Matter  [01:01:27] Personal Reflections and Takeaways RESOURCES Follow Eli on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-ben-sasson Follow Eli on X - https://x.com/EliBenSasson Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer + Myron Shneider Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eli Ben-Sasson, a co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, and Chairman of its Board of Directors. StarkWare is a Sequoia-backed startup whose latest fundraise was at a $8b valuation. StarkWare specializes in the productization of zero knowledge proofs via Starknet, a permissionless blockchain that scales both Ethereum and Bitcoin. Eli has been researching cryptographic and zero knowledge proofs of computational integrity ever since he received his Phd in Theoretical Computer Science from the Hebrew University in 2001. Eli is a co-inventor of the STARK, FRI and Zerocash protocols and a Founding Scientist of the Zcash Company. Over the years he held research positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Harvard and MIT, and, most recently, was a Professor of CS at Technion, which he left to co-found StarkWare.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  •  [00:00:00] The Core Innovation of Blockchain

  •  [00:02:59] What Starkware Is and Why It Matters

  •  [00:05:59] Zero-Knowledge Proofs Made Simple

  •  [00:09:09] Building Trust and Integrity in Blockchain

  •  [00:11:51] Foundational Principles of Blockchain

  •  [00:15:02] Why Decentralization Matters

  •  [00:17:52] From Academia to Blockchain

  •  [00:21:09] Blockchain and the Future of Finance

  •  [00:23:50] Barriers to Blockchain Adoption

  •  [00:26:56] Israel’s Contribution to Cryptography

  •  [00:30:08] Blockchain and the Future of Governance

  •  [00:36:33] Rethinking Banking with Blockchain

  •  [00:40:05] What’s Broken in Financial Systems

  •  [00:42:13] Trust and Integrity in Transactions

  •  [00:47:51] Making Sense of the Crypto Cycle

  •  [00:51:05] Trust, Integrity, and What’s Next

  •  [00:54:36] Why Math Will Always Matter

  •  [01:01:27] Personal Reflections and Takeaways

RESOURCES

Follow Eli on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-ben-sasson

Follow Eli on X - https://x.com/EliBenSasson

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer + Myron Shneider

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4100 Katie Stanton on What You Never Heard About Obama, Operating Vs. Investing, Behind the Scenes at Twitter, Yahoo! and Google, and Using Your Network to Get Ahead On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Katie Stanton, the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures, which is an early-stage venture fund. Prior to Moxxie, Katie served in numerous executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color. In addition to working in Silicon Valley, Katie served in the (Obama) White House and State Department and began her career as a banker at JP Morgan Chase. Katie sits on the Board of Vivendi, a French multinational media company headquartered in Paris, and previously served on the Board of Time Inc.  Katie started her venture career as a Founding Partner of #Angels and has invested in over 100 early-stage companies including Airtable, Calm, Cameo, Carta, Coinbase, Literati, Modern Fertility, and  Shape Security. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:57] The Value of Service  [00:06:01] Moving from Private to Public Sector [00:09:06] Getting into Tech and Innovation [00:11:52] Inside the Obama White House [00:14:59] Challenges of Government Work [00:18:09] Twitter and Social Media Dynamics [00:20:54] Trust and Safety on Social Platforms [00:23:59] Future of Social Media and Community [00:40:48] Today’s Role of Media Companies [00:45:33] Trust and Mistrust in the Media [00:49:07] How Media Shapes Society’s Future [00:50:23] From Operator to Investor [00:54:00] Why Katie Started Moxxie [00:57:06] Facing Challenges in Venture Capital [01:01:21] How AI Will Change Healthcare [01:06:32] Health Tech and Regulatory Hurdles [01:11:08] Reflections on Life and Loss RESOURCES Follow Katie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestanton/  Follow Katie on X - https://x.com/katies Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 07 May 2025 10:19:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Katie Stanton, the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures, which is an early-stage venture fund. Prior to Moxxie, Katie served in numerous executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color. In addition to working in Silicon Valley, Katie served in the (Obama) White House and State Department and began her career as a banker at JP Morgan Chase. Katie sits on the Board of Vivendi, a French multinational media company headquartered in Paris, and previously served on the Board of Time Inc.  Katie started her venture career as a Founding Partner of #Angels and has invested in over 100 early-stage companies including Airtable, Calm, Cameo, Carta, Coinbase, Literati, Modern Fertility, and  Shape Security. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:57] The Value of Service  [00:06:01] Moving from Private to Public Sector [00:09:06] Getting into Tech and Innovation [00:11:52] Inside the Obama White House [00:14:59] Challenges of Government Work [00:18:09] Twitter and Social Media Dynamics [00:20:54] Trust and Safety on Social Platforms [00:23:59] Future of Social Media and Community [00:40:48] Today’s Role of Media Companies [00:45:33] Trust and Mistrust in the Media [00:49:07] How Media Shapes Society’s Future [00:50:23] From Operator to Investor [00:54:00] Why Katie Started Moxxie [00:57:06] Facing Challenges in Venture Capital [01:01:21] How AI Will Change Healthcare [01:06:32] Health Tech and Regulatory Hurdles [01:11:08] Reflections on Life and Loss RESOURCES Follow Katie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestanton/  Follow Katie on X - https://x.com/katies Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Katie Stanton, the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures, which is an early-stage venture fund.

Prior to Moxxie, Katie served in numerous executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color. In addition to working in Silicon Valley, Katie served in the (Obama) White House and State Department and began her career as a banker at JP Morgan Chase. Katie sits on the Board of Vivendi, a French multinational media company headquartered in Paris, and previously served on the Board of Time Inc.  Katie started her venture career as a Founding Partner of #Angels and has invested in over 100 early-stage companies including Airtable, Calm, Cameo, Carta, Coinbase, Literati, Modern Fertility, and  Shape Security.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro

  • [00:02:57] The Value of Service 

  • [00:06:01] Moving from Private to Public Sector

  • [00:09:06] Getting into Tech and Innovation

  • [00:11:52] Inside the Obama White House

  • [00:14:59] Challenges of Government Work

  • [00:18:09] Twitter and Social Media Dynamics

  • [00:20:54] Trust and Safety on Social Platforms

  • [00:23:59] Future of Social Media and Community

  • [00:40:48] Today’s Role of Media Companies

  • [00:45:33] Trust and Mistrust in the Media

  • [00:49:07] How Media Shapes Society’s Future

  • [00:50:23] From Operator to Investor

  • [00:54:00] Why Katie Started Moxxie

  • [00:57:06] Facing Challenges in Venture Capital

  • [01:01:21] How AI Will Change Healthcare

  • [01:06:32] Health Tech and Regulatory Hurdles

  • [01:11:08] Reflections on Life and Loss

RESOURCES

Follow Katie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestanton/ 

Follow Katie on X - https://x.com/katies

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4726 Benchmark GP Sarah Tavel on What She Learned at Bessemer, Greylock, Pinterest and Benchmark, Being an Operator vs. an Investor, and How to Create an AI Moat On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sarah Tavel. Sarah is a General Partner at Benchmark, where she invests in network effect businesses and applications leveraging AI. Sarah currently sits on the boards of Agentio, Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Rekki, Glide, Cambly, Medely, and 11x. She is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization working to accelerate the success of women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem. Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a General Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led their investment in Sonder ($SOND) and Gixo (acquired by Openfit), and represented Greylock on the board of both companies. Sarah joined Pinterest in 2012 after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer Venture Partners. There she was the product lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. As one of the first 35 employees, her first order of business was to launch Pinterest internationally and close the Series C financing. She also led three acquisitions as she helped the company scale through a period of hyper-growth. Sarah graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Philosophy. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:45] Differences Between Bessemer and Benchmark  [00:09:11] Silicon Valley: Upside Mentality vs. Downside Protection [00:11:55] Underestimating Market Potential [00:14:53] Using AI to Reduce Friction and Unlock Market Size [00:18:02] Operator vs. Investor Mindset [00:21:05] Lessons from Building Pinterest [00:24:04] Transitioning from Operator to Investor [00:26:50] Female Partners and Their Perspective in VC [00:29:58] Equal Partnership Culture at Benchmark [00:37:00] Every Company is an AI Company  [00:41:59] AI’s Economic Value and Market Shifts [00:51:00] What Sarah Wants to See an AI Company Build  [00:55:04] Competing and Winning in Crowded Markets [01:01:12] Branding’s Role in Venture Capital [01:09:10] Identity, Growth, and Personal Reflections RESOURCES Follow Sarah on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahtavel/  Follow Sarah on X - https://x.com/sarahtavel Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:54:00 -0000 full 1 45 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sarah Tavel. Sarah is a General Partner at Benchmark, where she invests in network effect businesses and applications leveraging AI. Sarah currently sits on the boards of Agentio, Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Rekki, Glide, Cambly, Medely, and 11x. She is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization working to accelerate the success of women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem. Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a General Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led their investment in Sonder ($SOND) and Gixo (acquired by Openfit), and represented Greylock on the board of both companies. Sarah joined Pinterest in 2012 after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer Venture Partners. There she was the product lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. As one of the first 35 employees, her first order of business was to launch Pinterest internationally and close the Series C financing. She also led three acquisitions as she helped the company scale through a period of hyper-growth. Sarah graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Philosophy. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:45] Differences Between Bessemer and Benchmark  [00:09:11] Silicon Valley: Upside Mentality vs. Downside Protection [00:11:55] Underestimating Market Potential [00:14:53] Using AI to Reduce Friction and Unlock Market Size [00:18:02] Operator vs. Investor Mindset [00:21:05] Lessons from Building Pinterest [00:24:04] Transitioning from Operator to Investor [00:26:50] Female Partners and Their Perspective in VC [00:29:58] Equal Partnership Culture at Benchmark [00:37:00] Every Company is an AI Company  [00:41:59] AI’s Economic Value and Market Shifts [00:51:00] What Sarah Wants to See an AI Company Build  [00:55:04] Competing and Winning in Crowded Markets [01:01:12] Branding’s Role in Venture Capital [01:09:10] Identity, Growth, and Personal Reflections RESOURCES Follow Sarah on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahtavel/  Follow Sarah on X - https://x.com/sarahtavel Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sarah Tavel. Sarah is a General Partner at Benchmark, where she invests in network effect businesses and applications leveraging AI. Sarah currently sits on the boards of Agentio, Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Rekki, Glide, Cambly, Medely, and 11x. She is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization working to accelerate the success of women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem. Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a General Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led their investment in Sonder ($SOND) and Gixo (acquired by Openfit), and represented Greylock on the board of both companies. Sarah joined Pinterest in 2012 after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer Venture Partners. There she was the product lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. As one of the first 35 employees, her first order of business was to launch Pinterest internationally and close the Series C financing. She also led three acquisitions as she helped the company scale through a period of hyper-growth. Sarah graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Philosophy.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 




KEY TOPICS 


  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:04:45] Differences Between Bessemer and Benchmark 
  • [00:09:11] Silicon Valley: Upside Mentality vs. Downside Protection
  • [00:11:55] Underestimating Market Potential
  • [00:14:53] Using AI to Reduce Friction and Unlock Market Size
  • [00:18:02] Operator vs. Investor Mindset
  • [00:21:05] Lessons from Building Pinterest
  • [00:24:04] Transitioning from Operator to Investor
  • [00:26:50] Female Partners and Their Perspective in VC
  • [00:29:58] Equal Partnership Culture at Benchmark
  • [00:37:00] Every Company is an AI Company 
  • [00:41:59] AI’s Economic Value and Market Shifts
  • [00:51:00] What Sarah Wants to See an AI Company Build 
  • [00:55:04] Competing and Winning in Crowded Markets
  • [01:01:12] Branding’s Role in Venture Capital
  • [01:09:10] Identity, Growth, and Personal Reflections






RESOURCES


Follow Sarah on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahtavel/ 

Follow Sarah on X - https://x.com/sarahtavel

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 4392 Omri Casspi on Life After the NBA as a Venture Capitalist, Bringing Elon Musk to Israel, Sports Philosophy in Investing, Getting Founders to Trust Him, and the Story He Never Told Anyone | Invested On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Omri Casspi. Omri was a trailblazing Israeli professional basketball player, becoming the first Israeli-born athlete to play in the NBA. He enjoyed a 11-year career in the league, playing for teams including the Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors—where he won an NBA championship in 2018—and Memphis Grizzlies, among others. After retiring Omri immediately transitioned into venture capital, co-founding Sheva in 2022 with $36 million to invest in early-stage startups, followed by Swish Ventures in 2024, raising $60 million to focus on cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and AI. Managing $200 million in assets, he backs standout companies like Upwind, Eon, and many others. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:10] On Being the First Israeli NBA Player [00:03:30] Why Trailblazers Inspire Other People [00:09:02] Sports Experience Helps Omri Support Founders [00:11:15] Omri’s Pursuit of Excellence [00:14:51] Investing in Ohio Real Estate [00:19:10] Preparing for the Future [00:20:38] The Team Omri Wanted to Play For [00:22:20] Dealing With Setbacks [00:26:27] Omri’s Venture Fund & Understanding Investing [00:31:24] Founder Hesitations to Omri as an Investor [00:36:13] Different Investing Styles in VC [00:38:50] Why Do Israeli Startups Fail? [00:43:14] Omri’s Favorite Investors and Funds [00:45:02] Growing Jewish Identity in the U.S. [00:48:50] Omri’s Parenting Style [00:50:15] Admiring This Generation of Israelis [00:52:27] Bringing Elon Musk to Israel [00:54:46] Antisemitism in the NBA [00:55:27] Living in the Public Eye and Starting a Podcast [00:59:00] Parenting Children as a High-Achiever [01:01:35] Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Omri on LinkedIn  Follow Omri on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:59:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Omri Casspi. Omri was a trailblazing Israeli professional basketball player, becoming the first Israeli-born athlete to play in the NBA. He enjoyed a 11-year career in the league, playing for teams including the Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors—where he won an NBA championship in 2018—and Memphis Grizzlies, among others. After retiring Omri immediately transitioned into venture capital, co-founding Sheva in 2022 with $36 million to invest in early-stage startups, followed by Swish Ventures in 2024, raising $60 million to focus on cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and AI. Managing $200 million in assets, he backs standout companies like Upwind, Eon, and many others. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:10] On Being the First Israeli NBA Player [00:03:30] Why Trailblazers Inspire Other People [00:09:02] Sports Experience Helps Omri Support Founders [00:11:15] Omri’s Pursuit of Excellence [00:14:51] Investing in Ohio Real Estate [00:19:10] Preparing for the Future [00:20:38] The Team Omri Wanted to Play For [00:22:20] Dealing With Setbacks [00:26:27] Omri’s Venture Fund & Understanding Investing [00:31:24] Founder Hesitations to Omri as an Investor [00:36:13] Different Investing Styles in VC [00:38:50] Why Do Israeli Startups Fail? [00:43:14] Omri’s Favorite Investors and Funds [00:45:02] Growing Jewish Identity in the U.S. [00:48:50] Omri’s Parenting Style [00:50:15] Admiring This Generation of Israelis [00:52:27] Bringing Elon Musk to Israel [00:54:46] Antisemitism in the NBA [00:55:27] Living in the Public Eye and Starting a Podcast [00:59:00] Parenting Children as a High-Achiever [01:01:35] Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Omri on LinkedIn  Follow Omri on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Omri Casspi. Omri was a trailblazing Israeli professional basketball player, becoming the first Israeli-born athlete to play in the NBA. He enjoyed a 11-year career in the league, playing for teams including the Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors—where he won an NBA championship in 2018—and Memphis Grizzlies, among others.


After retiring Omri immediately transitioned into venture capital, co-founding Sheva in 2022 with $36 million to invest in early-stage startups, followed by Swish Ventures in 2024, raising $60 million to focus on cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and AI. Managing $200 million in assets, he backs standout companies like Upwind, Eon, and many others.



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KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:01:10] On Being the First Israeli NBA Player
  • [00:03:30] Why Trailblazers Inspire Other People
  • [00:09:02] Sports Experience Helps Omri Support Founders
  • [00:11:15] Omri’s Pursuit of Excellence
  • [00:14:51] Investing in Ohio Real Estate
  • [00:19:10] Preparing for the Future
  • [00:20:38] The Team Omri Wanted to Play For
  • [00:22:20] Dealing With Setbacks
  • [00:26:27] Omri’s Venture Fund & Understanding Investing
  • [00:31:24] Founder Hesitations to Omri as an Investor
  • [00:36:13] Different Investing Styles in VC
  • [00:38:50] Why Do Israeli Startups Fail?
  • [00:43:14] Omri’s Favorite Investors and Funds
  • [00:45:02] Growing Jewish Identity in the U.S.
  • [00:48:50] Omri’s Parenting Style
  • [00:50:15] Admiring This Generation of Israelis
  • [00:52:27] Bringing Elon Musk to Israel
  • [00:54:46] Antisemitism in the NBA
  • [00:55:27] Living in the Public Eye and Starting a Podcast
  • [00:59:00] Parenting Children as a High-Achiever
  • [01:01:35] Closing Questions



RESOURCES


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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3949 Amir Shevat on Growing Developer Relations at Google, Microsoft, Slack, Twitch and Twitter; the Future of Engineering; Getting Fired Overnight by Elon Musk & Publicly Calling Him Out On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Amir Shevat. Amir is a General Partner at Darkmode Ventures, investing in early stage startups. Before joining the dark side, Amir held executive roles at Microsoft, Google, Slack, Amazon, and Twitter. Amir is the author of Designing Bot, and Building Web API both published with O'Reilly media. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:30] What MSFT Didn’t Get About Developers [00:07:40] Building Good Products & Dev Communities [00:12:00] Which DevRel Job Do You Wish You Had? [00:14:45] How is AI Changing the Game for Developers? [00:25:20] Personal Values Vs. Innovation [00:27:30] Twitch Controversy [00:31:20] Elon Musk’s X Takeover [00:36:40] Pivoting to Seed Investor [00:40:45] Investing Philosophy & Mentorship [00:48:45] Core Difference Between Israeli & U.S. Founders [00:53:45] What Did Oct. 7 Change for You? [00:54:40] Writing a Fantasy Book & Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Amir on LinkedIn Follow Amir on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:59:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Amir Shevat. Amir is a General Partner at Darkmode Ventures, investing in early stage startups. Before joining the dark side, Amir held executive roles at Microsoft, Google, Slack, Amazon, and Twitter. Amir is the author of Designing Bot, and Building Web API both published with O'Reilly media. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:30] What MSFT Didn’t Get About Developers [00:07:40] Building Good Products & Dev Communities [00:12:00] Which DevRel Job Do You Wish You Had? [00:14:45] How is AI Changing the Game for Developers? [00:25:20] Personal Values Vs. Innovation [00:27:30] Twitch Controversy [00:31:20] Elon Musk’s X Takeover [00:36:40] Pivoting to Seed Investor [00:40:45] Investing Philosophy & Mentorship [00:48:45] Core Difference Between Israeli & U.S. Founders [00:53:45] What Did Oct. 7 Change for You? [00:54:40] Writing a Fantasy Book & Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Amir on LinkedIn Follow Amir on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Amir Shevat. Amir is a General Partner at Darkmode Ventures, investing in early stage startups. Before joining the dark side, Amir held executive roles at Microsoft, Google, Slack, Amazon, and Twitter. Amir is the author of Designing Bot, and Building Web API both published with O'Reilly media.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 




KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:04:30] What MSFT Didn’t Get About Developers
  • [00:07:40] Building Good Products & Dev Communities
  • [00:12:00] Which DevRel Job Do You Wish You Had?
  • [00:14:45] How is AI Changing the Game for Developers?
  • [00:25:20] Personal Values Vs. Innovation
  • [00:27:30] Twitch Controversy
  • [00:31:20] Elon Musk’s X Takeover
  • [00:36:40] Pivoting to Seed Investor
  • [00:40:45] Investing Philosophy & Mentorship
  • [00:48:45] Core Difference Between Israeli & U.S. Founders
  • [00:53:45] What Did Oct. 7 Change for You?
  • [00:54:40] Writing a Fantasy Book & Closing Questions



RESOURCES


Follow Amir on LinkedIn

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3699 Ex-Amazon Dan Davidi on Replacing Fuel with His Company Ohr, Literally Reinventing Rocket Science, and Whether Synthetic Biology is Playing God On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Dan Davidi, a distinguished scientist and entrepreneur known for his groundbreaking work in computational and synthetic biology. Davidi earned his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where he developed expertise in systems biology and metabolism. Following his doctoral studies, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and then joined as faculty to establish the Synthetic Biology Center, advancing research at the intersection of biology and technology. After Harvard, Dan worked as a strategy and design lead at the Amazon Moonshot Factory, where he applied his scientific insights to real-world challenges. Dan currently serves on the steering committee of the National Israeli Synthetic Biology program. In 2023, he joined Aleph, a venture capital fund, as an Entrepreneur in Residence, focusing on the convergence of artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and physical sciences to address pressing global issues like climate change and manufacturing security. Dan is currently the Founder and CEO of OHR, a company which uses primordial chemistry and synthetic biology to fashion rocket fuel and other strategic chemicals. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:10] - How Dan became the EIR at Aleph [00:05:10] - Harvard vs. Weizmann [00:09:20] - What is Synthetic Biology? [00:13:25] - Core Values [00:14:20] - Returning to Israel and the Experience of an EIR [00:18:30] - Dan’s Company: OHR [00:25:00] - Reverse Engineering Chemistry, or Anti-Darwinism? [00:28:30] - Israel Needs to Learn How to Scale [00:34:30] - Research Happens Outside of Academia Nowadays [00:38:50] - Making Israel the Silicon Valley of Biotech [00:40:23] - What’s the Next Big Area For Scientific Development? [00:43:47] - How is Science Improved by AI? [00:46:00] - Trusting Data to Accelerate Life Science Development [00:50:45] - Why Do Some Ideas Fail as an Entrepreneur? [00:54:00] - What Should Students Study? [00:58:30] - Closing Questions  RESOURCES Follow Dan on LinkedIn Follow Dan on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:59:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Dan Davidi, a distinguished scientist and entrepreneur known for his groundbreaking work in computational and synthetic biology. Davidi earned his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where he developed expertise in systems biology and metabolism. Following his doctoral studies, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and then joined as faculty to establish the Synthetic Biology Center, advancing research at the intersection of biology and technology. After Harvard, Dan worked as a strategy and design lead at the Amazon Moonshot Factory, where he applied his scientific insights to real-world challenges. Dan currently serves on the steering committee of the National Israeli Synthetic Biology program. In 2023, he joined Aleph, a venture capital fund, as an Entrepreneur in Residence, focusing on the convergence of artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and physical sciences to address pressing global issues like climate change and manufacturing security. Dan is currently the Founder and CEO of OHR, a company which uses primordial chemistry and synthetic biology to fashion rocket fuel and other strategic chemicals. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:10] - How Dan became the EIR at Aleph [00:05:10] - Harvard vs. Weizmann [00:09:20] - What is Synthetic Biology? [00:13:25] - Core Values [00:14:20] - Returning to Israel and the Experience of an EIR [00:18:30] - Dan’s Company: OHR [00:25:00] - Reverse Engineering Chemistry, or Anti-Darwinism? [00:28:30] - Israel Needs to Learn How to Scale [00:34:30] - Research Happens Outside of Academia Nowadays [00:38:50] - Making Israel the Silicon Valley of Biotech [00:40:23] - What’s the Next Big Area For Scientific Development? [00:43:47] - How is Science Improved by AI? [00:46:00] - Trusting Data to Accelerate Life Science Development [00:50:45] - Why Do Some Ideas Fail as an Entrepreneur? [00:54:00] - What Should Students Study? [00:58:30] - Closing Questions  RESOURCES Follow Dan on LinkedIn Follow Dan on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Dan Davidi, a distinguished scientist and entrepreneur known for his groundbreaking work in computational and synthetic biology. Davidi earned his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where he developed expertise in systems biology and metabolism. Following his doctoral studies, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and then joined as faculty to establish the Synthetic Biology Center, advancing research at the intersection of biology and technology. After Harvard, Dan worked as a strategy and design lead at the Amazon Moonshot Factory, where he applied his scientific insights to real-world challenges. Dan currently serves on the steering committee of the National Israeli Synthetic Biology program.


In 2023, he joined Aleph, a venture capital fund, as an Entrepreneur in Residence, focusing on the convergence of artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and physical sciences to address pressing global issues like climate change and manufacturing security. Dan is currently the Founder and CEO of OHR, a company which uses primordial chemistry and synthetic biology to fashion rocket fuel and other strategic chemicals.




Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!




KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:02:10] - How Dan became the EIR at Aleph
  • [00:05:10] - Harvard vs. Weizmann
  • [00:09:20] - What is Synthetic Biology?
  • [00:13:25] - Core Values
  • [00:14:20] - Returning to Israel and the Experience of an EIR
  • [00:18:30] - Dan’s Company: OHR
  • [00:25:00] - Reverse Engineering Chemistry, or Anti-Darwinism?
  • [00:28:30] - Israel Needs to Learn How to Scale
  • [00:34:30] - Research Happens Outside of Academia Nowadays
  • [00:38:50] - Making Israel the Silicon Valley of Biotech
  • [00:40:23] - What’s the Next Big Area For Scientific Development?
  • [00:43:47] - How is Science Improved by AI?
  • [00:46:00] - Trusting Data to Accelerate Life Science Development
  • [00:50:45] - Why Do Some Ideas Fail as an Entrepreneur?
  • [00:54:00] - What Should Students Study?
  • [00:58:30] - Closing Questions 




RESOURCES


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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3573 Ex-CEO of Waze Noam Bardin on What Really Happens at Google, Life After a Billion-Dollar Acquisition, Building the Ultimate Community-Based Business, and What No One Gets About OKRs On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Noam Bardin, an Israeli entrepreneur and high-tech executive. He is best known as the CEO of Waze, leading the company from its early days in Israel in 2009, through its acquisition by Google for $1.15 billion, and later serving as a Vice President at Google until 2021. Under his leadership, Waze grew to 150 million monthly users and became a globally beloved brand. Since leaving Waze, Bardin has returned to Israel, and is active in technology entrepreneurship, mentoring young entrepreneurs and startup investments. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:50] Founding Waze [00:08:00] Reacting to Google Maps: Waze Mistakes [00:10:45] Competition in the Startup World [00:12:15] Fitting in to Google’s Culture [00:14:30] Building Community-Based Business Models [00:24:40] UX/UI Of Waze [00:28:45] Waze Vs. Google Maps [00:31:50] Do You Regret Selling to Google? [00:34:50] What Could Have Been Improved in the Beginning of Waze? [00:38:15] Founding in a Small Country [00:40:00] Noam’s Controversial Letter About Google Culture [00:45:00] Should Companies Have OKRs and KPIs? [00:49:20] An Insider’s Critique of Google [00:58:25] Impact of Oct. 7th [01:05:22] Reimagining Government Structures [01:11:45] Tension Between Transparency and Security in Government [01:14:00] Israel Needs to Double Down on Tech [01:16:00] How to Bring Talent to Israel [01:17:45] Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Noam on LinkedIn Follow Noam on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:57:00 -0000 full 1 41 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Noam Bardin, an Israeli entrepreneur and high-tech executive. He is best known as the CEO of Waze, leading the company from its early days in Israel in 2009, through its acquisition by Google for $1.15 billion, and later serving as a Vice President at Google until 2021. Under his leadership, Waze grew to 150 million monthly users and became a globally beloved brand. Since leaving Waze, Bardin has returned to Israel, and is active in technology entrepreneurship, mentoring young entrepreneurs and startup investments. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:50] Founding Waze [00:08:00] Reacting to Google Maps: Waze Mistakes [00:10:45] Competition in the Startup World [00:12:15] Fitting in to Google’s Culture [00:14:30] Building Community-Based Business Models [00:24:40] UX/UI Of Waze [00:28:45] Waze Vs. Google Maps [00:31:50] Do You Regret Selling to Google? [00:34:50] What Could Have Been Improved in the Beginning of Waze? [00:38:15] Founding in a Small Country [00:40:00] Noam’s Controversial Letter About Google Culture [00:45:00] Should Companies Have OKRs and KPIs? [00:49:20] An Insider’s Critique of Google [00:58:25] Impact of Oct. 7th [01:05:22] Reimagining Government Structures [01:11:45] Tension Between Transparency and Security in Government [01:14:00] Israel Needs to Double Down on Tech [01:16:00] How to Bring Talent to Israel [01:17:45] Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Noam on LinkedIn Follow Noam on X Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Noam Bardin, an Israeli entrepreneur and high-tech executive. He is best known as the CEO of Waze, leading the company from its early days in Israel in 2009, through its acquisition by Google for $1.15 billion, and later serving as a Vice President at Google until 2021. Under his leadership, Waze grew to 150 million monthly users and became a globally beloved brand.


Since leaving Waze, Bardin has returned to Israel, and is active in technology entrepreneurship, mentoring young entrepreneurs and startup investments.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 




KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:02:50] Founding Waze
  • [00:08:00] Reacting to Google Maps: Waze Mistakes
  • [00:10:45] Competition in the Startup World
  • [00:12:15] Fitting in to Google’s Culture
  • [00:14:30] Building Community-Based Business Models
  • [00:24:40] UX/UI Of Waze
  • [00:28:45] Waze Vs. Google Maps
  • [00:31:50] Do You Regret Selling to Google?
  • [00:34:50] What Could Have Been Improved in the Beginning of Waze?
  • [00:38:15] Founding in a Small Country
  • [00:40:00] Noam’s Controversial Letter About Google Culture
  • [00:45:00] Should Companies Have OKRs and KPIs?
  • [00:49:20] An Insider’s Critique of Google
  • [00:58:25] Impact of Oct. 7th
  • [01:05:22] Reimagining Government Structures
  • [01:11:45] Tension Between Transparency and Security in Government
  • [01:14:00] Israel Needs to Double Down on Tech
  • [01:16:00] How to Bring Talent to Israel
  • [01:17:45] Closing Questions




RESOURCES


Follow Noam on LinkedIn

Follow Noam on X

Subscribe to Invested

Learn more about Aleph

Subscribe to our YouTube channel

Follow Michael on Twitter

Follow Michael on LinkedIn

Follow Aleph on Twitter

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4937 Investor Sender Cohen on Learnings From Working With Stan Druckenmiller and George Soros, TLV vs. Dubai, and Why He Pays Someone to Keep Him Off the Internet On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sender Cohen. Sender was previously the Chief Investment Officer at Schusterman Family Investments where he managed a multi-billion dollar portfolio including the assets of the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. Sender's prior roles include President of Soros Capital, Director of Research and Head of External Allocations at Soros Fund Management where he also co-headed SFM’s Venture portfolio, and Managing Director at Duquesne Capital Management. Sender currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Fulbright Israel, and as a trustee of the Harlem Children's Zone and the Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA). He is a trustee emeritus of Yeshiva University, a founding board member of the Birthright Israel Foundation, and the founder of the Natan Fund. Sender is also the Co-Managing Partner of ExB Group, KH2's strategic affiliate in New York. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:15] Core Personal Value [00:05:05] Learnings from Stan Druckenmiller [00:09:20] Learnings from George Soros [00:11:45] Personal Investing Style [00:12:18] Investing in 2nd Waves of Tech Innovation [00:20:20] Motivating Investors to Fund Tech Underpinnings [00:23:20] Bubble Bursts Can be Great for Innovation [00:28:44] Nevo Labs and the Future of Israel [00:35:18] Investing for Longer Durations [00:37:15] Bell Labs and the Investing Mindset [00:40:30] Why Researchers Should Move to Israel [00:44:00] Why Leave Schusterman and Focus on Israel [00:48:20] Advancements in Saudi Arabia [00:52:15] Tel Aviv Needs an Asset Management Industry [01:00:00] Increasing Israel’s Tax Base [01:02:12] Sender’s Sliding Door Moment [01:04:35] International Reactions to Oct. 7 [01:07:35] College Campuses [01:09:10] Business Professionals in Trump’s Administration RESOURCES Follow Sender on LinkedIn Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:02:00 -0000 full 1 40 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sender Cohen. Sender was previously the Chief Investment Officer at Schusterman Family Investments where he managed a multi-billion dollar portfolio including the assets of the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. Sender's prior roles include President of Soros Capital, Director of Research and Head of External Allocations at Soros Fund Management where he also co-headed SFM’s Venture portfolio, and Managing Director at Duquesne Capital Management. Sender currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Fulbright Israel, and as a trustee of the Harlem Children's Zone and the Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA). He is a trustee emeritus of Yeshiva University, a founding board member of the Birthright Israel Foundation, and the founder of the Natan Fund. Sender is also the Co-Managing Partner of ExB Group, KH2's strategic affiliate in New York. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:15] Core Personal Value [00:05:05] Learnings from Stan Druckenmiller [00:09:20] Learnings from George Soros [00:11:45] Personal Investing Style [00:12:18] Investing in 2nd Waves of Tech Innovation [00:20:20] Motivating Investors to Fund Tech Underpinnings [00:23:20] Bubble Bursts Can be Great for Innovation [00:28:44] Nevo Labs and the Future of Israel [00:35:18] Investing for Longer Durations [00:37:15] Bell Labs and the Investing Mindset [00:40:30] Why Researchers Should Move to Israel [00:44:00] Why Leave Schusterman and Focus on Israel [00:48:20] Advancements in Saudi Arabia [00:52:15] Tel Aviv Needs an Asset Management Industry [01:00:00] Increasing Israel’s Tax Base [01:02:12] Sender’s Sliding Door Moment [01:04:35] International Reactions to Oct. 7 [01:07:35] College Campuses [01:09:10] Business Professionals in Trump’s Administration RESOURCES Follow Sender on LinkedIn Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sender Cohen. Sender was previously the Chief Investment Officer at Schusterman Family Investments where he managed a multi-billion dollar portfolio including the assets of the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. Sender's prior roles include President of Soros Capital, Director of Research and Head of External Allocations at Soros Fund Management where he also co-headed SFM’s Venture portfolio, and Managing Director at Duquesne Capital Management. Sender currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Fulbright Israel, and as a trustee of the Harlem Children's Zone and the Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA). He is a trustee emeritus of Yeshiva University, a founding board member of the Birthright Israel Foundation, and the founder of the Natan Fund. Sender is also the Co-Managing Partner of ExB Group, KH2's strategic affiliate in New York.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 




KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:04:15] Core Personal Value
  • [00:05:05] Learnings from Stan Druckenmiller
  • [00:09:20] Learnings from George Soros
  • [00:11:45] Personal Investing Style
  • [00:12:18] Investing in 2nd Waves of Tech Innovation
  • [00:20:20] Motivating Investors to Fund Tech Underpinnings
  • [00:23:20] Bubble Bursts Can be Great for Innovation
  • [00:28:44] Nevo Labs and the Future of Israel
  • [00:35:18] Investing for Longer Durations
  • [00:37:15] Bell Labs and the Investing Mindset
  • [00:40:30] Why Researchers Should Move to Israel
  • [00:44:00] Why Leave Schusterman and Focus on Israel
  • [00:48:20] Advancements in Saudi Arabia
  • [00:52:15] Tel Aviv Needs an Asset Management Industry
  • [01:00:00] Increasing Israel’s Tax Base
  • [01:02:12] Sender’s Sliding Door Moment
  • [01:04:35] International Reactions to Oct. 7
  • [01:07:35] College Campuses
  • [01:09:10] Business Professionals in Trump’s Administration




RESOURCES


Follow Sender on LinkedIn

Subscribe to Invested

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4345 Andreessen GP Katherine Boyle on the Battle for America’s Future, Why She Left Silicon Valley for Florida & Why it’s Good to be Bored in Church | Invested On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Katherine Boyle, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. She is the co-founder of the firm’s American Dynamism practice, which invests in companies supporting the national interest across aerospace, defense, manufacturing, energy, logistics, and critical infrastructure. She sits on the boards of Apex Space and Hadrian Automation and is a board observer for Saronic Technologies and Castelion. Katherine was previously a partner at General Catalyst, where she co-led the firm’s seed practice and invested in the inception rounds of defense technology companies including Anduril Industries and Vannevar Labs. Prior to General Catalyst, she was a general assignment reporter at The Washington Post. Katherine holds a BA in Government from Georgetown University, an MBA from Stanford and a Masters of Public Advocacy from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Katherine believes that free speech is essential to promoting American Dynamism. She is a proud champion of new media companies and academic centers that promote free speech and free thought. She serves on the boards of The Free Press and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:20] Reaction to Zuckerberg’s Announcement [00:08:40] Global Shift in Free Speech [00:11:46] Why Move to Florida? [00:14:05] How are Florida’s Values Different Than Silicon Valley? [00:19:33] Importance of Family Over “Transhumanism” [00:25:05] Future of the Relationship Between Man and Machine [00:31:53] Importance of Family in Facing Criticism [00:35:50] The Importance of Children for Building Societies [00:40:58] Why it’s Good to be Bored in Church [00:46:17] TikTok Needs to be Banned [00:49:12] Do Your Values Need to Align With Your Work? [00:53:05] Katherine’s Core Value [00:54:39] Belief vs. Data in Investing [01:01:12] Investing in Hallow, the Catholic Prayer App [01:04:45] Leaving Silicon Valley is Better for Investing [01:10:15] Relationship Between Defense and Tech [01:13:52] Google Employees Against Working With Defense [01:15:20] The Future of Media [01:23:50] Most Surprising Tech Innovation of 2024 [01:27:40] Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Katherine on X Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:38:00 -0000 full 1 39 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Katherine Boyle, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. She is the co-founder of the firm’s American Dynamism practice, which invests in companies supporting the national interest across aerospace, defense, manufacturing, energy, logistics, and critical infrastructure. She sits on the boards of Apex Space and Hadrian Automation and is a board observer for Saronic Technologies and Castelion. Katherine was previously a partner at General Catalyst, where she co-led the firm’s seed practice and invested in the inception rounds of defense technology companies including Anduril Industries and Vannevar Labs. Prior to General Catalyst, she was a general assignment reporter at The Washington Post. Katherine holds a BA in Government from Georgetown University, an MBA from Stanford and a Masters of Public Advocacy from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Katherine believes that free speech is essential to promoting American Dynamism. She is a proud champion of new media companies and academic centers that promote free speech and free thought. She serves on the boards of The Free Press and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:20] Reaction to Zuckerberg’s Announcement [00:08:40] Global Shift in Free Speech [00:11:46] Why Move to Florida? [00:14:05] How are Florida’s Values Different Than Silicon Valley? [00:19:33] Importance of Family Over “Transhumanism” [00:25:05] Future of the Relationship Between Man and Machine [00:31:53] Importance of Family in Facing Criticism [00:35:50] The Importance of Children for Building Societies [00:40:58] Why it’s Good to be Bored in Church [00:46:17] TikTok Needs to be Banned [00:49:12] Do Your Values Need to Align With Your Work? [00:53:05] Katherine’s Core Value [00:54:39] Belief vs. Data in Investing [01:01:12] Investing in Hallow, the Catholic Prayer App [01:04:45] Leaving Silicon Valley is Better for Investing [01:10:15] Relationship Between Defense and Tech [01:13:52] Google Employees Against Working With Defense [01:15:20] The Future of Media [01:23:50] Most Surprising Tech Innovation of 2024 [01:27:40] Closing Questions RESOURCES Follow Katherine on X Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Katherine Boyle, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. She is the co-founder of the firm’s American Dynamism practice, which invests in companies supporting the national interest across aerospace, defense, manufacturing, energy, logistics, and critical infrastructure. She sits on the boards of Apex Space and Hadrian Automation and is a board observer for Saronic Technologies and Castelion.


Katherine was previously a partner at General Catalyst, where she co-led the firm’s seed practice and invested in the inception rounds of defense technology companies including Anduril Industries and Vannevar Labs. Prior to General Catalyst, she was a general assignment reporter at The Washington Post. Katherine holds a BA in Government from Georgetown University, an MBA from Stanford and a Masters of Public Advocacy from the National University of Ireland, Galway.


Katherine believes that free speech is essential to promoting American Dynamism. She is a proud champion of new media companies and academic centers that promote free speech and free thought. She serves on the boards of The Free Press and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 



KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:04:20] Reaction to Zuckerberg’s Announcement
  • [00:08:40] Global Shift in Free Speech
  • [00:11:46] Why Move to Florida?
  • [00:14:05] How are Florida’s Values Different Than Silicon Valley?
  • [00:19:33] Importance of Family Over “Transhumanism”
  • [00:25:05] Future of the Relationship Between Man and Machine
  • [00:31:53] Importance of Family in Facing Criticism
  • [00:35:50] The Importance of Children for Building Societies
  • [00:40:58] Why it’s Good to be Bored in Church
  • [00:46:17] TikTok Needs to be Banned
  • [00:49:12] Do Your Values Need to Align With Your Work?
  • [00:53:05] Katherine’s Core Value
  • [00:54:39] Belief vs. Data in Investing
  • [01:01:12] Investing in Hallow, the Catholic Prayer App
  • [01:04:45] Leaving Silicon Valley is Better for Investing
  • [01:10:15] Relationship Between Defense and Tech
  • [01:13:52] Google Employees Against Working With Defense
  • [01:15:20] The Future of Media
  • [01:23:50] Most Surprising Tech Innovation of 2024
  • [01:27:40] Closing Questions



RESOURCES


Follow Katherine on X

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 5312 Special Episode: Why TikTok Should be Banned in the U.S. On this episode of Invested, Michael argues that TikTok needs to be banned, looking back at pivotal discussions from the Invested podcast over the past year with key business leaders, security experts and former TikTok employees.  The guests featured, in order of appearance: Sam Lessin, General Partner at Slow Ventures Jacob Helberg, Commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Jon Pelson, Author of “Wireless Wars” Stefan Tompson, Founder of Visegrad 24 Barak Herscowitz, Former employee of TikTok & Political Advisor Izhar Shay, Venture Partner with Disruptive AI Bradley Tusk, Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:18] Sam Lessin on TikTok as National Security Threat [00:02:57] Jacob Helberg on Leading the TikTok Ban Legislation [00:05:48] Jon Pelson on Danger of TikTok Content [00:07:45] Stefan Tompson on TikTok Vulgarity  [00:10:32] Barak Herscowitz on TikTok Moderation Problems [00:14:17] Izhar Shay on How TikTok Must be Regulated  [00:16:32] Bradley Tusk on TikTok’s Influence on Young Minds  [00:18:18] Closing  RESOURCES Follow Sam on X Follow Jacob Helberg on X Follow Jon on X Follow Stefan Tompson on X Follow Visegrad24 on X Follow Barak on X Follow Izhar Shay on LinkedIn Follow Bradley Tusk on Linkedin Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:58:00 -0000 full 1 38 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael argues that TikTok needs to be banned, looking back at pivotal discussions from the Invested podcast over the past year with key business leaders, security experts and former TikTok employees.  The guests featured, in order of appearance: Sam Lessin, General Partner at Slow Ventures Jacob Helberg, Commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Jon Pelson, Author of “Wireless Wars” Stefan Tompson, Founder of Visegrad 24 Barak Herscowitz, Former employee of TikTok & Political Advisor Izhar Shay, Venture Partner with Disruptive AI Bradley Tusk, Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:18] Sam Lessin on TikTok as National Security Threat [00:02:57] Jacob Helberg on Leading the TikTok Ban Legislation [00:05:48] Jon Pelson on Danger of TikTok Content [00:07:45] Stefan Tompson on TikTok Vulgarity  [00:10:32] Barak Herscowitz on TikTok Moderation Problems [00:14:17] Izhar Shay on How TikTok Must be Regulated  [00:16:32] Bradley Tusk on TikTok’s Influence on Young Minds  [00:18:18] Closing  RESOURCES Follow Sam on X Follow Jacob Helberg on X Follow Jon on X Follow Stefan Tompson on X Follow Visegrad24 on X Follow Barak on X Follow Izhar Shay on LinkedIn Follow Bradley Tusk on Linkedin Subscribe to Invested Learn more about Aleph Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on LinkedIn Follow Aleph on Twitter ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael argues that TikTok needs to be banned, looking back at pivotal discussions from the Invested podcast over the past year with key business leaders, security experts and former TikTok employees. 


The guests featured, in order of appearance:

  • Sam Lessin, General Partner at Slow Ventures
  • Jacob Helberg, Commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
  • Jon Pelson, Author of “Wireless Wars”
  • Stefan Tompson, Founder of Visegrad 24
  • Barak Herscowitz, Former employee of TikTok & Political Advisor
  • Izhar Shay, Venture Partner with Disruptive AI
  • Bradley Tusk, Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:02:18] Sam Lessin on TikTok as National Security Threat
  • [00:02:57] Jacob Helberg on Leading the TikTok Ban Legislation
  • [00:05:48] Jon Pelson on Danger of TikTok Content
  • [00:07:45] Stefan Tompson on TikTok Vulgarity 
  • [00:10:32] Barak Herscowitz on TikTok Moderation Problems
  • [00:14:17] Izhar Shay on How TikTok Must be Regulated 
  • [00:16:32] Bradley Tusk on TikTok’s Influence on Young Minds 
  • [00:18:18] Closing 



RESOURCES

Follow Sam on X

Follow Jacob Helberg on X

Follow Jon on X

Follow Stefan Tompson on X

Follow Visegrad24 on X

Follow Barak on X

Follow Izhar Shay on LinkedIn

Follow Bradley Tusk on Linkedin

Subscribe to Invested

Learn more about Aleph

Subscribe to our YouTube channel

Follow Michael on Twitter

Follow Michael on LinkedIn

Follow Aleph on Twitter

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 1126 The Information Founder Jessica Lessin on Building the World’s Top Tech Media Outlet, Why Citizen Journalism Won’t Replace Traditional Media, and the Future of Journalism | Jessica Lessin on Invested On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jessica Lessin. Jessica is the founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about technology and business. In eight years, Lessin has grown The Information into one of the largest subscription journalism communities in the world, attracting an influential audience of business leaders globally. Lessin has covered Silicon Valley and the technology industry for almost two decades and was previously a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in the Bay Area, with her husband and three boys. When not trying to keep up with her children, she enjoys surfing and skiing. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:50] Motivation for Founding The Information [00:04:25] Why Leave the Mainstream Media Model [00:07:55] What Causes Legacy News to Become “Clickbaiters” [00:12:50] “Selling Your Soul to the Devil” [00:15:52] Will News Organizations Go Out of Business? [00:21:10] Business Models vs. Journalism Quality [00:23:56] The Free Press vs. The Information [00:26:35] Modern Media and Community Building [00:31:30] How Tech Reporting has Evolved [00:34:25] Does Modern Journalism Need Specialized Experts? [00:36:55] Is The Information Mainstream Media? [00:38:00] Why “Citizen Journalism” Won’t Replace Traditional Media [00:44:23] How to Regain Trust in the Media [00:51:40] The Information’s Media Startup Accelerator [00:53:30] What’s Next for The Information [00:57:08] Mistakes in Running The Information [00:58:10] Message to Younger Self [00:59:25] What is Your Core Value? RESOURCES Follow Jessica on X: https://twitter.com/Jessicalessin  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: www.aleph.vc/content/jessica-lessin Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:11:00 -0000 full 1 37 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jessica Lessin. Jessica is the founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about technology and business. In eight years, Lessin has grown The Information into one of the largest subscription journalism communities in the world, attracting an influential audience of business leaders globally. Lessin has covered Silicon Valley and the technology industry for almost two decades and was previously a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in the Bay Area, with her husband and three boys. When not trying to keep up with her children, she enjoys surfing and skiing. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:50] Motivation for Founding The Information [00:04:25] Why Leave the Mainstream Media Model [00:07:55] What Causes Legacy News to Become “Clickbaiters” [00:12:50] “Selling Your Soul to the Devil” [00:15:52] Will News Organizations Go Out of Business? [00:21:10] Business Models vs. Journalism Quality [00:23:56] The Free Press vs. The Information [00:26:35] Modern Media and Community Building [00:31:30] How Tech Reporting has Evolved [00:34:25] Does Modern Journalism Need Specialized Experts? [00:36:55] Is The Information Mainstream Media? [00:38:00] Why “Citizen Journalism” Won’t Replace Traditional Media [00:44:23] How to Regain Trust in the Media [00:51:40] The Information’s Media Startup Accelerator [00:53:30] What’s Next for The Information [00:57:08] Mistakes in Running The Information [00:58:10] Message to Younger Self [00:59:25] What is Your Core Value? RESOURCES Follow Jessica on X: https://twitter.com/Jessicalessin  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: www.aleph.vc/content/jessica-lessin Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jessica Lessin. Jessica is the founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about technology and business. In eight years, Lessin has grown The Information into one of the largest subscription journalism communities in the world, attracting an influential audience of business leaders globally. Lessin has covered Silicon Valley and the technology industry for almost two decades and was previously a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in the Bay Area, with her husband and three boys. When not trying to keep up with her children, she enjoys surfing and skiing.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 




KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:01:50] Motivation for Founding The Information
  • [00:04:25] Why Leave the Mainstream Media Model
  • [00:07:55] What Causes Legacy News to Become “Clickbaiters”
  • [00:12:50] “Selling Your Soul to the Devil”
  • [00:15:52] Will News Organizations Go Out of Business?
  • [00:21:10] Business Models vs. Journalism Quality
  • [00:23:56] The Free Press vs. The Information
  • [00:26:35] Modern Media and Community Building
  • [00:31:30] How Tech Reporting has Evolved
  • [00:34:25] Does Modern Journalism Need Specialized Experts?
  • [00:36:55] Is The Information Mainstream Media?
  • [00:38:00] Why “Citizen Journalism” Won’t Replace Traditional Media
  • [00:44:23] How to Regain Trust in the Media
  • [00:51:40] The Information’s Media Startup Accelerator
  • [00:53:30] What’s Next for The Information
  • [00:57:08] Mistakes in Running The Information
  • [00:58:10] Message to Younger Self
  • [00:59:25] What is Your Core Value?



RESOURCES


Follow Jessica on X: https://twitter.com/Jessicalessin 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: www.aleph.vc/content/jessica-lessin

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/




CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3964 Vee Founder May Piamenta on Selling Her First Company at 16, Smuggling a Computer Onto an Army Base, Laying Off Her Entire Company and Knowing When to Pivot | Invested On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts May Piamenta, the co-founder and CEO of Vee. May started her first business, Pineapple, at 14 years old and sold it right before she turned 17. She was a community services manager at RoboActive, followed by a role as an international project lead at First, a global robotics community. May then joined the IDF, where she was an electronics warfare commander and started working on her current company, Vee. After her military service, May mentored at Google Activate and took Vee full time. Following a sharp pivot in 2021, Vee now enables nonprofit teams and founders to grow their teams efficiently without hiring people, by giving them AI agents that can do everything from hiring to grant writing, social media management, bookkeeping and admin work, etc.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00]  Intro [00:03:25]  Impact of Losing a Best Friend to Cancer [00:06:20]  May’s Role Models  [00:09:05]  The High School Robotics Team  [00:11:54]  May’s First Business [00:15:14]  Israeli Military Experience  [00:16:28]  May’s Core Value  [00:17:45]  The Story Behind May’s Company, Vee [00:25:00]  Finding Co-Founders and Investors [00:27:00]  Pivoting Vee and Layoffs [00:37:25]  Is Non-Profit a Lucrative Sector? [00:40:55]  How the Tech Industry Has Evolved for Female CEOs [00:44:10]  Does Age in Leadership Matter? [00:45:40]  What Changed in May after Oct. 7 [00:48:28]  What Changed in Michael After Oct. 7 [00:50:17]  On Speaking Out About Anxiety [00:53:45]  Her Belief That Changed in the Last Year [00:54:20]  Closing RESOURCES Follow May on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maypiamenta/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/may-piamenta---episode-36 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:46:00 -0000 full 1 36 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts May Piamenta, the co-founder and CEO of Vee. May started her first business, Pineapple, at 14 years old and sold it right before she turned 17. She was a community services manager at RoboActive, followed by a role as an international project lead at First, a global robotics community. May then joined the IDF, where she was an electronics warfare commander and started working on her current company, Vee. After her military service, May mentored at Google Activate and took Vee full time. Following a sharp pivot in 2021, Vee now enables nonprofit teams and founders to grow their teams efficiently without hiring people, by giving them AI agents that can do everything from hiring to grant writing, social media management, bookkeeping and admin work, etc.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00]  Intro [00:03:25]  Impact of Losing a Best Friend to Cancer [00:06:20]  May’s Role Models  [00:09:05]  The High School Robotics Team  [00:11:54]  May’s First Business [00:15:14]  Israeli Military Experience  [00:16:28]  May’s Core Value  [00:17:45]  The Story Behind May’s Company, Vee [00:25:00]  Finding Co-Founders and Investors [00:27:00]  Pivoting Vee and Layoffs [00:37:25]  Is Non-Profit a Lucrative Sector? [00:40:55]  How the Tech Industry Has Evolved for Female CEOs [00:44:10]  Does Age in Leadership Matter? [00:45:40]  What Changed in May after Oct. 7 [00:48:28]  What Changed in Michael After Oct. 7 [00:50:17]  On Speaking Out About Anxiety [00:53:45]  Her Belief That Changed in the Last Year [00:54:20]  Closing RESOURCES Follow May on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maypiamenta/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/may-piamenta---episode-36 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts May Piamenta, the co-founder and CEO of Vee. May started her first business, Pineapple, at 14 years old and sold it right before she turned 17. She was a community services manager at RoboActive, followed by a role as an international project lead at First, a global robotics community. May then joined the IDF, where she was an electronics warfare commander and started working on her current company, Vee. After her military service, May mentored at Google Activate and took Vee full time. Following a sharp pivot in 2021, Vee now enables nonprofit teams and founders to grow their teams efficiently without hiring people, by giving them AI agents that can do everything from hiring to grant writing, social media management, bookkeeping and admin work, etc. 



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 




KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00]  Intro
  • [00:03:25]  Impact of Losing a Best Friend to Cancer
  • [00:06:20]  May’s Role Models 
  • [00:09:05]  The High School Robotics Team 
  • [00:11:54]  May’s First Business
  • [00:15:14]  Israeli Military Experience 
  • [00:16:28]  May’s Core Value 
  • [00:17:45]  The Story Behind May’s Company, Vee
  • [00:25:00]  Finding Co-Founders and Investors
  • [00:27:00]  Pivoting Vee and Layoffs
  • [00:37:25]  Is Non-Profit a Lucrative Sector?
  • [00:40:55]  How the Tech Industry Has Evolved for Female CEOs
  • [00:44:10]  Does Age in Leadership Matter?
  • [00:45:40]  What Changed in May after Oct. 7
  • [00:48:28]  What Changed in Michael After Oct. 7
  • [00:50:17]  On Speaking Out About Anxiety
  • [00:53:45]  Her Belief That Changed in the Last Year
  • [00:54:20]  Closing



RESOURCES


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For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/may-piamenta---episode-36

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Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3330 Adam Fisher, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, on What it Takes to be a Great VC, Lessons from Wix and Fiverr, and Why Israel Should Let Go of the “Startup Nation” Narrative On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Adam Fisher, one of the most prolific early stage investors in Israel with over two decades of experience investing across the technology stack. He established Bessemer's Israel office in 2007 and has invested in more than 60 companies primarily at the Seed and Series A stages. Over his career, Adam has helped 24 companies reach successful exits, including some of Israel's most notable companies like Wix, Fiverr, and Habana. His current portfolio has some of Israel's largest cloud companies such as Hibob, Melio, Yotpo and Cloudinary.   Adam’s life experiences–like his investments–are uniquely global. Born in South Africa, Adam was raised and educated in the US, where he studied at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before joining Bessemer, he spent nine years at Jerusalem Venture Partners, where he was a partner in their New York, Jerusalem, and Beijing offices. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:25] Core Values [00:05:20] Being an Introvert in Venture Capital [00:08:52] Writing Poetry [00:11:15] Importance of Speaking Out [00:16:35] Hate Comments & Anti-Semitism [00:19:12] The Problem With Tenure [00:21:10] How Can We Enable People to Speak Out?  [00:22:45] Advantage as an Israeli VC Who Grew Up in the U.S. [00:25:30] Core Trait of Successful Venture Capitalists [00:29:50] Being Anti-Bitcoin [00:36:10] Government Vs. Individuals [00:41:20] Investments in Fiverr and Wix [00:50:45] Are Board Meetings Useful? [00:53:52] Investing Over Zoom Calls  [00:57:55] How to Pitch Entrepreneurs on Partnering [00:59:02] Foreign Investment in Israel and Misconception of the Market [01:02:05] First Investment Success & Lessons [01:05:52] Relation Between Company and Country [01:08:40] Work With Beit Issie Shapiro [01:12:38] How Do You Stay Grounded and Humble? RESOURCES Follow Adam on X: https://x.com/AdamRFisher Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/adam-fisher---episode-35 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:53:00 -0000 full 1 35 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Adam Fisher, one of the most prolific early stage investors in Israel with over two decades of experience investing across the technology stack. He established Bessemer's Israel office in 2007 and has invested in more than 60 companies primarily at the Seed and Series A stages. Over his career, Adam has helped 24 companies reach successful exits, including some of Israel's most notable companies like Wix, Fiverr, and Habana. His current portfolio has some of Israel's largest cloud companies such as Hibob, Melio, Yotpo and Cloudinary.   Adam’s life experiences–like his investments–are uniquely global. Born in South Africa, Adam was raised and educated in the US, where he studied at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before joining Bessemer, he spent nine years at Jerusalem Venture Partners, where he was a partner in their New York, Jerusalem, and Beijing offices. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:04:25] Core Values [00:05:20] Being an Introvert in Venture Capital [00:08:52] Writing Poetry [00:11:15] Importance of Speaking Out [00:16:35] Hate Comments & Anti-Semitism [00:19:12] The Problem With Tenure [00:21:10] How Can We Enable People to Speak Out?  [00:22:45] Advantage as an Israeli VC Who Grew Up in the U.S. [00:25:30] Core Trait of Successful Venture Capitalists [00:29:50] Being Anti-Bitcoin [00:36:10] Government Vs. Individuals [00:41:20] Investments in Fiverr and Wix [00:50:45] Are Board Meetings Useful? [00:53:52] Investing Over Zoom Calls  [00:57:55] How to Pitch Entrepreneurs on Partnering [00:59:02] Foreign Investment in Israel and Misconception of the Market [01:02:05] First Investment Success & Lessons [01:05:52] Relation Between Company and Country [01:08:40] Work With Beit Issie Shapiro [01:12:38] How Do You Stay Grounded and Humble? RESOURCES Follow Adam on X: https://x.com/AdamRFisher Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/adam-fisher---episode-35 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Adam Fisher, one of the most prolific early stage investors in Israel with over two decades of experience investing across the technology stack. He established Bessemer's Israel office in 2007 and has invested in more than 60 companies primarily at the Seed and Series A stages. Over his career, Adam has helped 24 companies reach successful exits, including some of Israel's most notable companies like Wix, Fiverr, and Habana. His current portfolio has some of Israel's largest cloud companies such as Hibob, Melio, Yotpo and Cloudinary.  


Adam’s life experiences–like his investments–are uniquely global. Born in South Africa, Adam was raised and educated in the US, where he studied at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before joining Bessemer, he spent nine years at Jerusalem Venture Partners, where he was a partner in their New York, Jerusalem, and Beijing offices.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 



KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:04:25] Core Values
  • [00:05:20] Being an Introvert in Venture Capital
  • [00:08:52] Writing Poetry
  • [00:11:15] Importance of Speaking Out
  • [00:16:35] Hate Comments & Anti-Semitism
  • [00:19:12] The Problem With Tenure
  • [00:21:10] How Can We Enable People to Speak Out? 
  • [00:22:45] Advantage as an Israeli VC Who Grew Up in the U.S.
  • [00:25:30] Core Trait of Successful Venture Capitalists
  • [00:29:50] Being Anti-Bitcoin
  • [00:36:10] Government Vs. Individuals
  • [00:41:20] Investments in Fiverr and Wix
  • [00:50:45] Are Board Meetings Useful?
  • [00:53:52] Investing Over Zoom Calls 
  • [00:57:55] How to Pitch Entrepreneurs on Partnering
  • [00:59:02] Foreign Investment in Israel and Misconception of the Market
  • [01:02:05] First Investment Success & Lessons
  • [01:05:52] Relation Between Company and Country
  • [01:08:40] Work With Beit Issie Shapiro
  • [01:12:38] How Do You Stay Grounded and Humble?



RESOURCES


Follow Adam on X: https://x.com/AdamRFisher

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/adam-fisher---episode-35

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 4502 Harvard Professor Roland Fryer on Relentlessly Pursuing Truth, ‘Closing Social Gaps with Market Caps,’ and Celebrating Failure On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Roland Fryer, a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a co-founder of Equal Opportunity Ventures, an early stage seed fund, and several start-ups.  Roland sits on several boards with an emphasis on business analytics, talent management, and product strategy. His research combines economic theory, big data, AI, and randomized social experiments to help design policies that can increase social mobility in America. Roland was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, the John Bates Clark Medal (given by the American Economic Association to the best American Economist under age 40), the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, among others. He was a member of the 2009 Time 100 (most influential people in the world) and has been twice featured in Esquire "Genius issue." Roland earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in economics from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Penn State University. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:50] How Did You Meet Your Wife? [00:05:50] What if the Data and Anecdotes Don’t Match? [00:07:40] Roland’s Bombshell Paper on Police Brutality [00:14:22] The Need for Firsthand Experience [00:17:15] Roland’s Guiding Principle for Truth [00:20:22] Data And Truth in an Era of AI [00:23:08] Can Data Cause Change? [00:25:20] How Harvard Students Have Changed [00:28:17] Working Odd Jobs as a Kid [00:31:46] Speaking Out on Harvard Antisemitism [00:33:55] Is There Still Value in Higher Education? [00:40:52] How to Incentivize Faculty to be Truthtellers [00:42:53] The Misapplication of DEI & the Need for Meritocracy [00:49:50] Is Harvard Safe for Jews and Israelis? [00:51:20] Why Become a Venture Capitalist? [00:57:18] Use of AI for Hiring [01:05:50] Increasing Social Mobility with Forage [01:14:00] What is the Biggest Problem You Want to Solve? [01:16:40] What’s Changed in Your Worldview Since Visiting Israel? RESOURCES Follow Roland on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-fryer-9889b7183  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/roland-fryer---episode-34 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:41:00 -0000 full 1 34 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Roland Fryer, a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a co-founder of Equal Opportunity Ventures, an early stage seed fund, and several start-ups.  Roland sits on several boards with an emphasis on business analytics, talent management, and product strategy. His research combines economic theory, big data, AI, and randomized social experiments to help design policies that can increase social mobility in America. Roland was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, the John Bates Clark Medal (given by the American Economic Association to the best American Economist under age 40), the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, among others. He was a member of the 2009 Time 100 (most influential people in the world) and has been twice featured in Esquire "Genius issue." Roland earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in economics from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Penn State University. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:50] How Did You Meet Your Wife? [00:05:50] What if the Data and Anecdotes Don’t Match? [00:07:40] Roland’s Bombshell Paper on Police Brutality [00:14:22] The Need for Firsthand Experience [00:17:15] Roland’s Guiding Principle for Truth [00:20:22] Data And Truth in an Era of AI [00:23:08] Can Data Cause Change? [00:25:20] How Harvard Students Have Changed [00:28:17] Working Odd Jobs as a Kid [00:31:46] Speaking Out on Harvard Antisemitism [00:33:55] Is There Still Value in Higher Education? [00:40:52] How to Incentivize Faculty to be Truthtellers [00:42:53] The Misapplication of DEI & the Need for Meritocracy [00:49:50] Is Harvard Safe for Jews and Israelis? [00:51:20] Why Become a Venture Capitalist? [00:57:18] Use of AI for Hiring [01:05:50] Increasing Social Mobility with Forage [01:14:00] What is the Biggest Problem You Want to Solve? [01:16:40] What’s Changed in Your Worldview Since Visiting Israel? RESOURCES Follow Roland on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-fryer-9889b7183  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/roland-fryer---episode-34 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Roland Fryer, a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a co-founder of Equal Opportunity Ventures, an early stage seed fund, and several start-ups. 


Roland sits on several boards with an emphasis on business analytics, talent management, and product strategy. His research combines economic theory, big data, AI, and randomized social experiments to help design policies that can increase social mobility in America. Roland was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, the John Bates Clark Medal (given by the American

Economic Association to the best American Economist under age 40), the Presidential

Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, among others. He was a member of the

2009 Time 100 (most influential people in the world) and has been twice featured in

Esquire "Genius issue." Roland earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in economics from

the University of Texas at Arlington and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Penn

State University.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 



KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro
  • [00:02:50] How Did You Meet Your Wife?
  • [00:05:50] What if the Data and Anecdotes Don’t Match?
  • [00:07:40] Roland’s Bombshell Paper on Police Brutality
  • [00:14:22] The Need for Firsthand Experience
  • [00:17:15] Roland’s Guiding Principle for Truth
  • [00:20:22] Data And Truth in an Era of AI
  • [00:23:08] Can Data Cause Change?
  • [00:25:20] How Harvard Students Have Changed
  • [00:28:17] Working Odd Jobs as a Kid
  • [00:31:46] Speaking Out on Harvard Antisemitism
  • [00:33:55] Is There Still Value in Higher Education?
  • [00:40:52] How to Incentivize Faculty to be Truthtellers
  • [00:42:53] The Misapplication of DEI & the Need for Meritocracy
  • [00:49:50] Is Harvard Safe for Jews and Israelis?
  • [00:51:20] Why Become a Venture Capitalist?
  • [00:57:18] Use of AI for Hiring
  • [01:05:50] Increasing Social Mobility with Forage
  • [01:14:00] What is the Biggest Problem You Want to Solve?
  • [01:16:40] What’s Changed in Your Worldview Since Visiting Israel?



RESOURCES


Follow Roland on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-fryer-9889b7183 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/roland-fryer---episode-34

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4830 AI Expert Oren Etzioni on How Deepfakes are Influencing Global Events, Our Moral Obligations Around AI & the Fight Against Disinformation | Invested On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Oren Etzioni, Harvard’s first computer science graduate, venture partner, startup founder and a prominent AI researcher.  Oren Etzioni is Professor Emeritus of computer science, and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). Etzioni is the founder and CEO of TrueMedia.org, a non-profit dedicated to fighting political deepfakes, which launched in April 2024. Etzioni is a Technical Director of the AI2 Incubator, and a venture partner at the Madrona Venture Group. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:02:55] Core Values [00:04:35] The Power of Political Deepfakes [00:06:55] Why is it So Easy to Undermine Trust? [00:08:53] Truth in Mainstream and Social Media [00:12:17] Deepfake Influence on World Events [00:16:43] How to Approach Online Content [00:18:04] The Goal of TrueMedia [00:23:46] Notable Deepfakes TrueMedia Detected [00:25:05] Why Make TrueMedia a Nonprofit? [00:27:32] Is TrueMedia Nonpartisan? [00:30:15] Is Society in Devolution? [00:33:30] The Evolution of AI [00:37:49] How Oren’s Perspective on AI Has Changed [00:42:00] What Niche Area Will AI fix? [00:43:30] What Worries You About AI? [00:46:45] Allen Institute’s Medical Research [00:48:55] Future of Programming with AI [00:53:10] Should You Still Study Computer Science? [00:56:39] AI Progress is a Moral Obligation [01:00:30] Responsibility to Bring AI to All Humanity [01:03:40] How Can We Onboard People to AI? [01:05:25] Oren’s Approach to Mentoring Students [01:07:37] How Oren’s Father Influenced Him [01:10:00] UBI & How to Treat Chatbots [01:12:55] AI Energy Usage RESOURCES Follow Oren on X: https://x.com/etzioni  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/oren-etzioni---episode-33 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:58:00 -0000 full 1 33 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Oren Etzioni, Harvard’s first computer science graduate, venture partner, startup founder and a prominent AI researcher.  Oren Etzioni is Professor Emeritus of computer science, and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). Etzioni is the founder and CEO of TrueMedia.org, a non-profit dedicated to fighting political deepfakes, which launched in April 2024. Etzioni is a Technical Director of the AI2 Incubator, and a venture partner at the Madrona Venture Group. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:02:55] Core Values [00:04:35] The Power of Political Deepfakes [00:06:55] Why is it So Easy to Undermine Trust? [00:08:53] Truth in Mainstream and Social Media [00:12:17] Deepfake Influence on World Events [00:16:43] How to Approach Online Content [00:18:04] The Goal of TrueMedia [00:23:46] Notable Deepfakes TrueMedia Detected [00:25:05] Why Make TrueMedia a Nonprofit? [00:27:32] Is TrueMedia Nonpartisan? [00:30:15] Is Society in Devolution? [00:33:30] The Evolution of AI [00:37:49] How Oren’s Perspective on AI Has Changed [00:42:00] What Niche Area Will AI fix? [00:43:30] What Worries You About AI? [00:46:45] Allen Institute’s Medical Research [00:48:55] Future of Programming with AI [00:53:10] Should You Still Study Computer Science? [00:56:39] AI Progress is a Moral Obligation [01:00:30] Responsibility to Bring AI to All Humanity [01:03:40] How Can We Onboard People to AI? [01:05:25] Oren’s Approach to Mentoring Students [01:07:37] How Oren’s Father Influenced Him [01:10:00] UBI & How to Treat Chatbots [01:12:55] AI Energy Usage RESOURCES Follow Oren on X: https://x.com/etzioni  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/oren-etzioni---episode-33 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Oren Etzioni, Harvard’s first computer science graduate, venture partner, startup founder and a prominent AI researcher. 


Oren Etzioni is Professor Emeritus of computer science, and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). Etzioni is the founder and CEO of TrueMedia.org, a non-profit dedicated to fighting political deepfakes, which launched in April 2024. Etzioni is a Technical Director of the AI2 Incubator, and a venture partner at the Madrona Venture Group.



Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:02:55] Core Values
  • [00:04:35] The Power of Political Deepfakes
  • [00:06:55] Why is it So Easy to Undermine Trust?
  • [00:08:53] Truth in Mainstream and Social Media
  • [00:12:17] Deepfake Influence on World Events
  • [00:16:43] How to Approach Online Content
  • [00:18:04] The Goal of TrueMedia
  • [00:23:46] Notable Deepfakes TrueMedia Detected
  • [00:25:05] Why Make TrueMedia a Nonprofit?
  • [00:27:32] Is TrueMedia Nonpartisan?
  • [00:30:15] Is Society in Devolution?
  • [00:33:30] The Evolution of AI
  • [00:37:49] How Oren’s Perspective on AI Has Changed
  • [00:42:00] What Niche Area Will AI fix?
  • [00:43:30] What Worries You About AI?
  • [00:46:45] Allen Institute’s Medical Research
  • [00:48:55] Future of Programming with AI
  • [00:53:10] Should You Still Study Computer Science?
  • [00:56:39] AI Progress is a Moral Obligation
  • [01:00:30] Responsibility to Bring AI to All Humanity
  • [01:03:40] How Can We Onboard People to AI?
  • [01:05:25] Oren’s Approach to Mentoring Students
  • [01:07:37] How Oren’s Father Influenced Him
  • [01:10:00] UBI & How to Treat Chatbots
  • [01:12:55] AI Energy Usage



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For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/oren-etzioni---episode-33

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Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4460 Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale on Fixing America, Disrupting Defense Innovation & Building the University of Austin On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Joe Lonsdale, a venture capitalist, serial founder and philanthropist. Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR), a global software company known for its work supporting US and its allies’ defense and intelligence. Since then, he has founded more than a dozen prominent companies, including Addepar, a wealth management platform with about $5 trillion, and OpenGov, the leading cloud software provider for local governments. He continues to create and scale companies through the 8VC Build program. As an investor, Joe was an early backer of companies like Anduril Industries, Oculus (acq. FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH), Oscar (NYSE:OSCR), Illumio, Wish (NASDAQ:WISH), JoyTunes, Blend (NYSE:BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY), Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ (acq. CRM), Yugabyte, and others. Joe and his wife Tayler are active in a variety of philanthropic and institutional pursuits. In 2018, they founded the non-partisan Cicero Institute, which crafts and advances policies to promote effective and accountable governance, and is now successfully battling special interests with teams in over a dozen states. In 2021, Joe became the founding chairman of the board of the University of Austin (UATX), a new university dedicated to restoring the pursuit of truth in higher education. He also sits on the board of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute. Joe, Tayler, and their four daughters live in Austin, TX. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:36] - Founding University of Austin [00:06:02]- Is America a Liberal Society? [00:08:53] - AI’s Relation to Liberty [00:14:00] - Can the Wealthy Speak Their Mind? [00:17:30]- The Heroes of Today [00:19:28]- Has American Exceptionalism Eroded? [00:23:05] - Founding OpenGov [00:27:12] - The Role of Government and its Incompetency [00:34:40]- Why Austin is Better Than San Francisco [00:37:45] - Having Daughters Changed Joe’s Perspective [00:39:55] - Boom of Modern Defense Companies [00:45:18] - How to Improve Defense Innovation [00:48:30] - Government Efficiency and Accountability [00:51:05] - Solution to American Healthcare System [00:53:50] - AI Services Wave [00:57:55] - Politics Hold back innovation [01:05:25] - Joe’s Wokest View and Final Questions RESOURCES Follow Joe on X: https://x.com/JTLonsdale Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/joe-lonsdale---episode-32 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:56:00 -0000 full 1 32 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Joe Lonsdale, a venture capitalist, serial founder and philanthropist. Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR), a global software company known for its work supporting US and its allies’ defense and intelligence. Since then, he has founded more than a dozen prominent companies, including Addepar, a wealth management platform with about $5 trillion, and OpenGov, the leading cloud software provider for local governments. He continues to create and scale companies through the 8VC Build program. As an investor, Joe was an early backer of companies like Anduril Industries, Oculus (acq. FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH), Oscar (NYSE:OSCR), Illumio, Wish (NASDAQ:WISH), JoyTunes, Blend (NYSE:BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY), Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ (acq. CRM), Yugabyte, and others. Joe and his wife Tayler are active in a variety of philanthropic and institutional pursuits. In 2018, they founded the non-partisan Cicero Institute, which crafts and advances policies to promote effective and accountable governance, and is now successfully battling special interests with teams in over a dozen states. In 2021, Joe became the founding chairman of the board of the University of Austin (UATX), a new university dedicated to restoring the pursuit of truth in higher education. He also sits on the board of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute. Joe, Tayler, and their four daughters live in Austin, TX. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:36] - Founding University of Austin [00:06:02]- Is America a Liberal Society? [00:08:53] - AI’s Relation to Liberty [00:14:00] - Can the Wealthy Speak Their Mind? [00:17:30]- The Heroes of Today [00:19:28]- Has American Exceptionalism Eroded? [00:23:05] - Founding OpenGov [00:27:12] - The Role of Government and its Incompetency [00:34:40]- Why Austin is Better Than San Francisco [00:37:45] - Having Daughters Changed Joe’s Perspective [00:39:55] - Boom of Modern Defense Companies [00:45:18] - How to Improve Defense Innovation [00:48:30] - Government Efficiency and Accountability [00:51:05] - Solution to American Healthcare System [00:53:50] - AI Services Wave [00:57:55] - Politics Hold back innovation [01:05:25] - Joe’s Wokest View and Final Questions RESOURCES Follow Joe on X: https://x.com/JTLonsdale Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/joe-lonsdale---episode-32 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Joe Lonsdale, a venture capitalist, serial founder and philanthropist.


Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR), a global software company known for its work supporting US and its allies’ defense and intelligence. Since then, he has founded more than a dozen prominent companies, including Addepar, a wealth management platform with about $5 trillion, and OpenGov, the leading cloud software provider for local governments. He continues to create and scale companies through the 8VC Build program.


As an investor, Joe was an early backer of companies like Anduril Industries, Oculus (acq. FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH), Oscar (NYSE:OSCR), Illumio, Wish (NASDAQ:WISH), JoyTunes, Blend (NYSE:BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY), Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ (acq. CRM), Yugabyte, and others.


Joe and his wife Tayler are active in a variety of philanthropic and institutional pursuits. In 2018, they founded the non-partisan Cicero Institute, which crafts and advances policies to promote effective and accountable governance, and is now successfully battling special interests with teams in over a dozen states. In 2021, Joe became the founding chairman of the board of the University of Austin (UATX), a new university dedicated to restoring the pursuit of truth in higher education. He also sits on the board of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute.


Joe, Tayler, and their four daughters live in Austin, TX.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS


[00:00:00] Intro

[00:01:36] - Founding University of Austin

[00:06:02]- Is America a Liberal Society?

[00:08:53] - AI’s Relation to Liberty

[00:14:00] - Can the Wealthy Speak Their Mind?

[00:17:30]- The Heroes of Today

[00:19:28]- Has American Exceptionalism Eroded?

[00:23:05] - Founding OpenGov

[00:27:12] - The Role of Government and its Incompetency

[00:34:40]- Why Austin is Better Than San Francisco

[00:37:45] - Having Daughters Changed Joe’s Perspective

[00:39:55] - Boom of Modern Defense Companies

[00:45:18] - How to Improve Defense Innovation

[00:48:30] - Government Efficiency and Accountability

[00:51:05] - Solution to American Healthcare System

[00:53:50] - AI Services Wave

[00:57:55] - Politics Hold back innovation

[01:05:25] - Joe’s Wokest View and Final Questions


RESOURCES

Follow Joe on X: https://x.com/JTLonsdale

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For the transcript of this episode, go to: content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/joe-lonsdale---episode-32

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom

Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4046 Invested: After October 7 On this episode of Invested, Michael looks back on the incredible and tragic stories from October 7th within the Israeli tech ecosystem, that were shared on the Invested podcast over the past year. The guests whose stories are featured on this episode, in order of appearance: Ami Daniel - CEO and co-founder of Windward Izhar Shay - Venture Partner with Disruptive AI Beezer Clarkson - Partner at Sapphire Partners Stefan Thompson - Founder of Visegrad 24 Yoav Shoham - Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs Eyal Waldman - Chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox Ben Lang - Angel investor Marc Rowan - Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc Barak Herscowitz - Former employee of TikTok & Political Advisor Sam Lessin - General Partner at Slow Ventures Listen and subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS [00:00:00] Michael Remembering October 7th [00:06:52] Ami Daniel His Oct 7 Experience [00:17:57] - Michael on Israeli Resilience [00:19:16] - Ami Daniel on Kvar Baim [00:22:20] - Michael Introducing Izhar Shay [00:23:08] - Izhar Shay on his son Yaron [00:33:10] - Michael Introduces Izhar’s Initiative [00:34:21] - Izhar Shay’s Next October Initiative [00:35:26] - Michael on Post Oct. 7th Israeli Investment [00:37:25] - Michael Introduces Eyal Waldman [00:38:05] - Eyal Waldman on his Daughter Danielle [00:41:35] - Eyal on Peace Moving Forward [00:47:32] - Michael Introducing Stefan Tompson [00:49:08] - Stefan on the Fight for the West [00:53:20] - Michael on Moral Clarity [00:54:20] - Michael Introducing Marc Rowan [00:56:12] - Marc Rowan on Anti-Semitism [00:59:45]- Michael on Meritocracy [01:00:35] - Michael Introducing Sam Lessin [01:02:13] - Sam Lessin on the Problems at Harvard [01:05:33] - One Year Later RESOURCES Follow Ami Daniel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amidaniel/ Follow Izhar Shay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izharshay/ Follow Eyal Waldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/ Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson Learn more about Marc Rowan: https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan Follow Sam Lessin on X: https://x.com/lessin Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:48:00 -0000 full 1 31 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael looks back on the incredible and tragic stories from October 7th within the Israeli tech ecosystem, that were shared on the Invested podcast over the past year. The guests whose stories are featured on this episode, in order of appearance: Ami Daniel - CEO and co-founder of Windward Izhar Shay - Venture Partner with Disruptive AI Beezer Clarkson - Partner at Sapphire Partners Stefan Thompson - Founder of Visegrad 24 Yoav Shoham - Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs Eyal Waldman - Chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox Ben Lang - Angel investor Marc Rowan - Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc Barak Herscowitz - Former employee of TikTok & Political Advisor Sam Lessin - General Partner at Slow Ventures Listen and subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS [00:00:00] Michael Remembering October 7th [00:06:52] Ami Daniel His Oct 7 Experience [00:17:57] - Michael on Israeli Resilience [00:19:16] - Ami Daniel on Kvar Baim [00:22:20] - Michael Introducing Izhar Shay [00:23:08] - Izhar Shay on his son Yaron [00:33:10] - Michael Introduces Izhar’s Initiative [00:34:21] - Izhar Shay’s Next October Initiative [00:35:26] - Michael on Post Oct. 7th Israeli Investment [00:37:25] - Michael Introduces Eyal Waldman [00:38:05] - Eyal Waldman on his Daughter Danielle [00:41:35] - Eyal on Peace Moving Forward [00:47:32] - Michael Introducing Stefan Tompson [00:49:08] - Stefan on the Fight for the West [00:53:20] - Michael on Moral Clarity [00:54:20] - Michael Introducing Marc Rowan [00:56:12] - Marc Rowan on Anti-Semitism [00:59:45]- Michael on Meritocracy [01:00:35] - Michael Introducing Sam Lessin [01:02:13] - Sam Lessin on the Problems at Harvard [01:05:33] - One Year Later RESOURCES Follow Ami Daniel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amidaniel/ Follow Izhar Shay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izharshay/ Follow Eyal Waldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/ Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson Learn more about Marc Rowan: https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan Follow Sam Lessin on X: https://x.com/lessin Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael looks back on the incredible and tragic stories from October 7th within the Israeli tech ecosystem, that were shared on the Invested podcast over the past year.


The guests whose stories are featured on this episode, in order of appearance:


Ami Daniel - CEO and co-founder of Windward

Izhar Shay - Venture Partner with Disruptive AI

Beezer Clarkson - Partner at Sapphire Partners

Stefan Thompson - Founder of Visegrad 24

Yoav Shoham - Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs

Eyal Waldman - Chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox

Ben Lang - Angel investor

Marc Rowan - Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc

Barak Herscowitz - Former employee of TikTok & Political Advisor

Sam Lessin - General Partner at Slow Ventures


Listen and subscribe to Invested: https://content.aleph.vc/invested


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS

[00:00:00] Michael Remembering October 7th

[00:06:52] Ami Daniel His Oct 7 Experience

[00:17:57] - Michael on Israeli Resilience

[00:19:16] - Ami Daniel on Kvar Baim

[00:22:20] - Michael Introducing Izhar Shay

[00:23:08] - Izhar Shay on his son Yaron

[00:33:10] - Michael Introduces Izhar’s Initiative

[00:34:21] - Izhar Shay’s Next October Initiative

[00:35:26] - Michael on Post Oct. 7th Israeli Investment

[00:37:25] - Michael Introduces Eyal Waldman

[00:38:05] - Eyal Waldman on his Daughter Danielle

[00:41:35] - Eyal on Peace Moving Forward

[00:47:32] - Michael Introducing Stefan Tompson

[00:49:08] - Stefan on the Fight for the West

[00:53:20] - Michael on Moral Clarity

[00:54:20] - Michael Introducing Marc Rowan

[00:56:12] - Marc Rowan on Anti-Semitism

[00:59:45]- Michael on Meritocracy

[01:00:35] - Michael Introducing Sam Lessin

[01:02:13] - Sam Lessin on the Problems at Harvard

[01:05:33] - One Year Later



RESOURCES

Follow Ami Daniel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amidaniel/

Follow Izhar Shay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izharshay/

Follow Eyal Waldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/

Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson

Learn more about Marc Rowan: https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan

Follow Sam Lessin on X: https://x.com/lessin

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29

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Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom

Producer: Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4182 Bradley Tusk on How to Save Democracy Before it’s Too Late, the Problem With Our Political Structures, and the Power of Mobile Voting On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and the author of “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot At Saving Democracy.”  Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 22 different states, helping to feed over 12.5 million people. Before Vote With Your Phone, Bradley authored “The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics” and “Obvious in Hindsight.” He hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics and recently opened an independent bookstore, P&T Knitwear, on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Bradley is currently the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] - Intro [2:05] - Why Is Democracy At Risk? [9:30] - Tech Likes Things As They Are [12:30] - Aligning Social Media With Public Good [14:20] - On Regulating Free Speech [21:55] - Assumptions Behind Mobile Voting [26:24] - Risk of Misinformation With Mobile Voting [27:35] - Technology’s Impact on Voting Accessibility [33:35] - The Gen-Z Vote and Social Media Reform [37:35] - Why We Need Mobile Voting [39:25] - Using AI to Reform Government Procurement [45:05] - Where Should Technology be Introduced? [48:35] - Arguments Against Mobile Voting [52:30] - U.S. Immigration Problem [56:30] - Tension Between Tech and Regulation [1:02:35] - Religions’ Antidote to Evolution [1:09:10] - Conclusion RESOURCES Follow Bradley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btusk/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0000 full 1 30 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and the author of “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot At Saving Democracy.”  Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 22 different states, helping to feed over 12.5 million people. Before Vote With Your Phone, Bradley authored “The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics” and “Obvious in Hindsight.” He hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics and recently opened an independent bookstore, P&T Knitwear, on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Bradley is currently the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] - Intro [2:05] - Why Is Democracy At Risk? [9:30] - Tech Likes Things As They Are [12:30] - Aligning Social Media With Public Good [14:20] - On Regulating Free Speech [21:55] - Assumptions Behind Mobile Voting [26:24] - Risk of Misinformation With Mobile Voting [27:35] - Technology’s Impact on Voting Accessibility [33:35] - The Gen-Z Vote and Social Media Reform [37:35] - Why We Need Mobile Voting [39:25] - Using AI to Reform Government Procurement [45:05] - Where Should Technology be Introduced? [48:35] - Arguments Against Mobile Voting [52:30] - U.S. Immigration Problem [56:30] - Tension Between Tech and Regulation [1:02:35] - Religions’ Antidote to Evolution [1:09:10] - Conclusion RESOURCES Follow Bradley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btusk/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and the author of “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot At Saving Democracy.” 


Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 22 different states, helping to feed over 12.5 million people.


Before Vote With Your Phone, Bradley authored “The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups

From Death by Politics” and “Obvious in Hindsight.” He hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics and recently opened an independent bookstore, P&T Knitwear, on Manhattan's Lower East Side.


Bradley is currently the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first

venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and

the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. He is also an adjunct professor at

Columbia Business School.


Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 



KEY TOPICS 


  • [00:00] - Intro
  • [2:05] - Why Is Democracy At Risk?
  • [9:30] - Tech Likes Things As They Are
  • [12:30] - Aligning Social Media With Public Good
  • [14:20] - On Regulating Free Speech
  • [21:55] - Assumptions Behind Mobile Voting
  • [26:24] - Risk of Misinformation With Mobile Voting
  • [27:35] - Technology’s Impact on Voting Accessibility
  • [33:35] - The Gen-Z Vote and Social Media Reform
  • [37:35] - Why We Need Mobile Voting
  • [39:25] - Using AI to Reform Government Procurement
  • [45:05] - Where Should Technology be Introduced?
  • [48:35] - Arguments Against Mobile Voting
  • [52:30] - U.S. Immigration Problem
  • [56:30] - Tension Between Tech and Regulation
  • [1:02:35] - Religions’ Antidote to Evolution
  • [1:09:10] - Conclusion



RESOURCES


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Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

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Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4235 Sam Lessin on What Entrepreneurs Don’t Realize About VCs, When the State Should Intervene with Tech, the Future of Crypto and the Evolution of Truth On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sam Lessin, a General Partner at Slow Ventures. Sam is currently an intern at The Information and has co-founded two companies, Fin and drop.io (acquired by Facebook in 2010).  Between 2010 and 2014 he was a VP of product management at Facebook, where he managed the People, Places, and Things product group and the Identity product group. Sam started his career at Bain and Company, and attended Harvard ('05).  In his spare time Sam enjoys skiing and kite-surfing.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:03:15] Core Personal Values [00:08:40] Dealing With Bad Investments [00:10:30] The World as a VC Model  [00:13:40] The Chaos of AI  [00:15:55] Relationship Between Investing and Family  [00:20:35] The Risk of Pavel Durov [00:24:00] When Should the State Take Action? [00:29:40] Safety of Tech Leaders in a Borderless World [00:36:30] The Evolution of Truth [00:42:18] Communities as Brokers of Trust  [00:45:45] Crypto Replacing Trust  [00:49:15] Investing in Solana  [00:51:40] The Silicon Valley Narrative  [00:56:38] Being an Outsider-Insider  [1:01:30] Making Change at Harvard  [1:07:15] Antisemitism on College Campuses  [1:10:10] Personal Lessons and Motivation [1:16:30] Closing thoughts on Future of Tech RESOURCES Follow Sam on X: https://x.com/lessin Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:01:00 -0000 full 1 29 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sam Lessin, a General Partner at Slow Ventures. Sam is currently an intern at The Information and has co-founded two companies, Fin and drop.io (acquired by Facebook in 2010).  Between 2010 and 2014 he was a VP of product management at Facebook, where he managed the People, Places, and Things product group and the Identity product group. Sam started his career at Bain and Company, and attended Harvard ('05).  In his spare time Sam enjoys skiing and kite-surfing.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:03:15] Core Personal Values [00:08:40] Dealing With Bad Investments [00:10:30] The World as a VC Model  [00:13:40] The Chaos of AI  [00:15:55] Relationship Between Investing and Family  [00:20:35] The Risk of Pavel Durov [00:24:00] When Should the State Take Action? [00:29:40] Safety of Tech Leaders in a Borderless World [00:36:30] The Evolution of Truth [00:42:18] Communities as Brokers of Trust  [00:45:45] Crypto Replacing Trust  [00:49:15] Investing in Solana  [00:51:40] The Silicon Valley Narrative  [00:56:38] Being an Outsider-Insider  [1:01:30] Making Change at Harvard  [1:07:15] Antisemitism on College Campuses  [1:10:10] Personal Lessons and Motivation [1:16:30] Closing thoughts on Future of Tech RESOURCES Follow Sam on X: https://x.com/lessin Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sam Lessin, a General Partner at Slow Ventures.


Sam is currently an intern at The Information and has co-founded two companies, Fin and drop.io (acquired by Facebook in 2010).  Between 2010 and 2014 he was a VP of product management at Facebook, where he managed the People, Places, and Things product group and the Identity product group. Sam started his career at Bain and Company, and attended Harvard ('05).  In his spare time Sam enjoys skiing and kite-surfing. 


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 


  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:03:15] Core Personal Values
  • [00:08:40] Dealing With Bad Investments
  • [00:10:30] The World as a VC Model 
  • [00:13:40] The Chaos of AI 
  • [00:15:55] Relationship Between Investing and Family 
  • [00:20:35] The Risk of Pavel Durov
  • [00:24:00] When Should the State Take Action?
  • [00:29:40] Safety of Tech Leaders in a Borderless World
  • [00:36:30] The Evolution of Truth
  • [00:42:18] Communities as Brokers of Trust 
  • [00:45:45] Crypto Replacing Trust 
  • [00:49:15] Investing in Solana 
  • [00:51:40] The Silicon Valley Narrative 
  • [00:56:38] Being an Outsider-Insider 
  • [1:01:30] Making Change at Harvard 
  • [1:07:15] Antisemitism on College Campuses 
  • [1:10:10] Personal Lessons and Motivation
  • [1:16:30] Closing thoughts on Future of Tech



RESOURCES

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Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/sam-lessin---episode-29

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4814 Alon Arvatz on the Future of Israeli Cybersecurity, Exiting Multiple Companies, Leaving Money on the Table, and Making Financial Literacy Accessible On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alon Arvatz, the CEO & Co-founder of PointFive. PointFive is a leader in cloud cost management. Prior to that he co-founded IntSights, a cybersecurity and threat intelligence startup, and led it to a successful acquisition for $350M to Rapid7. He authored the book “The Battle for Your Computer” that depicts the success story of the Israeli cybersecurity industry. Alon is also involved in social impact, founding the non-profit "Kanfey Kesef" that promotes financial literacy. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:40] Becoming an Entrepreneur  [08:40] Writing “The Battle for Your Computer”  [17:30] Feedback on the Book  [21:40] Future of Israeli Cyber [25:00] Founding PointFive [30:57] Going With Your Intuition  [33:00] Why Stop Angel Investing [35:15] Do We Need Cyber School? [38:45] Believing in God  [40:00] Does Financial Education Work?  [47:05] Israeli vs. American Entrepreneurs [53:15] Advice to Young Entrepreneurs [54:40] Crypto and Hamas RESOURCES Follow Alon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-arvatz/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/alon-arvatz---episode-28 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:21:00 -0000 full 1 28 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alon Arvatz, the CEO & Co-founder of PointFive. PointFive is a leader in cloud cost management. Prior to that he co-founded IntSights, a cybersecurity and threat intelligence startup, and led it to a successful acquisition for $350M to Rapid7. He authored the book “The Battle for Your Computer” that depicts the success story of the Israeli cybersecurity industry. Alon is also involved in social impact, founding the non-profit "Kanfey Kesef" that promotes financial literacy. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:40] Becoming an Entrepreneur  [08:40] Writing “The Battle for Your Computer”  [17:30] Feedback on the Book  [21:40] Future of Israeli Cyber [25:00] Founding PointFive [30:57] Going With Your Intuition  [33:00] Why Stop Angel Investing [35:15] Do We Need Cyber School? [38:45] Believing in God  [40:00] Does Financial Education Work?  [47:05] Israeli vs. American Entrepreneurs [53:15] Advice to Young Entrepreneurs [54:40] Crypto and Hamas RESOURCES Follow Alon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-arvatz/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/alon-arvatz---episode-28 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alon Arvatz, the CEO & Co-founder of PointFive.


PointFive is a leader in cloud cost management. Prior to that he co-founded IntSights, a cybersecurity and threat intelligence startup, and led it to a successful acquisition for $350M to Rapid7. He authored the book “The Battle for Your Computer” that depicts the success story of the Israeli cybersecurity industry. Alon is also involved in social impact, founding the non-profit "Kanfey Kesef" that promotes financial literacy.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro 
  • [04:40] Becoming an Entrepreneur 
  • [08:40] Writing “The Battle for Your Computer” 
  • [17:30] Feedback on the Book 
  • [21:40] Future of Israeli Cyber
  • [25:00] Founding PointFive
  • [30:57] Going With Your Intuition 
  • [33:00] Why Stop Angel Investing
  • [35:15] Do We Need Cyber School?
  • [38:45] Believing in God 
  • [40:00] Does Financial Education Work? 
  • [47:05] Israeli vs. American Entrepreneurs
  • [53:15] Advice to Young Entrepreneurs
  • [54:40] Crypto and Hamas



RESOURCES

Follow Alon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-arvatz/

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/alon-arvatz---episode-28

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/



CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3492 Yoav Shoham on What Machines Understand About Us, Leading AI in Israel & Stanford, AI21 Labs Innovations, and How We’re Wrong About AGI On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yoav Shoham, Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs. Yoav is professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University. He is Fellow of AAAI, ACM and the Game Theory Society, and among his awards are the IJCAI Research Excellence Award, the AAAI/ACM Allen Newell Award, and the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award. Prof. Shoham has co-founded several AI companies, including TradingDynamics (ARBA), Katango and Timeful (GOOG), and AI21 Labs. Prof. Shoham is the founding chair of the AI Index initiative, and chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of Israel’s National AI Initiative. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:35] Discovering AI in the ‘80’s [00:08:00] When LLMs are Wrong  [00:12:10] Think Critically While Using AI [00:16:00] What it Means to Understand [00:20:20] Is AGI Around the Corner?  [00:24:40] What Worries Yoav About AI [00:28:28] Starting AI21 Labs [00:32:50] AI Agents [00:38:00] The Price of Model Training [00:46:00] AI Policy Recommendations [00:50:05] The “Other Office” at Timeful [00:54:45] Becoming a Computer Scientist [00:55:00] The Situation on College Campuses [01:01:25] Computer-Science-Philosopher [01:05:28] What Makes Us Human RESOURCES Follow Yoav Shoham on X: https://x.com/yshoham  Follow Yoav Shoham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoavshoham/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/yoav-shoham---episode-27 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:13:00 -0000 full 1 27 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yoav Shoham, Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs. Yoav is professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University. He is Fellow of AAAI, ACM and the Game Theory Society, and among his awards are the IJCAI Research Excellence Award, the AAAI/ACM Allen Newell Award, and the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award. Prof. Shoham has co-founded several AI companies, including TradingDynamics (ARBA), Katango and Timeful (GOOG), and AI21 Labs. Prof. Shoham is the founding chair of the AI Index initiative, and chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of Israel’s National AI Initiative. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:35] Discovering AI in the ‘80’s [00:08:00] When LLMs are Wrong  [00:12:10] Think Critically While Using AI [00:16:00] What it Means to Understand [00:20:20] Is AGI Around the Corner?  [00:24:40] What Worries Yoav About AI [00:28:28] Starting AI21 Labs [00:32:50] AI Agents [00:38:00] The Price of Model Training [00:46:00] AI Policy Recommendations [00:50:05] The “Other Office” at Timeful [00:54:45] Becoming a Computer Scientist [00:55:00] The Situation on College Campuses [01:01:25] Computer-Science-Philosopher [01:05:28] What Makes Us Human RESOURCES Follow Yoav Shoham on X: https://x.com/yshoham  Follow Yoav Shoham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoavshoham/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/yoav-shoham---episode-27 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yoav Shoham, Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs.


Yoav is professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University. He is Fellow of AAAI, ACM and the Game Theory Society, and among his awards are the IJCAI Research Excellence Award, the AAAI/ACM Allen Newell Award, and the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award. Prof. Shoham has co-founded several AI companies, including TradingDynamics (ARBA), Katango and Timeful (GOOG), and AI21 Labs. Prof. Shoham is the founding chair of the AI Index initiative, and chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of Israel’s National AI Initiative.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 


  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:01:35] Discovering AI in the ‘80’s
  • [00:08:00] When LLMs are Wrong 
  • [00:12:10] Think Critically While Using AI
  • [00:16:00] What it Means to Understand
  • [00:20:20] Is AGI Around the Corner? 
  • [00:24:40] What Worries Yoav About AI
  • [00:28:28] Starting AI21 Labs
  • [00:32:50] AI Agents
  • [00:38:00] The Price of Model Training
  • [00:46:00] AI Policy Recommendations
  • [00:50:05] The “Other Office” at Timeful
  • [00:54:45] Becoming a Computer Scientist
  • [00:55:00] The Situation on College Campuses
  • [01:01:25] Computer-Science-Philosopher
  • [01:05:28] What Makes Us Human



RESOURCES

Follow Yoav Shoham on X: https://x.com/yshoham 

Follow Yoav Shoham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoavshoham/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

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For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/yoav-shoham---episode-27

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Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi



]]> 4190 Barak Herscowitz on TikTok’s Anti-Israel Bias, the Memo That Got Leaked, Resigning From TikTok, and the Story Israel Needs to be Telling On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Barak Herscowitz, formerly advisor to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, political campaigner and strategic advisor, entrepreneur, and a former employee of TikTok. Herscowitz became the “Tiktok Jewish Whistleblower” as he resigned due to what he identified as a severe bias against Israel and Jewish organizations, in favor of external influences serving Hamas and other foreign entities. He exposed a network of employees in sensitive roles within the company who supported terrorists, advocated for positions endorsed by Iran, and held extreme anti-Israel stances. Prior to TikTok he was the campaign manager for former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the director of press relations and public relations for the Israeli government during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also served as the spokesperson for then-Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat.  Barak is currently in a mission to raise awareness to the public opinion war fought against democratic nations and the Jewish people on social media, campuses and other arenas. He is about to go on a tour with his lecture "If Bin Laden had Twitter: The War the West is Losing Miserably" that discusses his experience as a whistleblower but also a much wider global issue. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:46] Liberty as a Core Value [00:04:00] True Meaning of Freedom and Liberty [00:09:30] From Naftali Bennet’s Office to TikTok  [00:15:07] Why Barak Quit TikTok After October 7th [00:18:28] Government Censorship and Content Blocking [00:23:35] TikTok’s Terrorist Support Group [00:27:42] Writing the Internal Memo [00:37:30] The Backlash and Resignation  [00:40:30] Fight Against Social Media Bias [00:44:15] Winning the Narrative War  [00:48:40] Biggest Mistakes RESOURCES Follow Barak on X: https://x.com/barakher   Follow Barak on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barakhers/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/barak-herscowitz---episode-26 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:13:00 -0000 full 1 26 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Barak Herscowitz, formerly advisor to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, political campaigner and strategic advisor, entrepreneur, and a former employee of TikTok. Herscowitz became the “Tiktok Jewish Whistleblower” as he resigned due to what he identified as a severe bias against Israel and Jewish organizations, in favor of external influences serving Hamas and other foreign entities. He exposed a network of employees in sensitive roles within the company who supported terrorists, advocated for positions endorsed by Iran, and held extreme anti-Israel stances. Prior to TikTok he was the campaign manager for former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the director of press relations and public relations for the Israeli government during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also served as the spokesperson for then-Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat.  Barak is currently in a mission to raise awareness to the public opinion war fought against democratic nations and the Jewish people on social media, campuses and other arenas. He is about to go on a tour with his lecture "If Bin Laden had Twitter: The War the West is Losing Miserably" that discusses his experience as a whistleblower but also a much wider global issue. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:46] Liberty as a Core Value [00:04:00] True Meaning of Freedom and Liberty [00:09:30] From Naftali Bennet’s Office to TikTok  [00:15:07] Why Barak Quit TikTok After October 7th [00:18:28] Government Censorship and Content Blocking [00:23:35] TikTok’s Terrorist Support Group [00:27:42] Writing the Internal Memo [00:37:30] The Backlash and Resignation  [00:40:30] Fight Against Social Media Bias [00:44:15] Winning the Narrative War  [00:48:40] Biggest Mistakes RESOURCES Follow Barak on X: https://x.com/barakher   Follow Barak on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barakhers/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/barak-herscowitz---episode-26 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Barak Herscowitz, formerly advisor to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, political campaigner and strategic advisor, entrepreneur, and a former employee of TikTok.


Herscowitz became the “Tiktok Jewish Whistleblower” as he resigned due to what he identified as a severe bias against Israel and Jewish organizations, in favor of external influences serving Hamas and other foreign entities. He exposed a network of employees in sensitive roles within the company who supported terrorists, advocated for positions endorsed by Iran, and held extreme anti-Israel stances.


Prior to TikTok he was the campaign manager for former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the director of press relations and public relations for the Israeli government during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also served as the spokesperson for then-Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat. 


Barak is currently in a mission to raise awareness to the public opinion war fought against democratic nations and the Jewish people on social media, campuses and other arenas. He is about to go on a tour with his lecture "If Bin Laden had Twitter: The War the West is Losing Miserably" that discusses his experience as a whistleblower but also a much wider global issue.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:01:46] Liberty as a Core Value
  • [00:04:00] True Meaning of Freedom and Liberty
  • [00:09:30] From Naftali Bennet’s Office to TikTok 
  • [00:15:07] Why Barak Quit TikTok After October 7th
  • [00:18:28] Government Censorship and Content Blocking
  • [00:23:35] TikTok’s Terrorist Support Group
  • [00:27:42] Writing the Internal Memo
  • [00:37:30] The Backlash and Resignation 
  • [00:40:30] Fight Against Social Media Bias
  • [00:44:15] Winning the Narrative War 
  • [00:48:40] Biggest Mistakes


RESOURCES

Follow Barak on X: https://x.com/barakher  

Follow Barak on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barakhers/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/barak-herscowitz---episode-26

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi



]]> 3324 no Lior Eshkol on How Wolt Israel Became a Cultural Icon, the Essence of the Israeli Consumer & Navigating the Company Through Crisis On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Lior Eshkol, General Manager of Wolt Israel. Lior (37) is currently from Tel Aviv, born and raised in Ramat Hasharon.  Served in the IDF Intelligence research as an officer. B.A in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University and MBA from Harvard University.  Worked at Procter & Gamble, Amazon, WeWork and healthy.io. General Manager of Wolt Israel since 2020. Spearheaded massive expansion from restaurant industry to retail verticals, geo expansion from Tel Aviv to 75% nationwide population coverage;  Led a platform economy disruption in Israel revolutionizing consumer behavior, commercial marketplace, and impacting the labor market. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:49] From WeWork to Wolt [00:04:00] How Wolt Cracked the Israeli market [00:05:56] Everyone Wants to be a Wolt Driver [00:09:00] Safety First [00:09:41] Becoming Israel's Favorite Delivery Service [00:12:45] Becoming the GM of Wolt Israel [00:13:42] Growing Through COVID-19 [00:16:40] What Can We Learn from Wolt Israel? [00:18:40] From Product Manager to General Manager [00:21:40] Wolt’s Business Model [00:22:30] How the War Changed Wolt IL [00:30:30] Wolt as a Cultural Icon in Israel [00:35:40] Changing Employment Laws [00:42:10] Wolt’s Unique Customer Support Team [00:47:40] Leading for Success  [00:54:06] Consumer Delivery Trends RESOURCES Follow Lior on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lior-eshkol-44109467/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/lior-eshkol---episode-25 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:30:00 -0000 full 1 25 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Lior Eshkol, General Manager of Wolt Israel. Lior (37) is currently from Tel Aviv, born and raised in Ramat Hasharon.  Served in the IDF Intelligence research as an officer. B.A in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University and MBA from Harvard University.  Worked at Procter & Gamble, Amazon, WeWork and healthy.io. General Manager of Wolt Israel since 2020. Spearheaded massive expansion from restaurant industry to retail verticals, geo expansion from Tel Aviv to 75% nationwide population coverage;  Led a platform economy disruption in Israel revolutionizing consumer behavior, commercial marketplace, and impacting the labor market. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:49] From WeWork to Wolt [00:04:00] How Wolt Cracked the Israeli market [00:05:56] Everyone Wants to be a Wolt Driver [00:09:00] Safety First [00:09:41] Becoming Israel's Favorite Delivery Service [00:12:45] Becoming the GM of Wolt Israel [00:13:42] Growing Through COVID-19 [00:16:40] What Can We Learn from Wolt Israel? [00:18:40] From Product Manager to General Manager [00:21:40] Wolt’s Business Model [00:22:30] How the War Changed Wolt IL [00:30:30] Wolt as a Cultural Icon in Israel [00:35:40] Changing Employment Laws [00:42:10] Wolt’s Unique Customer Support Team [00:47:40] Leading for Success  [00:54:06] Consumer Delivery Trends RESOURCES Follow Lior on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lior-eshkol-44109467/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/lior-eshkol---episode-25 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Lior Eshkol, General Manager of Wolt Israel.


Lior (37) is currently from Tel Aviv, born and raised in Ramat Hasharon. 

Served in the IDF Intelligence research as an officer. B.A in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University and MBA from Harvard University. 


Worked at Procter & Gamble, Amazon, WeWork and healthy.io. General Manager of Wolt Israel since 2020. Spearheaded massive expansion from restaurant industry to retail verticals, geo expansion from Tel Aviv to 75% nationwide population coverage; 


Led a platform economy disruption in Israel revolutionizing consumer behavior, commercial marketplace, and impacting the labor market.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:01:49] From WeWork to Wolt
  • [00:04:00] How Wolt Cracked the Israeli market
  • [00:05:56] Everyone Wants to be a Wolt Driver
  • [00:09:00] Safety First
  • [00:09:41] Becoming Israel's Favorite Delivery Service
  • [00:12:45] Becoming the GM of Wolt Israel
  • [00:13:42] Growing Through COVID-19
  • [00:16:40] What Can We Learn from Wolt Israel?
  • [00:18:40] From Product Manager to General Manager
  • [00:21:40] Wolt’s Business Model
  • [00:22:30] How the War Changed Wolt IL
  • [00:30:30] Wolt as a Cultural Icon in Israel
  • [00:35:40] Changing Employment Laws
  • [00:42:10] Wolt’s Unique Customer Support Team
  • [00:47:40] Leading for Success 
  • [00:54:06] Consumer Delivery Trends



RESOURCES

Follow Lior on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lior-eshkol-44109467/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/lior-eshkol---episode-25

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/



CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi



]]> 3930 no Matan Bar on Melio’s Humble Beginnings, The Power of Storytelling, Making Tough Decisions as a CEO, and Meeting George W. Bush On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Matan Bar, co-founder and CEO of Melio.  Before founding Melio in 2018, Matan Bar was the GM of the PayPal Consumer R&D center in Tel Aviv and led PayPal’s Consumer Peer to Peer Payments Group globally, responsible for over $50B in payment volume annually. Matan joined PayPal through the acquisition of his first company (The Gifts Project) by eBay Inc in 2012. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:02:10] Founding The Gifts Project [00:06:37] “Ideas Change, People Don’t” [00:11:00] Resilience and Patriotism in Israeli Tech  [00:16:19] Meaning Behind Melio’s Name [00:18:55] Melio’s Mission [00:23:16] Meeting George W. Bush [00:28:04] Power of Storytelling [00:35:00] Early Days of Melio [00:38:29] Partnering with Intuit and Fiserv [00:40:05] Traditional Banks Are Here to Stay [00:48:22] Making Tough Decisions  [00:56:32] Separating From a Co-founder [01:00:00] Evaluating a Company [01:04:25] How AI is Transforming Melio  [01:11:25] Melio’s Hiring Practices [01:13:31] Feedback From a CEO to His Investor RESOURCES Follow Matan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matanbar/  Learn more about Melio: https://meliopayments.com/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/matan-bar---episode-24 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:44:00 -0000 full 1 24 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Matan Bar, co-founder and CEO of Melio.  Before founding Melio in 2018, Matan Bar was the GM of the PayPal Consumer R&D center in Tel Aviv and led PayPal’s Consumer Peer to Peer Payments Group globally, responsible for over $50B in payment volume annually. Matan joined PayPal through the acquisition of his first company (The Gifts Project) by eBay Inc in 2012. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:02:10] Founding The Gifts Project [00:06:37] “Ideas Change, People Don’t” [00:11:00] Resilience and Patriotism in Israeli Tech  [00:16:19] Meaning Behind Melio’s Name [00:18:55] Melio’s Mission [00:23:16] Meeting George W. Bush [00:28:04] Power of Storytelling [00:35:00] Early Days of Melio [00:38:29] Partnering with Intuit and Fiserv [00:40:05] Traditional Banks Are Here to Stay [00:48:22] Making Tough Decisions  [00:56:32] Separating From a Co-founder [01:00:00] Evaluating a Company [01:04:25] How AI is Transforming Melio  [01:11:25] Melio’s Hiring Practices [01:13:31] Feedback From a CEO to His Investor RESOURCES Follow Matan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matanbar/  Learn more about Melio: https://meliopayments.com/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/matan-bar---episode-24 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Matan Bar, co-founder and CEO of Melio. 


Before founding Melio in 2018, Matan Bar was the GM of the PayPal Consumer R&D center in Tel Aviv and led PayPal’s Consumer Peer to Peer Payments Group globally, responsible for over $50B in payment volume annually.

Matan joined PayPal through the acquisition of his first company (The Gifts Project) by eBay Inc in 2012.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:02:10] Founding The Gifts Project
  • [00:06:37] “Ideas Change, People Don’t”
  • [00:11:00] Resilience and Patriotism in Israeli Tech 
  • [00:16:19] Meaning Behind Melio’s Name
  • [00:18:55] Melio’s Mission
  • [00:23:16] Meeting George W. Bush
  • [00:28:04] Power of Storytelling
  • [00:35:00] Early Days of Melio
  • [00:38:29] Partnering with Intuit and Fiserv
  • [00:40:05] Traditional Banks Are Here to Stay
  • [00:48:22] Making Tough Decisions 
  • [00:56:32] Separating From a Co-founder
  • [01:00:00] Evaluating a Company
  • [01:04:25] How AI is Transforming Melio 
  • [01:11:25] Melio’s Hiring Practices
  • [01:13:31] Feedback From a CEO to His Investor



RESOURCES

Follow Matan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matanbar/ 

Learn more about Melio: https://meliopayments.com/ 

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For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/matan-bar---episode-24

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Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

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CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 4538 no Jacob Helberg on the China Doomsday Scenario, the Dangers of Wokeism, and What America Needs to Win the Technological Arms Race On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jacob Helberg, Commissioner of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.  Jacob also serves as a Senior Policy Advisor to the CEO of Palantir Technologies, where he leads efforts to explore national security trends, changes in the global security landscape and emerging tech policy issues. Jacob is the founder of the Hill & Valley Forum, an alliance he built between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill to help accelerate the adoption of defense technology to out-innovate China. He is a leading voice in the discussion around how U.S. adversaries continue to use social media platforms to influence American voters during election cycles. Jacob is the author of The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power (Simon & Schuster, October 2021), which received bipartisan accolades by President Clinton and the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul. Heis also an Adjunct Senior Fellow for the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS, a Senior Advisor at the Stanford University Center on Geopolitics and Technology, and a member of the Manufacturing Leadership Council at the National Association of Manufacturers. From 2016 to 2020, Jacob was Google’s global lead for the company's internal global product policy efforts to combat foreign interference. Prior to joining Google, he was a member of the founding team of GeoQuant, a geopolitical risk forecasting technology company acquired by Fitch Ratings. Jacob received his M.S. in cybersecurity risk and strategy from New York University. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:03:55] Growing Up Jewish Abroad [00:06:15] Why America is a Force for Good [00:09:17] The “Boiling Frog” Effect [00:12:43] Exposing Wokeism in America [00:15:58] Is the Welfare State Bankrupt? [00:20:02] The Myth About Hard Work  [00:23:24] Behind “Wires of War” - The Tech War with China [00:31:00] Weaponizing the Internet [00:39:00] How to Win Against China [00:46:00] Doomsday Scenario [00:51:00] Unexpected Allies [00:54:24] Takeaways from Hill and Valley Conference [00:58:00] AI's Role in Future Wars [01:08:00] Foreign Funding for Universities [01:11:00] Will TikTok be banned? RESOURCES Follow Jacob Helberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobhelberg/  Follow Jacob Helberg on X: https://x.com/jacobhelberg  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/jacob-helberg---episode-23 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:50:00 -0000 full 1 23 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jacob Helberg, Commissioner of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.  Jacob also serves as a Senior Policy Advisor to the CEO of Palantir Technologies, where he leads efforts to explore national security trends, changes in the global security landscape and emerging tech policy issues. Jacob is the founder of the Hill & Valley Forum, an alliance he built between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill to help accelerate the adoption of defense technology to out-innovate China. He is a leading voice in the discussion around how U.S. adversaries continue to use social media platforms to influence American voters during election cycles. Jacob is the author of The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power (Simon & Schuster, October 2021), which received bipartisan accolades by President Clinton and the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul. Heis also an Adjunct Senior Fellow for the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS, a Senior Advisor at the Stanford University Center on Geopolitics and Technology, and a member of the Manufacturing Leadership Council at the National Association of Manufacturers. From 2016 to 2020, Jacob was Google’s global lead for the company's internal global product policy efforts to combat foreign interference. Prior to joining Google, he was a member of the founding team of GeoQuant, a geopolitical risk forecasting technology company acquired by Fitch Ratings. Jacob received his M.S. in cybersecurity risk and strategy from New York University. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:03:55] Growing Up Jewish Abroad [00:06:15] Why America is a Force for Good [00:09:17] The “Boiling Frog” Effect [00:12:43] Exposing Wokeism in America [00:15:58] Is the Welfare State Bankrupt? [00:20:02] The Myth About Hard Work  [00:23:24] Behind “Wires of War” - The Tech War with China [00:31:00] Weaponizing the Internet [00:39:00] How to Win Against China [00:46:00] Doomsday Scenario [00:51:00] Unexpected Allies [00:54:24] Takeaways from Hill and Valley Conference [00:58:00] AI's Role in Future Wars [01:08:00] Foreign Funding for Universities [01:11:00] Will TikTok be banned? RESOURCES Follow Jacob Helberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobhelberg/  Follow Jacob Helberg on X: https://x.com/jacobhelberg  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/jacob-helberg---episode-23 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jacob Helberg, Commissioner of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. 


Jacob also serves as a Senior Policy Advisor to the CEO of Palantir Technologies, where he leads efforts to explore national security trends, changes in the global security landscape and emerging tech policy issues. Jacob is the founder of the Hill & Valley Forum, an alliance he built between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill to help accelerate the adoption of defense technology to out-innovate China. He is a leading voice in the discussion around how U.S. adversaries continue to use social media platforms to influence American voters during election cycles.


Jacob is the author of The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power (Simon & Schuster, October 2021), which received bipartisan accolades by President Clinton and the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul. Heis also an Adjunct Senior Fellow for the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS, a Senior Advisor at the Stanford University Center on Geopolitics and Technology, and a member of the Manufacturing Leadership Council at the National Association of Manufacturers. From 2016 to 2020, Jacob was Google’s global lead for the company's internal global product policy efforts to combat foreign interference. Prior to joining Google, he was a member of the founding team of GeoQuant, a geopolitical risk forecasting technology company acquired by Fitch Ratings. Jacob received his M.S. in cybersecurity risk and strategy from New York University.


Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 


  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:03:55] Growing Up Jewish Abroad
  • [00:06:15] Why America is a Force for Good
  • [00:09:17] The “Boiling Frog” Effect
  • [00:12:43] Exposing Wokeism in America
  • [00:15:58] Is the Welfare State Bankrupt?
  • [00:20:02] The Myth About Hard Work 
  • [00:23:24] Behind “Wires of War” - The Tech War with China
  • [00:31:00] Weaponizing the Internet
  • [00:39:00] How to Win Against China
  • [00:46:00] Doomsday Scenario
  • [00:51:00] Unexpected Allies
  • [00:54:24] Takeaways from Hill and Valley Conference
  • [00:58:00] AI's Role in Future Wars
  • [01:08:00] Foreign Funding for Universities
  • [01:11:00] Will TikTok be banned?



RESOURCES


Follow Jacob Helberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobhelberg/ 

Follow Jacob Helberg on X: https://x.com/jacobhelberg 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/jacob-helberg---episode-23

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi



]]> 5011 no Beezer Clarkson on How to Get a “Yes” from Investors, Advice to Young VCs, Fund Mission vs. Returns, and What Diversity Means in Venture On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Beezer Clarkson, a partner at Sapphire Partners. Beezer leads Sapphire Partners‘ investments in venture funds domestically and internationally. Beezer began her career in financial services over 20 years ago at Morgan Stanley in its global infrastructure group. Since, she has held various direct and indirect venture investment roles, as well as operational roles in software business development at Hewlett Packard. Prior to joining Sapphire in 2012, Beezer managed the day-to-day operations of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Global Network, which then had $7 billion under management across 16 venture funds worldwide. In 2016, Beezer led the launch of OpenLP, an effort to help foster greater understanding in the entrepreneur-to-LP tech ecosystem.  Beezer earned a bachelor’s in government from Wesleyan University, where she served on the board of trustees and currently serves as an advisor to the Wesleyan Endowment Investment Committee. She is currently serving on the board of the NVCA and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:42] Starting OpenLP [00:03:45] Groupthink in Venture [00:07:06] Momentum Investing [00:10:13] Choosing the Right Investments [00:14:40] How to Get a “Yes” from an Investor [00:21:00] Large Funds or Small Funds [00:30:00] How Important are Early Wins [00:35:20] Is There a VC Personality Type? [00:37:36] Advice to Young VCs [00:43:00] Is Now the Worst Time to Invest? [00:54:48] Mission or Returns [00:59:00] Importance of Diversity [01:01:00] Ageism in VC  [01:08:00] How Investments Changed Since October 7th [01:12:21] Investing in AI [01:15:31] Rapid Fire RESOURCES Follow Beezer Clarkson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethclarkson/ Follow Beezer Clarkson on X: https://twitter.com/Beezer232  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/beezer-clarkson---episode-22 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:50:00 -0000 full 1 22 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Beezer Clarkson, a partner at Sapphire Partners. Beezer leads Sapphire Partners‘ investments in venture funds domestically and internationally. Beezer began her career in financial services over 20 years ago at Morgan Stanley in its global infrastructure group. Since, she has held various direct and indirect venture investment roles, as well as operational roles in software business development at Hewlett Packard. Prior to joining Sapphire in 2012, Beezer managed the day-to-day operations of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Global Network, which then had $7 billion under management across 16 venture funds worldwide. In 2016, Beezer led the launch of OpenLP, an effort to help foster greater understanding in the entrepreneur-to-LP tech ecosystem.  Beezer earned a bachelor’s in government from Wesleyan University, where she served on the board of trustees and currently serves as an advisor to the Wesleyan Endowment Investment Committee. She is currently serving on the board of the NVCA and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:42] Starting OpenLP [00:03:45] Groupthink in Venture [00:07:06] Momentum Investing [00:10:13] Choosing the Right Investments [00:14:40] How to Get a “Yes” from an Investor [00:21:00] Large Funds or Small Funds [00:30:00] How Important are Early Wins [00:35:20] Is There a VC Personality Type? [00:37:36] Advice to Young VCs [00:43:00] Is Now the Worst Time to Invest? [00:54:48] Mission or Returns [00:59:00] Importance of Diversity [01:01:00] Ageism in VC  [01:08:00] How Investments Changed Since October 7th [01:12:21] Investing in AI [01:15:31] Rapid Fire RESOURCES Follow Beezer Clarkson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethclarkson/ Follow Beezer Clarkson on X: https://twitter.com/Beezer232  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/beezer-clarkson---episode-22 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Beezer Clarkson, a partner at Sapphire Partners.

Beezer leads Sapphire Partners‘ investments in venture funds domestically and internationally.

Beezer began her career in financial services over 20 years ago at Morgan Stanley in its global infrastructure group. Since, she has held various direct and indirect venture investment roles, as well as operational roles in software business development at Hewlett Packard. Prior to joining Sapphire in 2012, Beezer managed the day-to-day operations of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Global Network, which then had $7 billion under management across 16 venture funds worldwide.

In 2016, Beezer led the launch of OpenLP, an effort to help foster greater understanding in the entrepreneur-to-LP tech ecosystem. 

Beezer earned a bachelor’s in government from Wesleyan University, where she served on the board of trustees and currently serves as an advisor to the Wesleyan Endowment Investment Committee. She is currently serving on the board of the NVCA and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:01:42] Starting OpenLP
  • [00:03:45] Groupthink in Venture
  • [00:07:06] Momentum Investing
  • [00:10:13] Choosing the Right Investments
  • [00:14:40] How to Get a “Yes” from an Investor
  • [00:21:00] Large Funds or Small Funds
  • [00:30:00] How Important are Early Wins
  • [00:35:20] Is There a VC Personality Type?
  • [00:37:36] Advice to Young VCs
  • [00:43:00] Is Now the Worst Time to Invest?
  • [00:54:48] Mission or Returns
  • [00:59:00] Importance of Diversity
  • [01:01:00] Ageism in VC 
  • [01:08:00] How Investments Changed Since October 7th
  • [01:12:21] Investing in AI
  • [01:15:31] Rapid Fire


RESOURCES

Follow Beezer Clarkson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethclarkson/

Follow Beezer Clarkson on X: https://twitter.com/Beezer232 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to: https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/beezer-clarkson---episode-22

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

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‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS


Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 4740 Marc Rowan on Having the Courage to Speak Up, Apollo’s Investing Strategy, Commitment to Israel, and Looking Ahead On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Marc Rowan, Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc.  Mr. Rowan currently serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Athene Holding Ltd. Currently, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is involved in public policy and is an initial funder and contributor to the development of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research initiative which provides analysis of public policy’s fiscal impact. An active philanthropist and civically engaged, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy helping 4.5 million people annually while funding a network of nonprofits in New York, Israel, and 70 countries. He is also a founding member and Chair of Youth Renewal Fund and Vice Chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network operating 47 schools with over 27,000 students throughout its most diverse and under-served communities. Mr. Rowan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BS and an MBA in Finance. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [00:55] Changing Israeli Education [06:04] Advice to Young Entrepreneurs  [08:45] Commitment to Israel [09:45] The Importance of a Jewish State [10:50] October 7th and the Aftermath [15:00] UPenn and Free Speech on Campus [22:30] Having Courage to Speak Up [29:45] Apollo’s Investing Strategy [38:46] Getting to Cash Flow  [43:30] Difference Between Israeli and US Startups [48:44] Advice Looking Forward [53:50] Q&A With the Audience  RESOURCES Learn more about Marc Rowan and Apollo Global Management: https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/marc-rowan---episode-21 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Thu, 16 May 2024 21:21:00 -0000 full 1 21 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Marc Rowan, Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc.  Mr. Rowan currently serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Athene Holding Ltd. Currently, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is involved in public policy and is an initial funder and contributor to the development of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research initiative which provides analysis of public policy’s fiscal impact. An active philanthropist and civically engaged, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy helping 4.5 million people annually while funding a network of nonprofits in New York, Israel, and 70 countries. He is also a founding member and Chair of Youth Renewal Fund and Vice Chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network operating 47 schools with over 27,000 students throughout its most diverse and under-served communities. Mr. Rowan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BS and an MBA in Finance. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [00:55] Changing Israeli Education [06:04] Advice to Young Entrepreneurs  [08:45] Commitment to Israel [09:45] The Importance of a Jewish State [10:50] October 7th and the Aftermath [15:00] UPenn and Free Speech on Campus [22:30] Having Courage to Speak Up [29:45] Apollo’s Investing Strategy [38:46] Getting to Cash Flow  [43:30] Difference Between Israeli and US Startups [48:44] Advice Looking Forward [53:50] Q&A With the Audience  RESOURCES Learn more about Marc Rowan and Apollo Global Management: https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/marc-rowan---episode-21 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Marc Rowan, Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc. 

Mr. Rowan currently serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Athene Holding Ltd. Currently, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is involved in public policy and is an initial funder and contributor to the development of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research initiative which provides analysis of public policy’s fiscal impact.

An active philanthropist and civically engaged, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy helping 4.5 million people annually while funding a network of nonprofits in New York, Israel, and 70 countries. He is also a founding member and Chair of Youth Renewal Fund and Vice Chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network operating 47 schools with over 27,000 students throughout its most diverse and under-served communities.

Mr. Rowan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BS and an MBA in Finance.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

[00:00] Intro 

[00:55] Changing Israeli Education

[06:04] Advice to Young Entrepreneurs 

[08:45] Commitment to Israel

[09:45] The Importance of a Jewish State

[10:50] October 7th and the Aftermath

[15:00] UPenn and Free Speech on Campus

[22:30] Having Courage to Speak Up

[29:45] Apollo’s Investing Strategy

[38:46] Getting to Cash Flow 

[43:30] Difference Between Israeli and US Startups

[48:44] Advice Looking Forward

[53:50] Q&A With the Audience 


RESOURCES

Learn more about Marc Rowan and Apollo Global Management: https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/marc-rowan---episode-21

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3623 no Ben Lang on Being Early at Notion, How to Build Community, Angel Investing and Taking Risks On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ben Lang, an early employee at Notion and serial builder.  Ben is an angel investor, former founder and operator at high-growth startups. He served in IDF Intelligence and went on to co-found Mapme. Later, he joined Spoke, which was acquired by Okta. In 2019, he joined Notion, where he saw the team grow from 15 to 600+. He helped scale the team, build out their Ambassador program, influencer function, Consultants program, user conference, education program, template gallery, and more. Today, he actively makes angel investments (50+ investments so far) and advises a few startups. He is building the next play community to help people discover what’s next with curated opportunities, gatherings, and content.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:50] How Michael and Ben Met [05:05] Creating International Hummus Day [11:05] Starting at Notion and Building the Community [23:50] Why is Notion Different?  [25:54] How to Create a Unique Community [30:15] Getting into Angel Investing [35:50] Going from Building to Advising  [37:47] Pitching Yourself as an Investor  [44:00] The Best Place to Build a Startup  [47:08] Post Oct 7th: Why Live in Israel?  [49:50] Creating CoronaCrush  [53:09] Rapid Fire RESOURCES Follow Ben Lang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmlang/  Follow Ben Lang on X: https://x.com/benln  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/ben-lang---episode-20 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 01 May 2024 11:08:00 -0000 full 1 20 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ben Lang, an early employee at Notion and serial builder.  Ben is an angel investor, former founder and operator at high-growth startups. He served in IDF Intelligence and went on to co-found Mapme. Later, he joined Spoke, which was acquired by Okta. In 2019, he joined Notion, where he saw the team grow from 15 to 600+. He helped scale the team, build out their Ambassador program, influencer function, Consultants program, user conference, education program, template gallery, and more. Today, he actively makes angel investments (50+ investments so far) and advises a few startups. He is building the next play community to help people discover what’s next with curated opportunities, gatherings, and content.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:50] How Michael and Ben Met [05:05] Creating International Hummus Day [11:05] Starting at Notion and Building the Community [23:50] Why is Notion Different?  [25:54] How to Create a Unique Community [30:15] Getting into Angel Investing [35:50] Going from Building to Advising  [37:47] Pitching Yourself as an Investor  [44:00] The Best Place to Build a Startup  [47:08] Post Oct 7th: Why Live in Israel?  [49:50] Creating CoronaCrush  [53:09] Rapid Fire RESOURCES Follow Ben Lang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmlang/  Follow Ben Lang on X: https://x.com/benln  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/ben-lang---episode-20 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ben Lang, an early employee at Notion and serial builder. 

Ben is an angel investor, former founder and operator at high-growth startups. He served in IDF Intelligence and went on to co-found Mapme. Later, he joined Spoke, which was acquired by Okta. In 2019, he joined Notion, where he saw the team grow from 15 to 600+. He helped scale the team, build out their Ambassador program, influencer function, Consultants program, user conference, education program, template gallery, and more. Today, he actively makes angel investments (50+ investments so far) and advises a few startups. He is building the next play community to help people discover what’s next with curated opportunities, gatherings, and content. 

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 

KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro 
  • [03:50] How Michael and Ben Met
  • [05:05] Creating International Hummus Day
  • [11:05] Starting at Notion and Building the Community
  • [23:50] Why is Notion Different? 
  • [25:54] How to Create a Unique Community
  • [30:15] Getting into Angel Investing
  • [35:50] Going from Building to Advising 
  • [37:47] Pitching Yourself as an Investor 
  • [44:00] The Best Place to Build a Startup 
  • [47:08] Post Oct 7th: Why Live in Israel? 
  • [49:50] Creating CoronaCrush 
  • [53:09] Rapid Fire

RESOURCES

Follow Ben Lang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmlang/ 

Follow Ben Lang on X: https://x.com/benln 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/ben-lang---episode-20

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi



]]> 3352 no Antonio Garcia-Martinez on the Hippie Influence over Silicon Valley, Behind the Scenes at Facebook, Writing ‘Chaos Monkeys’ and Founding Spindl On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Antonio Garcia-Martinez, CEO and founder of Spindl, and author of the book “Chaos Monkeys”.  Garcia-Martinez started his career when he dropped out of a PhD in physics at Berkeley, cut off his ponytail, and became a pricing quant on the Goldman Sachs credit trading desk just in time for the 2008 credit crisis. Fleeing back to the Bay Area for an ad tech startup, he founded a Y Combinator startup with the co-founders he met in that first tech job, and sold the company to Twitter in 2011. This somewhat haphazardly landed him at Facebook, in charge of targeting on the ads team, where he shipped some of the company's first real ads targeting. His book about the experience, Chaos Monkeys, was a NYT and WSJ bestseller (though it did have some detractors). After a couple years of journalism and Substacking, he came back to tech, working (again) at ads and data related products at Branch and Apple.  Currently, he's CEO and founder of Spindl, a venture-backed startup building many of the same attribution and measurement products natively in the blockchain world.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:00] Personal Values [05:24] “Chaos Monkeys” [09:50] Working at Facebook [14:00] How COVID Affected San Francisco [16:20] How the Perspective on Tech Changed [19:46] Progressivism and Tech [23:00] Current State of San Francisco [26:10] Civic Involvement of Tech [28:30] Drug Culture in San Francisco [30:28] Getting Canceled [31:50] Progressivism and Christianity  [34:15] Writing Career [36:20] Converting to Judaism  [44:20] Secularized Modernity [51:42] Spindl [57:38] Blockchain [01:00:32] Web3 Social Media [01:03:50] DC vs. Tech [01:09:06] Rapid-Fire Questions RESOURCES Follow Antonio Garcia-Martinez on X: https://x.com/antoniogm  To purchase the book “Chaos Monkeys” go to: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062458205/  For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/antonio-garcia-martinez---episode-19 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:50:00 -0000 full 1 19 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Antonio Garcia-Martinez, CEO and founder of Spindl, and author of the book “Chaos Monkeys”.  Garcia-Martinez started his career when he dropped out of a PhD in physics at Berkeley, cut off his ponytail, and became a pricing quant on the Goldman Sachs credit trading desk just in time for the 2008 credit crisis. Fleeing back to the Bay Area for an ad tech startup, he founded a Y Combinator startup with the co-founders he met in that first tech job, and sold the company to Twitter in 2011. This somewhat haphazardly landed him at Facebook, in charge of targeting on the ads team, where he shipped some of the company's first real ads targeting. His book about the experience, Chaos Monkeys, was a NYT and WSJ bestseller (though it did have some detractors). After a couple years of journalism and Substacking, he came back to tech, working (again) at ads and data related products at Branch and Apple.  Currently, he's CEO and founder of Spindl, a venture-backed startup building many of the same attribution and measurement products natively in the blockchain world.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:00] Personal Values [05:24] “Chaos Monkeys” [09:50] Working at Facebook [14:00] How COVID Affected San Francisco [16:20] How the Perspective on Tech Changed [19:46] Progressivism and Tech [23:00] Current State of San Francisco [26:10] Civic Involvement of Tech [28:30] Drug Culture in San Francisco [30:28] Getting Canceled [31:50] Progressivism and Christianity  [34:15] Writing Career [36:20] Converting to Judaism  [44:20] Secularized Modernity [51:42] Spindl [57:38] Blockchain [01:00:32] Web3 Social Media [01:03:50] DC vs. Tech [01:09:06] Rapid-Fire Questions RESOURCES Follow Antonio Garcia-Martinez on X: https://x.com/antoniogm  To purchase the book “Chaos Monkeys” go to: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062458205/  For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/antonio-garcia-martinez---episode-19 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Antonio Garcia-Martinez, CEO and founder of Spindl, and author of the book “Chaos Monkeys”. 

Garcia-Martinez started his career when he dropped out of a PhD in physics at Berkeley, cut off his ponytail, and became a pricing quant on the Goldman Sachs credit trading desk just in time for the 2008 credit crisis. Fleeing back to the Bay Area for an ad tech startup, he founded a Y Combinator startup with the co-founders he met in that first tech job, and sold the company to Twitter in 2011. This somewhat haphazardly landed him at Facebook, in charge of targeting on the ads team, where he shipped some of the company's first real ads targeting. His book about the experience, Chaos Monkeys, was a NYT and WSJ bestseller (though it did have some detractors). After a couple years of journalism and Substacking, he came back to tech, working (again) at ads and data related products at Branch and Apple. 

Currently, he's CEO and founder of Spindl, a venture-backed startup building many of the same attribution and measurement products natively in the blockchain world. 

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

[00:00] Intro 

[04:00] Personal Values

[05:24] “Chaos Monkeys”

[09:50] Working at Facebook

[14:00] How COVID Affected San Francisco

[16:20] How the Perspective on Tech Changed

[19:46] Progressivism and Tech

[23:00] Current State of San Francisco

[26:10] Civic Involvement of Tech

[28:30] Drug Culture in San Francisco

[30:28] Getting Canceled

[31:50] Progressivism and Christianity 

[34:15] Writing Career

[36:20] Converting to Judaism 

[44:20] Secularized Modernity

[51:42] Spindl

[57:38] Blockchain

[01:00:32] Web3 Social Media

[01:03:50] DC vs. Tech

[01:09:06] Rapid-Fire Questions


RESOURCES

Follow Antonio Garcia-Martinez on X: https://x.com/antoniogm 

To purchase the book “Chaos Monkeys” go to: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062458205/ 

For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/antonio-garcia-martinez---episode-19

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov 

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4243 Eyal Waldman on What Went Wrong on October 7th, His Personal Loss and Plan for Peace, and Mellanox’s Impact on AI On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox. This is Eyal's second time on the podcast - if you’d like to hear the first episode, please go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/eyal-waldman-episode-10  Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles. Mr. Waldman has been the co-founder, president, CEO and board member of Mellanox Technologies since March 1999. Mellanox is a semiconductor company which went public on Nasdaq in 2007 and was acquired by NVIDIA on April 2020 for more than $7B.  Between March 1999 until June 2013, Mr. Waldman served as Mellanox’s chairman of the board.  From March 1993 to February 1999, Mr. Waldman served as Vice President of Engineering and was a co-founder of Galileo Technology, Ltd., a semiconductor company, which went public on Nasdaq in 1997 and was acquired by Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. in January 2001 for $2.7B.  From August 1989 to March 1993, Mr. Waldman held several design, management, and architecture related positions at Intel Corporation, a manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products, and was awarded with the “IAA Intel achievement award” and the “Employee of the year” award.  Mr. Waldman serves on the board of directors of several private and public companies.  Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.  In June 2016, Mr. Waldman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Technion.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [00:46] Israel Prize Controversy [03:00] Mellanox & NVIDIA's AI Impact [04:08] Mellanox’s Contribution to AI [06:30] AI Education & the Role of the Government  [14:23] October 7th Reflections [21:30] Personal Tragedy [23:29] Relationships With Palestinian Employees  [24:35] Plan for Peace [33:07] Resilience of the Israeli People  [39:33] Takeaways From Meeting Biden & Blinken [44:21] Remembering Danielle Waldman and Noam Shay RESOURCES Follow Eyal Waldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/eyal-waldman---episode-18 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:37:00 -0000 full 1 18 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox. This is Eyal's second time on the podcast - if you’d like to hear the first episode, please go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/eyal-waldman-episode-10  Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles. Mr. Waldman has been the co-founder, president, CEO and board member of Mellanox Technologies since March 1999. Mellanox is a semiconductor company which went public on Nasdaq in 2007 and was acquired by NVIDIA on April 2020 for more than $7B.  Between March 1999 until June 2013, Mr. Waldman served as Mellanox’s chairman of the board.  From March 1993 to February 1999, Mr. Waldman served as Vice President of Engineering and was a co-founder of Galileo Technology, Ltd., a semiconductor company, which went public on Nasdaq in 1997 and was acquired by Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. in January 2001 for $2.7B.  From August 1989 to March 1993, Mr. Waldman held several design, management, and architecture related positions at Intel Corporation, a manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products, and was awarded with the “IAA Intel achievement award” and the “Employee of the year” award.  Mr. Waldman serves on the board of directors of several private and public companies.  Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.  In June 2016, Mr. Waldman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Technion.  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [00:46] Israel Prize Controversy [03:00] Mellanox & NVIDIA's AI Impact [04:08] Mellanox’s Contribution to AI [06:30] AI Education & the Role of the Government  [14:23] October 7th Reflections [21:30] Personal Tragedy [23:29] Relationships With Palestinian Employees  [24:35] Plan for Peace [33:07] Resilience of the Israeli People  [39:33] Takeaways From Meeting Biden & Blinken [44:21] Remembering Danielle Waldman and Noam Shay RESOURCES Follow Eyal Waldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/eyal-waldman---episode-18 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox. This is Eyal's second time on the podcast - if you’d like to hear the first episode, please go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/eyal-waldman-episode-10 

Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles.

Mr. Waldman has been the co-founder, president, CEO and board member of Mellanox Technologies since March 1999. Mellanox is a semiconductor company which went public on Nasdaq in 2007 and was acquired by NVIDIA on April 2020 for more than $7B. 

Between March 1999 until June 2013, Mr. Waldman served as Mellanox’s chairman of the board. 

From March 1993 to February 1999, Mr. Waldman served as Vice President of Engineering and was a co-founder of Galileo Technology, Ltd., a semiconductor company, which went public on Nasdaq in 1997 and was acquired by Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. in January 2001 for $2.7B. 

From August 1989 to March 1993, Mr. Waldman held several design, management, and architecture related positions at Intel Corporation, a manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products, and was awarded with the “IAA Intel achievement award” and the “Employee of the year” award. 

Mr. Waldman serves on the board of directors of several private and public companies. 

Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. 

In June 2016, Mr. Waldman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Technion. 

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro 
  • [00:46] Israel Prize Controversy
  • [03:00] Mellanox & NVIDIA's AI Impact
  • [04:08] Mellanox’s Contribution to AI
  • [06:30] AI Education & the Role of the Government 
  • [14:23] October 7th Reflections
  • [21:30] Personal Tragedy
  • [23:29] Relationships With Palestinian Employees 
  • [24:35] Plan for Peace
  • [33:07] Resilience of the Israeli People 
  • [39:33] Takeaways From Meeting Biden & Blinken
  • [44:21] Remembering Danielle Waldman and Noam Shay


RESOURCES

Follow Eyal Waldman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/ 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/eyal-waldman---episode-18

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi


]]> 3005 Yasmin Lukatz on Investing in a Time of War, Founding ICON, How to Make a Difference, and Being on Shark Tank On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yasmin Lukatz,  Founder & Executive Director at ICON. Yasmin Lukatz is the executive director of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON), a non-profit organization that aims to create a Silicon Valley-based community to harness and support Israeli startup technology and innovation. With a background in economics and law from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Stanford, Lukatz has held significant roles in both corporate and startup environments.  Notable for her strategic investments at Early Stages in leading startups like Tipalti, Navan, and Salt Security, Lukatz also gained recognition on Hakrishim, Israel's version of Shark Tank.  Recently, she founded Code for Israel, the Israeli movement of high-tech volunteers, dedicated to addressing Israel's challenges through technology. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:12] What is ICON and ICON’s Impact [09:05] Israeli vs. Silicon Valley Tech Ecosystems [13:27] Changes in Investing Behavior Since Oct. 7th [15:30] Code for Israel [20:00] Yasmin’s Why - Doing What Makes You Happy [23:50] Dealing With Uncertainty  [25:25] Israeli-Jewish-American Identity  [27:20] Antisemitism Before and After October 7th [31:06] Making the Most Impact [33:41] When to Invest [36:07] Why Shark Tank [38:25] Dancing With the Stars - Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone [41:27] Rapid Fire Questions RESOURCES Follow Yasmin Lukatz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-lukatz-3182251/   Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/yasmin-lukatz-episode-17 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video Filming: Yair Cymerman  Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:38:00 -0000 full 1 17 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yasmin Lukatz,  Founder & Executive Director at ICON. Yasmin Lukatz is the executive director of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON), a non-profit organization that aims to create a Silicon Valley-based community to harness and support Israeli startup technology and innovation. With a background in economics and law from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Stanford, Lukatz has held significant roles in both corporate and startup environments.  Notable for her strategic investments at Early Stages in leading startups like Tipalti, Navan, and Salt Security, Lukatz also gained recognition on Hakrishim, Israel's version of Shark Tank.  Recently, she founded Code for Israel, the Israeli movement of high-tech volunteers, dedicated to addressing Israel's challenges through technology. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:12] What is ICON and ICON’s Impact [09:05] Israeli vs. Silicon Valley Tech Ecosystems [13:27] Changes in Investing Behavior Since Oct. 7th [15:30] Code for Israel [20:00] Yasmin’s Why - Doing What Makes You Happy [23:50] Dealing With Uncertainty  [25:25] Israeli-Jewish-American Identity  [27:20] Antisemitism Before and After October 7th [31:06] Making the Most Impact [33:41] When to Invest [36:07] Why Shark Tank [38:25] Dancing With the Stars - Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone [41:27] Rapid Fire Questions RESOURCES Follow Yasmin Lukatz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-lukatz-3182251/   Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/yasmin-lukatz-episode-17 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video Filming: Yair Cymerman  Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yasmin Lukatz,  Founder & Executive Director at ICON.

Yasmin Lukatz is the executive director of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON), a non-profit organization that aims to create a Silicon Valley-based community to harness and support Israeli startup technology and innovation. With a background in economics and law from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Stanford, Lukatz has held significant roles in both corporate and startup environments. 

Notable for her strategic investments at Early Stages in leading startups like Tipalti, Navan, and Salt Security, Lukatz also gained recognition on Hakrishim, Israel's version of Shark Tank. 

Recently, she founded Code for Israel, the Israeli movement of high-tech volunteers, dedicated to addressing Israel's challenges through technology.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro 
  • [04:12] What is ICON and ICON’s Impact
  • [09:05] Israeli vs. Silicon Valley Tech Ecosystems
  • [13:27] Changes in Investing Behavior Since Oct. 7th
  • [15:30] Code for Israel
  • [20:00] Yasmin’s Why - Doing What Makes You Happy
  • [23:50] Dealing With Uncertainty 
  • [25:25] Israeli-Jewish-American Identity 
  • [27:20] Antisemitism Before and After October 7th
  • [31:06] Making the Most Impact
  • [33:41] When to Invest
  • [36:07] Why Shark Tank
  • [38:25] Dancing With the Stars - Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
  • [41:27] Rapid Fire Questions


RESOURCES

Follow Yasmin Lukatz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-lukatz-3182251/  

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/yasmin-lukatz-episode-17

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video Filming: Yair Cymerman 

Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 2714 Yonatan Adiri on Stepping Down as CEO of Healthy.io, the Future of Healthcare, and What’s Next for Him - Part Two On part two of this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io.  Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to serve as his senior advisor for tech diplomacy and ultimately served as the President's Chief Technology Officer.  Adiris's technology and public sector expertise were recognized by TIME Magazine (2018 one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare), The World Economic Forum, where Adiri spoke at several annual Davos gatherings, CNBC (Disruptor of the Year award, 2020), and FT (Bold in Business Award, 2021). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro [01:10] Stepping Down as CEO [05:40] Realizing You’re not the Right Guy [07:15] Finding Healthy’s New CEO [10:40] How Did it Really Feel to Step Down [16:31] Why Geoff Martin as CEO [19:10] Regulation in Healthcare [21:45] The Investor’s Perspective on Changing CEOs  [24:00] Critiquing Your Board Member [26:50] The Era of Continuous Disruption [28:35] The Next Decade for Yonatan Adiri RESOURCES Follow Yonatan Adiri on X: https://twitter.com/YonatanAdiri  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:44:00 -0000 full 1 16 Michael Eisenberg On part two of this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io.  Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to serve as his senior advisor for tech diplomacy and ultimately served as the President's Chief Technology Officer.  Adiris's technology and public sector expertise were recognized by TIME Magazine (2018 one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare), The World Economic Forum, where Adiri spoke at several annual Davos gatherings, CNBC (Disruptor of the Year award, 2020), and FT (Bold in Business Award, 2021). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro [01:10] Stepping Down as CEO [05:40] Realizing You’re not the Right Guy [07:15] Finding Healthy’s New CEO [10:40] How Did it Really Feel to Step Down [16:31] Why Geoff Martin as CEO [19:10] Regulation in Healthcare [21:45] The Investor’s Perspective on Changing CEOs  [24:00] Critiquing Your Board Member [26:50] The Era of Continuous Disruption [28:35] The Next Decade for Yonatan Adiri RESOURCES Follow Yonatan Adiri on X: https://twitter.com/YonatanAdiri  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On part two of this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io. 

Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to serve as his senior advisor for tech diplomacy and ultimately served as the President's Chief Technology Officer. 

Adiris's technology and public sector expertise were recognized by TIME Magazine (2018 one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare), The World Economic Forum, where Adiri spoke at several annual Davos gatherings, CNBC (Disruptor of the Year award, 2020), and FT (Bold in Business Award, 2021).

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro
  • [01:10] Stepping Down as CEO
  • [05:40] Realizing You’re not the Right Guy
  • [07:15] Finding Healthy’s New CEO
  • [10:40] How Did it Really Feel to Step Down
  • [16:31] Why Geoff Martin as CEO
  • [19:10] Regulation in Healthcare
  • [21:45] The Investor’s Perspective on Changing CEOs 
  • [24:00] Critiquing Your Board Member
  • [26:50] The Era of Continuous Disruption
  • [28:35] The Next Decade for Yonatan Adiri


RESOURCES

Follow Yonatan Adiri on X: https://twitter.com/YonatanAdiri 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi



]]> 2083 no Yonatan Adiri on Founding Healthy.io, Challenges in HealthTech, and Working with Shimon Peres - Part One On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io.  Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to serve as his senior advisor for tech diplomacy and ultimately served as the President's Chief Technology Officer.  Adiris's technology and public sector expertise were recognized by TIME Magazine (2018 one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare), The World Economic Forum, where Adiri spoke at several annual Davos gatherings, CNBC (Disruptor of the Year award, 2020), and FT (Bold in Business Award, 2021). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:12] Working With Shimon Peres [12:20] Biggest Lessons Learned from Peres [14:00] On How Yonatan Was Raised  [23:00] Believing You Can Start a Company  [27:13] How Healthy.io Started [34:50] Challenges in the Healthcare Industry [37:40] Healthy.io’s 2030 Vision [38:55] Color AI and Persuasion OS [40:45] Part One Summary - Deciding to Step Down RESOURCES Follow Yonatan Adiri on X: https://twitter.com/YonatanAdiri  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:45:00 -0000 full 1 16 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io.  Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to serve as his senior advisor for tech diplomacy and ultimately served as the President's Chief Technology Officer.  Adiris's technology and public sector expertise were recognized by TIME Magazine (2018 one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare), The World Economic Forum, where Adiri spoke at several annual Davos gatherings, CNBC (Disruptor of the Year award, 2020), and FT (Bold in Business Award, 2021). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [04:12] Working With Shimon Peres [12:20] Biggest Lessons Learned from Peres [14:00] On How Yonatan Was Raised  [23:00] Believing You Can Start a Company  [27:13] How Healthy.io Started [34:50] Challenges in the Healthcare Industry [37:40] Healthy.io’s 2030 Vision [38:55] Color AI and Persuasion OS [40:45] Part One Summary - Deciding to Step Down RESOURCES Follow Yonatan Adiri on X: https://twitter.com/YonatanAdiri  Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io. 

Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to serve as his senior advisor for tech diplomacy and ultimately served as the President's Chief Technology Officer. 

Adiris's technology and public sector expertise were recognized by TIME Magazine (2018 one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare), The World Economic Forum, where Adiri spoke at several annual Davos gatherings, CNBC (Disruptor of the Year award, 2020), and FT (Bold in Business Award, 2021).

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!

KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro 
  • [04:12] Working With Shimon Peres
  • [12:20] Biggest Lessons Learned from Peres
  • [14:00] On How Yonatan Was Raised 
  • [23:00] Believing You Can Start a Company 
  • [27:13] How Healthy.io Started
  • [34:50] Challenges in the Healthcare Industry
  • [37:40] Healthy.io’s 2030 Vision
  • [38:55] Color AI and Persuasion OS
  • [40:45] Part One Summary - Deciding to Step Down


RESOURCES

Follow Yonatan Adiri on X: https://twitter.com/YonatanAdiri 

Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi






]]> 2540 no Stefan Tompson on Founding Visegrad24, Fake News, Fighting for Israel and the West On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Stefan Tompson, founder of Visegrad24 on X. Tompson is a London-born Polish-South African PR specialist, the founder of the Visegrad24 account (the largest news aggregator from Central and Eastern Europe, with an average billion views per month across social media), the host and presenter of the historical-documentary program "Polish Heritage" on TVP, a YouTuber, and marketer with many viral campaigns behind him. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [01:26] Why Come to Israel [02:45] Core Values [06:17] How Polish and Jewish History is Intertwined  [11:34] Israel as the Front Line to the West [14:25] Invasion of Ukraine and Founding Visegrad24 [18:23] Importance of Religion to the West [25:40] Disinformation on Social Media [30:28] Citizen Journalism and Visegrad24’s Success [38:15] Dealing With Fake News  [45:35] Intellectual Decline of Society  [48:19] Banning TikTok in the West [51:09] Politics and Fake News [53:20] Choosing What to Publish [54:52] Antisemitism Affecting Global Politics [55:55] Rapid Fire Questions RESOURCES Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson  Follow Visegrad24 on X: https://twitter.com/visegrad24  For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video: Yair Cymerman Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:24:00 -0000 full 1 15 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Stefan Tompson, founder of Visegrad24 on X. Tompson is a London-born Polish-South African PR specialist, the founder of the Visegrad24 account (the largest news aggregator from Central and Eastern Europe, with an average billion views per month across social media), the host and presenter of the historical-documentary program "Polish Heritage" on TVP, a YouTuber, and marketer with many viral campaigns behind him. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [01:26] Why Come to Israel [02:45] Core Values [06:17] How Polish and Jewish History is Intertwined  [11:34] Israel as the Front Line to the West [14:25] Invasion of Ukraine and Founding Visegrad24 [18:23] Importance of Religion to the West [25:40] Disinformation on Social Media [30:28] Citizen Journalism and Visegrad24’s Success [38:15] Dealing With Fake News  [45:35] Intellectual Decline of Society  [48:19] Banning TikTok in the West [51:09] Politics and Fake News [53:20] Choosing What to Publish [54:52] Antisemitism Affecting Global Politics [55:55] Rapid Fire Questions RESOURCES Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson  Follow Visegrad24 on X: https://twitter.com/visegrad24  For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video: Yair Cymerman Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Stefan Tompson, founder of Visegrad24 on X.

Tompson is a London-born Polish-South African PR specialist, the founder of the Visegrad24 account (the largest news aggregator from Central and Eastern Europe, with an average billion views per month across social media), the host and presenter of the historical-documentary program "Polish Heritage" on TVP, a YouTuber, and marketer with many viral campaigns behind him.

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! 


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro 
  • [01:26] Why Come to Israel
  • [02:45] Core Values
  • [06:17] How Polish and Jewish History is Intertwined 
  • [11:34] Israel as the Front Line to the West
  • [14:25] Invasion of Ukraine and Founding Visegrad24
  • [18:23] Importance of Religion to the West
  • [25:40] Disinformation on Social Media
  • [30:28] Citizen Journalism and Visegrad24’s Success
  • [38:15] Dealing With Fake News 
  • [45:35] Intellectual Decline of Society 
  • [48:19] Banning TikTok in the West
  • [51:09] Politics and Fake News
  • [53:20] Choosing What to Publish
  • [54:52] Antisemitism Affecting Global Politics
  • [55:55] Rapid Fire Questions


RESOURCES

Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson 

Follow Visegrad24 on X: https://twitter.com/visegrad24 

For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video: Yair Cymerman

Editing: Ron Baranov

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3522 Bradley Tusk on Investing Like a Politician in Regulated Industries, the Flaws of Elite Education, and the Fragmented Future of America https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/bradley-tusk-episode-14 On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners. Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 22 different states, helping to feed over 12.5 million people. Bradley is the author of The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics and Obvious in Hindsight, hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics, and is the co-founder of the Gotham Book Prize. He recently opened a bookstore, podcast studio, event space and cafe called P&T Knitwear on Manhattan's lower east side. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor. You can find Bradley on Linkedin: Bradley Tusk - Founder + CEO - Tusk Holdings | LinkedIn  You can buy Bradley’s new book “Obvious in Hindsight” here: Obvious in Hindsight: Tusk, Bradley: 9798888452202: Amazon.com: Books  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:15] Investing in Regulated Industries [07:45] Lemonade’s Regulation Success Story [09:43] Why Not to Shy Away From Politics & Regulation [12:10] Campaigning for Uber [19:00] Regulatory Capture [24:13] Banning TikTok [26:03] Anti-Semitism on Campuses [31:00] Changing the Education System [36:05] Owning P&T Knitwear [40:27] Increasing Primary Turnout [42:40] Obvious in Hindsight  [46:55] Dealing With Online Propaganda  [50:50] Being Human & Flawed [53:08] Israel as the Only Safe Place for Jews RESOURCES Follow Bradley Tusk on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btusk/  For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-14 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:00:00 -0000 full 1 14 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners. Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 22 different states, helping to feed over 12.5 million people. Bradley is the author of The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics and Obvious in Hindsight, hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics, and is the co-founder of the Gotham Book Prize. He recently opened a bookstore, podcast studio, event space and cafe called P&T Knitwear on Manhattan's lower east side. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor. You can find Bradley on Linkedin: Bradley Tusk - Founder + CEO - Tusk Holdings | LinkedIn  You can buy Bradley’s new book “Obvious in Hindsight” here: Obvious in Hindsight: Tusk, Bradley: 9798888452202: Amazon.com: Books  Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:15] Investing in Regulated Industries [07:45] Lemonade’s Regulation Success Story [09:43] Why Not to Shy Away From Politics & Regulation [12:10] Campaigning for Uber [19:00] Regulatory Capture [24:13] Banning TikTok [26:03] Anti-Semitism on Campuses [31:00] Changing the Education System [36:05] Owning P&T Knitwear [40:27] Increasing Primary Turnout [42:40] Obvious in Hindsight  [46:55] Dealing With Online Propaganda  [50:50] Being Human & Flawed [53:08] Israel as the Only Safe Place for Jews RESOURCES Follow Bradley Tusk on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btusk/  For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-14 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners.

Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 22 different states, helping to feed over 12.5 million people.

Bradley is the author of The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics and Obvious in Hindsight, hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics, and is the co-founder of the Gotham Book Prize. He recently opened a bookstore, podcast studio, event space and cafe called P&T Knitwear on Manhattan's lower east side. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.

Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor.

You can find Bradley on Linkedin: Bradley Tusk - Founder + CEO - Tusk Holdings | LinkedIn 

You can buy Bradley’s new book “Obvious in Hindsight” here: Obvious in Hindsight: Tusk, Bradley: 9798888452202: Amazon.com: Books 

Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!


KEY TOPICS 

  • [00:00] Intro 
  • [03:15] Investing in Regulated Industries
  • [07:45] Lemonade’s Regulation Success Story
  • [09:43] Why Not to Shy Away From Politics & Regulation
  • [12:10] Campaigning for Uber
  • [19:00] Regulatory Capture
  • [24:13] Banning TikTok
  • [26:03] Anti-Semitism on Campuses
  • [31:00] Changing the Education System
  • [36:05] Owning P&T Knitwear
  • [40:27] Increasing Primary Turnout
  • [42:40] Obvious in Hindsight 
  • [46:55] Dealing With Online Propaganda 
  • [50:50] Being Human & Flawed
  • [53:08] Israel as the Only Safe Place for Jews


RESOURCES

Follow Bradley Tusk on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btusk/ 

For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc

Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc 

Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/

For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-14

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/

Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/

Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg

‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/

‍Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/


CREDITS

Executive Producer: Erica Marom 

Producer: Sofi Levak

Video and Editing: Uri Ar

Music and Art: Uri Ar 

Design: Rony Karadi



]]> 3421 Alex Konrad on Covering Israeli & Gazan Tech, the Forbes Midas List, & Civic Resilience On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alex Konrad, senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital, startups and tech out of New York. Alex is the editor of the Midas List and 30 Under 30 List for VC, and the creator of the Midas List Europe and the Cloud 100 List. He has written numerous cover stories on business leaders including Patrick Collison, Satya Nadella and Melanie Perkins, among others, and most recently Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. You can find Alex on X (formerly Twitter). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:50] Rising Anti-Semitism [07:02] Good Journalism and Clickbait [09:20] Not-for-Profit Journalism [12:02] The Forbes Midas List [16:25] Importance of Having a Brand as a VC [20:00] Covering the War from a Tech Perspective [22:30] Civic Resilience in Tech [26:01] High Tech Involvement in Government [30:00] Gazan Tech [36:05] Israeli Resilience and Civic Duty  [42:20] How Investors Currently View Israeli Tech  [44:15] What Happened with OpenAI and Sam Altman [46:15] Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit Controversy  [48:00] Deciding What to Cover [50:10] Importance of Family REFERENCES The Midas List KAN11 (IPBC) Sam Altman Gili Raanan Anduril Wiz SpaceX Starlink Unit 8200 Zoe Weinberg Cockroach Labs OpenAI Paddy Cosgrave CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:50:00 -0000 full 1 13 Michael Eisenberg On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alex Konrad, senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital, startups and tech out of New York. Alex is the editor of the Midas List and 30 Under 30 List for VC, and the creator of the Midas List Europe and the Cloud 100 List. He has written numerous cover stories on business leaders including Patrick Collison, Satya Nadella and Melanie Perkins, among others, and most recently Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. You can find Alex on X (formerly Twitter). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:50] Rising Anti-Semitism [07:02] Good Journalism and Clickbait [09:20] Not-for-Profit Journalism [12:02] The Forbes Midas List [16:25] Importance of Having a Brand as a VC [20:00] Covering the War from a Tech Perspective [22:30] Civic Resilience in Tech [26:01] High Tech Involvement in Government [30:00] Gazan Tech [36:05] Israeli Resilience and Civic Duty  [42:20] How Investors Currently View Israeli Tech  [44:15] What Happened with OpenAI and Sam Altman [46:15] Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit Controversy  [48:00] Deciding What to Cover [50:10] Importance of Family REFERENCES The Midas List KAN11 (IPBC) Sam Altman Gili Raanan Anduril Wiz SpaceX Starlink Unit 8200 Zoe Weinberg Cockroach Labs OpenAI Paddy Cosgrave CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alex Konrad, senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital, startups and tech out of New York. Alex is the editor of the Midas List and 30 Under 30 List for VC, and the creator of the Midas List Europe and the Cloud 100 List. He has written numerous cover stories on business leaders including Patrick Collison, Satya Nadella and Melanie Perkins, among others, and most recently Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. You can find Alex on X (formerly Twitter). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:50] Rising Anti-Semitism [07:02] Good Journalism and Clickbait [09:20] Not-for-Profit Journalism [12:02] The Forbes Midas List [16:25] Importance of Having a Brand as a VC [20:00] Covering the War from a Tech Perspective [22:30] Civic Resilience in Tech [26:01] High Tech Involvement in Government [30:00] Gazan Tech [36:05] Israeli Resilience and Civic Duty  [42:20] How Investors Currently View Israeli Tech  [44:15] What Happened with OpenAI and Sam Altman [46:15] Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit Controversy  [48:00] Deciding What to Cover [50:10] Importance of Family REFERENCES The Midas List KAN11 (IPBC) Sam Altman Gili Raanan Anduril Wiz SpaceX Starlink Unit 8200 Zoe Weinberg Cockroach Labs OpenAI Paddy Cosgrave CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3505 no Izhar Shay on Losing His Son Yaron Oree, the October 7th Attack, an Initiative for the Fallen, and Moving Forward On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Izhar Shay, former Israeli Minister of Science and Technology, high-tech and social entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.  Izhar is a Venture Partner with Disruptive AI, an early stage deep-tech VC focused on AI investments. Shay is actively involved with a number of innovative companies as an advisor, board member and mentor for CEOs and entrepreneurs. He also volunteers as the Chairman of Darkenu, an NGO focused on promoting liberal democratic values for the State of Israel, which also operates DemocratTV. You can find Izhar Shay on Linkedin. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [01:35] October 7th Attack and Losing His Son, Yaron Oree [07:58] Understanding What Happened [10:45] About Yaron Oree [17:59] The Viral Post and the “Next October” Project [25:40] Core Personal Values [28:00] Israeli High-Tech Going Forward [32:22] Taking a Stand Against Extremism [36:35] On Regulating Social Media [40:10] Whether to Release October 7th Footage  [44:30] Investing in Israel in the Future [45:15] Creating Startups After the War REFERENCES Kerem Shalom Nahal Brigade Ami Daniel Windward CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:06:00 -0000 full 1 12 Michael Eisenberg On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Izhar Shay, former Israeli Minister of Science and Technology, high-tech and social entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.  Izhar is a Venture Partner with Disruptive AI, an early stage deep-tech VC focused on AI investments. Shay is actively involved with a number of innovative companies as an advisor, board member and mentor for CEOs and entrepreneurs. He also volunteers as the Chairman of Darkenu, an NGO focused on promoting liberal democratic values for the State of Israel, which also operates DemocratTV. You can find Izhar Shay on Linkedin. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [01:35] October 7th Attack and Losing His Son, Yaron Oree [07:58] Understanding What Happened [10:45] About Yaron Oree [17:59] The Viral Post and the “Next October” Project [25:40] Core Personal Values [28:00] Israeli High-Tech Going Forward [32:22] Taking a Stand Against Extremism [36:35] On Regulating Social Media [40:10] Whether to Release October 7th Footage  [44:30] Investing in Israel in the Future [45:15] Creating Startups After the War REFERENCES Kerem Shalom Nahal Brigade Ami Daniel Windward CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Izhar Shay, former Israeli Minister of Science and Technology, high-tech and social entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.  Izhar is a Venture Partner with Disruptive AI, an early stage deep-tech VC focused on AI investments. Shay is actively involved with a number of innovative companies as an advisor, board member and mentor for CEOs and entrepreneurs. He also volunteers as the Chairman of Darkenu, an NGO focused on promoting liberal democratic values for the State of Israel, which also operates DemocratTV. You can find Izhar Shay on Linkedin. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [01:35] October 7th Attack and Losing His Son, Yaron Oree [07:58] Understanding What Happened [10:45] About Yaron Oree [17:59] The Viral Post and the “Next October” Project [25:40] Core Personal Values [28:00] Israeli High-Tech Going Forward [32:22] Taking a Stand Against Extremism [36:35] On Regulating Social Media [40:10] Whether to Release October 7th Footage  [44:30] Investing in Israel in the Future [45:15] Creating Startups After the War REFERENCES Kerem Shalom Nahal Brigade Ami Daniel Windward CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 2911 no Ami Daniel on the October 7th Massacre, Rescuing Survivors Using Tech, and Managing a Company During War On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ami Daniel, the CEO and co-founder of Windward.  In his capacity as CEO, Ami has been featured extensively as an expert in shipping and AI at multiple conferences, events, op-eds and interviews including by The Economist, The FT, WSJ, Bloomberg and many others. He was recognised as one of the 40 most promising entrepreneurs in Israel twice by Israel’s leading economical newspapers – Globes and The Marker. Under his leadership Windward has been awarded multiple awards including as a finalist in the Boldness in Business Awards by the FT, Red Herring, The Hottest Startup in Israel by Wired and many others. Before founding Windward, Ami has been one of Israel’s most impactful youth social entrepreneurs, founding a community center in Haifa when he was 16, as well as another national scale social empowerment program. For these he was given multiple awards including the President’s Award and the Ramon Award (both the most distinguished for youth in Israel). Ami served as a naval officer (Lieutenant) in the Israeli Navy and he holds an LLB from Tel Aviv University. You can learn more about “Kvar Baim” (“We’ll Be Right There”) on their website, and find Ami Daniel on LinkedIn Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [01:00] The Morning of October 7th [02:46] The Massacre in The South of Israel [04:07] We’ve Got to Do Something  [07:35] Rescuing Survivors of the Massacre [13:40] Meeting The Rescuees in Person [17:05] Importance of Mental Support [17:50] Ami’s Navy Experience  [22:30] About Windward  [25:40] The Wartime CEO  [28:00] Building a Product to Help Rescue Efforts [30:10] How “Kvar Baim” Was Created in 48 Hours [32:25] The Need for Innovation [36:40] Civic Involvement and Resilience  [40:20] What’s Changed Since the War Started [44:20] Pioneering 2.0 [45:50] The Importance of Family References: Kvar Baim Brothers in Arms Erez Shachar Qumra Capital Nova Music Festival Be’eri Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Yoel Zilberman Nir Zohar Micha Kaufman Eynat Guez Guy Bloch Josh Wolfe Peter Thiel ZAKA Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0000 full 1 11 Michael Eisenberg On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ami Daniel, the CEO and co-founder of Windward.  In his capacity as CEO, Ami has been featured extensively as an expert in shipping and AI at multiple conferences, events, op-eds and interviews including by The Economist, The FT, WSJ, Bloomberg and many others. He was recognised as one of the 40 most promising entrepreneurs in Israel twice by Israel’s leading economical newspapers – Globes and The Marker. Under his leadership Windward has been awarded multiple awards including as a finalist in the Boldness in Business Awards by the FT, Red Herring, The Hottest Startup in Israel by Wired and many others. Before founding Windward, Ami has been one of Israel’s most impactful youth social entrepreneurs, founding a community center in Haifa when he was 16, as well as another national scale social empowerment program. For these he was given multiple awards including the President’s Award and the Ramon Award (both the most distinguished for youth in Israel). Ami served as a naval officer (Lieutenant) in the Israeli Navy and he holds an LLB from Tel Aviv University. You can learn more about “Kvar Baim” (“We’ll Be Right There”) on their website, and find Ami Daniel on LinkedIn Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [01:00] The Morning of October 7th [02:46] The Massacre in The South of Israel [04:07] We’ve Got to Do Something  [07:35] Rescuing Survivors of the Massacre [13:40] Meeting The Rescuees in Person [17:05] Importance of Mental Support [17:50] Ami’s Navy Experience  [22:30] About Windward  [25:40] The Wartime CEO  [28:00] Building a Product to Help Rescue Efforts [30:10] How “Kvar Baim” Was Created in 48 Hours [32:25] The Need for Innovation [36:40] Civic Involvement and Resilience  [40:20] What’s Changed Since the War Started [44:20] Pioneering 2.0 [45:50] The Importance of Family References: Kvar Baim Brothers in Arms Erez Shachar Qumra Capital Nova Music Festival Be’eri Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Yoel Zilberman Nir Zohar Micha Kaufman Eynat Guez Guy Bloch Josh Wolfe Peter Thiel ZAKA Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ami Daniel, the CEO and co-founder of Windward.  In his capacity as CEO, Ami has been featured extensively as an expert in shipping and AI at multiple conferences, events, op-eds and interviews including by The Economist, The FT, WSJ, Bloomberg and many others. He was recognised as one of the 40 most promising entrepreneurs in Israel twice by Israel’s leading economical newspapers – Globes and The Marker. Under his leadership Windward has been awarded multiple awards including as a finalist in the Boldness in Business Awards by the FT, Red Herring, The Hottest Startup in Israel by Wired and many others. Before founding Windward, Ami has been one of Israel’s most impactful youth social entrepreneurs, founding a community center in Haifa when he was 16, as well as another national scale social empowerment program. For these he was given multiple awards including the President’s Award and the Ramon Award (both the most distinguished for youth in Israel). Ami served as a naval officer (Lieutenant) in the Israeli Navy and he holds an LLB from Tel Aviv University. You can learn more about “Kvar Baim” (“We’ll Be Right There”) on their website, and find Ami Daniel on LinkedIn Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [01:00] The Morning of October 7th [02:46] The Massacre in The South of Israel [04:07] We’ve Got to Do Something  [07:35] Rescuing Survivors of the Massacre [13:40] Meeting The Rescuees in Person [17:05] Importance of Mental Support [17:50] Ami’s Navy Experience  [22:30] About Windward  [25:40] The Wartime CEO  [28:00] Building a Product to Help Rescue Efforts [30:10] How “Kvar Baim” Was Created in 48 Hours [32:25] The Need for Innovation [36:40] Civic Involvement and Resilience  [40:20] What’s Changed Since the War Started [44:20] Pioneering 2.0 [45:50] The Importance of Family References: Kvar Baim Brothers in Arms Erez Shachar Qumra Capital Nova Music Festival Be’eri Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Yoel Zilberman Nir Zohar Micha Kaufman Eynat Guez Guy Bloch Josh Wolfe Peter Thiel ZAKA Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3013 no Eyal Waldman on Building Mellanox, Employing Palestinians and Israelis Together, and The Future of AI On the 10th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and Co-founder of Mellanox. Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles. Mr. Waldman has been the Co-founder, President, CEO and Board member of Mellanox Technologies since March 1999, a semiconductor company which went public on Nasdaq in 2007 and was acquired by NVIDIA on April 2020 for more than $7B.  Between March 1999 until June 2013, Mr. Waldman served as Mellanox’s chairman of the board.  From March 1993 to February 1999, Mr. Waldman served as Vice President of Engineering and was a Co-founder of Galileo Technology, Ltd., a semiconductor company, which went public on Nasdaq in 1997 and was acquired by Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. in January 2001 for $2.7B.  From August 1989 to March 1993, Mr. Waldman held several design, management, and architecture related positions at Intel Corporation, a manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products, and was awarded with the “IAA Intel achievement award” and the “Employee of the year” award.  Mr. Waldman serves on the board of directors of several private and public companies.  Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.  In June 2016, Mr. Waldman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Technion.  You can find Eyal Waldman on https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/ Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [03:20] Building Mellanox [07:36] Selling to NVIDIA [08:40] OpenAI and InfiniBand [12:05] InfiniBand vs. Ethernet [14:23] Self-Doubt [16:15] Future of AI [23:50] Making a Difference [27:00] Employing Palestinians and Israelis [30:30] Conflicting Values [31:39] Making Tough Decisions [37:35] Peace Through Business [40:48] Business With China [45:53] Business as a Bridge [49:44] Fear of Failure [52:30] Motivation and Vulnerability [55:14] Mellanox Today Show References: Check Point Galileo NVIDIA Mellanox InfiniBand OpenAI Ethernet ChatGPT Marik Lechner Marvell Technologies Neom Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:15:00 -0000 full 1 10 Michael Eisenberg On the 10th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and Co-founder of Mellanox. Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles. Mr. Waldman has been the Co-founder, President, CEO and Board member of Mellanox Technologies since March 1999, a semiconductor company which went public on Nasdaq in 2007 and was acquired by NVIDIA on April 2020 for more than $7B.  Between March 1999 until June 2013, Mr. Waldman served as Mellanox’s chairman of the board.  From March 1993 to February 1999, Mr. Waldman served as Vice President of Engineering and was a Co-founder of Galileo Technology, Ltd., a semiconductor company, which went public on Nasdaq in 1997 and was acquired by Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. in January 2001 for $2.7B.  From August 1989 to March 1993, Mr. Waldman held several design, management, and architecture related positions at Intel Corporation, a manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products, and was awarded with the “IAA Intel achievement award” and the “Employee of the year” award.  Mr. Waldman serves on the board of directors of several private and public companies.  Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.  In June 2016, Mr. Waldman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Technion.  You can find Eyal Waldman on https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/ Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [03:20] Building Mellanox [07:36] Selling to NVIDIA [08:40] OpenAI and InfiniBand [12:05] InfiniBand vs. Ethernet [14:23] Self-Doubt [16:15] Future of AI [23:50] Making a Difference [27:00] Employing Palestinians and Israelis [30:30] Conflicting Values [31:39] Making Tough Decisions [37:35] Peace Through Business [40:48] Business With China [45:53] Business as a Bridge [49:44] Fear of Failure [52:30] Motivation and Vulnerability [55:14] Mellanox Today Show References: Check Point Galileo NVIDIA Mellanox InfiniBand OpenAI Ethernet ChatGPT Marik Lechner Marvell Technologies Neom Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On the 10th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and Co-founder of Mellanox. Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles. Mr. Waldman has been the Co-founder, President, CEO and Board member of Mellanox Technologies since March 1999, a semiconductor company which went public on Nasdaq in 2007 and was acquired by NVIDIA on April 2020 for more than $7B.  Between March 1999 until June 2013, Mr. Waldman served as Mellanox’s chairman of the board.  From March 1993 to February 1999, Mr. Waldman served as Vice President of Engineering and was a Co-founder of Galileo Technology, Ltd., a semiconductor company, which went public on Nasdaq in 1997 and was acquired by Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. in January 2001 for $2.7B.  From August 1989 to March 1993, Mr. Waldman held several design, management, and architecture related positions at Intel Corporation, a manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products, and was awarded with the “IAA Intel achievement award” and the “Employee of the year” award.  Mr. Waldman serves on the board of directors of several private and public companies.  Mr. Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.  In June 2016, Mr. Waldman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Technion.  You can find Eyal Waldman on https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyal-waldman-968788/ Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [03:20] Building Mellanox [07:36] Selling to NVIDIA [08:40] OpenAI and InfiniBand [12:05] InfiniBand vs. Ethernet [14:23] Self-Doubt [16:15] Future of AI [23:50] Making a Difference [27:00] Employing Palestinians and Israelis [30:30] Conflicting Values [31:39] Making Tough Decisions [37:35] Peace Through Business [40:48] Business With China [45:53] Business as a Bridge [49:44] Fear of Failure [52:30] Motivation and Vulnerability [55:14] Mellanox Today Show References: Check Point Galileo NVIDIA Mellanox InfiniBand OpenAI Ethernet ChatGPT Marik Lechner Marvell Technologies Neom Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3510 no Harry Stebbings on Starting 20VC, Being Underestimated, Investing, and Wealth vs. Happiness On the 9th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Harry Stebbings, founder of 20VC, the largest media asset in venture with over $300M AUM and 13 unicorn portfolio companies in the last 5 years. 20VC’s portfolio includes Pachama, Tripledot, Linear, BeReal, Sorare, Roam Research, Merge and Nex Health to name a few. Harry is also a passionate supporter of MS UK and male eating disorder charities. ‍ You can learn more about 20VC at www.thetwentyminutevc.com ‍ Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  ‍ Key Topics: [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:50] Kindness as a Value [00:05:00] On Harry’s Influences [00:09:15] Timing Markets [00:12:45] Drinking Culture [00:18:00] Mainstream Media [00:20:30] Burnout [00:22:15] Investment Takeaways [00:29:55] Happiness vs. Wealth [00:37:47] Emerging Markets [00:41:20] Early-Stage Investments [00:45:15] 20VC Process [00:52:55] Being Underestimated [00:55:00] Defining Success  [00:59:50] Persistence and Creativity [01:03:55] Future of Content [01:07:40] Eating Disorders [01:08:27] Relaxing and Family [01:15:40] Rapid Fire Questions [01:18:10] Biggest Hurdles Resources: Follow Harry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings?s=20 ‍ Follow Harry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrystebbings/ ‍ Subscribe to Harry's podcast "20VC": https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ ‍ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc ‍ Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  ‍ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ ‍ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍ Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ ‍ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍ Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson and Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:16:00 -0000 full 1 9 Michael Eisenberg On the 9th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Harry Stebbings, founder of 20VC, the largest media asset in venture with over $300M AUM and 13 unicorn portfolio companies in the last 5 years. 20VC’s portfolio includes Pachama, Tripledot, Linear, BeReal, Sorare, Roam Research, Merge and Nex Health to name a few. Harry is also a passionate supporter of MS UK and male eating disorder charities. ‍ You can learn more about 20VC at www.thetwentyminutevc.com ‍ Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  ‍ Key Topics: [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:50] Kindness as a Value [00:05:00] On Harry’s Influences [00:09:15] Timing Markets [00:12:45] Drinking Culture [00:18:00] Mainstream Media [00:20:30] Burnout [00:22:15] Investment Takeaways [00:29:55] Happiness vs. Wealth [00:37:47] Emerging Markets [00:41:20] Early-Stage Investments [00:45:15] 20VC Process [00:52:55] Being Underestimated [00:55:00] Defining Success  [00:59:50] Persistence and Creativity [01:03:55] Future of Content [01:07:40] Eating Disorders [01:08:27] Relaxing and Family [01:15:40] Rapid Fire Questions [01:18:10] Biggest Hurdles Resources: Follow Harry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings?s=20 ‍ Follow Harry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrystebbings/ ‍ Subscribe to Harry's podcast "20VC": https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ ‍ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc ‍ Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  ‍ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ ‍ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍ Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ ‍ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍ Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson and Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On the 9th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Harry Stebbings, founder of 20VC, the largest media asset in venture with over $300M AUM and 13 unicorn portfolio companies in the last 5 years. 20VC’s portfolio includes Pachama, Tripledot, Linear, BeReal, Sorare, Roam Research, Merge and Nex Health to name a few. Harry is also a passionate supporter of MS UK and male eating disorder charities. ‍ You can learn more about 20VC at www.thetwentyminutevc.com ‍ Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  ‍ Key Topics: [00:00:00] Intro  [00:01:50] Kindness as a Value [00:05:00] On Harry’s Influences [00:09:15] Timing Markets [00:12:45] Drinking Culture [00:18:00] Mainstream Media [00:20:30] Burnout [00:22:15] Investment Takeaways [00:29:55] Happiness vs. Wealth [00:37:47] Emerging Markets [00:41:20] Early-Stage Investments [00:45:15] 20VC Process [00:52:55] Being Underestimated [00:55:00] Defining Success  [00:59:50] Persistence and Creativity [01:03:55] Future of Content [01:07:40] Eating Disorders [01:08:27] Relaxing and Family [01:15:40] Rapid Fire Questions [01:18:10] Biggest Hurdles Resources: Follow Harry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings?s=20 ‍ Follow Harry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrystebbings/ ‍ Subscribe to Harry's podcast "20VC": https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ ‍ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc ‍ Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  ‍ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ ‍ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍ Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ ‍ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg ‍ Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ ‍ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson and Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 5094 yes Jon Pelson on China's Influence, TikTok, Huawei and Different Values On the 8th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jon Pelson, the author of “Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back," which tells the story of how China seized global leadership in mobile communications and describes the threat this presents to the free world. Mr. Pelson spent nearly twenty-five years working as an executive at some of the world’s largest telecom companies, serving as Chief of Convergence Strategy for British Telecom and Vice President for Lucent Technologies, where he observed how China’s national champions were used to advance geopolitical goals. Wireless Wars outlines a proposal to retake the lead from China through the use of trusted ecosystems and disruptive, permissionless innovation. Pelson has lectured at Duke University, Yale, William & Mary, and other colleges and associations, and is an advisor to private companies and government agencies and departments. He is an Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; a member of the Advisory Council for the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue; and is on the Advisory Board of Rampart Communications. Mr. Pelson has a degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. You can find Jon Pelson on Twitter at @JonPelson and buy his book at wireless-wars.com. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [01:00] Importance of Truth [01:35] Jon Pelson [03:35] Is there One Truth? [05:30] Chinese Influence  [08:55] China In Saudi Arabia [11:25] Chinese 25-Year Plan [15:37] China vs. Other Countries [16:25] AI Data Collection [18:02] Moral Differences  [23:30] Guilt vs. Shame [25:20] Rule of Law vs. Rule of Strong [29:48] Business with China  [36:05] Keeping Your Enemies Close [40:00] Free Market Trade  [41:00] Courage to Write  [43:58] TikTok [48:55] Business, Politics and Technology [56:15] Aligning Values  [58:30] Warning Israel  [01:01:20] China’s Investment in Israel [01:05:30] Telecom in 20 Years [01:10:05] Rapid Fire Questions Resources: To purchase Jon’s book “Wireless Wars”: https://www.wireless-wars.com/  Follow Jon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonpelson?lang=en Follow Jon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-pelson-3302bb1/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-08 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producers: Andrew Jacobson and Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:09:00 -0000 full 1 8 Michael Eisenberg On the 8th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jon Pelson, the author of “Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back," which tells the story of how China seized global leadership in mobile communications and describes the threat this presents to the free world. Mr. Pelson spent nearly twenty-five years working as an executive at some of the world’s largest telecom companies, serving as Chief of Convergence Strategy for British Telecom and Vice President for Lucent Technologies, where he observed how China’s national champions were used to advance geopolitical goals. Wireless Wars outlines a proposal to retake the lead from China through the use of trusted ecosystems and disruptive, permissionless innovation. Pelson has lectured at Duke University, Yale, William & Mary, and other colleges and associations, and is an advisor to private companies and government agencies and departments. He is an Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; a member of the Advisory Council for the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue; and is on the Advisory Board of Rampart Communications. Mr. Pelson has a degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. You can find Jon Pelson on Twitter at @JonPelson and buy his book at wireless-wars.com. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [01:00] Importance of Truth [01:35] Jon Pelson [03:35] Is there One Truth? [05:30] Chinese Influence  [08:55] China In Saudi Arabia [11:25] Chinese 25-Year Plan [15:37] China vs. Other Countries [16:25] AI Data Collection [18:02] Moral Differences  [23:30] Guilt vs. Shame [25:20] Rule of Law vs. Rule of Strong [29:48] Business with China  [36:05] Keeping Your Enemies Close [40:00] Free Market Trade  [41:00] Courage to Write  [43:58] TikTok [48:55] Business, Politics and Technology [56:15] Aligning Values  [58:30] Warning Israel  [01:01:20] China’s Investment in Israel [01:05:30] Telecom in 20 Years [01:10:05] Rapid Fire Questions Resources: To purchase Jon’s book “Wireless Wars”: https://www.wireless-wars.com/  Follow Jon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonpelson?lang=en Follow Jon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-pelson-3302bb1/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-08 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producers: Andrew Jacobson and Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On the 8th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jon Pelson, the author of “Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back," which tells the story of how China seized global leadership in mobile communications and describes the threat this presents to the free world. Mr. Pelson spent nearly twenty-five years working as an executive at some of the world’s largest telecom companies, serving as Chief of Convergence Strategy for British Telecom and Vice President for Lucent Technologies, where he observed how China’s national champions were used to advance geopolitical goals. Wireless Wars outlines a proposal to retake the lead from China through the use of trusted ecosystems and disruptive, permissionless innovation. Pelson has lectured at Duke University, Yale, William & Mary, and other colleges and associations, and is an advisor to private companies and government agencies and departments. He is an Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; a member of the Advisory Council for the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue; and is on the Advisory Board of Rampart Communications. Mr. Pelson has a degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. You can find Jon Pelson on Twitter at @JonPelson and buy his book at wireless-wars.com. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [00:00] Intro  [01:00] Importance of Truth [01:35] Jon Pelson [03:35] Is there One Truth? [05:30] Chinese Influence  [08:55] China In Saudi Arabia [11:25] Chinese 25-Year Plan [15:37] China vs. Other Countries [16:25] AI Data Collection [18:02] Moral Differences  [23:30] Guilt vs. Shame [25:20] Rule of Law vs. Rule of Strong [29:48] Business with China  [36:05] Keeping Your Enemies Close [40:00] Free Market Trade  [41:00] Courage to Write  [43:58] TikTok [48:55] Business, Politics and Technology [56:15] Aligning Values  [58:30] Warning Israel  [01:01:20] China’s Investment in Israel [01:05:30] Telecom in 20 Years [01:10:05] Rapid Fire Questions Resources: To purchase Jon’s book “Wireless Wars”: https://www.wireless-wars.com/  Follow Jon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonpelson?lang=en Follow Jon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-pelson-3302bb1/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-08 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producers: Andrew Jacobson and Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4435 no Ron Gura on Empathy, Grief and Scaling Humanity On the 7th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ron Gura, co-founder & CEO at Empathy, which helps families deal with loss.  Ron is a tech entrepreneur who has brought his love for developing empowering products to startups and major international corporations alike. As Senior Vice President at WeWork, Ron started and oversaw a global R&D center of 250 team members, responsible for the tools and systems that helped the company scale operationally. Previously, Ron served as Entrepreneur in Residence here at Aleph. Prior to that, Ron served as a Product Director and General Manager at eBay, leading its business incubation organization. Ron joined eBay as a result of the 2011 acquisition of The Gifts Project, a social-commerce startup where he served as Co-Founder & CEO. You can learn more about Empathy at empathy.com. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [0:00] Intro  [2:45] Ron’s core values  [8:18] How Michael judges character [10:35] Gifting  [17:41] Life events [19:10] Empathy  [23:17] Automation and humanity  [25:13] Brand-first approach [29:00] Death statistics  [32:10] Hiring a chief grief officer  [33:41] AI for obituaries  [37:40] Who works at Empathy?  [42:45] From B2C to B2B  [46:30] Transaction vs. process [49:00] Scaling empathy  [53:45] Ron’s motivation  [55:00] Ron’s personal grief  [59:30] Ron’s family [1:01:50] Gifts Project team  [1:04:00] Rapid fire questions  [1:05:20] Empathy in an era of AI  Resources: To learn more about Empathy: https://www.empathy.com Follow Ron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rongura/ Follow Ron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rongura For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-07 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 31 May 2023 07:10:00 -0000 full 1 7 Michael Eisenberg On the 7th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ron Gura, co-founder & CEO at Empathy, which helps families deal with loss.  Ron is a tech entrepreneur who has brought his love for developing empowering products to startups and major international corporations alike. As Senior Vice President at WeWork, Ron started and oversaw a global R&D center of 250 team members, responsible for the tools and systems that helped the company scale operationally. Previously, Ron served as Entrepreneur in Residence here at Aleph. Prior to that, Ron served as a Product Director and General Manager at eBay, leading its business incubation organization. Ron joined eBay as a result of the 2011 acquisition of The Gifts Project, a social-commerce startup where he served as Co-Founder & CEO. You can learn more about Empathy at empathy.com. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [0:00] Intro  [2:45] Ron’s core values  [8:18] How Michael judges character [10:35] Gifting  [17:41] Life events [19:10] Empathy  [23:17] Automation and humanity  [25:13] Brand-first approach [29:00] Death statistics  [32:10] Hiring a chief grief officer  [33:41] AI for obituaries  [37:40] Who works at Empathy?  [42:45] From B2C to B2B  [46:30] Transaction vs. process [49:00] Scaling empathy  [53:45] Ron’s motivation  [55:00] Ron’s personal grief  [59:30] Ron’s family [1:01:50] Gifts Project team  [1:04:00] Rapid fire questions  [1:05:20] Empathy in an era of AI  Resources: To learn more about Empathy: https://www.empathy.com Follow Ron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rongura/ Follow Ron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rongura For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-07 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On the 7th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ron Gura, co-founder & CEO at Empathy, which helps families deal with loss.  Ron is a tech entrepreneur who has brought his love for developing empowering products to startups and major international corporations alike. As Senior Vice President at WeWork, Ron started and oversaw a global R&D center of 250 team members, responsible for the tools and systems that helped the company scale operationally. Previously, Ron served as Entrepreneur in Residence here at Aleph. Prior to that, Ron served as a Product Director and General Manager at eBay, leading its business incubation organization. Ron joined eBay as a result of the 2011 acquisition of The Gifts Project, a social-commerce startup where he served as Co-Founder & CEO. You can learn more about Empathy at empathy.com. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [0:00] Intro  [2:45] Ron’s core values  [8:18] How Michael judges character [10:35] Gifting  [17:41] Life events [19:10] Empathy  [23:17] Automation and humanity  [25:13] Brand-first approach [29:00] Death statistics  [32:10] Hiring a chief grief officer  [33:41] AI for obituaries  [37:40] Who works at Empathy?  [42:45] From B2C to B2B  [46:30] Transaction vs. process [49:00] Scaling empathy  [53:45] Ron’s motivation  [55:00] Ron’s personal grief  [59:30] Ron’s family [1:01:50] Gifts Project team  [1:04:00] Rapid fire questions  [1:05:20] Empathy in an era of AI  Resources: To learn more about Empathy: https://www.empathy.com Follow Ron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rongura/ Follow Ron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rongura For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-07 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4098 no Kathryn Mayne on VC, Investing in People, Taking Risks and Why Israel is Special On the 6th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Kathryn Mayne – “the mother of Aleph.” Kathryn is a managing director at Horsley Bridge. She joined the firm in 2003 and manages their London office. Prior to HBP, Kathryn was Senior Vice President of Investments with Claridge Inc., where she was involved with investments in media, technology, consumer, and industrial companies as well as private equity fund investments. Kathryn started her professional career in asset management with Jarislowsky, Fraser in Montreal. She has a BA in History from the University of Calgary and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. You can learn more about Horsley Bridge at www.horsleybridge.com and follow Kathryn on LinkedIn.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics [0:00] What makes a great venture capitalist?  [1:39] Intro  [3:09] How Michael and Kathryn know each other [4:54] How Kathryn became ‘the mother of Aleph’  [7:32] Are you an investor or psychologist?  [8:17] Do you have to like people to invest in VC? [10:30] How do you communicate hard things with VCs?   [12:55] What’s the biggest reason VC partnerships come apart?  [15:12] Why do you take risks? [17:46] Backing second VC funds  [18:40] Do you like your managers? [19:25] What makes a great venture capitalist?  [24:09] Do you care about the values of your investors?  [25:04] Do you care about the values of the underlying companies?  [26:25] What is the right way to value startups?  [28:35] How has the time horizon for investors evolved?  [31:41] What makes a great entrepreneur?  [32:35] What was your first trip to Israel like?  [34:05] What makes Israel unique?  [35:55] Are there entrepreneurial role models in Israel?  [37:30] How do you develop trust?  [38:20] Diversity and women in venture capital  [40:40] What is the culture of Horsley Bridge?  [41:40] How do you stay curious?  [42:30] How do you spark your kids’ curiosity?  [43:00] What are you interested in outside work?  [44:20] Your daughters paths  [45:30] Why were you cofounder of Level20?  [48:00] Diversity vs. returns [55:30] What gets you out of bed in the morning?  [55:44] What problem in the world do you most want to fix?  [57:10] What gets you emotional?  [58:00] How do you want to be remembered at the end of your life?  [58:41] What is the title of your biography?  [59:15] How do you maintain equanimity?  [1:02:15] The long-term impact of technology  [1:04:00] Is innovation values-neutral?  Resources To learn more about Horsley Bridge: www.horsleybridge.com  Follow Kathryn on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kathrynmayne For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit: content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-06 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 17 May 2023 07:32:00 -0000 full 1 6 Michael Eisenberg On the 6th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Kathryn Mayne – “the mother of Aleph.” Kathryn is a managing director at Horsley Bridge. She joined the firm in 2003 and manages their London office. Prior to HBP, Kathryn was Senior Vice President of Investments with Claridge Inc., where she was involved with investments in media, technology, consumer, and industrial companies as well as private equity fund investments. Kathryn started her professional career in asset management with Jarislowsky, Fraser in Montreal. She has a BA in History from the University of Calgary and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. You can learn more about Horsley Bridge at www.horsleybridge.com and follow Kathryn on LinkedIn.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics [0:00] What makes a great venture capitalist?  [1:39] Intro  [3:09] How Michael and Kathryn know each other [4:54] How Kathryn became ‘the mother of Aleph’  [7:32] Are you an investor or psychologist?  [8:17] Do you have to like people to invest in VC? [10:30] How do you communicate hard things with VCs?   [12:55] What’s the biggest reason VC partnerships come apart?  [15:12] Why do you take risks? [17:46] Backing second VC funds  [18:40] Do you like your managers? [19:25] What makes a great venture capitalist?  [24:09] Do you care about the values of your investors?  [25:04] Do you care about the values of the underlying companies?  [26:25] What is the right way to value startups?  [28:35] How has the time horizon for investors evolved?  [31:41] What makes a great entrepreneur?  [32:35] What was your first trip to Israel like?  [34:05] What makes Israel unique?  [35:55] Are there entrepreneurial role models in Israel?  [37:30] How do you develop trust?  [38:20] Diversity and women in venture capital  [40:40] What is the culture of Horsley Bridge?  [41:40] How do you stay curious?  [42:30] How do you spark your kids’ curiosity?  [43:00] What are you interested in outside work?  [44:20] Your daughters paths  [45:30] Why were you cofounder of Level20?  [48:00] Diversity vs. returns [55:30] What gets you out of bed in the morning?  [55:44] What problem in the world do you most want to fix?  [57:10] What gets you emotional?  [58:00] How do you want to be remembered at the end of your life?  [58:41] What is the title of your biography?  [59:15] How do you maintain equanimity?  [1:02:15] The long-term impact of technology  [1:04:00] Is innovation values-neutral?  Resources To learn more about Horsley Bridge: www.horsleybridge.com  Follow Kathryn on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kathrynmayne For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit: content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-06 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On the 6th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Kathryn Mayne – “the mother of Aleph.” Kathryn is a managing director at Horsley Bridge. She joined the firm in 2003 and manages their London office. Prior to HBP, Kathryn was Senior Vice President of Investments with Claridge Inc., where she was involved with investments in media, technology, consumer, and industrial companies as well as private equity fund investments. Kathryn started her professional career in asset management with Jarislowsky, Fraser in Montreal. She has a BA in History from the University of Calgary and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. You can learn more about Horsley Bridge at www.horsleybridge.com and follow Kathryn on LinkedIn.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics [0:00] What makes a great venture capitalist?  [1:39] Intro  [3:09] How Michael and Kathryn know each other [4:54] How Kathryn became ‘the mother of Aleph’  [7:32] Are you an investor or psychologist?  [8:17] Do you have to like people to invest in VC? [10:30] How do you communicate hard things with VCs?   [12:55] What’s the biggest reason VC partnerships come apart?  [15:12] Why do you take risks? [17:46] Backing second VC funds  [18:40] Do you like your managers? [19:25] What makes a great venture capitalist?  [24:09] Do you care about the values of your investors?  [25:04] Do you care about the values of the underlying companies?  [26:25] What is the right way to value startups?  [28:35] How has the time horizon for investors evolved?  [31:41] What makes a great entrepreneur?  [32:35] What was your first trip to Israel like?  [34:05] What makes Israel unique?  [35:55] Are there entrepreneurial role models in Israel?  [37:30] How do you develop trust?  [38:20] Diversity and women in venture capital  [40:40] What is the culture of Horsley Bridge?  [41:40] How do you stay curious?  [42:30] How do you spark your kids’ curiosity?  [43:00] What are you interested in outside work?  [44:20] Your daughters paths  [45:30] Why were you cofounder of Level20?  [48:00] Diversity vs. returns [55:30] What gets you out of bed in the morning?  [55:44] What problem in the world do you most want to fix?  [57:10] What gets you emotional?  [58:00] How do you want to be remembered at the end of your life?  [58:41] What is the title of your biography?  [59:15] How do you maintain equanimity?  [1:02:15] The long-term impact of technology  [1:04:00] Is innovation values-neutral?  Resources To learn more about Horsley Bridge: www.horsleybridge.com  Follow Kathryn on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kathrynmayne For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit: content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-06 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3889 no Daniel Schreiber on Storytelling, Good vs. Bad Investors, Running a Public Company On the 5th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Daniel Schreiber, the co-founder and co-CEO of Lemonade, the AI-powered insurance company driven by social impact. Lemonade hit one million paying customers faster than Netflix, Spotify, or Amazon did, and 5–10 times faster than the most formidable insurers in the U.S. (Allstate, GEICO, State Farm, USAA). At a 150% compound annual growth rate, their top line accelerated faster in their first 5 years of operation than did Facebook’s, Amazon’s, or Apple’s. Prior to co-founding Lemonade in 2015, Daniel served as President and a member of the board of directors of Powermat Technologies Ltd., a wireless charging solutions and technology company. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur. His first company – Alchemedia, an internet security software company  was acquired by Finjan Software in 2002. Daniel is also a trained commercial lawyer. He holds a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honors from King's College London. You can find Lemonade at lemonade.com and can find Daniel on Twitter @daschreiber.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics:   [0:00] Intro  [2:57] How we know each other  [3:43] Lemonade’s beginning  [6:30] Different types of investors  [9:05] What Lemonade could have done better [10:55] Risk management vs. uncertainty [15:58] Why to go public  [21:20] Stock prices [23:20] Competition  [29:10] Business model alignment  [35:00] Are people good?  [39:10] Values create economic value [40:45] Storytelling [43:00] Gas and miles-per-gallon  [46:30] For-profit vs. non-profit status  [53:00] Community in business [57:00] Corporate social stands  [59:00] Developing entrepreneurial children  [1:01:00] Grandparents [1:03:00] What problem do you most want to fix? [1:03:40] What makes you vulnerable?  [1:04:15] Why didn’t you give up?  [1:05:30] How do you want to be remembered?  [1:06:45] What did you learn from Har Etzion? Resources: To learn more about Lemonade, visit lemonade.com  Follow Daniel on Twitter: twitter.com/daschreiber For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-02 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Tue, 02 May 2023 11:40:00 -0000 full 1 5 Michael Eisenberg On the 5th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Daniel Schreiber, the co-founder and co-CEO of Lemonade, the AI-powered insurance company driven by social impact. Lemonade hit one million paying customers faster than Netflix, Spotify, or Amazon did, and 5–10 times faster than the most formidable insurers in the U.S. (Allstate, GEICO, State Farm, USAA). At a 150% compound annual growth rate, their top line accelerated faster in their first 5 years of operation than did Facebook’s, Amazon’s, or Apple’s. Prior to co-founding Lemonade in 2015, Daniel served as President and a member of the board of directors of Powermat Technologies Ltd., a wireless charging solutions and technology company. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur. His first company – Alchemedia, an internet security software company  was acquired by Finjan Software in 2002. Daniel is also a trained commercial lawyer. He holds a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honors from King's College London. You can find Lemonade at lemonade.com and can find Daniel on Twitter @daschreiber.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics:   [0:00] Intro  [2:57] How we know each other  [3:43] Lemonade’s beginning  [6:30] Different types of investors  [9:05] What Lemonade could have done better [10:55] Risk management vs. uncertainty [15:58] Why to go public  [21:20] Stock prices [23:20] Competition  [29:10] Business model alignment  [35:00] Are people good?  [39:10] Values create economic value [40:45] Storytelling [43:00] Gas and miles-per-gallon  [46:30] For-profit vs. non-profit status  [53:00] Community in business [57:00] Corporate social stands  [59:00] Developing entrepreneurial children  [1:01:00] Grandparents [1:03:00] What problem do you most want to fix? [1:03:40] What makes you vulnerable?  [1:04:15] Why didn’t you give up?  [1:05:30] How do you want to be remembered?  [1:06:45] What did you learn from Har Etzion? Resources: To learn more about Lemonade, visit lemonade.com  Follow Daniel on Twitter: twitter.com/daschreiber For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-02 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On the 5th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Daniel Schreiber, the co-founder and co-CEO of Lemonade, the AI-powered insurance company driven by social impact. Lemonade hit one million paying customers faster than Netflix, Spotify, or Amazon did, and 5–10 times faster than the most formidable insurers in the U.S. (Allstate, GEICO, State Farm, USAA). At a 150% compound annual growth rate, their top line accelerated faster in their first 5 years of operation than did Facebook’s, Amazon’s, or Apple’s. Prior to co-founding Lemonade in 2015, Daniel served as President and a member of the board of directors of Powermat Technologies Ltd., a wireless charging solutions and technology company. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur. His first company – Alchemedia, an internet security software company  was acquired by Finjan Software in 2002. Daniel is also a trained commercial lawyer. He holds a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honors from King's College London. You can find Lemonade at lemonade.com and can find Daniel on Twitter @daschreiber.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics:   [0:00] Intro  [2:57] How we know each other  [3:43] Lemonade’s beginning  [6:30] Different types of investors  [9:05] What Lemonade could have done better [10:55] Risk management vs. uncertainty [15:58] Why to go public  [21:20] Stock prices [23:20] Competition  [29:10] Business model alignment  [35:00] Are people good?  [39:10] Values create economic value [40:45] Storytelling [43:00] Gas and miles-per-gallon  [46:30] For-profit vs. non-profit status  [53:00] Community in business [57:00] Corporate social stands  [59:00] Developing entrepreneurial children  [1:01:00] Grandparents [1:03:00] What problem do you most want to fix? [1:03:40] What makes you vulnerable?  [1:04:15] Why didn’t you give up?  [1:05:30] How do you want to be remembered?  [1:06:45] What did you learn from Har Etzion? Resources: To learn more about Lemonade, visit lemonade.com  Follow Daniel on Twitter: twitter.com/daschreiber For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-02 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art Direction: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4182 no Orit Farkash HaCohen on AI Regulation, Burnout, Israel’s Natural Gas Exploration, and Diversity in High-Tech On the 4th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Member of the Israeli Knesset Orit Farkash Hacohen. Orit is the former minister of Innovation, Technology and Space for the State of Israel, and former Minister for Tourism & Strategic Affairs—notably during Coronavirus. She previously served as the first female Chair of Israel’s Electric Authority. She has also been instrumental in Israel’s offshore gas exploration, and has worked tirelessly to advance tech diplomacy efforts between Israel and the United States, as well as the Arab world and other countries. Orit holds an LLB from Hebrew University and an MPA from Harvard University. She is married with four children. You can find her on Twitter @FarkashOrit, where she tweets mostly in Hebrew. She is also active on Linkedin and Facebook. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Dealing with bad state actors [00:47] Introduction [3:34] International AI Regulation [5:30] Why is it important for the government to be involved in AI ethics? [7:36] Should Israel be a leader or joiner in international regulation of AI? [9:32] What is unique about Israel’s culture? [11:20] Is it the role of the Ministry of Innovation to regulate AI? [14:30] How to deal with bad state actors with technology? [18:02] Israel’s natural gas exploration [22:35] Strategic vs. financial objectives in energy decisions [29:52] Solar energy and renewables in Israel [33:58] Orit’s view on national influence by doing the right thing [37:40] Computational and synthetic biology [39:10] Burnout [42:13] Orit’s children [44:40] Socioeconomic diversity in Israel high-tech [47:30] Social mobility in Israel [52:25] What’s unique about Orit [55:15] Fixing Israel’s political polarization [56:30] How Orit wants to be remembered [57:00] What Orit would title her biography Resources: To follow Orit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarkashOrit To follow Orit on LinkedIn: https://il.linkedin.com/in/orit-farkash-hacohen-2a80543 To follow Orit on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oritfarkashhacohen/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit: content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-04 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:06:00 -0000 full 1 4 Michael Eisenberg On the 4th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Member of the Israeli Knesset Orit Farkash Hacohen. Orit is the former minister of Innovation, Technology and Space for the State of Israel, and former Minister for Tourism & Strategic Affairs—notably during Coronavirus. She previously served as the first female Chair of Israel’s Electric Authority. She has also been instrumental in Israel’s offshore gas exploration, and has worked tirelessly to advance tech diplomacy efforts between Israel and the United States, as well as the Arab world and other countries. Orit holds an LLB from Hebrew University and an MPA from Harvard University. She is married with four children. You can find her on Twitter @FarkashOrit, where she tweets mostly in Hebrew. She is also active on Linkedin and Facebook. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Dealing with bad state actors [00:47] Introduction [3:34] International AI Regulation [5:30] Why is it important for the government to be involved in AI ethics? [7:36] Should Israel be a leader or joiner in international regulation of AI? [9:32] What is unique about Israel’s culture? [11:20] Is it the role of the Ministry of Innovation to regulate AI? [14:30] How to deal with bad state actors with technology? [18:02] Israel’s natural gas exploration [22:35] Strategic vs. financial objectives in energy decisions [29:52] Solar energy and renewables in Israel [33:58] Orit’s view on national influence by doing the right thing [37:40] Computational and synthetic biology [39:10] Burnout [42:13] Orit’s children [44:40] Socioeconomic diversity in Israel high-tech [47:30] Social mobility in Israel [52:25] What’s unique about Orit [55:15] Fixing Israel’s political polarization [56:30] How Orit wants to be remembered [57:00] What Orit would title her biography Resources: To follow Orit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarkashOrit To follow Orit on LinkedIn: https://il.linkedin.com/in/orit-farkash-hacohen-2a80543 To follow Orit on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oritfarkashhacohen/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit: content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-04 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi On the 4th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Member of the Israeli Knesset Orit Farkash Hacohen. Orit is the former minister of Innovation, Technology and Space for the State of Israel, and former Minister for Tourism & Strategic Affairs—notably during Coronavirus. She previously served as the first female Chair of Israel’s Electric Authority. She has also been instrumental in Israel’s offshore gas exploration, and has worked tirelessly to advance tech diplomacy efforts between Israel and the United States, as well as the Arab world and other countries. Orit holds an LLB from Hebrew University and an MPA from Harvard University. She is married with four children. You can find her on Twitter @FarkashOrit, where she tweets mostly in Hebrew. She is also active on Linkedin and Facebook. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Dealing with bad state actors [00:47] Introduction [3:34] International AI Regulation [5:30] Why is it important for the government to be involved in AI ethics? [7:36] Should Israel be a leader or joiner in international regulation of AI? [9:32] What is unique about Israel’s culture? [11:20] Is it the role of the Ministry of Innovation to regulate AI? [14:30] How to deal with bad state actors with technology? [18:02] Israel’s natural gas exploration [22:35] Strategic vs. financial objectives in energy decisions [29:52] Solar energy and renewables in Israel [33:58] Orit’s view on national influence by doing the right thing [37:40] Computational and synthetic biology [39:10] Burnout [42:13] Orit’s children [44:40] Socioeconomic diversity in Israel high-tech [47:30] Social mobility in Israel [52:25] What’s unique about Orit [55:15] Fixing Israel’s political polarization [56:30] How Orit wants to be remembered [57:00] What Orit would title her biography Resources: To follow Orit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarkashOrit To follow Orit on LinkedIn: https://il.linkedin.com/in/orit-farkash-hacohen-2a80543 To follow Orit on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oritfarkashhacohen/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit: content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-04 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 3524 no Jeff Swartz on Timberland, Social Impact, Philanthropy, Having Too Many Words and Lots of Dreams On the 3rd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jeff Swartz, the former president and CEO of Timberland. Jeff Swartz, co-founder and chair of MAOZ, served 15 years as CEO of Timberland, a global brand of footwear and apparel. While at Timberland, Jeff incorporated a social agenda within the business agenda—he led public & private partnerships with several social change organizations, including City Year, where he served as chair for 10 years, Share Our Strength, the Harlem Children’s Zone, and the Climate Group. In 2011, Jeff led the sale of Timberland to the VF Corporation. Since then, he invests all of his energies to advance sustainable socio-economic change aimed to have real impact in Israel and the US. Jeff holds an MBA from Dartmouth University and a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University. Jeff lives in Jerusalem. He is married to Debbie. They have three married sons and a growing number of beloved grandchildren. If you would like to follow Jeff on social media, you can’t, because he doesn’t have social media. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Why Timberland never created a foundation [00:35] Intro [2:46] How Michael and Jeff know each other [3:55] How Jeff starts his day [7:32] Why Jeff moved to Israel [10:25] How Jeff got home for his grandfather’s funeral [16:20] Why Jeff sold Timberland [18:45] How Jeff felt the day after the sale [20:28] How Timberland values made the business better, social impact [25:25] Timberland’s mission [27:00] Corporate social responsibility [31:25] RiseUp (company) and financial empowerment [35:53] Subscription vs. one-time sales [38:20] Virtue signaling, information disclosure, the environment [50:20] Jeff’s investments - market caps close social gaps [51:18] Being with people in the game [52:25] Being in the oval office [54:50] Philanthropy vs. Tzedaka (charity) [59:30] Allocating between serve and solve - for-profit + non-profit [1:00:30] Food chain [1:01:20] Rappers wearing Timberland [1:03:00] How Jeff feels now about Timberland [1:04:10] Why Jeff is not on social media [1:07:10] What problem Jeff wants to solve [1:10:00] Learning how to learn [1:10:50] How Jeff wants to be remembered [1:11:50] Title of Jeff’s future biography Resources: To learn more about Maoz: https://www.maoz-il.org/en/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-03 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:45:00 -0000 full 1 3 Michael Eisenberg On the 3rd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jeff Swartz, the former president and CEO of Timberland. Jeff Swartz, co-founder and chair of MAOZ, served 15 years as CEO of Timberland, a global brand of footwear and apparel. While at Timberland, Jeff incorporated a social agenda within the business agenda—he led public & private partnerships with several social change organizations, including City Year, where he served as chair for 10 years, Share Our Strength, the Harlem Children’s Zone, and the Climate Group. In 2011, Jeff led the sale of Timberland to the VF Corporation. Since then, he invests all of his energies to advance sustainable socio-economic change aimed to have real impact in Israel and the US. Jeff holds an MBA from Dartmouth University and a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University. Jeff lives in Jerusalem. He is married to Debbie. They have three married sons and a growing number of beloved grandchildren. If you would like to follow Jeff on social media, you can’t, because he doesn’t have social media. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Why Timberland never created a foundation [00:35] Intro [2:46] How Michael and Jeff know each other [3:55] How Jeff starts his day [7:32] Why Jeff moved to Israel [10:25] How Jeff got home for his grandfather’s funeral [16:20] Why Jeff sold Timberland [18:45] How Jeff felt the day after the sale [20:28] How Timberland values made the business better, social impact [25:25] Timberland’s mission [27:00] Corporate social responsibility [31:25] RiseUp (company) and financial empowerment [35:53] Subscription vs. one-time sales [38:20] Virtue signaling, information disclosure, the environment [50:20] Jeff’s investments - market caps close social gaps [51:18] Being with people in the game [52:25] Being in the oval office [54:50] Philanthropy vs. Tzedaka (charity) [59:30] Allocating between serve and solve - for-profit + non-profit [1:00:30] Food chain [1:01:20] Rappers wearing Timberland [1:03:00] How Jeff feels now about Timberland [1:04:10] Why Jeff is not on social media [1:07:10] What problem Jeff wants to solve [1:10:00] Learning how to learn [1:10:50] How Jeff wants to be remembered [1:11:50] Title of Jeff’s future biography Resources: To learn more about Maoz: https://www.maoz-il.org/en/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-03 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi On the 3rd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jeff Swartz, the former president and CEO of Timberland. Jeff Swartz, co-founder and chair of MAOZ, served 15 years as CEO of Timberland, a global brand of footwear and apparel. While at Timberland, Jeff incorporated a social agenda within the business agenda—he led public & private partnerships with several social change organizations, including City Year, where he served as chair for 10 years, Share Our Strength, the Harlem Children’s Zone, and the Climate Group. In 2011, Jeff led the sale of Timberland to the VF Corporation. Since then, he invests all of his energies to advance sustainable socio-economic change aimed to have real impact in Israel and the US. Jeff holds an MBA from Dartmouth University and a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University. Jeff lives in Jerusalem. He is married to Debbie. They have three married sons and a growing number of beloved grandchildren. If you would like to follow Jeff on social media, you can’t, because he doesn’t have social media. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Why Timberland never created a foundation [00:35] Intro [2:46] How Michael and Jeff know each other [3:55] How Jeff starts his day [7:32] Why Jeff moved to Israel [10:25] How Jeff got home for his grandfather’s funeral [16:20] Why Jeff sold Timberland [18:45] How Jeff felt the day after the sale [20:28] How Timberland values made the business better, social impact [25:25] Timberland’s mission [27:00] Corporate social responsibility [31:25] RiseUp (company) and financial empowerment [35:53] Subscription vs. one-time sales [38:20] Virtue signaling, information disclosure, the environment [50:20] Jeff’s investments - market caps close social gaps [51:18] Being with people in the game [52:25] Being in the oval office [54:50] Philanthropy vs. Tzedaka (charity) [59:30] Allocating between serve and solve - for-profit + non-profit [1:00:30] Food chain [1:01:20] Rappers wearing Timberland [1:03:00] How Jeff feels now about Timberland [1:04:10] Why Jeff is not on social media [1:07:10] What problem Jeff wants to solve [1:10:00] Learning how to learn [1:10:50] How Jeff wants to be remembered [1:11:50] Title of Jeff’s future biography Resources: To learn more about Maoz: https://www.maoz-il.org/en/ For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-03 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4389 no Russ Roberts on the Difficulty of Giving Good Advice, Work-Life Balance, Our Obsession with Productivity, Storytelling and Wild Problems On the 2nd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Russ Roberts, the first trained academic on the show. Russ is the President of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Roberts also hosts the weekly podcast EconTalk, which he started in 2006—with 875+ hour-long conversations with interesting thinkers to date, with guests including Marc Andreessen, Milton Friedman, and others.  His latest book is Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us. The book looks at the challenge of making big life decisions–whether to marry, whether to have children, what career path to follow–when there is little analytical evidence to help us. Past books include Gambling With Other People’s Money: How Perverse Incentives Caused the Financial Crisis and How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness.  You can find everything Russ Roberts at his website at RussRoberts.info and on Twitter @EconTalker.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [0:00] Do economists know what makes people happy?  [1:46] Introduction [3:48] Productivity in the modern age [6:00] Work-life balance, notifications, Shabbat  [11:44] Russ’ 12 rules for life  [12:44] Saying “I don’t know” [15:45] Knowing oneself  [16:53] Is economics important?  [18:44] Tribalism and belonging [20:54] Economists vs. investors – skin in the game  [25:34] Russ’ book ‘Wild Problems’  [27:33] Risk management vs. uncertainty  [30:33] Marriage  [33:08] Is data helpful in making decisions? [37:47] Timberland boots  [39:38] Rationality in economic decision making [43:48] The difficulty of giving good advice [47:06] Shalem College [51:51] The economic value of a liberal arts education [56:01] Restaurant culture in Israel [1:00:06] What Russ would be if not an economist [1:00:24] Russ’ rap videos [1:03:16] Inflation  [1:06:51] Will the EU last?  [1:08:53] How does Russ choose who to interview for EconTalk?  [1:10:46] Parenting and having children [1:18:09] Twitter [1:19:11] The title of Russ’ biography in 100 years Resources: To learn more about Russ Roberts, visit his website: RussRoberts.info Follow Russ on Twitter: twitter.com/econtalker Listen and Subscribe to Russ’ podcast, EconTalk: https://russroberts.info/econtalk/ Learn more about Shalem College: https://shalem.ac.il/en/ Watch Russ’s rap videos on John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek: https://russroberts.info/videos/#rap Read Russ’ book, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Problems-Guide-Decisions-Define/dp/0593418255 For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-02 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:12:00 -0000 full 1 2 Michael Eisenberg On the 2nd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Russ Roberts, the first trained academic on the show. Russ is the President of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Roberts also hosts the weekly podcast EconTalk, which he started in 2006—with 875+ hour-long conversations with interesting thinkers to date, with guests including Marc Andreessen, Milton Friedman, and others.  His latest book is Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us. The book looks at the challenge of making big life decisions–whether to marry, whether to have children, what career path to follow–when there is little analytical evidence to help us. Past books include Gambling With Other People’s Money: How Perverse Incentives Caused the Financial Crisis and How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness.  You can find everything Russ Roberts at his website at RussRoberts.info and on Twitter @EconTalker.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [0:00] Do economists know what makes people happy?  [1:46] Introduction [3:48] Productivity in the modern age [6:00] Work-life balance, notifications, Shabbat  [11:44] Russ’ 12 rules for life  [12:44] Saying “I don’t know” [15:45] Knowing oneself  [16:53] Is economics important?  [18:44] Tribalism and belonging [20:54] Economists vs. investors – skin in the game  [25:34] Russ’ book ‘Wild Problems’  [27:33] Risk management vs. uncertainty  [30:33] Marriage  [33:08] Is data helpful in making decisions? [37:47] Timberland boots  [39:38] Rationality in economic decision making [43:48] The difficulty of giving good advice [47:06] Shalem College [51:51] The economic value of a liberal arts education [56:01] Restaurant culture in Israel [1:00:06] What Russ would be if not an economist [1:00:24] Russ’ rap videos [1:03:16] Inflation  [1:06:51] Will the EU last?  [1:08:53] How does Russ choose who to interview for EconTalk?  [1:10:46] Parenting and having children [1:18:09] Twitter [1:19:11] The title of Russ’ biography in 100 years Resources: To learn more about Russ Roberts, visit his website: RussRoberts.info Follow Russ on Twitter: twitter.com/econtalker Listen and Subscribe to Russ’ podcast, EconTalk: https://russroberts.info/econtalk/ Learn more about Shalem College: https://shalem.ac.il/en/ Watch Russ’s rap videos on John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek: https://russroberts.info/videos/#rap Read Russ’ book, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Problems-Guide-Decisions-Define/dp/0593418255 For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-02 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi On the 2nd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Russ Roberts, the first trained academic on the show. Russ is the President of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Roberts also hosts the weekly podcast EconTalk, which he started in 2006—with 875+ hour-long conversations with interesting thinkers to date, with guests including Marc Andreessen, Milton Friedman, and others.  His latest book is Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us. The book looks at the challenge of making big life decisions–whether to marry, whether to have children, what career path to follow–when there is little analytical evidence to help us. Past books include Gambling With Other People’s Money: How Perverse Incentives Caused the Financial Crisis and How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness.  You can find everything Russ Roberts at his website at RussRoberts.info and on Twitter @EconTalker.  Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  Key Topics: [0:00] Do economists know what makes people happy?  [1:46] Introduction [3:48] Productivity in the modern age [6:00] Work-life balance, notifications, Shabbat  [11:44] Russ’ 12 rules for life  [12:44] Saying “I don’t know” [15:45] Knowing oneself  [16:53] Is economics important?  [18:44] Tribalism and belonging [20:54] Economists vs. investors – skin in the game  [25:34] Russ’ book ‘Wild Problems’  [27:33] Risk management vs. uncertainty  [30:33] Marriage  [33:08] Is data helpful in making decisions? [37:47] Timberland boots  [39:38] Rationality in economic decision making [43:48] The difficulty of giving good advice [47:06] Shalem College [51:51] The economic value of a liberal arts education [56:01] Restaurant culture in Israel [1:00:06] What Russ would be if not an economist [1:00:24] Russ’ rap videos [1:03:16] Inflation  [1:06:51] Will the EU last?  [1:08:53] How does Russ choose who to interview for EconTalk?  [1:10:46] Parenting and having children [1:18:09] Twitter [1:19:11] The title of Russ’ biography in 100 years Resources: To learn more about Russ Roberts, visit his website: RussRoberts.info Follow Russ on Twitter: twitter.com/econtalker Listen and Subscribe to Russ’ podcast, EconTalk: https://russroberts.info/econtalk/ Learn more about Shalem College: https://shalem.ac.il/en/ Watch Russ’s rap videos on John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek: https://russroberts.info/videos/#rap Read Russ’ book, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Problems-Guide-Decisions-Define/dp/0593418255 For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc  Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc  For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-02 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Andrew Jacobson  Video and Editing: Ron Baranov  Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4894 no Aryeh Bourkoff on Empathy, Digital Communities, Relationships vs. Transactions, Being Self-Aware, Dreaming about Being Shy and Lazy On this inaugural episode of Invested, Michael hosts Aryeh Bourkoff, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of LionTree, an independent investment and merchant bank, advising and investing in transformational CEOs and the companies they lead. Aryeh founded LionTree in 2012, during a time of unprecedented disruption across media and technology. Dubbed “media’s hottest dealmaker” by Hollywood Reporter, Aryeh is known for advising on some of the largest transactions in the space, including the recent spin-off of Warner Media from AT&T to create Warner Brothers Discovery, and the sale of MGM to Amazon. You can find LionTree at liontree.com, and @liontree_llc and @kindredpodcast. Aryeh is on Instagram @aryehbourkoff. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Introduction [1:55] Naming LionTree based on Aryeh and his wife’s names [4:53] Building trust, community, and LionTree’s annual conference [10:09] Aryeh’s core values on a personal level [12:52] Bored Apes Yacht Club, digital communities [15:31] Justin Beiber, digital identity [17:55] Do we lose our humanity in digital spaces? [20:36] Zoom, its uses and misuses, and the telephone [22:17] Masters of relationships vs. transactions [25:03] Building a firm for relationships vs. transactions [29:21] Scarcity brings out creativity [31:30] Staying humble doing multi-billion deals [34:25] Abraham Accords, the economic future of the Middle East [38:17] Companies vs. countries [42:38] Aryeh’s big idea to transform the Middle East [45:31] The values Aryeh seeks in others [47:08] Aryeh’s motivation [48:50] The problem Aryeh would most like to fix [52:12] ESG and climate change metrics for businesses [56:06] How Aryeh built his career; deciding to be a specialist [57:12] Why Aryeh is on Instagram and not Twitter [1:00:18] What makes Aryeh cry [1:01:43] How Aryeh wants to be remembered at the end of his life [1:01:45] What the title of Aryeh’s biography would be [1:02:57] Aryeh’s birthday resolution [1:04:34] Aryeh’s birthday advice for others Resources: For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit www.content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to www.content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-01 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:45:00 -0000 full 1 1 Michael Eisenberg On this inaugural episode of Invested, Michael hosts Aryeh Bourkoff, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of LionTree, an independent investment and merchant bank, advising and investing in transformational CEOs and the companies they lead. Aryeh founded LionTree in 2012, during a time of unprecedented disruption across media and technology. Dubbed “media’s hottest dealmaker” by Hollywood Reporter, Aryeh is known for advising on some of the largest transactions in the space, including the recent spin-off of Warner Media from AT&T to create Warner Brothers Discovery, and the sale of MGM to Amazon. You can find LionTree at liontree.com, and @liontree_llc and @kindredpodcast. Aryeh is on Instagram @aryehbourkoff. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Introduction [1:55] Naming LionTree based on Aryeh and his wife’s names [4:53] Building trust, community, and LionTree’s annual conference [10:09] Aryeh’s core values on a personal level [12:52] Bored Apes Yacht Club, digital communities [15:31] Justin Beiber, digital identity [17:55] Do we lose our humanity in digital spaces? [20:36] Zoom, its uses and misuses, and the telephone [22:17] Masters of relationships vs. transactions [25:03] Building a firm for relationships vs. transactions [29:21] Scarcity brings out creativity [31:30] Staying humble doing multi-billion deals [34:25] Abraham Accords, the economic future of the Middle East [38:17] Companies vs. countries [42:38] Aryeh’s big idea to transform the Middle East [45:31] The values Aryeh seeks in others [47:08] Aryeh’s motivation [48:50] The problem Aryeh would most like to fix [52:12] ESG and climate change metrics for businesses [56:06] How Aryeh built his career; deciding to be a specialist [57:12] Why Aryeh is on Instagram and not Twitter [1:00:18] What makes Aryeh cry [1:01:43] How Aryeh wants to be remembered at the end of his life [1:01:45] What the title of Aryeh’s biography would be [1:02:57] Aryeh’s birthday resolution [1:04:34] Aryeh’s birthday advice for others Resources: For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit www.content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to www.content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-01 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi On this inaugural episode of Invested, Michael hosts Aryeh Bourkoff, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of LionTree, an independent investment and merchant bank, advising and investing in transformational CEOs and the companies they lead. Aryeh founded LionTree in 2012, during a time of unprecedented disruption across media and technology. Dubbed “media’s hottest dealmaker” by Hollywood Reporter, Aryeh is known for advising on some of the largest transactions in the space, including the recent spin-off of Warner Media from AT&T to create Warner Brothers Discovery, and the sale of MGM to Amazon. You can find LionTree at liontree.com, and @liontree_llc and @kindredpodcast. Aryeh is on Instagram @aryehbourkoff. Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [0:00] Introduction [1:55] Naming LionTree based on Aryeh and his wife’s names [4:53] Building trust, community, and LionTree’s annual conference [10:09] Aryeh’s core values on a personal level [12:52] Bored Apes Yacht Club, digital communities [15:31] Justin Beiber, digital identity [17:55] Do we lose our humanity in digital spaces? [20:36] Zoom, its uses and misuses, and the telephone [22:17] Masters of relationships vs. transactions [25:03] Building a firm for relationships vs. transactions [29:21] Scarcity brings out creativity [31:30] Staying humble doing multi-billion deals [34:25] Abraham Accords, the economic future of the Middle East [38:17] Companies vs. countries [42:38] Aryeh’s big idea to transform the Middle East [45:31] The values Aryeh seeks in others [47:08] Aryeh’s motivation [48:50] The problem Aryeh would most like to fix [52:12] ESG and climate change metrics for businesses [56:06] How Aryeh built his career; deciding to be a specialist [57:12] Why Aryeh is on Instagram and not Twitter [1:00:18] What makes Aryeh cry [1:01:43] How Aryeh wants to be remembered at the end of his life [1:01:45] What the title of Aryeh’s biography would be [1:02:57] Aryeh’s birthday resolution [1:04:34] Aryeh’s birthday advice for others Resources: For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit www.content.aleph.vc Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: aleph.vc For the transcript of this episode, go to www.content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-01 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/ Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/ Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/ Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/ Credits: Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Andrew Jacobson Video and Editing: Ron Baranov Music and Art: Uri Ar Design: Rony Karadi

]]> 4103 no Introducing Invested by Aleph How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of technology on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization. Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner of Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in 50+ companies including Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Melio, Healthy.io, Simply, Freightos (NASDAQ: CRGO), and Honeybook. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. In 2022, he was ranked #16 on Forbes' Midas List Europe of Top Tech Investors. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 21:17:00 -0000 full Michael Eisenberg How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of technology on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization. Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner of Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in 50+ companies including Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Melio, Healthy.io, Simply, Freightos (NASDAQ: CRGO), and Honeybook. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. In 2022, he was ranked #16 on Forbes' Midas List Europe of Top Tech Investors. How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of technology on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization. Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner of Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in 50+ companies including Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Melio, Healthy.io, Simply, Freightos (NASDAQ: CRGO), and Honeybook. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. In 2022, he was ranked #16 on Forbes' Midas List Europe of Top Tech Investors.

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