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13 stories about Growth Plus
GROWTH+ מימין אליאב סר מנכ"ל ומייסד משותף WalkImpact ו רן שריג יזם ומשקיע

"I invested a lot in building the story and the ability to tell it"

15.05.25|Maayan Manela
According to Ran Sarig, an entrepreneur and investor, entrepreneurs must develop and improve their storytelling skills. Eliav Ser, CEO and co-founder of WalkImpact, said that Sarig taught him the importance of listening and raising questions.
GROWTH+ מימין רון יקותיאל מייסד משותף ומנכ"ל Kaltura ו חן ברגר מנכ"ל ומייסד משותף StudyWise

"We asked ourselves not only what we do, but who we are"

15.05.25|Maayan Manela
Ron Yekutiel, co-founder and CEO of Kaltura, was speaking after meeting Chen Berger, co-founder and CPO of StudyWise.
GROWTH+ מימין יעל מרטיק חנן מנכ"לית ומייסדת שותפה כמו על כל שריר אחר Pelles.ai ו פיני יקואל מייסד ומנכ"ל Optimov

"The sense of the dream slipping away was the biggest crisis I’ve ever faced"

15.05.25|Maayan Manela
Pini Yakuel, founder and CEO of Optimove, spoke to Yael Meretyk Hanan, CEO and co-founder of Pelles.ai, about how he bounced back from crisis. "The way I got through it was by putting my head down and getting to work. I reanalyzed everything, asked myself what went wrong, and identified what could be fixed."
GROWTH+ מימין ד"ר שני אליהו גרוס מנכ"לית ומייסדת שותפה PolyMERit ו מיכל קיסוס הרצוג מנכ"לית Poalim Tech

"Global reliance on Israeli tech is strategic for the future of Israel"

15.05.25|Maayan Manela
Michal Kissos Hertzog, CEO of Poalim Tech, was speaking after meeting with Shani Eliyahu-Gross, CEO and co-founder of PolyMERit, which took place as part of the Growth+ project.
מימין אסף פריימן מנכ"ל Octi ו מיכאל רייטבלט מנכ"ל ומייסד Forte

"The biggest challenge for Israeli entrepreneurs is transitioning to the US market"

08.05.25|Maayan Manela
Michael Reitblat, CEO and founder of Forter, spoke with Assaf Frayman, CEO of Octi, as part of the Growth+ project by Calcalist and Poalim Tech.
מימין גיא קוזלינר מנכ"ל ומייסד משותף Rig Security ו שלומי בן חיים מנכ"ל ומייסד JFrog

"This new generation of Israeli entrepreneurs is better than mine"

08.05.25|Maayan Manela
Shlomi Ben Haim, CEO and Founder of JFrog, and Guy Kozliner, CEO and Co-Founder of Rig Security, discussed management and leadership challenges, as part of the Growth+ project by Calcalist and Poalim Tech.
מימין דן רווה מייסד Efficio ו לילך בר דוד שותפה מייסדת ומנכ"לית לילי

"We have a lot of success stories in Israel, and we need to learn how to leverage them"

07.05.25|Maayan Manela
As part of the Growth+ project by Calcalist and Poalim Tech, Lilac Bar David, co-founder and CEO of Lili, spoke with Dan Raveh, founder of Efficio, about the challenges in the journey to establishing a startup.
מימין תמי מזאל שחר מנכ"לית Incredibuild לשעבר ו זאח'ר שלח מנכ"ל qaTT

"Customers don't always give real feedback"

07.05.25|Maayan Manela
 As part of the Growth+ project by Calcalist and Poalim Tech, Tami Mazel Shachar, former CEO of Incredibuild, advised Zakher Shalah, CEO of qaTT, to ask customers questions that he "might not want to hear the answers to" in order to understand whether he is on the right track.
GROWTH+ מימין ורד רביב שוורץ נשיאת Guesty ו אלון דביר מנכ”ל ומייסד משותף Mersiv

"It’s important to plan the vision from the very beginning"

29.04.25|Maayan Manela
At the height of the pandemic, Vered Raviv Schwarz faced a scenario few tech leaders could have imagined: running a travel-tech company in a world where no one was traveling. Today, as President and COO of Guesty, she sat down with Alon Dvir, CEO of immersive retail startup MersivX, as part of Calcalist and Poalim Tech’s Growth+ initiative.
GROWTH+ מימין אמיתי רצון מנכ"ל Pentera ו יואב חדד מנכ"ל IDEON Technology

“Selling the product is the easy part. Convincing people to believe in you is the hard part”

29.04.25|Maayan Manela
When Amitai Ratzon, CEO of cybersecurity firm Pentera, sat down with Yoav Hadad, a reservist and the founder of IDEON Technologies, their conversation was more than a meeting of minds—it was a reflection of the unique pressures facing Israel’s early-stage entrepreneurs in wartime.
GROWTH+ מימין רותם אירם מנכ"ל At Bay ו עידו גולדברג מייסד Rainbow

"The best product doesn’t always win. Usually, it’s the product that is most effectively sold"

28.04.25|Maayan Manela
As part of the Growth+ initiative by Calcalist and Poalim Tech, veteran entrepreneur Rotem Iram, CEO of cyber insurance company At-Bay, sat down with early-stage founder Ido Goldberg, CEO of fintech startup Rainbow, for a candid conversation about navigating setbacks, mastering sales, and translating vision into value.
GROWTH+ מימין חני גולדשטיין מייסדת ומנכ”לית Snappy ו אתי נאמן מנכ”לית ומייסדת משותפת Neao Reality

"You must go to market as quickly as possible. Don’t waste time"

28.04.25|Maayan Manela
As part of the Growth+ project by Calcalist and Poalim Tech, seasoned entrepreneurs like Hani Goldstein, founder of gift platform Snappy, are meeting with early-stage founders such as Eti Neaman of Neao to share hard-earned lessons about building, growing, and surviving in today’s volatile tech landscape. 
מימין תמי מזאל שחר שלומי בן חיים מיכל קיסוס הרצוג

"Israel needs the world to be fundamentally dependent on its technologies"

01.04.24|Maayan Manela
Michal Kissos Hertzog, CEO of Poalim Tech, presented the need for a political strategy similar to the Taiwanese model. Tami Mazel Shachar, CEO of Incredibuild, advised young entrepreneurs not to look for shortcuts because "obstacles also have value." Shlomi Ben Haim, CEO of JFrog, advised them to "listen more and talk less"