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Smart City Is Just a Buzzword, Says Head of Israeli Cities Union

29.04.19|Nimrod Busso
Eitan Atia, the general manager of Forum 15, a union of fiscally autonomous Israeli cities, believes that there is much still left to be done to make a city better before spending millions on shiny new technologies
 שי בנון מנכ"ל Elastic

Passing on Open Code, Israel Missed on Elastic, CEO Says

02.01.19|Meir Orbach
In October, Israeli-linked IT and data analytics company Elastic floated on NYSE, attaining a market capitalization of around $2.5 billion
אודי מוקדי מנכ"ל מייסד סייברארק

CyberArk Sees Opportunity in Small and Medium Businesses

31.12.18|Dror Reich
While big cloud vendors invest in cybersecurity, they pass the responsibility of keeping the data safe to customers, says CyberArk CEO Udi Mokady
אורן שובל מיסד ויה  בשחור

After Launching Services in 21 Countries, Via Founders Come Home to Tackle Israeli Traffic Jams

21.12.18|Hagar Ravet
Israel’s notoriously congested roads sparked the idea that led the founders of carpooling firm Via to start the company. Now they’re planning to launch a pilot in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area
רון מירון מנכ"ל חברת אייסיקיור

Cancer Freeze-Blasting Company Seeks to Expand Market Foothold

20.12.18|Tzally Greenberg and Dror Reich
Controlled by one of the founders of China-based web and mobile juggernaut Tencent, Tel Aviv-listed IceCure Medical is looking to connect with U.S. health insurers
איב פדרין NDS סינמדיה synamedia

Newly-Rebranded SynaMedia is Not NDS 2.0, Says CEO

07.12.18|Meir Orbach
Though Cisco’s Jerusalem-based former video unit only makes up an eighth of the company’s employees, the former NDS will continue to be the origin of most of SynaMedia’s critical research and development, according to Yves Padrine
מוסף שבועי 1.11.18 יורי מילנר

Yuri Milner Sets His Sights (Much) Higher

09.11.18|Uri Pasovsky
Since 2015, venture capitalist Yuri Milner has invested $200 million in space-related projects. He traces the new found passion to his childhood
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים עובדי Next Insurance נקסט

Small Businesses Are the Most Archaic Insurance Niche, Says Next Insurance Co-Founder

08.10.18|Meir Orbach
Next Insurance offers customized insurance policies in real-time to small business owners through an online platform
דייב וייסר שחר וייסר מייסד ו מנכ"ל גט gett

In Face of Cash-Heavy Competitors, Gett CEO Touts Margins

12.09.18|Hagar Ravet and Meir Orbach
Gett’s overall equity funding stands at $700 million, a sum dwarfed by the funding raised by some of its competitors
מנכל סודה סטרים דניאל בירנבאום 20.8.18

Under PepsiCo, SodaStream’s Marketing-Savvy CEO Says He is Not Going to Pipe Down

21.08.18|Diana Bahur-Nir and Hezi Sternlicht
Once the target of SodaStream’s marketing barbs, PepsiCo announced it will acquire the Israeli outfit Monday. In an interview with Calcalist SodaStream’s CEO said he has no intention to start playing nice
יטסה חרון

The Curious Case of the Israeli Lunch Card

31.07.18|Ran Abramson and Hagar Ravet
Amsterdam-listed food delivery company Takeaway.com sees 10bis, an Israeli company it acquired, as a way to start catering to businesses
גיא רוזן 2

New Mechanisms “Guarantee” Transparency Ahead of U.S. Midterm Elections, Facebook Executive Says

12.07.18|Omer Kabir
Facebook’s top security executive Guy Rosen spoke to Calcalist about the technology behind the company’s war on fake news
מוסף שבועי 28.6.18 דרקון עם דרכון תיירים סינים על רקע מגדל פיזה איטליה

The World According to China's No. 1 Travel Agent

09.07.18|Ofir Dor
No one can ignore the Chinese tourist, says Jenna Qian, CEO of destination marketing at China’s largest travel agency Ctrip
רון גורה סגן נשיא בכיר ב wework

How WeWork is Tweaking Facility Design to Cater to Corporate Customers

28.06.18|Meir Orbach
With automatically adjusting desks and trash bins that call on the cleaning service, WeWork is upping its game, says the head of the company’s technology center in Tel Aviv
פרופ אסף רזין

Globalization Drove Israel’s Economic Repositioning, Researcher Says

15.04.18|Uri Pasovsky
According to Assaf Razin, an influx of foreign investments was essential for the growth of the Israeli technology industry
אנה ואלזה מתוך הסרט מתוך לשבור את הקרח

TV Broadcasting Will Survive Streaming Revolution, Disney Executive Says

02.04.18|Mair Orbach, Omer Kabir and Hagar Ravet, New York
Unlike Netflix and Amazon, which built a streaming service and then started producing their own content, Disney started with the content. Now the company is preparing to launch a streaming service
מוסף שבועי 29.3.18 עדי טטרקו מייסדת אתר האוז houzz

Companies Should Ask Users What They Want to Pay For, Says Houzz CEO

01.04.18|Keren Tsuriel Harari
Adi Tatarko, co-founder, and CEO of Palo Alto-based home remodeling and design company Houzz, believes entrepreneurs should hold off on monetization until they figure out what their users need and are willing to pay for
כנס כלכליסט ניו יורק ירון גלאי אאוטבריין

The Only Way to Fight Fake News Is to Destroy Its Business Model, Outbrain CEO Says

14.03.18|Omer Kabir and Hagar Ravet
Google and Facebook have a model that is based purely on the number of clicks and this gives advertisers an incentive to create fake news, content promotion company Outbrain’s CEO Yaron Galai said in an interview at Calcalist’s the Mind the Tech conference in New York
פראס צ'נדריה UST GLOBAL

Multinational IT Company UST Global Names Israel its Global Cybersecurity Center

04.03.18|Meir Orbach
In an interview with Calcalist, UST Global chairman Paras Chandaria said that the company’s recently launched Tel Aviv development and service center will handle all of UST Global’s cybersecurity activity
מימין ארז שפירא נמרוד להבי נתנאל קבלה מייסדי סימפלקס

Thieves Have it Easy with Bitcoin, Says Anti-Fraud Entrepreneur

23.01.18|Meir Orbach
Nimrod Lehavi founded Simplex, a startup that enables users to purchase bitcoin with a credit card with a fraud protection guarantee