Founder Storiez

Nadir Izrael Co-founder & CTO Armis | Emotional rollercoaster of being a founder | The startup ride to sale of $1.1Billion

Conversation with Nadir Izrael Cofounder & CTO Armis. Nadir Izrael https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadiriz/ Ephraim Yarmak. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/

VC on Founder Storiez | Don't take the conventional path| Boaz Albaranes Partner Mindset Ventures

Conversation with Boaz Albaranes, Partner at Mindset Ventures. Mindset Ventures is an investor in Brex, Turing, and some of the guests we had on this show like Pecan, Hyro. They operate in the US, Brazil, and Israel. Boaz Albaranes https://www.linkedin.com/in/boazalbaranes/ Mindset Ventures / https://mindset.ventures/ Ephraim Yarmak https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Please subscribe and leave a review. Thank you

What it takes to build a global unicorn company | Social Impact Company |Ronni Zehavi CEO Hibob |

Conversation with Ronni Zehavi COFOUNDER & CEO, HIbob Ronni is a serial entrepreneur, his previous startup was acquired for $300Million, and has launched a very successful VC firm. His current startup Hibob has raised over $240Million, has over 400 team members, and over 2000 customers. Ronni Zehavi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronnizehavi/ www.hibob.com Ephraim Yarmak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Please subscribe and leave a review.

Vladi Sandler CEO & Cofounder Lightspin

Conversation with Vladi Sandler CEO & CoFounder Lightspin Vladi Sandler. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladi-cloud-security/ https://www.lightspin.io/ Ephraim Yarmak. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/

From a side project to raising $72Million | Eran Shirazi CoFounder CTO Easysend

Conversation with Eran Shirazi, CTO & Co-founder Easysend. Founded in 2016, Raised $71.5 Million, 120 Employees. Eran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranshirazi/ https://www.easysend.io/ Ephraim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/

Yevgeny Dibrov CEO Armis |

Yevgeny Dibrov  https://www.linkedin.com/in/yevgenydibrov/

Yotam Cohen, CEO Daisy | How to stay curious 2nd time around

Yotam Cohen is a seasoned entrepreneur, and building his second startup Daisy. His first startup Wibbitz was acquired the day we recorded this episode. I really enjoyed this conversation with Yotam, so please enjoy. If you have yet to subscribe and review please do:) Yotam Cohen. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yotamcohen/ Daisy: https://www.joindaisy.com/ Ephraim Yarmak LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ephraimyarmak YouTube: https://...

How to become 1% better every day. Omer Glass. CEO GrowthSpace

https://www.growthspace.com/ Omer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omerglass/ Ephraim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Youtube: https://youtu.be/EK8MDHLmFpc This podcast is brought to you by the goodness & kindness foundation. Please do a good deed, smile at a stranger let's all try to do our part in making this world a better place. Please subscribe and leave a review.

How to anticipate luck and take advantage. Noam Schwartz CEO &Cofounder ActiveFence

Hey! Everyone welcome back to another episode of founder storieZ. I'm your host Ephraim. I'm super excited to bring you this episode with an incredible company and phenomenal person. Noam Schwartz CEO ActiveFence. In our conversation, we cover so many incredible topics. • how the idea for ActiveFense came while he was sitting in the ICU with his daughter. • Responding to opportunoites • What it means to show up each day • and how being a CEO is a big privilege and responsibility that ...

From Idea to a Billion Dollars! How to dream big and accomplish the impossible. Yaron Inger Co-Founder & CTO at Lightricks

I'm super excited to bring you this episode with an incredible company and phenomenal person.  Yalon Co-founder & CTO Lightricks Lighttircks has raised over $300Million dollars and the chances are you are probably using one of their apps on your phones.   In our conversation, we speak about how a team of 5 co-founders built up to 450 employees, $100s of millions in revenue, and an evaluation over a BILLION DOLLARS.    Please subscribe and leave a review.    Yaron Inger: https://www.lin...

First time founder to public company. Omer David Keilaf CEO Innoviz

I'm super excited to bring you this episode with an incredible company and phenomenal person. Omer David Keilaf Cofounder & CEO Innoviz. Innoviz is changing the game of autonomous vehicles. They have raised closed to HALF BILLION DOLLARS - and went public VIA SPAC this year - https://www.google.com/finance/quote/INVZ:NASDAQ. In our conversation, I dont think we left anything uncovered - we spoke about everything. and there is so much you will learn. So have a great listen! If you have a...

Startups from Latam America. Gerry Giacomán Colyer. Founder & CEO Clara "How to make an impact"

Founder storieZ is starting to bring you StorieZ of Startups from Latam America. You can't help but be inspired by what's happening in the startup ecosystem of Latin America and all the new startups. Just in 2021 alone over $15Billion has been invested in over 600 startups So I'm super excited to bring you this conversation with one of the hottest companies and founders from Mexico - Gerry the founder of Clara - A fintech startup - Clara has raised over $50MILLION from multiple investor...

Amichai Neiderman CEO NYM

Hey everyone welcome back to another episode of founder storiez. I'm your host Ephraim Yarmak. I'm super excited to bring to you today Amichai Neiderman co-founder and CEO of NYM. Nym has raised close to $50Million, from Tiger Global, Addition Capital, Lightspeed, GV, and multiple others. In our conversation today we go over Amichai's early days, how he got into entrepreneurship, and what it takes to build a startup as a first-time founder. If you listened to any of the previous episo...

Zviki ben-ishay CEO & Cofounder Lightico

Hey! Everyone welcome back to another episode of founder storiez. I'm your host Ephraim. I'm super excited to bring you this conversation with one of my favorite people and entrepreneurs Zviki Ben-ishay CEO & COFOUNDER Lightico. One of the most amazing things about Zviki, and you will hear it in our conversation is his humility & honesty about the true struggles of entrepreneurship. In this conversation, you will learn about his early life, what it took to launch Lightico, how he balanc...

Combating Lonliness with Irad Eichler CEO Circles

Dvir ben-aroya CEO Spike. How to live beyond the edge and just jump.

Hey Everyone welcome back to another episode of Founder StorieZ. As you know each week we try to bring you the best guest, so we can learn from their stories and apply those lessons to our own life. This week's episode is a special one. We have serial entrepreneur Dvir, CEO & Co-founder of Spike. Spike has raised $15.3 Million from Insight Partners, NFX, Wix, and the CEO of Zoom. Dvir, Is a lover of extreme sports - and you will hear all about it in our conversation - I think one of the...

Frida Polli CEO Pymetrics

On this week's episode, we have a very special guest. To give you an understanding, Our guest has a degree from Dartmouth, MIT, Harvard, and is a trained neuroscientist. And only launched their company at the 2nd part of their career at 38 Years old. Today's guest is an honor to introduce Dr. Frida Polli, CEO of An incredible company Pymetrics ( in the HR tech space) Raised $56million to date. If you listened to any of the previous episodes you know how our conversations work. It's a s...

Yoav Vilner CEO Walnut.io

The past year and a half have been difficult for everyone. But out of every fire rises hope & opportunity. One of the amazing things has been all the new companies that have launched. Today's special guest is one of those companies. Yoav is a serial entrepreneur having founded 3 previous companies. He currently building a great company called Walnut.io one of the hottest companies to come out of COVID 19. It was listed as a top 50 place to work and made it onto many prestigious lists. Wa...

Amit Rapaport Founder COMPETE. "If the world doesn't make sense, take a hammer and break the world”

WELCOME BACK to another episode of Founder Storiez, Now if this is your first time listening I want you to get ready for an incredible journey. This podcast is raw - emotional. - vulnerable. We go into depth, with each entrepreneur what drives them to succeed. Today we have a special guest. Amit Rappaport is a wife and a mother of 3. She lives her life by this saying: "If the world doesn't make sense, take a hammer and break the world” She's the founder of an incredible company called...

Zohar Bronfman CEO Pecan.ai "A good day is a day I am closer to accomplishing my goals"

“A good day is a day when I’m closer to accomplishing my goals” Zohar is the CEO of an amazing company Pecan.Ai, Raised $50Million to date, and has 50+ employees. He has a PhD in Computational Neuroscience and Philosophy. Zohar is such a humble incredible man, and you will hear it in our conversation Zohar was going down a career in Academia and fell into entrepreneurship because he wanted to bring the joy of AI modeling to everyone. What can you expect to walk out with from this epis...

Matthew Vega-Sanz Founder LULA. "The power of being ruthless persistence"

In this episode, we speak with Matthew Vega-Sanz Co-founder of LULA. They recently raised $18million from founders fund, Kholsa ventures, bill Ackman, and multiple others. I have recorded over 100 episodes, this one is def top 10! Matthew story is about grit, and the power of being ruthless persistent Matthew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-vega-sanz/ https://www.lula.is/ Ephraim Yarmak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Have a great listen, and share with a friend y...

Benjamin Sesser CEO & Cofounder Brighthire

I'm very excited about this next episode. so many incredible insights, and tips you will be able to apply right away, wherever you are holding in your journey. It's with COFOUNDER of an incredible company called, BrightHire. And our guest today is the CEO Benjamin Sesser. What's interesting about Brighthire and I believe they will be a huge company very soon, are a few things. First, their roster of investors. Jeff Winer former CEO of LinkedIn, Has Adam Grant as an advisor, Index Ve...

$7.7 Billion Dollar Startup, Eilon Reshef Co-founder GONG.

0:00 - 3:10 Conversation Brief 3:14 - 4:10 Intro 4:12 - 5:39 Humility 5:40 - 6:36  Dont measure yourself from your business success 6:37 - 7:42 Building up self-confidence / Do stuff you like 7:43 - 10:10 Upbringing / First computer / Geek from a young age 10:12 - 12:29 Entrepreneurial drive 12:40 - 14:50 Approach to failure / Experiment / Be disciplined 14:52 - 17:07 1st startup / made all the mistakes / pivot / selling 17:10 - 20:48 Founding of GONG / Meeting his cofounder / Raisi...

21 Year old CEO & Co-founder Vee, May Piamenta

0:00 - 0:49 Intro 0:50 - 8:13 Her upbringing / Launching business at 13 / Donating her hair to cancer patients / Her first experience with volunteering. 8:15 - 14:11 Developing empathy from a young age / Having empathy in the workforce / Leading with empathy. 14:13 - 19:14 Vee founding story / Finding co-founders. 19:15 - 21:31 Our self gets in the way / Investor mtg. 21:32 - 25:19 Early challenges / 21 years old raising $2.4 Million / Using age to your advatage. 25:31 - 29:55 Don't hi...

Shay David CEO retrain.AI

0:00 - 5:25 Upbringing / First trip to the US / Early childhood memories.   5:26 - 8:10 is tech good or bad.   8:11 - 10:55 First computer / Entrepreneurial drive   10:56 - 14:48 First startup / Great algorithm bad business problem.   14:50 - 15:30 Timing for a startup   15:47 - 17:42 Shutting down a startup / Coral Reef   17:43 - 20:00 Second startup   20:03 - 21:21 Challenges in his 2nd startup   21:22 -23:22 Moving on after the DOT COM crash   23:24 - 25:37 What it takes...

Gareth Jones CEO Headstart.io

Humans are a companies biggest asset. Gareth Jones: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/garethmjones https://www.headstart.io/ Ephraim Yarmak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ https://1000hires.com/

Omer Molad CEO Vervoe

In this interview, we speak with Omer Molad Founder & CEO of Vervoe. Vervoe, an AI-powered platform that tests candidates on skills, helps remove unconscious biases from the hiring process. In this conversation, we take a deep dive into moving to a new country at a young age. Going into the army, moving across the world to Australia, and his journey to becoming a startup founder. After listening to Omer you can expect to walk away with: Humility. Following your gut. What it means t...

Tony Jamous Founder & CEO Oyster "Expressing your true self"

In this interview, we speak with Tony Jamous Founder & CEO of Oyster. This Podcast is titled "Express your true self" Tony, left his home in Beirut at the age of 17 and from there, his journey began. He was the founder of Nexmo which he sold to Vonage for $230 Million. After working at Vonage, and taking time off, he founded his new company Oyster, based on his values and personal life mission. In this conversation, we take a deep dive into growing up in the Beruit, Personal Growth...

Charlotte Melkert Founder EQUALTURE. "Embrace your naiveness & take the risk".

In this interview, we speak with Charlotte Melkert Co-founder & CEO of EQUALTURE. This Podcast is titled "Embrace your naiveness and take the risk" When Charlotte began her journey, she had no idea what she was doing. And through lots of trial and error, she has become the incredible person, startup founder, CEO she is today. In this conversation, we take a deep dive into growing up in the Netherlands, launching her first company with her twin sister. Shutting one business down to start...

From 0 TO 100K USERS. Ian Ramzy Founder & CEO ZipCall

In this episode of Founder StorieZ with Ian Ramzy. Ian is the founder of ZipCall. A startup he founded out of his college dorm room. He shares the story of how he was able to scale to 100K users, make it to the front of Reddit. Being offered VC money to drop out of college and why he turned them down. So many incredible lessons in this interview. Please enjoy and don't forget to subscribe. Ephraim Yarmak https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Ian Ramzy https://www.linkedin.com/i...

Howard Behar Former President & Board Member of Starbucks

In this episode of Founder StorieZ with Howard Behar, Howard is a renowned business leader, author, speaker. For 21 years Howard led Starbuck’s business as President of North America, and he became the founding President of Starbucks International opening the very first store outside of North America in Japan. During his tenure, he participated in the growth of the company from only 28 stores to over 15,000 stores spanning five continents. He served on the Starbucks Board of Directors for tw...

Dennis Mortensen CEO & Cofounder X.ai

In this interview, we speak with Dennis Mortensen Co-founder & CEO X.ai Dennis has an incredible story and an entrepreneurship career. He has started, failed, and sold multiple startups. In this conversation, we go into detail about how he got his start. How he views entrepreneurship, and practical lessons to building a company. Enjoy! Dennis Mortensen. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennismor... Ephraim Yarmak. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimya...

Barend Haaff CEO & Founder Harver

In the interview, we speak with Barend Raaff Founder & CEO Harver. Barend has a fascinating humble story. In this interview, we speak about is humble beginnings, his entrepreneurial failures, and success. What it takes to build a world-class company and what it takes to lead in times of crisis.

Andrew Ackerman Managing Partner DreamIt Ventures

Marty Burger CEO Silverstein Properties

On This episode, we have Marty Burger CEO of Silverstein Properties, one of the largest family-held real estate portfolios in the world. Marty has very humble beginnings, and in our conversation, we discuss his upbringing, how he got started in Real estate, being fired from his job, and his path to CEO. There are so many great lessons we can learn in this interview I hope you enjoy it. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DdodcsoZE7I

Vinay Bhagat Founder & CEO TrustRadius

How do you navigate in a time of crisis? Vinay Bhagat has lead his companies through 9/11, 2008 recessions and managed to make it out successful. In this very honest and candid interview, we speak about his upbringing, parenting tips, and what it takes to build a successful company. Vinay was previously the founder of Convio. A company he founded in 1999, took public in 2010 and eventually sold it for $325Miliion in 2012. I do apologize in advance for all the noise, but this is the ble...

Gordon Smith Cofounder & CEO Biproxi

Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCybjpAry4gIeS0X3TLEpesA/featured Gordon Smith: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonksmith/ https://www.biproxi.com/   Ephraim Yarmak  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ephraimyarmak

Michael Mandel Cofunder & CEO CompStak

In the interview, we speak with Michael Mandel Cofounder & CEO CompStak. Michael has a fascinating humble story. In this interview, nothing was left off the table and we discuss how he built his startup, the emotional pains and what it means to build a successful organization. It was a real treat to interview him I hope you enjoy! Dont forget to subscribe! Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNtwzg64yj8 Michael: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmandel/ Compstak: https://co...

L.D Salmonson Cofunder & CEO Cherre

In the interview, we speak with L.D Salmonson Cofounder & CEO Cherre. LD is a serial entrepreneur. He has founded multiple startups, failed and sold a startup to Oppenheimer. In this candid and honest discussion. We speak about his upbringing, his first business while in Middle school joining the army, the other startups he founded, success and failures, and lessons he would provide to others. It was a real treat to interview him I hope you enjoy! Dont forget to subscribe! LD: htt...

L.D Salmanson Cofunder & CEO Cherre

In the interview, we speak with L.D Salmanson Cofounder & CEO Cherre. LD is a serial entrepreneur. He has founded multiple startups, failed and sold a startup to Oppenheimer. In this candid and honest discussion. We speak about his upbringing, his first business while in Middle school joining the army, the other startups he founded, success and failures, and lessons he would provide to others. It was a real treat to interview him I hope you enjoy! Dont forget to subscribe! LD: htt...

KP. Reddy Founder Shadow Ventures

In the interview, we speak with KP Reddy Founder of Shadow Ventures https://shadow.vc/ We speak about his humble beginnings. Moving to India at a young age, his first job, startups, investing, and what it takes to build a world-class startup. Enjoy! Kp Reddy. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpreddy Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddy_kp Ephraim Yarmak. LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak Twitter: https://twitter.com/ephraimyarmak

Jonathan Wasserstrum Founder & CEO SqaureFoot

In the interview, we speak with Jonathan Wasserstrum Cofounder & CEO SqaureFoot. SqaureFoot was founded in 2011, 60+ Employees and raised $29M. They are changing the way how companies find and rent office space. In our conversation, we learn about his journey as a child growing up in Houston, moving to NYC, working at JLL, and starting SquareFoot with his friend and the many lessons he has learned along the way growing his company.

Chris Voss #1 FBI Hostage negotiator in the world. Author "Never Split The Difference"

0:00 - 2:00 Welcoming notes 2:01 - 5:12 How does someone become the best hostage negotiator in the world / Volunteered on a suicide hotline / How he began his journey into hostage negotiation / Following through on the advice 5:13 - 7:12 How anyone can learn to become a better negotiator in their daily life / It’s all about building your EQ / Negotiation serves two purposes: 1. information gathering 2. behavioral influencing 7:13 - 8:50 H...

Chris Voss #1 FBI Hostage negotiator in the world. Author "Never Split The Difference"

0:00 - 2:00 Welcoming notes 2:01 - 5:12 How does someone become the best hostage negotiator in the world / Volunteered on a suicide hotline / How he began his journey into hostage negotiation / Following through on the advice 5:13 - 7:12 How anyone can learn to become a better negotiator in their daily life / It’s all about building your EQ / Negotiation serves two purposes: 1. information gathering 2. behavioral influencing 7:13 - 8:50 ...

Fabrice Grinda #1 Angel Investor in the world & Founder FJ Labs

Fabrice Grinda has been rated #1 angel investor in the world by Forbes. He has invested in more than 400 startups and 150+ exits. He has invested in the likes of Alibaba, Airbnb, Uber, Palantir & many more. Before starting FJ Labs, he started and sold multiple companies including Zingy, OLX. There are so many great takeaways from this interview and lessons we can learn. We get into his beginning days, the companies he founded, his failures, successes and much more, Enjoy!

Fabrice Grinda #1 Angel Investor in the world & Founder FJ Labs

Fabrice Grinda has been rated #1 angel investor in the world by Forbes. He has invested in more than 400 startups and 150+ exits. He has invested in the likes of Alibaba, Airbnb, Uber, Palantir & many more. Before starting FJ Labs, he started and sold multiple companies including Zingy, OLX. There are so many great takeaways from this interview and lessons we can learn. We get into his beginning days, the companies he founded, his failures, successes and much more, Enjoy!

Arvind Sankaran Venture Partner @ Jungle Ventures

Arvind is a lamplighter. A Lamplighter is someone that goes around and ignites the spark in others. He has a phenomenal story. We learn about him and his journey. There so many gems in this discussion. Enjoy

Arvind Sankaran Venture Partner @ Jungle Ventures

Arvind is a lamplighter. A Lamplighter is someone that goes around and ignites the spark in others. He has a phenomenal story. We learn about him and his journey. There so many gems in this discussion. Enjoy

Episode 29: Suresh Shanmugham Managing partner Saama Capital

In this interview, we speak with Suresh Shanmugham Managing partner @ Saama Capital Prashanth has a great story. He has been in the VC business since 1994 and has seen a lot. In this interview, you will learn about the venture business and how far it has come since 1994. Suresh, shares incredible lessons on entrepreneurship, what he looks for in a startup and what he's learned from 1994. Enjoy

Episode 29: Suresh Shanmugham Managing partner Saama Capital

In this interview, we speak with Suresh Shanmugham Managing partner @ Saama Capital Prashanth has a great story. He has been in the VC business since 1994 and has seen a lot. In this interview, you will learn about the venture business and how far it has come since 1994. Suresh, shares incredible lessons on entrepreneurship, what he looks for in a startup and what he's learned from 1994. Enjoy