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Yoel Cheshin

Yoel Cheshin

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Parashat Beshalach

This week, Israel’s Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, announced a new framework under which angels – early-stage tech investors – will...

03.02.2023 10

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Parashat Vaera

What would you say is the most important criteria for investment in entrepreneurs? For me, a good entrepreneur is someone who is at a higher level of...

20.01.2023 20

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How far would you go for the sake of startup success?

The mad genius myth has accompanied ambitious entrepreneurs from the dawn of civilization, expressing the idea that great success hinges on great...

19.01.2023 10

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Chayei Sarah

Negotiations between entrepreneurs and investors is a delicate and complex matter. In most cases, one or both sides fail to see the good of the...

17.01.2023 10

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Parashat Lech Lecha

No parasha in the whole Torah is more exciting for anyone who has the spirit of entrepreneurship in his heart than Parashat Lech Lecha. The command...

16.01.2023 10

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Parashat Shemot

For years, I’ve watched startups drop like flies because of poor management of entrepreneurs who insisted on staying on as CEOs (or some other...

15.01.2023 10

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5 Principles of Customer Retention Every Startup Master

Customer retention is a consistently burning issue among managers and business owners, certainly in the startup and hi-tech worlds. As consumer...

13.01.2023 10

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Parashat Vayigash

We all know the old adage, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. The basic principle at...

12.01.2023 10

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Parashat Miketz

All good things must come to an end. That cliché has never rang more true than today, as we approach the end of 2022. After more than a decade of...

23.12.2022 10

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Parshat Vayeshev

As an investor, I’ve met my fair share of brilliant entrepreneurs who presented me with an idea so unique, a new technology so groundbreaking, that...

16.12.2022 20

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Parashat Vayishlach

I saw an angel face to face, and my soul was saved There comes a moment in the life of every entrepreneur when he must make a crucial decision –...

08.12.2022 7

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Parashat Vayeitzei

Purpose as a source of hope in times of crisis. There is nothing like a time of crisis to undercut an entrepreneur’s faith in their purpose....

02.12.2022 10

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Parashat Toldot

“The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau” – How Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried managed to capture investors...

26.11.2022 10

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Parshat Bereshit: The language of creation

Once upon a time, language was a powerful thing. Parshat Bereshit, the opening chapter of Genesis, tells us of a language so great it held the power...

24.11.2022 10

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Parashat Noach

This week’s torah portion (Parashat haShavua), Noach, presents us with two distinct types of businesses: One for-purpose and one for-profit.  ...

24.11.2022 10

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