How a Mentor Spots Someone Else’s Flow
When people talk about their passion, something changes – the pace, the details, the energy. A good mentor notices that moment, even when they don’t.
The Questions a Mentor Asks: How One Question Reveals a Pattern That Repeats Everywhere
A manager who trusts no one is sure the problem is his team. One question showed him the problem starts with him – and that patterns like this repeat in other places too.
What a Mentor Really Does: You Start With an Operational Goal, You Reach the Fears
Founders come to a mentor with a clear goal: raise money, set a price, build a management team. But in most cases what stops them isn’t a lack of knowledge. This is what happens when mentoring meets the mental side.
Before You Quit Your Job: 3 Checks Every Founder Should Run Before Starting a Startup
Most founders test the idea. Few test themselves. Three checks worth running before you hand in your resignation.
Business Entrepreneurship vs. Social Entrepreneurship: Same Passion, Completely Different Rules
Disruptive innovation is not just a business challenge – it’s a mental one. The entrepreneurs who succeed are not always those with the strongest idea, but those who can hold it long enough for it to mature.
Podcast (in Hebrew): How Do You Build a Hardware Startup?
On the “Startup++” podcast I share the Highcon journey – from an idea, through raising $80 million, to an IPO. We dug into the critical lessons I learned along the way: why you must not make a single screw before listening to customers, how to bring strategic investors and competitors on board, and how to build a strong team that is not afraid to hold up a mirror to the CEO. The episode is in Hebrew.
First-Time Founders: How to Build a Financial Plan and Keep the Money From Running Out
Most startups do not fail because of a bad product; they fail because they run out of cash. This practical guide gives early-stage founders a clear map for survival: how to price correctly, how to forecast expenses realistically, how to understand your cash flow, and how to act in time when the money starts to run low.
Centralized vs. Empowering Leadership
In short: A centralized manager gives answers right away and takes over tasks that failed – and so builds dependence. An empowering manager first asks “What do you think?” and lets people find the solution themselves – and so builds people, and an organization that works without them. I’ve worked with managers who fell into […]
“Impossible” – The Word That Creates Restlessness in Entrepreneurs
Disruptive innovation is not just a business challenge – it’s a mental one. The entrepreneurs who succeed are not always those with the strongest idea, but those who can hold it long enough for it to mature.
What Investors Are Really Testing in a Meeting – and Most Founders Don’t Know
A meeting with an investor is not a performance – it is a test of the team, its thinking, and its honesty when the hard questions come. Good preparation starts with understanding the investor’s thesis and running a critical pitch simulation. In the meeting, open with a conversation rather than a deck, read the signals, and admit openly when you do not have an answer. Afterwards, follow up within 24 hours and analyze honestly what worked and what did not.