Google’s Soft Spot
Image by birgerking via Flickr I remember the first time I’ve done a Google search. It was somewhere in 2000 or 2001, and me and a friend were sitting in the computer lab at Bar Ilan University,...
View ArticleOn Hovercouches & Pioneers
Testing... One, two VROOM! Up until last summer I’ve been working for a big government corporation alongside brilliant co-workers and amazingly incompetent managers. One of the advantages of working in...
View ArticleEntrepreneurshiet
Auntrepreuner. Entreprenur. Entrapreuner. I can’t even spell this damn word. If you read some popular Silicon Valley blogs*, you realize that Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are the equivalent of LA’s...
View ArticleSlimy, yet satisfying
Last week Mixergy’s Andrew Warner hosted an interview with Zoho co-founder, Sridhar Vembu. Zoho is an Indian-based company offering a suite of web-based office tools. During the interview it seemed to...
View ArticleSplitting Equity Between Founders
I’ve always wondered how equity distribution is decided between founders. Recently I’ve had several opportunities to discover for myself. Gather around the fireplace, coders of spirit. It’s time for…...
View ArticleNegotiating like Chuck Norris
Photo by bossanostra “The square root of Chuck Norris is pain. Do not try to square Chuck Norris.” For the better part of my life, when I would envision a negotiation, I’d see in front of me an iconic...
View ArticleStartup Weekend Tel Aviv
Over the last weekend I’ve attended Startup Weekend, an event that “builds communities, companies and projects“. A friend attended last year’s event and highly recommended it and so I decided to give...
View ArticleThe Israeli Government Hackathon
As promised, an event has been set up to allow people to meet in a temporary, yet completely real work environment. The Govt. Hack-a-thon is an event purposed at improving the Open Knesset website,...
View ArticleFounders, Coders & The Wheel Going Round
I’ve recently put my hand on two excellent books, titled Founders at work and Coders at work. The first includes interviews with successful entrepreneurs such as Max Levchin (PayPal) and Steve Wozniak...
View ArticleCutting your losses
Admitting to failure is one of the suckiest experiences in a human life. You never know whether you’re a lousy quitter or the only one going against a herd of idiots. This psychological discomfort...
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