On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Stefan Tompson, founder of Visegrad24 on X.
Tompson is a London-born Polish-South African PR specialist, the founder of the Visegrad24 account (the largest news aggregator from Central and Eastern Europe, with an average billion views per month across social media), the host and presenter of the historical-documentary program "Polish Heritage" on TVP, a YouTuber, and marketer with many viral campaigns behind him.
Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!
KEY TOPICS
- [00:00] Intro
- [01:26] Why Come to Israel
- [02:45] Core Values
- [06:17] How Polish and Jewish History is Intertwined
- [11:34] Israel as the Front Line to the West
- [14:25] Invasion of Ukraine and Founding Visegrad24
- [18:23] Importance of Religion to the West
- [25:40] Disinformation on Social Media
- [30:28] Citizen Journalism and Visegrad24’s Success
- [38:15] Dealing With Fake News
- [45:35] Intellectual Decline of Society
- [48:19] Banning TikTok in the West
- [51:09] Politics and Fake News
- [53:20] Choosing What to Publish
- [54:52] Antisemitism Affecting Global Politics
- [55:55] Rapid Fire Questions
RESOURCES
Follow Stefan Tompson on X: https://twitter.com/StefanTompson
Follow Visegrad24 on X: https://twitter.com/visegrad24
For show notes and past guests on Invested, please visit content.aleph.vc
Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc
Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/
For the transcript of this episode, go to https://content.aleph.vc/invested-episode-15
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aleph-vc/
Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mieisenberg/
Follow Aleph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg
Follow Aleph on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aleph-vc/
Follow Aleph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleph.vc/
CREDITS
Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Sofi Levak
Video: Yair Cymerman
Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi
