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 investors. In this conversation, you will learn why Latam is blowing up right now, what has changed. His journey into startups and the founding story of Clara. Gerry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrygiacoman Clara: https://www.clara.cc/ Ephraim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/

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 episodes you know how our conversations work. It's a soul to soul experience. These conversations are raw - emotional. - vulnerable. We go into depth, about our journeys, our journeys about the ups & downs of life, what drives us, and how we can make a bigger impact Amichai, thank you for this incredible conversation, your honesty, vulnerability, and willingness to share! I know the impact our conversation has made on my life. and I know the impact it's going to make on others. So when you the listener, listen to this episode, once, twice, or 3 you will learn so many incredible things to implement in your life today! So Have a great listen, and please share with your friends who you think can benefit too. Now, this is important so listen closely, to reach more listeners please subscribe and leave a review. This recording is brought to you by the Goodness and Kindness Foundation. If you walking on the street smile at a stranger, do a good deed for someone, and let's all strive to make our impact and make this world a better place. Amichai Neiderman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amihai-neiderman-20998788/ Ephraim Yarmak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Please reach out to me on LinkedIn if you would like to suggest someone to interview or I can be of help to your startup.

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 balances family life, and how he led the company through COVID. If you listened to any of the previous episodes you know how our conversations work. It's a soul to soul experience. These conversations are raw - emotional. - vulnerable. We go into depth, about our journeys, our journeys about the ups & downs of life, what drives us, and how we can make a bigger impact This conversation with Irad is amazing. So if you are someone that doesn't like to get vulnerable, or change their life for the better please don't listen to this, because it will make you wanna change. Zviki thank you for this incredible conversation, your honesty, vulnerability, and the willingness to share! I know the impact our conversation has made on my life. and I know the impact it's going to make on others. So when you the listener, listen to this episode, once, twice, or 3 you will learn so many incredible things to implement in your life today! So Have a great listen, and please share with your friends who you think can benefit too. Now, this is important so listen closely, to reach more listeners please subscribe and leave a review. This recording is brought to you by the Goodness and Kindness Foundation. If your walking on the street smile at a stranger, do a good deed for someone and let's all strive to make our impact and make this world a better place. Zviki: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zviki-ben-ishay-7406187/ Ephraim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ If you would like to suggest someone to interview or I can be of help with your startup please reach out.

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 biggest lessons I've learned from speaking with Dvir, is to just jump. Imagine you are going skydiving, and your standing at the edge of the plane, ready to jump, but fear holding you back. This is what it means to JUMP! and get right into it. If you listened to any of the previous episodes you know how our conversations work. It's a soul to soul experience. These conversations are raw - emotional. - vulnerable. We go into depth, about our journeys, our journeys about the ups & downs of life, what drives us, and how we can make a bigger impact This conversation with Dvir is amazing. So if you are someone that doesn't like to get vulnerable, or change their life for the better please don't listen to this, because it will make you wanna change. Dvir thank you for this incredible conversation, your honesty, vulnerability, and the willingness to share! I know the impact our conversation has made on my life. and I know the impact it's going to make on others. So when you the listener, listen to this episode, once, twice, or 3 you will learn so many incredible things to implement in your life today! So Have a great listen, and please share with your friends who you think can benefit too. To reach more listeners and make a bigger impact please subscribe and leave a review. Dvir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvir-ben-aroya https://www.spikenow.com/ Ephraim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ SPONSORED BY: This recording is brought to you by the Goodness and Kindness Foundation. If your walking on the street smile at a stranger, do a good deed for someone, and let's all strive to make our impact and make this world a better place.

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 soul to soul experience. These conversations are raw - emotional. - vulnerable. We go into depth, about our journeys, our journeys about the ups & downs of life, what drives us, and how we can make a bigger impact This conversation with Frida is truly exceptional, and we go deep. So if you are someone that doesn't like to get vulnerable, or change their life for the better please don't listen to this, because it will make you wanna change. We speak about our upbringings, family life, raising children, mental health, what it means to go through hard times, what it takes to build a company. Frida thank you for this incredible conversation, your honesty, vulnerability, and the willingness to share! I know the impact our conversation has made on my life. and I know the impact it's going to make on others. So when you the listener, listen to this episode, once, twice or 3 you will learn so many incredible things to implement in your life today! So Have a great listen, and please share with your friends who you think can benefit too. Now, this is important so listen closely, to reach more listeners please subscribe and leave a review. Frida Polli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frida-polli-phd-03a1855/ Ephraim Yarmak https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Youtube: https://youtu.be/AKHONO10_60

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. Walnut has raised money from incredible Investors, the CEO of Wix, NFX, and others. In our conversation, how he got into entrepreneurship by accident, what it takes to build a great company. and many tips on launching your product to the market. Enjoy! Please subscribe and leave a review so we can inspire many more people. Thank you for listening. Yoav Vilner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoav-vilner/ Ephraim Yarmak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCybjpAry4gIeS0X3TLEpesA/featured

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 COMPETE which recently raised $2.5Million from Aleph Ventures, new from Vine Ventures, and others. Compete was launched during the height pandemic and during this time was able to get 200 Customers! In our conversation, we go into what drives her, why started a 2nd career as an entrepreneur and launch a company, also how she balances her family. Amit thank you for this incredible conversation and your honesty. you are truly amazing! There's no doubt, when you the listener, listen to this episode, once, twice or 3 you will learn so many incredible things to implement in your life today! So Have a great listen, and please share with your friends who you think can benefit too. Now, this is important so listen closely, to reach more listeners please subscribe and leave a review. Amit Rapaport https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-rapaport-5a8b1142/ Ephraim Yarmak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Ephraim Yarmak:

“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 episode: • It's all about action • Mistakes to avoid • We go into his family life, and what his upbringing was like, and so many incredible insights you'll learn. Zohar you are amazing and I want to thank you! There's no doubt, if you listen to this episode, once, twice or 3 you will learn so many incredible things to implement in your company today! Have a great listen, and share with a friend you think can benefit too. Please subscribe and leave a review. Zohar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zohar-bronfman/ Ephraim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/

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 you think can benefit too. Dont forget to subscribe:) Ephraim,