Founder Storiez

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,

I'm very excited about this next episode. so many incredible insights, and tips you will be able to apply right away, wherever you are holding in your journey. It's with COFOUNDER of an incredible company called, BrightHire. And our guest today is the CEO Benjamin Sesser. What's interesting about Brighthire and I believe they will be a huge company very soon, are a few things. First, their roster of investors. Jeff Winer former CEO of LinkedIn, Has Adam Grant as an advisor, Index Venture, Flybridge Capital, GroundUp Venture - all class A investors. Two, They are disrupting the HIRING space by providing real data to the interviewing and hiring process. What can you expect to walk out with from this episode: • The founding story of BrightHire • Tips to change up your hiring process. • What it takes to create a company • How they are going remote. Ben was amazing and I want to thank him! This was his first Podcast recording and he did a great job! 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. Ephraim Yarmak, Founder_Storiez

0:00 - 3:10 Conversation Brief3:14 - 4:10 Intro4:12 - 5:39 Humility5:40 - 6:36  Dont measure yourself from your business success6:37 - 7:42 Building up self-confidence / Do stuff you like7:43 - 10:10 Upbringing / First computer / Geek from a young age10:12 - 12:29 Entrepreneurial drive12:40 - 14:50 Approach to failure / Experiment / Be disciplined14:52 - 17:07 1st startup / made all the mistakes / pivot / selling17:10 - 20:48 Founding of GONG / Meeting his cofounder / Raising money20:50 - 21:58 Future of GONG21:59 - 25:38 Company Culture25:40 - 26:50 Hiring26:51 - 30:50 Raving Fans / How to create a product roadmap30:52 - 32:18 Pivotal moments in his career32:20 - 34:06 Advice to new entrepreneurs34:07 - 34:55 Outside interest34:56 - 36:54 Mental Health / Productivity cheats36:55 - 38:49 Being married, having kids38:50 - 39:59 Motivation in life40:02 - 41:39 Message to younger self42:05 - 43:34 Feedback / Surround yourself with strong people44:58 - Closing notes 

0:00 - 0:49 Intro0:50 - 8:13 Her upbringing / Launching business at 13 / Donating her hair to cancer patients / Her first experience with volunteering.8:15 - 14:11 Developing empathy from a young age / Having empathy in the workforce / Leading with empathy.14:13 - 19:14 Vee founding story / Finding co-founders.19:15 - 21:31 Our self gets in the way / Investor mtg.21:32 - 25:19 Early challenges / 21 years old raising $2.4 Million / Using age to your advatage.25:31 - 29:55 Don't hide your potential / Ask why not / Almost closing Vee.30:54 - 31:53 Biggest beliefs33:05 - 37:05 Mental Health / Missing out in life.37:06 - 37:56 Startup life.37:58 - 42:10 Building trust as a young founder.42:16 - 43:30 Surround yourself with teachers.43:31 - 45:24 Her inspiration & motivation.45:46 - 48:38 Her Ted talk to teenagers / Making an impact.48:40 - 50:56 Closing notes. 

0:00 - 5:25 Upbringing / First trip to the US / Early childhood memories. 5:26 - 8:10 is tech good or bad. 8:11 - 10:55 First computer / Entrepreneurial drive 10:56 - 14:48 First startup / Great algorithm bad business problem. 14:50 - 15:30 Timing for a startup 15:47 - 17:42 Shutting down a startup / Coral Reef 17:43 - 20:00 Second startup 20:03 - 21:21 Challenges in his 2nd startup 21:22 -23:22 Moving on after the DOT COM crash 23:24 - 25:37 What it takes to be a future thinker 25:38 - 27:41 Third startup 27:42 - 28:45 Motivation 28:50 - 30:00 Do problems get easier 30:01 - 31:33 How to stay focused 31:35 - 33:16 Startups are a long game 33:18 - 39:04 Fourth startup 39:05 - 42:03 Personal values & mission 42:04 - 44:07 Fundraising / Customer Focused 44:08 - 45:24 Speed bumps / Most work in unseen 45:30 - 47: 41 Hard times / Team 47:-43 - 49:35 Charachter of an entrepeneur 49:36 - 51:22 Mistakes to be avoided 51:58 - 53:00 Advice to the new entrepreneurs 53:05 - 56:40 Message to younger self / Lean In / Closing notes 

Humans are a companies biggest asset. Gareth Jones: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/garethmjones https://www.headstart.io/ Ephraim Yarmak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ https://1000hires.com/