

20MinuteLeaders
Michael Matias
20MinuteLeaders features the world's prominent leaders for short conversations about their journeys and insights.
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Feb 9, 2021 • 24min
Ep282: Debbie Wosskow | Co-Founder, AllBright and Former CEO, Love Home Swap
Debbie Wosskow is a British entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. She is the former CEO of Love Home Swap, a subscription-based home exchange business, which she sold for $53m to Wyndham Destination Networks in July 2017. Debbie co-founded AllBright, the global network that celebrates and connects women at work. Wosskow is also an influential advocate of the sharing economy and is the former Chair of Sharing Economy UK. In 2015 she led the independent government review ‘Unlocking the Sharing Economy’ - also known as the Wosskow Report. She is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, a Member of the Mayor of London's Business Advisory Board and sits on the Board of the Women’s Fiction Prize. In 2016, she was awarded an OBE for services to business.

Feb 8, 2021 • 23min
Ep281: Chen Shmilo | Managing Director, 8200 Impact
Chen Shmilo is the Managing Director of 8200 Impact, Israel's first and most prominent Impact-tech accelerator in the 8200 Alumni Association. Chen worked in the public and the NGO sector as a lawyer and a public policy advisor focusing on public health and the healthcare system until he pivoted to the world of technological entrepreneurship. He is an 8200 unit alumnus who holds an LL.B. degree (Cum Laude) from Haifa University and an LL.M. degree in Public Law from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University in Chicago. He is also a graduate of Fulbright's Humphrey Fellowship in public health policy and management. Chen is also a leader in the LGBTQ Community in Israel who established the LGBTQ Medical Society.

Feb 7, 2021 • 23min
Ep280: Anique Drumright | VP of Product, Loom
Anique Drumright works as the VP of Product at Loom, where she oversees product strategy and development. Most recently, she was the Vice President of Product at TripActions, where she built the product and design organization from the ground up and scaled the team over 8x globally during a period of hypergrowth. She has also held multiple roles at Uber in product, partnerships, and operations management. Before entering tech, she served in leadership roles at and taught for Teach for America in Memphis.

Feb 6, 2021 • 24min
Ep279: Ruby Chen | Associate Partner, Drake Star Partners Investor & Advisor, J-Ventures Fund Managing Director, RIA Advisors
Ruby is a Dealmaker with a proven track record in initiating, leading and executing +30 strategic transactions (investments, M&As, divestitures and revenue-generating partnerships) at global, industry-leading companies (Hyundai Motor Company, Amdocs and NICE Systems). Enjoying supporting tech geeks to disrupt conventional industries for over a decade, serving as BoD member, BoD observer and strategic advisor to multiple growth companies. Characterized as highly networked in the Israeli tech scene as well as worldwide corporate investors, with a deep understanding of communication, enterprise software and Autotech technologies.

Feb 5, 2021 • 21min
Ep278: Maya Vishwakarma | Founder & President, Sukarma Foundation
Maya is a social entrepreneur, founder, and president of Sukarma Foundation, also known as "PADWOMAN OF INDIA". Over the past 4 years, she has been working in her hometown district Narsinghpur in a self-sustainable village. Sukarma works on "Menstrual Hygiene Awareness" in the tribal area of Madhya Pradesh. They are manufacturing affordable low-cost sanitary napkins for tribal and rural girls/women named "NO TENSION".

Feb 4, 2021 • 21min
Ep277: Eyal Lifshitz | Founder, BlueVine
A 3rd generation small business entrepreneur, Eyal co-founded BlueVine to provide businesses with an easier way to access financial services. Before BlueVine, he was a Principal at Greylock IL and an Associate at McKinsey. Eyal holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, where he was a Carlton Fellow.

Feb 3, 2021 • 23min
Ep276: Wes Boudville | Founder, Linket
Wes is an inventor with 20 granted US patents on cellphones. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from CalTech, and did a postdoc at Los Alamos under George Zweig, the co-discoverer of quarks. Wes co-founded Metaswarm for antispam, and Linket with 13 patents on branding. He attended Burning Man from 1992 - 1999.

Feb 2, 2021 • 22min
Ep275: Lynn Greenberg | Founder & CEO, Pivt Enterprise
Lynn is the Founder and CEO of Pivt, the company social app designed to reduce turnover and improve the well-being of relocated, remote, and transient employees. Pivt was born out of Lynn's own frustration after relocating to London (a few weeks after graduating from F & M) to work for Bloomberg and not knowing where to start to make her new city feel like home. Prior, Lynn worked at Bloomberg LP in London and then as a Senior Associate at Autonomy Ventures, where she procured startup deal-flow, managed teams, and drove value creation for portfolio companies. She currently serves as the VP of Panels for the New York Venture Community (NYVC), and mentors/advises at Women in Business at Yeshiva University, Astia Angels, and London & Partners, and Athletic Venture Advisors. Lynn is a frequent panelist, startup judge, and speaker, including at SXSW, Franklin & Marshall College, NYU Stern Business School $300K Startup Challenge, Columbia University Business School, Brandeis University Business School, Syracuse University Innovation Competition, NY Venture Summit, and the University of Oxford. Lynn has been featured in publications such as: Forbes, The London Evening Standard, and Digital Trends. She has also been published in: Thrive Global, ERC Worldwide Mobility Magazine, Startup Magazine, and Entrepreneur Podcast Network.

Feb 1, 2021 • 21min
Ep274: Assaf Gil | CEO, Gil Productions Ltd.
Assaf Gil is one of Israel's veteran and most successful television producers. In the course of his 30 years in the TV industry, Gil has consistently produced Israel's highest-rated shows on commercial television as well as created various television formats for the local and international television markets.

Jan 31, 2021 • 22min
Ep273: Tal Zackon | Investment Team, F2 Venture Capital
Tal leads the F2 Venture Capital investment team, managing all aspects of the fund's deal flow with a focus on deal sourcing, due diligence, and value creation. Prior to F2, Tal operated as the General Manager at The Junction and was recognized as one of the 30Under30 by Forbes Magazine. Tal is on the board of Combat Ventures, a non-profit organization assisting IDF veterans' integration into the Israeli startup ecosystem. Previously, Tal served as a Captain in the Israeli Special Forces. Tal holds a BA degree from the IDC and The University of Southern California.


