Our interview this week is with the CEO and Founder of SunHouse Marketing, which is a digital marketing firm based out of Beit Shemesh, Israel. Fran is an Olah from Toronto who came her in the late-90's with her husband and children. In this ep

Nachum Kligman - CEO and Founder of Book Like a Boss

Nov 12th, 2019 41m 16s

Hello, fellow entrepreneurs. We're back and this week Alex interviews Nachum Kligman who is an oleh that lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel and made aliyah from Passaic, New Jersey. Nachum is the founder of the SaaS company Book Like a Boss, w

Stephanie Hodes CEO and Founder of Urban Recruits

Nov 4th, 2019 25m 4s

Stephanie Hodes is an Olah from South Africa who found the hiring process in Israel extraordinarily difficult. As a solution, she founded Urban Recruits, which works with olim to set them up at jobs that are right for them. They act as intermed

Brian Polonsky CEO and Founder of Top Value Recruitment

Oct 24th, 2019 37m 5s

Welcome back everyone! We have returned and are better than ever. We are taking steps to providing you with the most valuable and useful content possible. This interview is with Brian Polonsky, an oleh from Los Angeles who formed his own head

Yoram Raanan - Artist

Aug 19th, 2019 36m 56s

This episode is something very special for you. Yoram is an artist who grew up in New Jersey, travelled all around Europe after college and finally landed in Israel. After a long journey of becoming an artist, getting married and raising four w

Ilan Regenbaum - Managing Director at Siftech

Aug 12th, 2019 26m 6s

First thing is first. Due to technical difficulties, this episode is not the greatest audio quality we've had. With that said, this episode is still full of wisdom and truth nuggets about being an entrepreneur in Israel, especially as an oleh.

LiAmi Lawrence - Founder of Keep Olim in Israel

Aug 5th, 2019 30m 41s

This is the story of an Oleh who found himself strapped for cash, no job and contemplating the possibility that Aliyah was a mistake. Instead of giving in, our interviewee, LiAmi, founded the organization Keep Olim which has 10's of thousands

Moises Zack - Senior Mortgage Consultant

Jul 30th, 2019 32m 12s

Moises Zack is a senior mortgage consultant with the First Israel Mortgages firm based in the holy city of Jerusalem. Zack got his start in business by following in his father's footsteps in the diamond industry and made the career switch to he

Shlomo Mirvis - CEO and Co-Founder of Intelligo Group

Jul 22nd, 2019 33m 29s

Shlomo Mirvis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Intelligo Group , the world's leading AI powered background check company. Before starting Intelligo, Shlomo was a commander in the IDF and a lawyer. Shlomo is a child of Olim from South Africa and has

Sacha Gorelik - Founder of Sacha Gorelik Amazon Copywriting

Jul 15th, 2019 34m 13s

Thank you all for coming back for another interview. This week is we are with Sacha Gorelik, an olah who came to Israel with her family when she was 14 years old, who is also a wife, mother and someone who runs her own company. Sacha specializ

Aaron Applbaum - Partner at MizMaa VC Firm

Jul 8th, 2019 22m 24s

Welcome back to another episode of Ascending: Olim Entrepreneurship Playbook. This week Alex interviews Aaron Applbaum who is a partner at MizMaa. Taken from MizMaa's website, "MizMaa is working with the deep technology innovators emerging from

Yoni Kayman - Founder and CEO of Magnum Bikes Inc.

Jul 4th, 2019 35m 40s

Welcome back everybody to Ascending: The Olim Entrepreneurship Podcast!This week, as hinted to in the title, Alex interviewed Yoni Kayman who is the founder and CEO of Magnum Bikes Inc. His company manufactures and distributes electric bikes a

Jeremy Welfeld - Founder of Jem's Beer Factory

Jun 27th, 2019 37m 54s

Thank you so much for stopping by!This week's episode is with Jeremy Welfeld, an Oleh from Washington DC who came to Israel with his wife and two kids. There are so many informative and inspiring things discussed in the interview, however one

Jay Shultz - Founder and President of the Am Yisrael Foundation

Jun 20th, 2019 33m 43s

Thank you so much for stopping by!This week's interview focuses on Jay Shultz, founder and president of the Am Yisrael Foundation.Some key points touched upon during our conversation were:- Why Tel-Aviv is the center of the Jewish world- Th

Revolutionizing Transportation Forever: Michael Granoff of Maniv Mobility

Jun 13th, 2019 42m 54s

Please enjoy this powerful episode with VC Michael Granoff of Maniv Mobility.In this episode we touch upon topics such as:- Israel's place in the VC ecosystem- The importance of developing clear energies particularly for transportation- Mic

Linked In Focused Digital Marketing Agency: Yoel Israel, CEO Wadi Digital- Oleh From Philadelphia, US.

Jun 5th, 2019 1h 17m

Please enjoy this raw episode and insightful episode with Yoel Israel, CEO Wadi Digital.Some of the topics we covered: Why one should always be saying No to clients?How raising prices makes you a better service provider? Why Yoel moved

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