Perspectives On Fire Ricky Studencki

David Dante is a Entrepreneur, Speaker and Start Up Mentor. He was the Co-founder of Deals Direct. David has been in business since 1999 and is considered one of the pioneers of E-Commerce in Australia.

Shlomi Levi and Adar Weinreb are the co-founders of record label @JoyRecords. Shlomi Levi served in the IDF and was the official DJ of Manchester United Football club for 2 seasons. Currently, he is apart of the DJ super group, Levi & Suiss along with Aaron Suissa. Adar Weinreb, Originally from America, served in the IDF for 3 years and is currently one of Tel Aviv's best club promoters.

Alon Moss & Ilan Lewis are the co-founders of Neshima which is a early stage start up that turns cucumbers into powders to distribute to Israeli cosmetic companies. They were the winners of the 2017 Tel Aviv Startau Agricultural Hackathon which won them a total prize money of 2,000,000 Shekels ($700,000 US).

Start Up Nation
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446541478/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446541478&linkCode=as2&tag=ricky08-20&linkId=c577c124eea5c621a7b1526e2899a81d

A compilation Brian Lim's, Tim Lea's, Oliver Kunz's, Peter Davisons and Tom Wheeler's responses to the questions from the show "How do you define success" and "What advice you would give to your 18 year old self."

Blockchain: Down the Rabbit Hole: (Discover The Power Of The Blockchain)by Tim Lea

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N9HY76W/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01N9HY76W&linkCode=as2&tag=ricky08-20&linkId=5f5d5de23f86d8aa8a304f6e66a4da10

Welcome to the 10th episode of Perspectives On Fire, we have made it to the double digits which is a milestone. My guest today is Debbie Goldsmith who is the Founder & Director of Aardvark Israel which is a 5-11 month gap year program for Jewish high school graduates and college students. Debbie has been apart of Zionism education for over 20 years and has lived in Israel since 2001.

Debbie discusses the story of Aardvark Israel and how she, Simon Cohen and Keith Berman built it up to as one of the best gap year programs in Israel. Along with that, she explains where the name comes from and what makes it different from any other organisation.

Debbie's Book Recommendation: Good To Great By Jim Collins
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0066620996?ie=UTF8&tag=ricky08-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=0066620996

Aardvark Israel
https://aardvarkisrael.com/

This is a special addition of Perspectives On Fire as this episode was recorded in Ethiopia. My guest today is Dejene Hodes who is an American-Ethiopian Serial Entrepreneur. He currently operates a Ethiopian tourism business, Ethiopian art distributor to the United States and a business to business networking company. Also, he is the son of Dr Rick Hodes who is a well regarded, American Doctor in Ethiopia.

Dejene talks about the culture of Ethiopia and the differences between western society along with entrepreneurial opportunities within the country, He shares the in's and out's of the economy, potential growth of the agricultural industry and the issues currently facing the nation.

I asked Dejene at the end of the show what book he recommends for a friend to read, he responded with 'The Intelligent Investor'.

The Intelligent Investor
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060555661/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060555661&linkCode=as2&tag=ricky08-20&linkId=414b354ef73b6540351d9cc1508ec212