The Listen Israel Podcast by Eitan Press

Truly a Jewish visionary, Rabbi Yonatan Neril shares why it is crucial that the worlds religions become a part of the ecological solution the world so desperately needs.

This podcast is an origin story (like discovering the origin of Superman or Wonderwoman) except its for a wondrous startup called Splacer.

Getting a startup off the ground is not easy. In 2014, when Lihi Gerstner and her Splacer co-founder Adi Biran, two architects living and teaching in Tel Aviv, had a vision of building an online marketplace that enabled people all over the world to delight in renting venues for events in unique spaces they never previously had access to, (similar to the shared economy app Airbnb except you rent a space to hold an event) they had no technical background to build it.

Now in 2017, Splacer has received over $1.4 million in investment, is operating in 4 cities with thousands of venues available for rent (from rooftop apartments to brewery floors to churches) and is experiencing 100% growth year to year. Listen to Lihi share how she and her team created an up and coming superstar in the world of shared economy startups.

When Waze co-founder decides to become and become a partner before the first mvp, you know Engie a startup worth watching. This little Israeli app might be the next big unicorn.

Listen to Engies co-founder Alon Hendelman speak from OurCrowds 2017 investor summit about how he went from an idea to a startup with potent traction.

Startup Nation Story: How Former Jazz Musician Turned Entrepreneur Gary Levitt Built His First Startup

Gary Levitt was writing music for Oprah Winfrey but wasn't feeling it, therefore he pivoted into tech with almost no experience, and managed to build a start email marketing app called Mad Mimi that did so well it was bought by GoDaddy in 2014 for integration into their platform. This interview takes you into Gary's story, how he got to where he is today, the lessons he learned on the way, and all kinds of other gems for the aspiring entrepreneur.

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Am page from my ongoing spiritual autobiography, this time at Jerusalem's Western Wall and the magical things that happen to my consciousness when I go there.

In which I finally share how Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, and his journey through the Paths of the Dead, is an incredible metaphor to describe the spiritual work of getting ready for Rosh Hashana.