PLUGGEDIN

Author: Eli Mandelbaum

This podcast brings you in-depth Interviews with leaders and innovators in the tech world. Listen to the stories of entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs about their successes and challenges. We delve into what drives them to succeed, how they overcome failure, and most of all how they build a company from the ground up. This podcast gives you insights into what these entrepreneurs went through to succeed.
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Avichay Nissenbaum- Entreprenuer to Leading VC
Episode 6
Tuesday, 11 February, 2020

In this episode of PluggedIn I sit with Avichay Nissenbaum, General Partner @ Lool Ventures and discuss how he started his career as a pest shop worker, ended up selling his last startup Yedda to AOL in 2007 and transitioned into a leading VC in Israel with Lool Ventures. Tune in to listen to that and much more as Avichay discusses his philosophy on startups and more including; How he got started in his career? What was his first startup? How long did it take to build & scale SmartTeam? (4:45) Before AOL acquired Yedda, what offer did they turn down? What did he learn from working in a pet shop? (6:50) What is the "Thin Wedge Approach"? Why does Avichay believe that "consumer experience matters more than algorithms". What mistake should startups try and avoid? (24:30) Why being CEO is lonely? (43:52) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices