The boys are back in town. What town? Who cares, it's all remote anyway. Yes, another hostful this week. You know you love it! <3 Is Clubhouse on the way down? What about all the FTC/anti-trust stuff? Yeah, we talked about it all. Episode 18. Get it. -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootstrappod.com !...
Ok, so first off, this week we saw the result of the biggest #bootstrapbump ever. That's right, our Episode 9 guest just became Prime Minister of Israel. Yeah, not sure we'll ever top that, but we'll try! Some other things we talked about: Huge news in Israeli startup fundraising! Monday.com IPO https://www.timesofisrael.com/monday-com-raises-155-million-in-nasdaq-ipo-at-6-8-billion-valuation/ and Gong.io raises at a $7.2B valuation https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-gong-raises-2...
Hillel doesn't get AirTags. Tim Cook disagrees. But can I say something real quick? Congrats to our Episode 7 guest, Alex Bouaziz of Deel, on their $156M Series C raise! It's the #bootstrapbump ba-by!! Some other things we talked about: Apple's Spring Loaded event https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/20/22384756/apple-spring-loaded-event-recap-biggest-announcements-airtag-ipad-pro-imac Deel's $156M round https://www.geektime.com/deel-raises-series-c-at-unicorn-valuation/ And more ...
All I can say is LOL. Hillel came in strong, Itamar and Guy cracked up. So many gems in this one! "Can I just say something?" -Hillel We also talked tech, duh. Bezos' last letter to Amazon shareholders, Coinbase IPO, and more! WE EVEN DID A GAME SHOW THIS TIME We also referenced 'No Filter' by Sarah Frier (fantastic read!): https://www.amazon.com/No-Filter-Inside-Story-Instagram/dp/1982126809 The classic Apple iPhone launch keynote presentation: https://www.youtube.com/w...
That's right. He's got the Twitter handle that Hillel thinks is the best in the world- @net! This week we welcomed Net Jacobsson, entrepreneur & adventure capitalist, ex-Facebooker, and most importantly: mountain biker. 100% skin in the game! A bunch of stuff we also talked about: Patreon video link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeDBSwVneyw Neuralink monkey video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCul1sp4hQ Twitter poll for Hillel's screen time - https://twitter.com/bootstr...
Today, Bootstrap becomes a man. Episode 13! We even learned about how fax machines work (thanks Guy!). And we debuted a new segment: The Mailbag. The Mailbag was great- send us more questions! hey@bootstrappod.com Also, shoutouts to: The meditation app Hillel mentioned: https://synctuition.com/ The awesome tool for PM's and UX designers: https://pageflows.com/ -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedba...
🍷 Happy Passover! 🍷 Quick pod this week just to say hi, and Happy Passover to all who are celebrating! And in Israeli startup news, huge props to our boy Amir Shevat , and his team @ Reshuffle , on their acquisition by Twitter! We'll have Amir on the pod soon to tell us the whole story. -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootstrappod.com !...
This week was a hostful! The bootstrap boys were chilling, and Hillel got a burger delivery. Did you know that Facebook is developing brain-controlled gesture technology? Well now you do. You're welcome. And Twitter blocked anyone tweeting the word "Memph*s". Weird, right? -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootstrappod.com !...
This week we welcomed as a guest our first venture capitalist, and we couldn't be more excited that it's Eze Vidra , one of the biggest mensches in VC. Eze is a managing partner at Remagine Ventures , and is a former partner at Google Ventures, former Googler, creator of Google Campus, and much more. And yes, it's a longer than usual episode. Eze is worth it, trust us! But feel free to use the pause and play button at your leisure :) We discussed: 📈 The best way to pitch a VC dur...
This was a big week for the Bootstrap Podcast! In our first 10 episodes we managed to land a former defense minister of the State of Israel as a guest. Not bad, eh? We welcomed Naftali Bennett, entrepreneur-turned-politician, to hear his story on how he went from startups to politics (and why in the world anyone would do that :) And the best part about it: we didn't talk about politics! (*Almost no politics...) We discussed his background as an entrepreneur, the struggles of being a CEO, he...
Uh-oh. So yeah, about Episode 8. It was great. </rhyme> But then it wasn't so great anymore, when we realized we experienced catastrophic hardware failure to both primary and backup recordings. Fun times, right?? Ok, so on this episode 8"b", Itamar and Guy get on to quickly apologize, try reminiscing on the episode 8 that was, and looking forward to a brighter future with no technical issues. And make the world a better place. -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilz...
This episode was 🔥🔥🔥 We welcomed Alex Bouaziz , Co-Founder and CEO @ Deel , the first payroll platform for remote teams that connects localized compliance and payments in one system. A payroll company? Yes, you want to hear Alex's story. Entrepreneurs, this one is for you! Alex is an entrepreneur who got out of the building. Built stuff. Tried and tried again. And now Deel is a monster hit, growing like crazy, A-list investors, etc. So listen up and be like Alex. And as usual, the banter...
GUY IS BACK AGAIN! And he brought a game! Tech trivia, Itamar vs Hillel, battle royale. And more stuff, obvs. Clubhouse, Apple Car, and more! (And some Israeli tech news, obvs again.) -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld , @itamarw and @guy Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootstrappod.com !...
Three's a company, not a crowd! This week we were so stocked to welcome Guy Malachi- a well known product centric entrepreneur here in Israel. Guy is the man. And vegan 👏 And has the same birthday as Itamar. But I digress... Lots to talk about this week! Clubhouse of course. And Amazon. And Tesla. And Apple. And much more. Just listen to it, ok? And give us a 5 star rating. (Please.) And don't forgot to tweet @hilzfuld and tell him the Bernie Sanders meme is soooooo January. -- Follow...
Wow, what a week it has been! Of course we go over the Robinhood and Gamestop news. And in Israeli tech news... 3 startups have attained unicorn status! DriveNets : raised $208M Series B, valuation of $1.3B Melio : raised $110M, valuation of $1.33B Own Backup : Raised $167.5M series D, valuation of $1.4b -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld and @itamarw Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootstrappod.com !...
EPISODE THREEEEEEE! I can't believe we miss going to Mobile World Congress. That's how locked-down we feel. -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld and @itamarw Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootstrappod.com !...
EPISODE 2! I know, we can't believe it either. Well, we're in lockdown again, so there isn't much else to do... We chatted about the latest news (not much, social media banning Trump, whatevs...), the fact that Hillel doesn't care about privacy, and the first Israeli startup acquisition of 2021 (congrats Spetz.io!) -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld and @itamarw Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a question or feedback? Leave us a voicemail at www.bootst...
Seriously, why do we have to discuss bitcoin? Because Hillel wanted to. So we invited @Ouriel (from @ZenGo ) to talk about it too, because he knows way more about it than us. That's how we roll. And we discussed some other things in tech news, then Hillel got very hungry, and Itamar wouldn't let him go yet. Is 45 min too long for a podcast? Drop us a voicemail and let us know! -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod , @hilzfuld and @itamarw Subscribe at www.bootstrappod.com Have a que...
We literally just pressed "record", ok? Don't judge. yet. -- Follow us on Twitter at @bootstrappod
"Just hit record, nu." And just like that, we started to podcast. Join Itamar and Hillel as we shoot the breeze and discuss the Israeli tech scene, startups, innovation, and everything interesting in between. -- We love your feedback! Twitter: @bootstrappod Web: www.bootstrappod.com...
