In early June my colleague Yakir Hyman and I had the opportunity once again to participate as sponsors in the Sohn Conference in Hong Kong presented by the Karen Leung Foundation. The Sohn Conference is a high-end NY-based investment conference that attracts the top minds in investment to share specific recommendations on investment with all […]
12 years ago I created my first company and ever since then I have had to deal with time differences. I live in Israel and my clients have always been mostly in the US, Europe and Asia. In my early days doing business online I was up half the night personally handing client concerns – […]
View image | gettyimages.com Goal setting has an almost magic power for me. In January 2014 we set a rather aggressive goal for 2014 revenues. We reached the magic number on Dec 30th and went a bit over as we got a number of wires and checks on the last day of the year. While […]
I have been thinking a lot about Details recently. It seems that to be successful as an entrepreneur, inventor, builder, etc. you need to care about even the most minute details. They really do matter. even the small ones. Google Adwords has put together a few really nice commercials for the Israeli market – really […]
Here’s the deal. When you come late to the party – like really late – you should do one of these: 1) Ride in on a motorcycle 2) Bring some good booze If you don’t do either of these – or something else that sets you apart or provides enormous value – you’re not going […]
First I am seeing this. Google now treats some searches for “[COMPANY NAME] news” differently than in the past. We are just starting to seee Google putting a box around News results for searches including the word ‘news’. Also, there is a button ‘More news’ which opens the same query as a news search.
Somehow we are much happier with a conclusion if it wasn’t spelled out for us. This principal also impacts how we address digital branding and online reputation management. The ideal online reputation is the one that gets pieced together by a stakeholder during their discovery process. The way online reputation appears is often a product […]
Last summer we wanted to do something with our two teenage boys. Something that they would enjoy (aside from sleeping all day). I offered a week-long hiking trip – not interesting enough. A few days of sun and sea in Cyprus? no takers. When I suggested a scuba diving course in Eilat – they were […]
A few years ago when my two eldest sons were little kids my mom once commented that when they were playing they were talking about ‘Good Guys’ who were fighting ‘Mean Guys’. She commented that usually kids talk about Good Guys and Bad Guys. I always thought Good and Mean were good opposites. A few […]
Israel’s recent conflict lasting 8 days ended about as quickly as it began. From my perspective as an Israeli, I felt we came out stronger for having had the conflict. The IDF achieved the main goals of the mission – which was to stop the firing of missiles at civilians. Iron dome was tested and […]