Our Investment Team Is 50% Female — Why Wouldn’t It Be?
By: Lia Cromwell
I wanted to take today, International Women’s Day, to write a thank you to my team and highlight how we’re showing up for female inclusion in the venture capital ecosystem.
So much is written about how we need more female investors at the table. VC funds are constantly doing PR lip service to diversity: praising female inclusion without actually adding women to their teams who have check-writing ability. […]
Let my people vaccinate: Israel should issue a ‘vaccine visa’
By offering a visa that includes a free vaccination, Israel can leverage its global health advantage to become an economic juggernaut #israelvaccinevisa
When we read in this week’s Torah portion that Moses went to Pharaoh and said, “Let my people go,” we should immediately think and act on “Get my people to come.” Like the Exodus from Egypt 4000 years ago that led people to the […]
In the spirit of Abraham, Israel-UAE Business Ties Must Be Built on a Foundation of Trust
I returned this week from the first-ever Business Summit of the Abraham Accords in Abu Dhabi. Together with other Israelis and Americans, we traveled to the UAE, where we were warmly welcomed by the Emiratis. I think I speak for everyone on the trip when I say that we found incredibly welcoming, intelligent, thoughtful, and genuinely interested counterparts in the Emirates. I listened and learned a lot […]
What Cleopatra Taught Us About Journalism
By: Max Kane
Last week, it was announced that Israeli actress Gal Gadot was cast to play Cleopatra in a new film about the Egyptian queen’s life. As wonderful as this news is for Israel, Gal Gadot and fans of quality films, that’s not what I’m writing about.
Soon after the announcement, articles started surfacing claiming Gadot was “receiving backlash” for being cast […]
Write Your Own Story
By: Abbey Onn
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the US in August 2005, 15 years ago this month. At the time, I was living in Los Angeles, splitting my time between the beach and the mountains. The devastation that the storm wrought was immediately apparent. Even more apparent was the fact that the underlying causes were much deeper than any weather phenomenon.
Taking action felt essential […]
Yes, and
By: Kevin Hanna
“Yes, and” is the first rule.
That’s what I learned from Yonatan Gruber, in his online improv workshop last week.
I had never done improv before; nothing to do with my tendency to plan for everything 😅
Anyway, “yes and” is a powerful tool.
On stage, you must accept whatever the other performers say. You […]
Our Investment Team Is 50% Female — Why Wouldn’t It Be?
By: Lia Cromwell
I wanted to take today, International Women’s Day, to write a thank you to my team and highlight how we’re showing up for female inclusion in the venture capital ecosystem.
So much is written about how we need more female investors at the table. VC funds are constantly doing PR lip service to diversity: praising female inclusion without actually adding women to their teams who have check-writing ability. […]
Let my people vaccinate: Israel should issue a ‘vaccine visa’
By offering a visa that includes a free vaccination, Israel can leverage its global health advantage to become an economic juggernaut #israelvaccinevisa
When we read in this week’s Torah portion that Moses went to Pharaoh and said, “Let my people go,” we should immediately think and act on “Get my people to come.” Like the Exodus from Egypt 4000 years ago that led people to the […]
In the spirit of Abraham, Israel-UAE Business Ties Must Be Built on a Foundation of Trust
I returned this week from the first-ever Business Summit of the Abraham Accords in Abu Dhabi. Together with other Israelis and Americans, we traveled to the UAE, where we were warmly welcomed by the Emiratis. I think I speak for everyone on the trip when I say that we found incredibly welcoming, intelligent, thoughtful, and genuinely interested counterparts in the Emirates. I listened and learned a lot […]
What Cleopatra Taught Us About Journalism
By: Max Kane
Last week, it was announced that Israeli actress Gal Gadot was cast to play Cleopatra in a new film about the Egyptian queen’s life. As wonderful as this news is for Israel, Gal Gadot and fans of quality films, that’s not what I’m writing about.
Soon after the announcement, articles started surfacing claiming Gadot was “receiving backlash” for being cast […]
Write Your Own Story
By: Abbey Onn
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the US in August 2005, 15 years ago this month. At the time, I was living in Los Angeles, splitting my time between the beach and the mountains. The devastation that the storm wrought was immediately apparent. Even more apparent was the fact that the underlying causes were much deeper than any weather phenomenon.
Taking action felt essential […]
Yes, and
By: Kevin Hanna
“Yes, and” is the first rule.
That’s what I learned from Yonatan Gruber, in his online improv workshop last week.
I had never done improv before; nothing to do with my tendency to plan for everything 😅
Anyway, “yes and” is a powerful tool.
On stage, you must accept whatever the other performers say. You […]
