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Yoel Cheshin

Feb 3, 2023, 2:47 PM

This week, Israel’s Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, announced a new framework under which angels – early-stage tech investors – will enjoy tax breaks of up to ¼ of their total investment, thus putting less money in the government’s...

Jan 20, 2023, 11:30 AM

Parashat Vaera

What would you say is the most important criteria for investment in entrepreneurs? For me, a good entrepreneur is someone who is at a higher level of spiritual awareness. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about your average tree-hugging...

Jan 19, 2023, 11:27 AM

How far would you go for the sake of startup success?

The mad genius myth has accompanied ambitious entrepreneurs from the dawn of civilization, expressing the idea that great success hinges on great sacrifice of one’s family, kids and even sanity. Here’s what parashat Vayera has to say about it. Three...

Jan 17, 2023, 2:59 PM

Chayei Sarah

Negotiations between entrepreneurs and investors is a delicate and complex matter. In most cases, one or both sides fail to see the good of the startup as top priority. Instead, they focus on maximizing their personal gain and on...

Jan 16, 2023, 10:38 AM

Parashat Lech Lecha

No parasha in the whole Torah is more exciting for anyone who has the spirit of entrepreneurship in his heart than Parashat Lech Lecha. The command “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father's house,...

Jan 15, 2023, 3:01 PM

Parashat Shemot

For years, I’ve watched startups drop like flies because of poor management of entrepreneurs who insisted on staying on as CEOs (or some other executive role), while they should have risen above their egos and handed over the reins...

Jan 13, 2023, 4:47 PM

5 Principles of Customer Retention Every Startup Master

Customer retention is a consistently burning issue among managers and business owners, certainly in the startup and hi-tech worlds. As consumer spending continues to stall and startups are tightening their belts, the last thing any business can afford is...

Jan 12, 2023, 7:22 PM

Parashat Vayigash

We all know the old adage, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. The basic principle at the heart of this saying...

Dec 23, 2022, 11:30 AM

Parashat Miketz

All good things must come to an end. That cliché has never rang more true than today, as we approach the end of 2022. After more than a decade of near zero interest rates, bloated valuations and massive IPOs,...

Dec 16, 2022, 1:31 PM

Parshat Vayeshev

As an investor, I’ve met my fair share of brilliant entrepreneurs who presented me with an idea so unique, a new technology so groundbreaking, that it left no doubt in my mind that this could be a zero to...

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As a prolific and human-centric investor, Yoel supports innovative entrepreneurs with disruptive technologies and helps them build industry-leading enterprises.