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The Kosher market continues to soar with the feeling amongst non-Jewish Americans that Kosher food is safer and healthier. If the Kosher Super Powers were smart they would launch a nationwide campaign pointing out the benefits to “buying Kosher”. I believe such a campaign would increase the market by at least a few percentage points. Especially with the current “Swine-Flu” epidemic.
Check out this video below from JTA highlighting the show.
HERE IS A LINK TO THE ARTICLE AND VIDEO ON JTA
The 3 Biggest winners at TechCrunch50 were all from Israelis
Posted by: | CommentsMazal Tov to all the great companies that made it to the TechCrunch 50. It is astounding that of over 1000 start-ups that applied only 50 made it to the show and the three biggest winners were all Israeli companies.
Follow this link for the whole story from TechAviv http://bit.ly/3nZ4po
New Seminar: The 10 Commandments of Building A Business
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The 10 Commandments of Building a Business
The 10 rules you MUST follow to be successful in starting or growing your business
FREE Seminar
With Nachum Kligman
SAVE The DATE:
Tuesday October 20th, 2009
Nefesh B’Nefesh Headquarters
Beit Ofer: 5 Nachum Hefzadi, Jerusalem
Doors Open at 9:15am
Program will start at 9:30am and run till 12:00pm with a 15 minute coffee break in the middle
MUST RSVP by sending an email to repstein@nbn.org.il
TW2009 – Some really great Israeli Startups
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Last year Qoof, was one of the ten Israeli startups that was chosen to be showcased at TWS2008. We had a blast and it gave us some great exposure. This year a new batch of startups have made the final cut and it’s great to see the continued innovation coming from Israeli entrepreneurs.
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO GO TO THE TECHCRUNCH POST ON THIS EVENT
New business forum launched in Bet Shemesh to help Anglos find jobs
Posted by: | CommentsI am a big fan of people coming together to help others in times of need. The job market in Israel has been devestating in Israel and I would venture to say has had a bigger effect on Anglos.
Reason being that the Anglo lifestyle is usually higher as well as most of the jobs being cut are in the high-tech field which was hit the hardest in Israel and where a majority of Anglos are employed. Also noted is IDT having shut down their call center has left hundreds of Anglos without jobs.
But the good people of Bet Shemesh are not going to sit back and wait for something to happen. They are banding together and creating work shops, lectures and other ways to help Anglos in Israel earn a living.
Below is text from emails sent to the Bet Shemesh Email list that will provide more details.
The Beit Shemesh Business Forum has been formed to help unemployed Anglos deal with the procedural, financial and social aspects of unemployment in Israel. The Forum’s goals are to provide as much assistance and information as possible as people navigate the system.
The Beit Shemesh Business Forum is looking for people and businesses who can help unemployed persons.
Here’s a number of ways:
1) The Forum is putting together a list of professionals who can help in
different spheres- whether they be law, finances, vocational, social and
more. If you would like to be put on this list, please E-Mail bsbizforum@gmail.com
Please note that we ask that you offer services either for free or at a
discounted rate
2) The Forum is looking for people willing to write articles and posts
for the blog- http://bsbizforum.blogspot.com
3) The Forum is putting together a Small Business Forum comprised of
professionals in marketing, law, accounting, sales and more. The goal is for
this forum to meet once or twice a year and evaluate business plans
submitted to the group by people looking to start a business. This forum is
completely voluntary and is meant to save prospective small business owners thousands of shekels. If you would like to offer your time, please E-Mail bsbizforum@gmail.com.
The Beit Shemesh Business Forum announces 5 seminars aimed at helping
unemployed Anglos in Beit Shemesh.
Please note: You MUST RSVP that you are coming as space is limited.
The seminars will be in English. All seminars will take place in the Sheinfeld neighborhood- exact location will be forwarded to those attending.
All seminars are FREE OF CHARGE.
Monday May 18- Restructuring your Mortgage/Debt
Speaker: David Baruch, RBS Bank Hapoalim Branch Manager
Time: 8pm
Tuesday May 26- Starting a Small Business in Israel
Panel Discussion with
Sheila Schwartz, store owner- PC Integrity
Gary Swickley, export business owner- Blue and White Kids
Time: 8:30pm
*Monday, June 1- Navigating the System: The Ins and Outs of Lishkat Taasuka and Bituach Leumi**
*Speakers: TBA Time: 8pm
**Monday, June 8- I’m Home All Day- what do I do now?**
*Speakers: TBA
Time: 8pm
**Monday, June 15- Living in Israel on an Israeli Salary**
*Baruch Labinsky- Financial Planner, Israel Resource Network
Time: 8pm
If you would like to suggest a topic for a future seminar, please E-Mail
bsbizforum@gmail.com
For more info on the Beit Shemesh Business Forum:
http://bsbizforum.blogspot.com
Host: Dov Gordon
Type: Education – Lecture
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Your phone. Times are Israel local. Beginning at 10am eastern.
Phone: 97229920396
Email: dovgordon@gmail.com
As the best-selling author of one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, an accomplished senior-level leadership consultant, and a frequent guest on news-talk shows around the country, Steve Farber has gained a reputation as a “leadership guru” in his own right.
Steve has worked with a wide variety of public and private organizations in virtually every arena, from the tech sector to financial services, manufacturing, health care, hospitality, entertainment, retail, government agencies and more, And whatever the audience, Steve’s speeches are always deeply thought-provoking and eminently practical, as well as inspiring and entertaining—a combination of qualities that are a must for any successful conference or meeting.
On Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 4pm Israel time, (10:00am eastern) Dov Gordon will host Steve Farber on a special tele-seminar for company owners and senior executives based on Steve’s just released book “Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership.”
After decades of time and millions of dollars spent on leadership development and mentoring programs, why is there still a crisis of leadership at many levels of the business world?
By now, most business leaders have learned that their job is to expand and develop their own capacity, while simultaneously preparing the next generation of leaders to take the reins. Develop talent, they’ve been taught. Be a coach. A mentor.
But it doesn’t happen all that often. At least, not in any significant way. Maybe we’ve just been expecting too much. Steve Farber believes that we’ve actually been expecting too little. It’s time, he says, to set a new gold standard for what it means to be a leader of substance and influence: The true measure of your greatness as a leader is to develop leaders who are greater than you.
In this tele-seminar —based on his new book, Greater Than Yourself — Steve Farber shows that dedicating yourself to bringing others along so that they can achieve more than you is the ultimate way to boost talent, ramp productivity and create truly significant current and future leaders.
With this powerful, three-step approach, Steve reveals how your organization or team can achieve explosive results by encouraging every leader and employee to take on a Greater Than Yourself relationship for unprecedented personal growth and productivity:
* Expand Yourself – you’ll discover tools to deepen and expand your personal capabilities — the raw material for true leadership.
* Give Yourself – you’ll learn the art of ‘philanthropizing’ your leadership approach — the raw material for developing capacity in others.
* Replicate Yourself – you’ll experience the power of expanding beyond your personal, one-to-one influence — the raw material for changing your organization for the better.
As a speaker, Steve ignites audiences with the power of his ideas, and Greater Than Yourself will show you and your organization how to attain the new gold standard of leadership and re-enlist in greatness — beginning with one employee and one relationship at a time.
Quotes from Steve Farber:
“True leadership is not about calling yourself ‘leader’; rather, it’s about
taking up the cause to change things for the better. It is an extreme act
rooted in love and motivated by a desire to create a better world—whether it’s the world of your company, team, neighborhood or family.”
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To receive the call-in phone number, you MUST register at http://www.gordongroupec.com/tc/sf/steve-farber-sign-up.html
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Thank you to our sponsors:
Sun Microsystems Inc. and their Startup Essentials program: http://il.sun.com/startupessentials
The Gordon Group’s Small Company Coaching Club
http://www.gordongroupec.com/sccc/small-company-coaching-club.html
>>Thank you to our partners:
The Israel-America Chamber of Commerce http://www.amcham.co.il
The Tel Aviv Entrepreneur’s MeetUp Group http://www.meetup.com/ta-entrepreneur
ISEMI: Entrepreneurship Israel
http://www.isemi.org
iYazam http://www.iyazam.com
ATID-EDI http://www.atid-edi.com

